Mining Schools Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 14
- Latest action
- Mar 25, 2025
What it does
The bill would require the Secretary of Energy to establish a competitive grant program awarding up to 10 annual grants to mining schools to strengthen domestic mining education and workforce development. It affects mining schools—defined as accredited mining, metallurgical, geological, or mineral engineering programs at higher education institutions, including certain geology or engineering programs at public universities in states with significant mining GDP—and establishes a Mining Professional Development Advisory Board to evaluate applications and oversee fund use. Grant funds must be used for student recruitment and enhancing programs in critical mineral extraction, processing…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.