S 200 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Summary
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 system-involved youth or young adults, formerly incarcerated youths or adults, and former offenders; 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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Feb 2021
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Introduced Feb 3, 2021 Last action Feb 3, 2021
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Feb 3, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Feb 3, 2021
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