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BUILDS Act

USA116th CongressS-1517| Senate 
| Updated: 5/16/2019
Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

Democratic Senator

Virginia

Cosponsors (2)
Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Rob Portman (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; supporting the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries; facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating multiple businesses' training and education needs; helping grant recipients who provide career and technical education and training in aligning curricula, entrance requirements, and programs to the targeted infrastructure's needs and required credentials; providing information on grant activities to state agencies to enable them to inform unemployment compensation recipients of employment and training opportunities; helping partner businesses to attract and retain workers from a diverse job seeker base; and expanding the number of individuals with a barrier to employment, who have access to training and education opportunities that are aligned with business needs, and providing those workers with support to address such barrier.
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Timeline
May 16, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2927-2928)
May 17, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-2831
Introduced in House
  • May 16, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 16, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2927-2928)


  • May 17, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-2831
    Introduced in House

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2831: BUILDS Act
Educational guidanceEducation programs fundingEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsFood assistance and reliefHigher educationInfrastructure developmentPoverty and welfare assistancePublic-private cooperationTeaching, teachers, curriculaUnemploymentVocational and technical education

BUILDS Act

USA116th CongressS-1517| Senate 
| Updated: 5/16/2019
Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries). Such strategic objectives must include recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries; supporting the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries; facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating multiple businesses' training and education needs; helping grant recipients who provide career and technical education and training in aligning curricula, entrance requirements, and programs to the targeted infrastructure's needs and required credentials; providing information on grant activities to state agencies to enable them to inform unemployment compensation recipients of employment and training opportunities; helping partner businesses to attract and retain workers from a diverse job seeker base; and expanding the number of individuals with a barrier to employment, who have access to training and education opportunities that are aligned with business needs, and providing those workers with support to address such barrier.
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Timeline
May 16, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2927-2928)
May 17, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-2831
Introduced in House
  • May 16, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 16, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2927-2928)


  • May 17, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-2831
    Introduced in House
Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

Democratic Senator

Virginia

Cosponsors (2)
Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Rob Portman (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2831: BUILDS Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Educational guidanceEducation programs fundingEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsFood assistance and reliefHigher educationInfrastructure developmentPoverty and welfare assistancePublic-private cooperationTeaching, teachers, curriculaUnemploymentVocational and technical education