21st Century Worker Opportunity Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 15, 2017)
21st Century Worker Opportunity Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a program that provides displaced workers with a subsidy or coupon for a lump sum payment of $500 that may only be applied towards: (1) broadband Internet access service, or (2) remote job training in a profession not likely to be automated in the next 20 years.
A "displaced worker" is defined as an individual who, due to automation of machinery that replaces human labor, has been terminated or laid off from employment or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment.
To be eligible for the program, a displaced worker who has been laid off or terminated must submit a certification from an employer that the worker was employed in the manufacturing sector and was laid off or terminated due to the automation of the position of the worker.
What just happenedMar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 15, 2017
- Mar 17, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Communications and Technology Subcommittee - Mar 15, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 15, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 15, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Mar 15, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House