H.Res. 179 is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's support for strengthening partnerships between the United States and African countries to develop critical minerals supply chains. The resolution responds to concerns that China controls much of the global supply of minerals essential to U.S. national security, clean energy, and defense—minerals like cobalt, lithium, and nickel—and argues that Africa holds about 30 percent of the world's proven critical mineral reserves that remain largely underdeveloped. The resolution calls on the State Department, working with Commerce, Energy, Interior, Defense, and other federal agencies, to develop a five-year strategy that would mobilize investments, provide financing and technical assistance, and strengthen commercial partnerships to help African countries expand their own mineral production and processing capacity. No specific funding is authorized in the resolution, as it is a statement of congressional intent rather than legislation that appropriates money or creates binding policy. The resolution also encourages the administration to expand an existing 2022 agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia on electric vehicle battery supply chains into a broader continental model.
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