GROWTH Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 18, 2019)
Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act or the GROWTH Act
This bill 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.
What just happenedOct 21, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 18, 2019
- Oct 21, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Highways and Transit Subcommittee - Oct 18, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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.
Small Business Committee - Oct 18, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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.
Armed Services Committee - Oct 18, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Oct 18, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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 - Oct 18, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Oct 18, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House