S. Res. 457 is a symbolic resolution that designates the week of October 19, 2025, as "Coal Week" to honor workers and the role of coal in American energy production. The resolution recognizes coal industry workers for their contributions and emphasizes coal's historical importance to U.S. industrial development and current role as a baseload power source, noting it provided 19.5 percent of U.S. utility-scale electricity in 2022. The bill highlights coal's significance to national security and military readiness while acknowledging improvements in emissions reduction technologies from coal power plants. This is a non-binding resolution with no direct funding or regulatory impact—it serves purely to make a congressional statement recognizing the coal industry and its workers.
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