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H.R. 6080: Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act

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H.R. 6080: Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-14 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act

Plain summary

Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act - Establishes the Mineral Commodity Information Administration under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Vests management of the Administration in an Administrator and Assistant Administrators whose functions include: (1) commodity information development and analysis; (2) mineral industry analysis; and (3) data acquisition and analysis. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Administrator: (1) at least 200 full-time equivalent positions from the U.S. Geological Survey; and (2) at least 100 full time equivalent positions of an administrative nature from the Department of the Interior. Sets forth the duties of the Administrator, including: (1) implementation of a Mineral Commodity Data and Information Program; (2) continuance of the Mineral Commodity Data Time Series; (3) projections of usage patterns; (4) publication of mineral commodity reports; and (5) analyses of the foreign and domestic mineral commodities that will be required by the United States to sustain the energy supply, demand, and prices projected by the Annual Energy Outlook analysis. Directs the Administrator to establish the Mineral Commodity Advisory Committee.

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Official text

Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] · 17 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), John Boozman (R-AR)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6080 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109