Coal Mining Technology and Manpower Development Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Coal Mining Technology and Manpower Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to advance the technology and training of technologists needed to increase the production of coal in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner. Defines terms used in this Act. Authorizes and directs the Director of the National Science Foundation: (1) develop improved curricula for use by community colleges in programs for training of technologists needed to increase the production of coal in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner; (2) to conduct, by contract or other arrangement, demonstration projects applying the curricula developed under this Act; and (3) to conduct research designed to identify the manpower goals and needs of the United States for increasing the production of coal in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner. States that curricula developed under this Act shall include the training of technologists in the fields of: (1) the extraction, preparation, and the transportation of coal; (2) the reclamation of coal mined land; (3) the disposal of coal mine wastes; (4) the chemical and physical analysis of coal and materials, such as water and soil, that are invo…