INCLUSION OF RECYCLED AND REUSED MINERALS AND METALS IN PREFERENCE FOR SOURCING OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS.

SEC. 847. INCLUSION OF RECYCLED AND REUSED MINERALS AND METALS IN PREFERENCE FOR SOURCING OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS. Section 848(b) of the William M. ( Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3769; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, including processing of strategic and critical materials derived from recycled or reused minerals or metals,” after “United States”; and (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting “, including such materials derived from recycled or reused minerals or metals,” after “materials”; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (D): “(D) the development of cost-effective sources of supply of strategic and critical materials derived from recycled or reused minerals or metals; and” .