1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) current supply chains of critical minerals pose a great risk to the national security of the United States; (2) critical minerals are necessary for transportation, technology, renewable energy, military equipment and machinery, and other relevant sectors 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; (4) as of July 2023, companies based in the People’s Republic of China that extract critical minerals around the world have received hundreds of charges of human rights violations; and (5) on March 26, 2014, the World Trade Organization ruled that the export restraints by the People’s Republic of China on rare earth metals violated obligations under the protocol of accession to the World Trade Organization, which harmed manufacturers and workers in the United States. 3. Intergovernmental critical minerals task force (a) In general Section 5 of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 ( 30 U.S.C. 1604 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Intergovernmental critical minerals task force (1) Purposes The purposes of the task force established under paragraph (3)(B) are— (A) to assess the reliance of the United States on the People’s Republic of China, and other covered countries, for critical minerals, and the resulting national security risks associated with that reliance, at each level of the Federal Government, Indian Tribes, and State, local, and territorial governments