US SB2620 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Sets forth provisions to promote career and technical education and establish highway construction workforce development initiatives. Specifically the bill expands tax-exempt tuition programs (529 plans) to allow plans to pay transportation costs for attendance at workforce training programs and to repay student loan amounts, directs the Department of Transportation to make grants to establish highway construction workforce initiatives to attract, train, and place workers into highway construction careers, extends and expands the program for reimbursement of military spouses for professional relicensing costs due to a permanent change in duty station, and includes workforce development as an objective of the loan guaranty program of the Small Business Administration.
Title
GROWTH Act Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act
Sponsors
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK] | Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-10-17 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB4760 (Same As) 2019-10-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Subjects
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Labor and employment
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
Roads and highways
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Vocational and technical education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Labor and employment
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Military personnel and dependents
Roads and highways
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Vocational and technical education
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2620/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2620/BILLS-116s2620is.pdf |