1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2023 or the Mining Schools Act of 2023 . 2. Technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Board The term Board means the Mining Professional Development Advisory Board established by subsection (d)(1). (2) Mining industry The term mining industry means 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. (3) Mining profession The term mining profession means the body of jobs directly relevant to— (A) the exploration, planning, execution, and remediation of metal and nonmetal mining sites; and (B) the extraction, including the separation, refining, alloying, smelting, concentration, and processing, of mineral ores. (4) Mining school The term mining school means— (A) a mining, metallurgical, geological, or mineral engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., that is located at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )); or (B) a geology or engineering program or department that is located at a 4-year public institution of higher education (as so defined) located in a State the gross domestic product of which in 2021 was not less than $2,000,000,000 in the combined categories of “Mining (except oil and gas)” and “Support activities for mining”, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (5) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (b) Domestic mining education strengthening program The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey), shall— (1) establish a grant program to strengthen domestic mining education