Senate Bill 2620
116th Congress(2019-2020)
GROWTH Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Oct 17, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2620
Congress
116
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
October 17, 2019
10/17/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
10/17/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 3:47:35 AM