To watch a video of Chairman Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. 

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting to consider pending legislation. 

The Committee considered 21 public lands, recreation and energy bills that were all passed out of the Committee by a voice vote, including Chairman Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) bipartisan Mining Schools Act of 2023.

During his opening remarks, Chairman Manchin commented on the Mining Schools Act of 2023. 

“I want to briefly acknowledge the Mining Schools Act which Senator Barrasso and I introduced that is on the agenda today. It will increase opportunities for mining and geological programs at universities nationwide which is critical to building a strong workforce of American miners. This is important as we need to reduce our reliance on foreign countries that don’t share our values, and I look forward to advancing the bill,” said Chairman Manchin.  

Below is the full list of legislation considered today. 

• S. 384, a bill to establish the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.  
• S. 432, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream in the State of Vermont for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes. 
• S. 507, a bill to establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, and for other purposes. 
• S. 608, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes. 
• S. 912, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes. 
• S. 924, a bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. 
• S. 961, a bill to redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, as the “Salem Maritime National Historical Park”, and for other purposes. 
• S. 1015, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona. 
• S. 1059, a bill to adjust the boundary of Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.  
• S. 1088, a bill to authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.  
• S. 1097, a bill to establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona, and for other purposes.  
• S. 1277, a bill to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.  
• S. 1405, a bill to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State land in the State of Utah.  
• S. 1657, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes.
• S. 1760, a bill to amend the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 to include the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, and for other purposes.  
• S. 2018, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment to identify locations in National Parks in which there is the greatest need for broadband internet access service and areas in National Parks in which there is the greatest need for cellular service, and for other purposes.  
• S. 2020, a bill to amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group, and for other purposes.  
• S. 2042, a bill to amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes. 
• S. 2136, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the State of Utah for inclusion in certain State parks, and for other purposes. 
• S. 2149, a bill to sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes. 
• S. 2216, a bill to release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, and for other purposes.   

A list of amendments considered today can be viewed here.

To watch the business meeting in full, please click here.