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H.R. 4059: To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.

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H.R. 4059: To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.

118th Congress · introduced 2023-06-13 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-06-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.

Plain summary

This bill includes phosphate and potash on the Department of the Interior's final list of critical minerals. (Under current law, Interior and other departments are required to conduct a variety of efforts to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain of critical minerals.) Interior must evaluate current policies relating to permitting and leasing of projects to develop critical minerals and issue recommendations to Congress to support domestic production of such commodities.

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Official text

To include phosphate and potash on the final list of critical minerals of the Department of the Interior.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] · 25 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Angie Craig (D-MN), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), John James (R-MI), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY), Aaron Bean (R-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] reported raising $2.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr4059 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118