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; 21 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jan 28, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2021 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Apr 19, 2021Hearings Apr 20, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred 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.
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. 167, no. 26, February 11, 2021, page H503.
Printed hearings 1
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. 117-54 | OFFSHORE WIND, ONSHORE BENEFITS: GROWING THE DOMESTIC WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY174 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 21, 2021 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46970 | U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Development: Overview and Issues for the 118th Congress | Report | Sep 13, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3068 | Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 16, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an offshore wind career training grant program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act
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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced 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.
