House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Restoring American Mineral Security Act of 2025

H.R. 6696Introduced Dec 12, 2025Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Official title: To provide for the establishment of a Critical Minerals Security Alliance, and for other purposes.

Where it went

IntroducedDec 12, 2025
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Latest action: Dec 12, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6696.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 210, December 12, 2025, Page H5841):
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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

3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat

2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-19 district

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