Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 17, 2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact.
The bill (1) renames the office as the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment; and (2) directs the office to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.
The office must provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2019 to May 22, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jan 3, 2020 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | May 22, 2020 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 22, 2019 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2019Hearings Apr 10, 2019Markup May 16, 2019Reported May 16, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 16, 2019Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 16, 2019Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Apr 10, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Feb 22, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 22, 2019Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H2047H.R. 1315–1326 | — | Feb 22, 2019 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 9, 2019H.R. 1315, Blue Collar and Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 17, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 33, February 22, 2019, page H2047.
Printed hearings 6
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-11 | SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: CLEANER, STRONGER BUILDINGS135 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-64 | BUILDING A 100 PERCENT CLEAN ECONOMY: SOLUTIONS FOR THE U.S. BUILDING SECTOR115 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 20, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-57 | MEMBER DAY HEARING208 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-33 | THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 DOE BUDGET91 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 9, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-24 | INVESTING IN AMERICA'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE: IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CREATING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE124 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 10, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Moving Forward Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act to reauthorize an office within the Department of Energy, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a comprehensive, nationwide energy-related industries jobs program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Education programs funding
- Employment and training programs
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Intergovernmental relations
- Manufacturing
- Minority employment
- Oil and gas
- Science and engineering education
- Unemployment
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2019Introduced 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.
