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H.R. 4078 115th Congress House

Expanding America's Workforce Act of 2017

Official title: To establish various programs to ease the burden on undereducated and financially deficient workers seeking to further their education.

Introduced: November 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsCongressional oversightEmployment and training programsHigher education
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Student aid and college costsVocational and technical education
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Oct 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 19, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 19, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding America's Workforce Act of 2017

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create a workforce Federal Pell Grant program, under which the Department of Education awards grants to students for attending career and technical education programs at institutions of higher education.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 14, 2018
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Jan 9, 2018
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Dec 13, 2017
Walters, Mimi
· Nov 28, 2017
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Nov 15, 2017
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Nov 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4078: Expanding America's Workforce Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4078/
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"H.R. 4078: Expanding America's Workforce Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4078/.
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H.R. 4078, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4078/.
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