[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1265 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1265

  Expressing support for designation of the week of December 6, 2021, 
   through December 12, 2021, as National United States Miners Week.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2020

 Mr. Stauber (for himself, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
Gosar, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Young, Mr. Mooney of 
  West Virginia, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Emmer, Ms. Cheney, Mr. 
 Simpson, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. McKinley) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for designation of the week of December 6, 2021, 
   through December 12, 2021, as National United States Miners Week.

Whereas December 6 was established by Congress in 2009 to honor the hard work 
        and commitment of miners in the United States;
Whereas America's mining men and women are foundational to modern economies and 
        are necessary for a high quality of life for all citizens;
Whereas the critical minerals and other raw materials harvested by American 
        miners out of domestic mines produce more than $82 billion in raw 
        materials annually;
Whereas the critical minerals and other raw materials unearthed by miners are 
        crucial to secure supply chains needed for steel, roads, houses, cars, 
        smartphones, ventilators, wind turbines, solar panels, and everything 
        else in our world that is not grown;
Whereas America's miners mine or support other industries in all 50 States;
Whereas there are more than 500,000 directly employed miners in America, 
        supporting another 1.8 million jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and 
        environmental sciences;
Whereas each miner in America indirectly supports an additional 3 jobs in 
        spinoff industries such as health care, hospitality, education, and 
        others, and are located in largely rural communities;
Whereas America's miners support billions in State and Federal royalty revenues, 
        funding education, child care, and diversifying economic development in 
        their communities; and
Whereas America would rely more on countries like Russia, China, the Democratic 
        Republic of the Congo, and others who rely on child and slave labor to 
        produce minerals needed for modern life if it weren't for American 
        miners: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the work of America's mining men and women; 
        and
            (2) recognizes the importance of America's miners in 
        securing our domestic supply chains.
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