HR 1503 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Community College Energy Training Act of 2015

Introduced Mar 19, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Ben Ray Luján D-NM

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 19, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Community College Energy Training Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to create a program awarding grants to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in sustainable energy industries and practices, such as: (1) alternative energy; (2) high-performance green building construction, design, and redevelopment; (3) sustainable energy technologies; (4) water, energy, and resource conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.

Requires at least one-half of the grant funds to be awarded to community colleges with existing sustainability programs leading to certificates, credentials, or degrees in one or more of these industries or practices.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2015 to Sep 24, 2015; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-TXGene GreenOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-HIMark TakaiOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CARaul RuizOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 19, 2015
D-IADavid LoebsackApr 14, 2015
D-ILMike QuigleyApr 14, 2015
D-CAMaxine WatersApr 15, 2015
D-CANorma J. TorresApr 15, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyApr 30, 2015
D-COEd PerlmutterJun 15, 2015
D-NJDonald NorcrossSep 24, 2015

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 19, 2015
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Nov 16, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
  2. Mar 19, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Mar 19, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section VIII.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 47, March 19, 2015, page H1805.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to establish a program to provide for workforce training and education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy.
Short Titles as Introduced
Community College Energy Training Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2015Introduced in House

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