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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…

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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.

Introduced: February 28, 2017 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 1, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Feb 28, 2017
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Feb 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 159: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-159/
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"H. Res. 159: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-159/.
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H. Res. 159, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-159/.
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