In a July 23 letter to Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, SME joined 35 other researchers, manufacturers, consumers, producers and developers of products and technologies that rely upon critical minerals in expressing support for the bipartisan, substitute amendment to S. 1113, “The Critical Minerals Policy Act”. Specifically, the letter applauds the Senators’ work to address all aspects of the critical minerals supply chain – from surveys and production to research and recycling – and, in particular, to see that additional critical mineral supplies be brought to market as efficiently as possible. SME and other groups, that represent over 450,000 scientists, urged the leaders to schedule a mark-up of the legislation in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and bring it to the floor of the U.S. Senate before this session of Congress ends.