H.R. 1622 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 7 (0 D, 7 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-26
Latest action (2025-02-26): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
What H.R. 1622 does, in plain terms
Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025 This bill includes uranium on the critical minerals list. In 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a list of critical minerals, including uranium, in response to an executive order that called for a federal strategy to ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals. The USGS updates the list every three years and includes certain minerals that are essential to economic or national security and have a supply chain vulnerable to disruption. In 2022, USGS removed uranium from the list. The bill reinstates uranium as a critical mineral and requires uranium to be treated as if it were included on that list at the time of publication.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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