Community College to Career Fund Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 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.
- IntroducedOct 29, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community College to Career Fund Act
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, private or nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and provide educational or career training programs for workers.
The governor of the state in which at least one of these entities is located shall establish criteria for an educational or career training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential for which an eligible entity submits a grant proposal.
Cosponsors 64
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2015 to Apr 29, 2016; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Nov 19, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Apr 29, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 29, 2015 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 29, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 160, October 29, 2015, page H7347.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2222 | Community College to Career Fund Act | Related bill | Oct 29, 2015 |
| HR 5671 | Urban Progress Act of 2016 | Related bill | Aug 30, 2016 |
| HR 6064 | Partnerships for the Future Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 15, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to support community college and industry partnerships, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Community College to Career Fund Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adult education and literacy
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Licensing and registrations
- National Guard and reserves
- Public-private cooperation
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
