119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Apr 10, 2025
Finding ORE Act
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Latest action (Jun 18, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Energy
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Reported to Senate (Jun 18, 2025)
Finding Opportunities for Resource Exploration Act or the Finding ORE Act
This bill allows the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner with a foreign country in mapping the country's reserves of critical minerals and rare earth elements.
A critical mineral is any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by USGS because it is essential to U.S. economic and national security, has a vulnerable supply chain, and serves an essential function in manufacturing a product. Rare earth elements have catalytic, magnetic, electrical, and luminescent properties vital for civilian and defense purposes.
In negotiating a MOU, USGS must seek to increase the security and resilience of international supply chains for critical minerals and rare earth elements by
• committing to assisting the partner foreign country through cooperative activities that help it map reserves;
• ensuring that private companies headquartered in the United States or an allied foreign country are offered the right of first refusal in the further development of critical minerals and rare earth elements in the partner foreign country;
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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Employment and training programs · Geography and mapping · Materials · Metals · Mining · Public-private cooperation · Strategic materials and reserves
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NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$700,000
Spent on own lobbying
…l Reserve and Price Support to Counter China, including Project Vault Federal Coal Leasing Royalty Relief H.R. 4090, Critical Mineral Dominance Act, All Titles S. 1463 / H.R. 2969, Finding ORE Act, All Titles S. 3511, Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act (PRIMED) Act, All Titles H.R. 5929, Critical Minerals Supp…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$820,000
Spent on own lobbying
…alty Relief Permitting Timelines of Mining Projects H.R. 4068, Streamlining NEPA for Coal Act, All Titles H.R. 4090, Critical Mineral Dominance Act, All Titles S. 1463 / H.R. 2969, Finding ORE Act, All Titles S. 3511, Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act (PRIMED) Act, All Titles H.R. 5929, Critical Minerals Supp…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$720,000
Spent on own lobbying
…alty Relief Permitting Timelines of Mining Projects H.R. 4068, Streamlining NEPA for Coal Act, All Titles H.R. 4090, Critical Mineral Dominance Act, All Titles S. 1463 / H.R. 2969, Finding ORE Act, All Titles S. 3511, Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act (PRIMED) Act, All Titles H.R. 5929, Critical Minerals Supp…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$640,000
Spent on own lobbying
…. 4090, To codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 1463 / H.R. 2969, Finding ORE Act, All Titles H.J.Res.104 / S.J.Res.61, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of t…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$649,000
Spent on own lobbying
…. 263 / H.R. 931, To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 1463 / H.R. 2969, Finding ORE Act, All Titles H.J. Res. 104 / S.J. Res. 61, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code,…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$179,616
Spent on own lobbying
…eline Accountability, Safety, and Environmental Standards Act (Sen. Markey - no bill # yet) S. 789 Critical Minerals Security Act S. 598 Unearth Innovation Act S. 1463/H.R. 2969 Finding ORE Act H.R. 3617, Securing Americas Critical Minerals Supply Act (Rep. James) TSCA Reauthorization
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$760,000
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 263/H.R. 931, To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes, All Titles S. 1463/H.R. 26968, Finding ORE Act, All Titles H.J. Res. 104, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule subm…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing