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HR 3258 114th Congress House Labor and Employment Employment and training programs Manufacturing Student aid and college costs Vocational and technical education

WORC Grant Program Act of 2015

Introduced: July 28, 2015 Introduced by: Norcross, Donald Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jul 28, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 28, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Workers Opportunity and Retraining Competitive Grant Program Act of 2015 or the WORC Grant Program Act of 2015

Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to establish a manufacturing worker scholarship program to award competitive grants to states to provide scholarships of up to $2,000 per year (not to exceed two years) to dislocated workers or unemployed individuals through state and local boards to support their transition into manufacturing positions.

What's happening now November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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