House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Critical Mineral Brine Extraction Research and Development Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to support research and development on extraction of critical minerals from brine to reduce the dependence of the United States on the importation of such minerals, illustrating that innovative technology for domestic extraction could be a more cost efficient and environmentally friendly alternative than traditional extraction methods, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Schweikert R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5410.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 151, September 16, 2025, Page H4364):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5410, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5410
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 29, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
- H.R. 7971 (119th) Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act
- H.R. 4242 (119th) Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act
- H.R. 9772 (119th) Foreign Funding Transparency Act
- H.R. 7972 (119th) Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act
- H.R. 2653 (119th) Manifest Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 10218 (119th) Advancing American Innovation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.