Jon Husted (R-OH)
Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption Act
A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption Act," aims to secure domestic sources of vanadium for the steel, infrastructure, energy, and defense industries. It seeks to reduce reliance on foreign sources like China and Russia by allowing for the recycling of spent petroleum catalyst into ferrovanadium. The legislation directs the EPA Administrator to revise regulations under the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt certain reclamation units from Boilers and Industrial Furnaces requirements. This includes thermal treatment units and metallurgical units used to recover metals. The bill also clarifies the use of transfer-based exclusions when sending these materials to third parties for reclamation.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +5
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill reduces regulatory burdens for industrial companies involved in metal recovery.
- Scored +4
Is this likely to grow the economy?
By securing a domestic supply of critical minerals, the bill helps stabilize and grow the industrial and energy sectors.
- Scored +3
Is this likely to create jobs?
The bill facilitates domestic industrial capacity for vanadium recovery, which supports manufacturing and energy sectors.
The opposite
- Scored -5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill explicitly allows the EPA to conduct rulemaking without the standard notice and comment requirements.
- Scored -3
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill bypasses the standard notice and comment period for EPA rulemaking, which can limit public environmental scrutiny.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased National Security and Economic Resilience: By ensuring a domestic supply of vanadium, the bill seeks to protect the United States from strategic supply-chain threats from foreign economic and military enemies such as China and Russia (Section 2, Paragraph 1).
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Support for Key Industry Sectors: Securing vanadium helps provide critical components for high-strength steel used in the domestic steel, defense, infrastructure, and energy sectors (Section 2, Paragraph 1).
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Reduced Regulatory Burdens: The bill aims to avoid unnecessary regulatory burdens by exempting specific recovery units from Boilers and Industrial Furnaces requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (Section 2, Paragraph 6; Section 3, Paragraph (a)(1)).
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Encouraging Domestic Recovery: Clarifying regulations is intended to encourage environmentally safe domestic recovery of metals and critical minerals to ensure an affordable, resilient, and sustainable supply (Section 2, Paragraph 6).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Bypassing Public Input: The required rulemaking by the EPA is to be carried out without regard to the notice and comment requirements usually found under section 553 of title 5, United States Code (Section 3, Paragraph (b)(2)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Is this likely to grow the economy? — By securing a domestic supply of critical minerals, the bill helps stabilize and grow the industrial and energy sectors. Is this likely to create jobs? — The bill facilitates domestic industrial capacity for vanadium recovery, which supports manufacturing and energy sectors.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill reduces regulatory burdens for industrial companies involved in metal recovery.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill directs the EPA Administrator to issue specific regulatory exemptions. Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill explicitly allows the EPA to conduct rulemaking without the standard notice and comment requirements.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this repair or build roads and bridges? — The bill provides vanadium necessary for high-strength steel used in domestic infrastructure. Does this put more money into wind, solar and other renewable power? — Securing vanadium can support the energy sector, which includes renewable energy infrastructure. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill bypasses the standard notice and comment period for EPA rulemaking, which can limit public environmental scrutiny.
- 2/12/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.