Critical Materials Act of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Critical Materials Act of 1980 - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of Critical Materials to: (1) coordinate Federal materials policies, programs, and decisions; (2) promote an awareness of the extraordinary importance of critical materials to the national economic and defense interests; and (3) provide, within three years after enactment of this Act, a substantive recommendation as to how the Government should be organized to improve the materials policy process and advance a national materials policy. Sets forth the duties of the Office which include: (1) issuing an annual report on the domestic inventory of critical resources with projections on Government and industry needs for such resources and a forecast of prospective major critical materials problems; (2) evaluating industry needs of critical materials; (3) evaluating developments in such materials to recommend Government support of activities which would advance the Nation's interest in securing a continuing supply of such materials; (4) assisting in the development of U.S. foreign policy pertaining to mineral-rich countries and vital material regions of the world; (5) advising the Presiden…