Work to develop the second phase of Crack the Code 2.0 to create additional revenue streams that support North Dakota coal producers through coal-based fertilizer and critical mineral production.

John Hoeven · North Dakota · Republican

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.76 extraction confidence 91%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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Hoeven's Senate office said he was working to develop the second phase of Crack the Code 2.0 by adding value-added revenue streams, including lignite coal critical-minerals work and expanded fertilizer production at Dakota Gasification Company's Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The same release said UND's coal-based critical materials pilot was still in DOE award negotiations and that phase two was a goal Hoeven was now pursuing.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is a recent official statement, just before the Sept. 10 lookback start, showing active work on the exact phase-two commitment and identifying the two promised revenue streams. It does not show final completion: the critical-minerals award was not finalized and fertilizer expansion was framed as a target rather than an implemented expansion.

partial same_term A for effort

Hoeven Working to Advance Coal-Based Fertilizer & Critical Mineral Production Under Second Phase of Crack the Code 2.0
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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DOE announced $75 million for five projects using coal and coal-based feedstocks to produce rare earth elements and other critical materials, listing the University of North Dakota among the selected projects. DOE also stated that selections were for award negotiations and were not yet a binding funding commitment.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This official DOE record corroborates concrete progress on the critical-minerals part of the promise, including UND's selection for a coal-based recovery pilot. Because DOE expressly says selection is not yet a final award and this source does not establish fertilizer expansion, it supports partial rather than delivered status.

partial same_term A for effort

DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation Awards $75 Million to Accelerate Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery from Coal and Coal-Based Feedstocks
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Hoeven materially advanced the same federal-office commitment during the same Senate term: his office identified phase-two Crack the Code 2.0 work covering both lignite-based critical minerals and expanded coal-based fertilizer production, and DOE selected UND for coal-based critical-minerals award negotiations after an effort Hoeven led with the North Dakota delegation. But the promised outcome is not fully delivered because DOE selection was still only award negotiations, not final funding or operating production, and the fertilizer expansion at Dakota Gasification was described as a goal rather than an implemented new revenue stream.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 89%