An amendment made by this section, referred to in subsec. (n)(3)(A), (B), means an amendment made by subsec. (b), (l), (m), or (n)(1) and (2) of this section which are omitted from text. See Codification note below.

Section was enacted as part of the Energy Act of 2020, and not as part of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

Section is comprised of section 7002 of div. Z of Pub. L. 116–260. Subsec. (b) of section 7002 amended sections 1601 and 1602 of this title. Subsec. (l) of section 7002 amended section 15908 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Subsec. (m) of section 7002 amended sections 1602 to 1604 of this title. Subsec. (n)(1) of section 7002 repealed chapter 30 (§ 1801 et seq.) of this title. Subsec. (n)(2) of section 7002 amended section 5202 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VIII, § 845, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1842, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall cooperate with the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the priorities of the Department of Defense with respect to the research and development of alternative technologies to, and methods for the extraction, processing, and recycling of, critical minerals (as defined in section 2(b) of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 1601(b))) are considered and included where feasible in the associated research and development activities funded by the Secretary of Energy pursuant to the program established under paragraph [probably should be “subsection”] (g) of section 7002 of division Z of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) [30 U.S.C. 1606(g)].”