Mining Schools Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 12, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 705.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 18, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2023 or the Mining Schools Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a grant program to support domestic mining education. Under the program, DOE must award up to 10 grants each year to mining schools for recruiting and educating mining engineers and other qualified professionals to meet future energy and mineral needs. In addition, the bill repeals the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act of 1984.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2023 to Oct 18, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Apr 18, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Apr 18, 2023 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Apr 18, 2023 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Apr 18, 2023 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Apr 18, 2023 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Original | Apr 18, 2023 |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Apr 26, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | May 11, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 24, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Jun 13, 2023 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Jun 13, 2023 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Oct 18, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 18, 2023Discharged Nov 20, 2024Markup Nov 20, 2024Reported Dec 12, 2024 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2023Hearings Jun 14, 2023 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-864.
- Dec 12, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 705.
- Nov 20, 2024Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
- Nov 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 20, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 64, April 18, 2023, page H1847.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48005 | Critical Mineral Resources: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Role in Research and Analysis | Report | Feb 21, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 912 | Mining Schools Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Jul 15, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Mining Schools Act of 2023
- Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Mining Schools Act of 2024
- Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2024Reported in House
- Apr 18, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
