H.R. 7126 / S. 3659, Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Elements (SECURE) Minerals Act

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Bottom Line Up Front

H.R. 7126 / S. 3659, the Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Elements (SECURE) Minerals Act of 2026, addresses one of America’s most pressing economic and national security vulnerabilities: the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) dominance of global critical mineral supply chains. The bill establishes a Strategic Resilience Reserve Corporation to stabilize critical mineral markets, insulate U.S. producers from CCP-engineered price manipulation, re-shore vital supply chains, and support domestic and allied production of minerals essential to defense, energy, technology, and manufacturing. A companion bill, S. 3659, has been introduced in the Senate with bipartisan support.

Bill Information

Read the full legislative text and view the list of cosponsors for the House and Senate versions.

FDD Action Expert Analysis

“Securing U.S. critical mineral supply chains is essential to American economic and technological leadership. FDD Action proudly supports the SECURE Minerals Act because the United States must restore reliable and secure access to these resources and counter the CCP’s economic coercion against the U.S. and our partners.”

Connor Pfeiffer

Senior Director of Government Relations, FDD Action

Why It Matters

• China’s dominance of critical mineral supply chains is one of America’s most dangerous economic and national security vulnerabilities. The CCP controls a significant share of global mining, processing, and midstream operations for minerals essential to U.S. defense systems, energy infrastructure, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing, giving Beijing dangerous leverage it has shown a willingness to weaponize against the United States and our partners.
• The CCP actively manipulates critical mineral markets by subsidizing production, artificially suppressing prices, and predatorily undercutting competitors to drive out investment in domestic and allied supply chains. This economic coercion discourages private investment in U.S. extraction and processing, leaving American defense and industrial supply chains dangerously exposed to supply disruptions and price shocks engineered in Beijing.
• The SECURE Minerals Act responds directly to this threat by establishing a Strategic Resilience Reserve Corporation, modeled in concept on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, with a $2.5 billion authorization and a robust toolkit including loans, direct acquisitions, advanced market commitments, and non-recourse lending. The Reserve will work to ensure that the United States and partner countries supply at least 25 percent of domestic critical mineral needs, reducing dependence on covered countries to no more than 75 percent.
• The legislation builds in strong accountability and transparency mechanisms, including biennial risk and vulnerability assessments, annual independent audits, Comptroller General oversight, and public reporting requirements, ensuring taxpayer funds are well-managed and that Congress and the American public can track progress in reducing dangerous dependencies on the CCP.

Congressional Press Releases

Read statements from members of Congress who are supporting this legislation:

• → Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
• → Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)