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S. 2620 116th Congress Senate

GROWTH Act

Official title: A bill to bolster the domestic workforce by encouraging communication between career and technical education institutions and emphasizing potential employment … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to bolster the domestic workforce by encouraging communication between career and technical education institutions and emphasizing potential employment opportunities, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain costs relating to career and technical education as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of section 529 programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 17, 2019 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Educational guidanceElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringEmployment and training programs
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Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationLicensing and registrationsMedical educationMilitary personnel and dependentsRoads and highwaysSmall businessStudent aid and college costsTransportation costsTransportation employeesVocational and technical education
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 17, 2019
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 Latest action October 17, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act or the GROWTH Act

This bill sets forth provisions to promote career and technical education and establish highway construction workforce development initiatives.

Specifically the bill

  • expands tax-exempt tuition programs (529 plans) to allow plans to pay transportation costs for attendance at workforce training programs and to repay student loan amounts,
  • directs the Department of Transportation to make grants to establish highway construction workforce initiatives to attract, train, and place workers into highway construction careers,
  • extends and expands the program for reimbursement of military spouses for professional relicensing costs due to a permanent change in duty station, and
  • includes workforce development as an objective of the loan guaranty program of the Small Business Administration.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4760 Identical bill GROWTH Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Oct 17, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2620: GROWTH Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2620/
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"S. 2620: GROWTH Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2620/.
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S. 2620, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2620/.
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