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To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a job-training grant program for workers displaced by automation and to establish an Innovation Corps to enable recent college graduates to volunteer in job-training programs for workers displaced by automation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1576| House 
| Updated: 3/16/2017
Doris O. Matsui

Doris O. Matsui

Democratic Representative

California

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Innovation Corps Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a competitive program to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish or enhance education programs that retrain workers displaced from their jobs by automation to provide such workers with skills needed for jobs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields. Commerce shall establish an Innovation Corps whereby recent college graduates may volunteer, in an education program for which an institution of higher education receives (or is eligible to receive) such a grant, to help retrain displaced workers. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to: (1) allow federal student loan deferment for graduate volunteers who serve in the corps, and (2) require Commerce to repay up to $100,000 of such a student loan for a borrower who completes two years of corps service.
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Mar 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • March 16, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 16, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a job-training grant program for workers displaced by automation and to establish an Innovation Corps to enable recent college graduates to volunteer in job-training programs for workers displaced by automation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1576| House 
| Updated: 3/16/2017
Innovation Corps Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a competitive program to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish or enhance education programs that retrain workers displaced from their jobs by automation to provide such workers with skills needed for jobs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields. Commerce shall establish an Innovation Corps whereby recent college graduates may volunteer, in an education program for which an institution of higher education receives (or is eligible to receive) such a grant, to help retrain displaced workers. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to: (1) allow federal student loan deferment for graduate volunteers who serve in the corps, and (2) require Commerce to repay up to $100,000 of such a student loan for a borrower who completes two years of corps service.
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Timeline
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • March 16, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 16, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Doris O. Matsui

Doris O. Matsui

Democratic Representative

California

Education and Workforce Committee

Labor and Employment

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsHigher educationIndustrial facilitiesNational and community serviceScience and engineering educationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsStudent aid and college costsUnemployment