1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources, Armed Services, Environment and Public Works, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Natural Resources, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) Covered country The term covered country means— (A) a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States Code); and (B) any other country determined by the task force to be a geostrategic competitor or adversary of the United States with respect to critical minerals. (3) Critical mineral The term critical mineral has the meaning given the term in section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a) ). (4) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (5) Task force The term task force means the task force established under section 4(b). 3. Findings Congress finds that— (1) current supply chains of critical minerals pose a great risk to the homeland and national security of the United States; (2) critical minerals contribute to transportation, technology, renewable energy, military equipment and machinery, and other relevant entities crucial for the homeland and national security of the United States; (3) in 2022, the United States was 100 percent import reliant for 12 out of 50 critical minerals and more than 50 percent import reliant for an additional 31 critical mineral commodities classified as critical by the United States Geological Survey, and the People’s Republic of China was the top producing nation for 30 of those 50 critical minerals