S912-118

Passed Senate

To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 22, 2023

Summary

What This Bill Does

To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.. The local Codex analysis identifies the main policy area as Education, Energy, Environment, Public Lands and uses the stored bill text to provide context for clause-level classification.

Who Benefits and How

Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority, Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill may benefit where the bill creates funding, authority, exemptions, eligibility, or procedural clarity.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting, Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements may bear new administrative, reporting, compliance, or implementation responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Establishes or modifies federal legal authority described in the bill text.
  • Directs agencies, regulated parties, or program participants to follow the updated statutory framework.
  • Provides bill-level context for downstream clause analysis.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes..

Key Policy Areas

Education, Energy, Environment, Public Lands

Primary Purpose

To require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes..

Policy Domains

Education Energy Environment Public Lands

Billwide scope

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority
  • Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting
  • Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed Senate
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 22, 2023

Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. …

Mar 22, 2023 (inferred)

Passed Senate (inferred from es version)

Mar 22, 2023

Mr. Barrasso (for himself and Mr. Manchin) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Educational Services
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Mining schools accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Students pursuing mining profession careers

Oil & Gas
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Mining industry employers seeking trained professionals

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Energy Environment Public Lands
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Energy

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"Board" §definition_1

the Mining Professional Development Advisory Board established by subsection (d)(1)

"mining industry" §definition_2

the mining industry of the United States, consisting of the search for, and extraction, beneficiation, refining, smelting, and processing of, naturally occurring metal and nonmetal minerals from the earth

"mining profession" §definition_3

the body of jobs directly relevant to— the exploration, planning, execution, and remediation of metal and nonmetal mining sites

"Secretary" §definition_4

the Secretary of Energy

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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