Strategic Resources Non-discrimination Act

Strategic Resources Non-discrimination Act (H.R. 4835) would amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to constrain how energy-source considerations can be used in the government’s defense-related authorities. Specifically, it adds a limitation to the domestic-energy-supply authority (Section 101(c)(1)) and creates a new provision (Section 306) that prohibits discrimination in Title III authorization decisions based on the energy source involved. In practice, the bill seeks to ensure that, when the federal government uses Defense Production Act powers to support industry or projects, decisions cannot be guided by whether the project uses fossil fuels, with a narrow carve-out related to the production of energy. The overall effect is to promote neutrality among energy sources in defense-related funding and support, while limiting certain environmental-protection rationales in the domestic-energy-supply context.