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H.R. 602 117th Congress House

Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Official title: To provide State and local workforce and career and technical education systems with support to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency.

Introduced: January 28, 2021 Introduced by: Robert C. "Bobby" Scott Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Relaunching America's Workforce Act

This bill establishes several grant programs to address employment, the workforce, and education access in response to the COVID-19 national emergency.

The Department of Labor must provide grants in response to the COVID-19 national emergency to

  • provide training and employment for dislocated, unemployed, and underemployed workers;
  • support youth employment;
  • establish workforce information systems improvements;
  • provide reentry employment opportunities for justice-involved youth and young adults; and
  • create or expand apprenticeship programs.

Programs directed towards assisting Native Americans and migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be extended.

The Department of Education must provide grants to expand the capacity of adult education providers to prioritize serving adults with low-literacy or numeracy levels negatively impacted by the COVID-19 national emergency, and to improve or expand career and technical education programs and programs of study to respond to state and local needs as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 19
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 26, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 1, 2021
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Feb 1, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Feb 1, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Feb 1, 2021
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jan 28, 2021
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Jan 28, 2021
Levin, Andy
· Jan 28, 2021
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 28, 2021
Sablan, Gregorio
· Jan 28, 2021
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jan 28, 2021
Wild, Susan
· Jan 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 602: Relaunching America’s Workforce Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-602/
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"H.R. 602: Relaunching America’s Workforce Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-602/.
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