Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 11, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, Education, and Defense (DOD) and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out a program to award compeititve, three-year grants to enable up to five states and five metropolitan areas to carry out proposals to promote reforms in workforce education and skill training for manufacturing.
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): (1) acting through the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, to conduct an audit of all federal education and skills training programs related to manufacturing to ensure that states and metropolitan areas are able to align federal resources with the labor demands of their primary manufacturing industries; and (2) to work with states and metropolitan areas to determine how federal funds can be more tailored to meet their different needs.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 18, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2014Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2897 | Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014 | Identical bill | Sep 18, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Accounting and auditing
- Appropriations
- Department of Labor
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government studies and investigations
- Labor and Employment
- Manufacturing
- Minority employment
- Science and engineering education
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
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