Presidential Determination Pursuant toSection 101 of the Defense Production Act of1950, as Amended, on Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials

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Definitions. For the purposes of this determination: The term “recoverable critical minerals and materials” includes black mass, end-of-life, rare-earth permanent magnets or other goods that have fully completed the manufacturing process; swarf; and other waste and scrap containing critical minerals and materials. The term “recoverable critical minerals and materials” does not include copper scrap, which is already covered under Proclamation 10962 of July 30, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Copper Into the United States). The term “critical minerals and materials” includes minerals as defined in Executive Order 14241 of March 20, 2025 (Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production); strategic and critical materials, as defined… Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Recoverable CMMs. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the “Act”) (50 U.S.C. 4511), I hereby find, pursuant to section 101 of the Act, that: recoverable CMMs are scarce and critical materials essential to the national defense; and the requirements of the national defense for recoverable CMMs cannot otherwise be met without creating a significant dislocation of the normal distribution of such material in the civilian market to such a degree as to create appreciable hardship. You are authorized and directed to implement this determination by taking all appropriate…

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