S. 662 118th Congress Senate

STEM RESTART Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a new national program to support mid-career workers, including workers from underrepresented populations, in reentering the STEM workforce, by providing funding to small- and medium-sized STEM businesses so the businesses can offer paid internships or other returnships that lead to positions above entry level.

Introduced: March 6, 2023 Introduced by: Jacky Rosen Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 6, 2023

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action March 6, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

STEM Restoring Employment Skills through Targeted Assistance, Re-entry, and Training Act or the STEM RESTART Act

This bill establishes a new national program to support mid-career workers, including workers from underrepresented or rural populations, in reentering or transitioning to the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce by awarding grants to certain small- and medium-sized businesses to assist such workers in reentering or transitioning to the workforce at positions above entry level.

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