Critical Mineral Mining Education Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3612 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3612 To establish a new educational exchange program to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 12, 2026 Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ 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 i…