Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act
Latest action · Apr 20, 2021 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to award offshore wind career training grants to institutions of higher education or labor organizations to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs that provide skills necessary for employment in the offshore wind industry.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2021 to Jan 28, 2022, with 21 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2021Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Employment and training programs
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- National Guard and reserves
- Nuclear power
- Oil and gas
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Youth employment and child labor
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
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