118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2685Mining Schools Act of 2024

To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.

Energy
Introduced Apr 18, 2023
Last action Dec 12, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Apr 18, 2023
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Referred
May 22, 2023
Natural Resources
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Committee
Nov 20, 2024
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 4 sectionsReported to House
Timeline · 9 actions
Dec 12, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-864.
Dec 12, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 705.
Nov 20, 2024
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
Nov 20, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 20, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Jun 14, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held
May 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Apr 18, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 18, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.