Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2013
Latest action · Jan 9, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish in the Treasury the STEM Education and Training Account.
Requires employers to submit along with an application for a certification a $1,000 fee (to be deposited in the STEM Education and Training Account).
Sets aside specified amounts for: (1) a low-income STEM scholarship program, (2) K-12 STEM education, and (3) STEM capacity building at minority-serving institutions.
Authorizes grants to eligible entities for American Dream Accounts for a group of low-income students.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Dec 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Nov 20, 2013Introduced in House
- Nov 20, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
- Nov 20, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7265-7266)
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 15 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act | Related bill | Mar 26, 2014 |
| S 744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act | Related bill | Jun 27, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Financial literacy
- Foreign labor
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Immigration
- Income tax deferral
- Minority education
- Performance measurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Science and engineering education
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Temporary and part-time employment
- User charges and fees
- Visas and passports
- Women's education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2013Introduced in House
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