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H.R. 2053: Mining Schools Enhancement Act

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H.R. 2053: Mining Schools Enhancement Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 186. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Mining Schools Enhancement Act

Plain summary

Mining Schools Enhancement Act (Sec.2)This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) of the Department of the Interior to ensure that at least 70% of specified research fundsare expended to enhance and support programs at mining and mineral engineering schools in the United States. In addition, OSMRE shall ensure that research activities relate to conventional fuel resource development and production, including enhancing technologies and practices related to the mitigation of acid mine drainage, reforestation, and revegetation in the reclamation of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining.

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Official text

Mining Schools Enhancement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2053, Mining Schools Enhancement Act (2017-07-21)

Cosponsors on this site

Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Barr (R-KY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2053 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115