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To establish a grant program to assist dislocated miners in receiving additional training and education to enable them to find and secure new jobs.

USA115th CongressHR-663| House 
| Updated: 2/15/2017
Evan H. Jenkins

Evan H. Jenkins

Republican Representative

West Virginia

Cosponsors (3)
Tim Ryan (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017 This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to: identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States; assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs; identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment. A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.
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Timeline
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 15, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)
  • January 24, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 24, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.


  • February 15, 2017
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)

Labor and Employment

CoalEmployment and training programsMiningUnemploymentVocational and technical education

To establish a grant program to assist dislocated miners in receiving additional training and education to enable them to find and secure new jobs.

USA115th CongressHR-663| House 
| Updated: 2/15/2017
Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017 This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to: identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States; assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs; identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment. A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.
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Timeline
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 15, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)
  • January 24, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 24, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.


  • February 15, 2017
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)
Evan H. Jenkins

Evan H. Jenkins

Republican Representative

West Virginia

Cosponsors (3)
Tim Ryan (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Labor and Employment

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CoalEmployment and training programsMiningUnemploymentVocational and technical education