To establish a grant program for stipends to assist in the cost of compensation paid by employers to certain recent college graduates and to provide funding for their further education in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
USA115th CongressHR-56| House
| Updated: 1/3/2017
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic Representative
Texas
Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2017 or America RISING Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to jointly establish a grant program to defray the costs paid by: (1) employers to compensate recent college graduates; and (2) recent college graduates to enroll in postsecondary education courses in mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Education
Education programs fundingEmployment and training programsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationScience and engineering educationSmall businessStudent aid and college costsUnemploymentWages and earnings
To establish a grant program for stipends to assist in the cost of compensation paid by employers to certain recent college graduates and to provide funding for their further education in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
USA115th CongressHR-56| House
| Updated: 1/3/2017
America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2017 or America RISING Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to jointly establish a grant program to defray the costs paid by: (1) employers to compensate recent college graduates; and (2) recent college graduates to enroll in postsecondary education courses in mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic Representative
Texas
Education and Workforce Committee
Education
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Education programs fundingEmployment and training programsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationScience and engineering educationSmall businessStudent aid and college costsUnemploymentWages and earnings