US Congress House Bill 4174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Research and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Manufacturing Skills Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Department of Defense and the Director of the National Science Foundation to jointly establish a Manufacturing Skills Partnership to administer and carry out a program to award competitive, three-year grants to enable up to five states and five metropolitan areas to carry out proposals to promote reforms in workforce education and skill training for manufacturing. The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall: acting through the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, conduct an audit of all federal education and skills training programs related to manufacturing to ensure that states and metropolitan areas are able to align federal resources with the labor demands of their primary manufacturing industries; and work with states and metropolitan areas to determine how federal funds can be more tailored to meet their different needs.

Manufacturing Skills Act of 2015

Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]

Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2015-12-03	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2015-12-03	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2015-12-03	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, 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.
2015-12-03	House	Introduced in House

SB1542 (Related) 2015-06-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4174/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4174/BILLS-114hr4174ih.pdf