US Congress House Bill 5155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 29 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016 This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to: identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States; assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs; identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment. A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.

Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016

Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2016-04-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2016-04-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5155/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5155/BILLS-114hr5155ih.pdf