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Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act

USA117th CongressS-356| Senate 
| Updated: 2/22/2021
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act or the TOPS Act This bill establishes federal training and educational programs to develop the transportation workforce. It directs the Department of Transportation to create a task force on developing a 21st century surface transportation workforce; provide grants to partnerships including states, institutions of higher education, and others, to support transportation-sector education and workforce development projects; conduct a national and international scanning tour of surface transportation agencies to identify critical future investment in workforce development; designate certain geographically diverse consortia of two-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Transportation Workforce Training; establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns, including to increase diversity and the awareness of career opportunities in the transportation sector; and address emerging technologies in the transportation workforce, including cybersecurity related to such technologies. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study issues relating to workforce development in intelligent and zero-emissions transportation technologies.
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Timeline
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Feb 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • February 22, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 22, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Transportation and Public Works

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3310: Promoting Service in Transportation Act
  • HR 117-2696: Transportation Workforce Centers of Excellence Act
  • HR 117-2697: 21st Century Transportation Workforce Development Act
Administrative remediesAdvanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesAir qualityComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of TransportationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationHybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehiclesManufacturingMarketing and advertisingMinority employmentPublic-private cooperationPublic transitRailroadsResearch and developmentRoads and highwaysTeaching, teachers, curriculaTransportation employeesTransportation programs fundingVocational and technical educationWomen's educationWomen's employment

Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act

USA117th CongressS-356| Senate 
| Updated: 2/22/2021
Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act or the TOPS Act This bill establishes federal training and educational programs to develop the transportation workforce. It directs the Department of Transportation to create a task force on developing a 21st century surface transportation workforce; provide grants to partnerships including states, institutions of higher education, and others, to support transportation-sector education and workforce development projects; conduct a national and international scanning tour of surface transportation agencies to identify critical future investment in workforce development; designate certain geographically diverse consortia of two-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Transportation Workforce Training; establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns, including to increase diversity and the awareness of career opportunities in the transportation sector; and address emerging technologies in the transportation workforce, including cybersecurity related to such technologies. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study issues relating to workforce development in intelligent and zero-emissions transportation technologies.
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Timeline
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Feb 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • February 22, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 22, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Transportation and Public Works

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3310: Promoting Service in Transportation Act
  • HR 117-2696: Transportation Workforce Centers of Excellence Act
  • HR 117-2697: 21st Century Transportation Workforce Development Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesAdvanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesAir qualityComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of TransportationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationHybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehiclesManufacturingMarketing and advertisingMinority employmentPublic-private cooperationPublic transitRailroadsResearch and developmentRoads and highwaysTeaching, teachers, curriculaTransportation employeesTransportation programs fundingVocational and technical educationWomen's educationWomen's employment