US Congress Senate Bill 2415 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides incentives for programs that prepare students for careers in the wind energy industry. The Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to award grants to community colleges or technical schools that offer wind training programs. Such colleges and schools must use the grants for large pieces of wind component equipment (e.g., towers or blades) for use in training wind technician students. DOE must also establish a program to prepare veterans for careers in the wind energy industry that shall be modeled off of the Solar Ready Vets pilot program. In addition, DOE must convene a task force to study the wind technician workforce.

Wind Workforce Modernization and Training Act of 2019

Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]

Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2415/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2415/BILLS-116s2415is.pdf