JOBS Act
Latest action · Jun 8, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Job Opportunities Between our Shores Act or the JOBS Act
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to carry out demonstration and pilot projects that provide education and training programs for jobs in advanced manufacturing.
The bill prescribes requirements for project activities and performance goals and measures.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2017 to May 24, 2018; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Jun 8, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 24, 2018 |
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 Jun 8, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 98, June 8, 2017, page H4820.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2601 | JOBS Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 16, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- JOBS Act
- Job Opportunities Between our Shores Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2017Introduced 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.
