3.0.0 4760 2022-11-01T04:17:50Z 2022-11-01T04:17:50Z House HR 2019-10-18 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 165 (Friday, October 18, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma:H.R. 4760.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H8260]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2019-10-21T19:17:10Z Referred to 2019-10-18T13:01:20Z hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-18T13:01:30Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-18T13:01:25Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-18T13:01:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-18T13:01:10Z GROWTH Act 116 2620 S 2019-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2019-10-21 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-10-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Small Business, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001082 Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] Kevin Hern R OK 1 N Labor and Employment Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Employee hiring Employment and training programs Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Licensing and registrations Medical education Military personnel and dependents Roads and highways Small business Student aid and college costs Transportation costs Transportation employees Vocational and technical education Labor and Employment 00 2019-10-18 Introduced in House 2020-12-22T18:22:53Z 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.
]]> GROWTH Act Display Title GROWTH Act Official Title as Introduced To bolster the domestic workforce by encouraging communication between career and technical education institutions and emphasizing potential employment opportunities, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain costs relating to career and technical education as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of section 529 programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced GROWTH Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4760ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4760ih.xml 2019-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.