H-0782.1
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4402
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Abell, Dye, and Graham
Read first time 01/28/25. Referred to Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans.
WHEREAS, Washington state is determined to lead a resurgence of domestic manufacturing capabilities in fields of strategic consequence to America and its allies; and
WHEREAS, The prosperity and security of Washington and the Pacific Northwest Region will require development of a supply chain of critical materials, including raw materials needed for specific applications in advanced computing and data storage, clean energy and transportation, and defense technologies; and
WHEREAS, In 2015, the Washington State Legislature formed and invested in a Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (JCDREAM) to accelerate the development of next-generation clean energy and transportation technologies in Washington state and to increase awareness of critical minerals supply chain risks and their ramifications for Washington's leading employers and economy; and
WHEREAS, A recent study prepared for JCDREAM observed that the state's economy is comparatively more dependent on supply chains for critical minerals disproportionately controlled by countries that could cut off United States supplies; and