House Bill 1315
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 22, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1315
Congress
116
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019
This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact.
The bill (1) renames the office as the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment; and (2) directs the office to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.
The office must provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.
February 22, 2019
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07/17/2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
07/17/2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
05/16/2019
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
05/16/2019
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
04/10/2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
02/25/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
02/22/2019
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
02/22/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 4:32:53 PM