To advance STEM education, provide for improved worker, training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6623| House
| Updated: 8/16/2018
Tim Ryan
Democratic Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (6)
Committees (14)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Work and Welfare Subcommittee• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act or the WORKER Act This bill provides for (1) a grant program to implement engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools; (2) programs that increase representation of women and under-represented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations; (3) grants for improved worker training, retention, and advancement; (4) wage insurance for state unemployment compensation recipients; and (5) the establishment of the Distressed Community Investment Agency to promote, establish, and strengthen venture capital investment in distressed communities.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Education
Congressional oversightEconomic developmentEducational facilities and institutionsEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInfrastructure developmentPerformance measurementPublic-private cooperationScience and engineering educationState and local financeTeaching, teachers, curriculaVocational and technical educationWages and earningsWomen's education
To advance STEM education, provide for improved worker, training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6623| House
| Updated: 8/16/2018
Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act or the WORKER Act This bill provides for (1) a grant program to implement engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools; (2) programs that increase representation of women and under-represented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations; (3) grants for improved worker training, retention, and advancement; (4) wage insurance for state unemployment compensation recipients; and (5) the establishment of the Distressed Community Investment Agency to promote, establish, and strengthen venture capital investment in distressed communities.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Tim Ryan
Democratic Representative
Ohio
Cosponsors (6)
Committees (14)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Work and Welfare Subcommittee• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
Education
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Congressional oversightEconomic developmentEducational facilities and institutionsEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInfrastructure developmentPerformance measurementPublic-private cooperationScience and engineering educationState and local financeTeaching, teachers, curriculaVocational and technical educationWages and earningsWomen's education