Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Finding ORE Act
Official title: A bill to allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Christopher Coons D-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee actionJun 5, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1463.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1463, Finding ORE Act” on February 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 18, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62133
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1463, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1463
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1463, last updated September 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Todd Young (R-IN).
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Related bills
- H.R. 2969 (119th) Finding ORE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.