House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption Act
Official title: To ensure domestic sources of the critical mineral vanadium necessary for the steel, infrastructure, energy, and defense needs of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Balderson R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7523.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BALDERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7523, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7523
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. Troy Balderson.
- H.R. 3747 (119th) Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act
- H.R. 3616 (119th) Reliable Power Act
- H.R. 1047 (119th) GRID Power Act
- H.R. 9332 (119th) Load Forecasting Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1182 (119th) Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025
- H.R. 1767 (119th) Awning Safety Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3879 (119th) Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.