# 119-sres-55: A resolution recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".

119-sres-55, A resolution recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI); status passed_senate (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-55
- Congress: 119
- Title: A resolution recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**National Mentoring Month** designates January 2025 to spotlight mentoring and push for more high-quality mentor relationships. The resolution highlights mentoring’s benefits for youth, including stronger academic achievement, higher self-esteem, better college access, career exploration, and improved mental health, and notes mentoring is especially helpful for underserved groups like foster youth and Alaska Native and American Indian youth. It cites a mentoring gap where one in three young people lacks a mentor and urges public, private, and nonprofit collaboration to recruit mentors and expand programs.

## Cosponsors (25)

- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [119-sres-55 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/55)

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