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Tedro,

Executive Order 13817 issued 12-20-17 (published 12-26-17), I believe is the one you are referring to.

The report from the secretary of commerce is due to the POTUS by Nov. 14, 2018.

Copied from the link below:

Critical Minerals List and Commerce Department Blueprint
Pursuant to EO 13817, the Administration has already taken steps that link national security and domestic production of critical minerals. On May 18, 2018, the Department of the Interior, citing national security interests, published the Final List of Critical Minerals 2018 (the “Critical Minerals List“) comprised of 35 minerals (including the rare earth elements group).

Also pursuant to EO 13817, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Energy, and the U.S. Trade Representative, is required to submit to the President, by November 14, 2018, a report containing:

“(i) a strategy to reduce the Nation’s reliance on critical minerals;

(ii) an assessment of progress toward developing critical minerals recycling and reprocessing technologies, and technological alternatives to critical minerals;

(iii) options for accessing and developing critical minerals through investment and trade with our allies and partners;

(iv) a plan to improve the topographic, geologic, and geophysical mapping of the United States and make the resulting data and metadata electronically accessible, to the extent permitted by law and subject to appropriate limitations for purposes of privacy and security, to support private sector mineral exploration of critical minerals; and

(v) recommendations to streamline permitting and review processes related to developing leases; enhancing access to critical mineral resources; and increasing discovery, production, and domestic refining of critical minerals.”

The Commerce Department report will be used as a blueprint to achieve EO 13817’s stated goals of increasing “private sector domestic exploration, production . . . and reprocessing of critical minerals . . . reduc[ing] . . . dependence on imports, and preserv[ing] [the United States’] leadership in technological innovation . . . [to] improve [the country’s] national security and balance of trade, and enhance the technological superiority and readiness of . . . [the] Armed Forces, which are among the Nation’s most significant consumers of critical minerals.”

Connecting the Dots: Critical Minerals, National Security, and Trade and Environmental Laws
Given the ways in which the Administration has used “national security” to justify trade and non-trade actions (such as restricting immigration), the Commerce Department report is likely to serve as a springboard for further “national security” driven action favoring domestic critical minerals production.


https://masspointpllc.com/criticalminerals-mining-trade-law-section-232-environmental-laws/