Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2018
Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2018
This bill (1) directs the Government Accountability Office to study the barriers to providing, and opportunities for improving, training for workers in industries that have, or are likely to have, high rates of job loss due to automation; (2) directs the Department of Labor to award grants to eligible partnerships to support demonstration and pilot projects relating to the training needs of workers who are, or are likely to become, dislocated workers as a result of automation; and (3) expands training programs for such workers and funding for national dislocated worker grants.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7928-7930)