3.0.0 4651 2023-01-11T13:44:44Z 2023-01-11T13:44:44Z Senate S 2020-09-22 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-22T21:26:06Z 2020-09-22 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-09-22 True Transportation and Public Works Employment and training programs Government information and archives Public transit Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Worker safety and health Transportation and Public Works 00 2020-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-07T17:53:19Z National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a national transit frontline workforce training center to meet the needs of the rural and urban transit system frontline workforce through standards-based training relating to relevant maintenance and operations occupations. It must also evaluate, and provide a grant to, a nonprofit organization with demonstrated capacity to develop and provide transit career ladder programs through labor-management partnerships and apprenticeships on a nationwide basis to carry out the duties of the center.

The center must develop and carry out training and educational programs for public transportation employees serving in the frontline workforce, including programs relating to (1) developing consensus national training standards for key frontline occupations with demonstrated skill gaps; (2) developing national systems of qualification and apprenticeship for transit maintenance and operations occupations; and (3) establishing local, regional, and statewide transit training partnerships.

]]> National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2020 Display Title National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Center, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4651is/xml/BILLS-116s4651is.xml 2020-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.