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Main Subject: Energy

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.

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Jul. 17 2019	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May. 16 2019	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr. 10 2019	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb. 25 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

House floor actions Actions

IntroReferral

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.
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.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Feb. 22 2019	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR1315-116

Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019

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