Definitions

In this Act: (1) Commercial recovery The term commercial recovery has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1403). (2) 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)). (3) Exploration The term exploration has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1403). (4) Lease The term lease has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). (5) Mineral The term mineral means— (A) a critical mineral; (B) uranium; (C) copper; (D) potash; (E) gold; and (F) any other element or compound that the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council determines appropriate. (6) Outer Continental Shelf The term outer Continental Shelf has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). (7) Processing The term processing includes the concentration, separation, refinement, alloying, and conversion of minerals into usable forms. (8) Prospecting The term prospecting has the meaning given the term geological and geophysical (G&G) prospecting activities in section 580.1 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). (9) Seabed mineral resource The term seabed mineral resource means a mineral-bearing material located in the seabed of the outer Continental Shelf, including— (A) a polymetallic nodule; (B) a cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust; (C) a polymetallic sulfide; (D) a heavy mineral sand; and (E) a phosphorite. (10) United States company The term United States company has the meaning given the term United States citizen in section 4 of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1403).