Creates a new national center to improve how we process important materials for technology.
This bill would create a new national center to research and develop better ways to process "critical materials" — essential elements used in many modern technologies. This center would help make these processes cleaner, safer, and more efficient, benefiting industries, researchers, and the environment. Currently, no such dedicated federal center exists.
Today, there is no specific national center created by Congress to focus on improving how we process critical materials. This bill would create such a center, called the Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Capability. It would set aside $150 million to establish it in the government's budget year 2027, and another $25 million each year from 2028 to 2031 to fund its activities. This center would develop cleaner, safer, and more efficient ways to process these important materials, with new inventions staying in the U.S. for American industries.
HR 9740 · 119th Congress · July 16, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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