RARE Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 1, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013 or RARE Act of 2013 -
Requires the report to include recommendations on areas of need for future geologic research related to rare earth elements and other minerals that are critical based on the impact of a potential supply restriction and the likelihood of one.
Authorizes appropriations through FY2016.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2013 to Sep 11, 2013; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 6, 2013 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 13, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 13, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Mar 13, 2013 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 14, 2013 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 11, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2013Markup May 15, 2013Reported Apr 1, 2014 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2013Hearings Mar 21, 2013Discharged May 15, 2013 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2014Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-389.
- Apr 1, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288.
- May 15, 2013Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- May 15, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 15, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 21, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 7, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Mar 6, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 29, 2013H.R. 981, RARE Act of 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1320.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-7 | OVERSIGHT HEARING TITLED ``AMERICA'S MINERAL RESOURCES: CREATING MINING AND MANUFACTURING JOBS AND SECURING AMERICA''; AND LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1063, H.R. 687, H.R. 697, H.R. 761, H.R. 767, H.R. 957, AND H.R. 981117 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 21, 2013 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41347 | Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain Archived | Report | Dec 16, 2013 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth element assessment, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- RARE Act of 2013
- Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- RARE Act of 2013
- Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2014Reported in House
- Mar 6, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
