The Scarce Copper, Lycaena virgaureae, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies).

The bill would take sacred land from Native American tribes and give it away to two foreign corporations - one of which is partly owned by the Chinese government - in an attempt to give away millions of tons of our scarce copper resources to foreign companies.

Bell negotiated with Colonel Kenneth Nichols for the transfer of silver from the West Point Depository to the Manhattan Project, to substitute for scarce copper in the electromagnets used in the electromagnetic separation process at the Y-12 National Security Complex; eventually about 14,700 tons of silver was used.