Critical Mineral Mining Education Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7021 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7021 To establish a new educational exchange program to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2026 Mr. Olszewski (for himself, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Bera, and Mr. Huizenga) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a new educational exchange program to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Mineral Mining Education Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the United States mining industry and, more broadly, mining and mineral processing and refining, is widely reported as facing a significant personnel shortage. This shortage is driven by an aging workforce…