US Congress House Resolution 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills should include development programs that recruit and train individuals from communities with high unemployment rates. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills enacted during the 115th Congress should include: (1) investments in workforce development programs to recruit and train unemployed veterans that have served in a conflict since September 11, 2001, and individuals from communities with high unemployment rates; and (2) outreach efforts geared toward underrepresented contractors, including minority- and women-owned businesses, veteran owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, and offerors that employ veterans on a full-time basis.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills should include development programs that recruit and train individuals from communities with high unemployment rates.

Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]

Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2017-02-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-02-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/159/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hres159/BILLS-115hres159ih.pdf