All Investment in Afghanistan to be backed up by Rare Earth Minerals, like Ukraine?
H.R.969 - To impose sanctions on persons engaging in transactions in Afghanistan rare earth minerals.
Latest Action: House - 02/04/2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (Introduced 02/04/2025)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/969
In December 2020, Steube was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election
On January 6–7, 2021, Steube voted not to certify the election of Joe Biden as President
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Steube
Lara Logan: Make Afghanistan Free Again from all forms of terrorism.
We are combating more than 21 global and regional terrorist groups operating under the protection of the Taliban terrorist group.
The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
2021
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/18/business/afghanistan-lithium-rare-earths-mining/index.html
Rare Earth: Afghanistan Sits on $1 Trillion in Minerals - NBC News
2014
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/rare-earth-afghanistan-sits-1-trillion-minerals-n196861
Prepared in cooperation with the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, under
the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Afghanistan Geological Survey
2011
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1207/pdf/ofr2011-1207.pdf