WORKER Act
USA116th CongressHR-1168| House
| Updated: 3/6/2019
Tim Ryan
Democratic Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (10)
Committees (14)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Work and Welfare Subcommittee• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act or the WORKER Act This bill addresses workforce development by advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, revising and implementing certain worker training, retention, and advancement programs, establishing the Distressed Community Investment Agency, and renaming the Department of Commerce as the Department of Innovation and Investment. The bill requires (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities to implement certain formal and informal engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools, and (2) the use of certain career and technical education program funds for supporting a hands-on learning approach. The bill establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Apprenticeship, including a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships, to promote apprenticeship programs. Labor and ED must establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year post secondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions. The bill requires states to provide a Labor-approved reemployment bonus program for individuals currently receiving unemployment benefits. It also allows states to use workforce development funds for a wage insurance program for individuals age 50 and over (age 45 and over for individuals in economically distressed communities) and establishes a training voucher program to assist workers in obtaining job skills training.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Labor and Employment
Building constructionEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsPerformance measurementVocational and technical education
WORKER Act
USA116th CongressHR-1168| House
| Updated: 3/6/2019
Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act or the WORKER Act This bill addresses workforce development by advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, revising and implementing certain worker training, retention, and advancement programs, establishing the Distressed Community Investment Agency, and renaming the Department of Commerce as the Department of Innovation and Investment. The bill requires (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities to implement certain formal and informal engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools, and (2) the use of certain career and technical education program funds for supporting a hands-on learning approach. The bill establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Apprenticeship, including a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships, to promote apprenticeship programs. Labor and ED must establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year post secondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions. The bill requires states to provide a Labor-approved reemployment bonus program for individuals currently receiving unemployment benefits. It also allows states to use workforce development funds for a wage insurance program for individuals age 50 and over (age 45 and over for individuals in economically distressed communities) and establishes a training voucher program to assist workers in obtaining job skills training.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Tim Ryan
Democratic Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (10)
Committees (14)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Work and Welfare Subcommittee• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
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- In Committee
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- Passed Chamber
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Building constructionEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsPerformance measurementVocational and technical education