Search Results: keywords:"mining education"

  • S. 912 — An Act To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Engrossed in Senate
    Words:1,606

    S. 912 aims to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education in the United States. The Secretary of Energy will establish a grant program for mining schools to help train the next generation of mining engineers and professionals. A special advisory board...

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    S. 912 is a plan to give money to schools that teach about mining rocks and minerals, so more people can learn how to work in mining. The goal is to help schools get better at teaching students to be mining experts, with $10 million each year set aside to help do this until 2031.

  • H. R. 2685 — To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Reported in House
    Words:2,026

    H.R. 2685, the Mining Schools Act of 2024, seeks to strengthen domestic mining education by establishing a grant program managed by the Secretary of Energy. The bill proposes awarding competitive grants to mining schools to recruit and educate future mining engineers and...

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    H.R. 2685, the Mining Schools Act of 2024, is a plan to give money to schools that teach about mining so they can get better at it, but it won't use new money, only what is already there.

  • S. 1130 — To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,764

    S. 1130 proposes to require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to support mining education in the United States. The bill aims to strengthen domestic mining education by establishing a grant program for mining schools, which will help recruit and educate...

    Simple Explanation

    S. 1130 is a plan to give money to schools that teach mining to help them teach better, with some people in charge of deciding who gets the money, but there are some worries about how they choose who gets it and how it's spent.

  • H. R. 2457 — To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,773

    H.R. 2457, known as the "Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2025," aims to improve mining education in the U.S. by providing technology grants to mining schools. The Secretary of Energy, along with the Secretary of the Interior, is tasked with...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 2457 is a plan to help schools teach people about mining by giving them special money called grants, but it uses money that the government already has, so it might not have enough. It also cancels an old rule about mining research but doesn't say what will happen to the research.