Authorize $10 million annually for each of the 10 years following enactment of the legislation for the two new international exchange programs.
Authorize $10 million annually for 10 years for the new international exchange programs in the Critical Mineral Mining Education Act of 2026.
Occurrences
Evidence
The bill text authorizes $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2035 for the Critical Mineral Mining Fellowship Program and the Visiting Mining Scholars Program, which are the exchange programs in the measure.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Johnny Olszewski as sponsor, shows the bill was introduced in the House on January 12, 2026, referred to House Foreign Affairs, and still shows the status as Introduced.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Johnny Olszewski as sponsor, shows the latest action as referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 12, 2026, and marks the bill status as Introduced, with no House passage, Senate passage, presidential action, or law status shown.
The introduced text creates a Critical Mineral Mining Fellowship Program and Visiting Mining Scholars Program, and section 7 authorizes $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2035 for carrying out those programs.
The all-actions page shows only two actions: introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, both on January 12, 2026.
GovInfo identifies the bill version as Introduced in House, lists Johnny Olszewski, Jr. as sponsor, and states the bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Assessments
Rep. Olszewski sponsored H.R. 7021, and the introduced bill text includes the $10 million annual authorization for the exchange programs, but Congress.gov still shows the measure as only introduced with no committee approval, floor passage, or enactment. That is a serious legislative attempt, but the promised outcome was not delivered.