GROWTH Act
Latest action · Oct 17, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 17, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act or the GROWTH Act
This bill sets forth provisions to promote career and technical education and establish highway construction workforce development initiatives.
Specifically the bill
- expands tax-exempt tuition programs (529 plans) to allow plans to pay transportation costs for attendance at workforce training programs and to repay student loan amounts,
- directs the Department of Transportation to make grants to establish highway construction workforce initiatives to attract, train, and place workers into highway construction careers,
- extends and expands the program for reimbursement of military spouses for professional relicensing costs due to a permanent change in duty station, and
- includes workforce development as an objective of the loan guaranty program of the Small Business Administration.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 17, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Oct 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4760 | GROWTH Act | Identical bill | Oct 21, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical education
- Military personnel and dependents
- Roads and highways
- Small business
- Student aid and college costs
- Transportation costs
- Transportation employees
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
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