US Congress House Bill 4591 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Workforce Investment and Job Creation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop a strategy report to address the skills gap by providing analysis and recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities, identify industry-recognized postsecondary credentials that are nationally portable and aligned with in-demand occupations in industries such as construction, manufacturing, and others that are emerging, and increase employer participation in education and workforce training. Defines the term "skills gap" as the difference, or gap, between the current supply of labor and skills of the workforce and that which is desired by employers. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to states to provide funds to local boards for provision of technical school training subsidies in local areas through one-stop delivery systems to pay tuition costs for the career and technical education of unemployed individuals enrolled or accepted at a technical school. Limits the aggregate amount of subsidies to an individual to $2,000. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a refundable tax credit for: (1) 60% of the excess of the aggregate wages paid to their employees in 2014 over the aggregate wages paid them in 2013, and (2) 40% of the excess of such wages paid during 2015 over the aggregate inflation-adjusted wages paid during 2014. Limits the maximum amount of such credit to $500,000 in any calendar year.

Workforce Investment and Job Creation Act

Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2014-05-07	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-05-07	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2014-05-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

HB4541 (Related) 2014-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
SB1619 (Related) 2013-11-13 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7967)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4591/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4591/BILLS-113hr4591ih.pdf