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HR 1315 116th Congress House

Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019

Official title: To amend title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act to reauthorize an office within the Department of Energy, to direct the Secretary of Energy to e… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act to reauthorize an office within the Department of Energy, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a comprehensive, nationwide energy-related industries jobs program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
Energy Alternative and renewable resourcesEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsEnergy efficiency and conservation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 17, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 16, 2019
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
May 16, 2019
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 10, 2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Feb 22, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 22, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 17, 2019

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes and modifies the Department of Energy's Office of Minority Economic Impact.

The bill (1) renames the office as the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employment; and (2) directs the office to establish a comprehensive program to improve education and training for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.

The office must provide grants to certain businesses to pay the wages of employees when they are receiving training for jobs in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, or grid modernization sectors.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2 Related bill Moving Forward Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
McEachin, A.
· May 22, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jan 3, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 10, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Apr 9, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1315: Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1315/
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