3.0.0 356 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-02-22 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-22T23:43:15Z Transportation Workforce Centers of Excellence Act 117 2696 HR 2021-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 21st Century Transportation Workforce Development Act 117 2697 HR 2021-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Promoting Service in Transportation Act 117 3310 HR 2021-05-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS 2021-02-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-02-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N Transportation and Public Works Administrative remedies Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Air quality Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employee hiring Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Manufacturing Marketing and advertising Minority employment Public transit Public-private cooperation Railroads Research and development Roads and highways Teaching, teachers, curricula Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Vocational and technical education Women's education Women's employment Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-02-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-19T14:28:30Z Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act or the TOPS Act

This bill establishes federal training and educational programs to develop the transportation workforce.

It directs the Department of Transportation to

  • create a task force on developing a 21st century surface transportation workforce;
  • provide grants to partnerships including states, institutions of higher education, and others, to support transportation-sector education and workforce development projects;
  • conduct a national and international scanning tour of surface transportation agencies to identify critical future investment in workforce development;
  • designate certain geographically diverse consortia of two-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Transportation Workforce Training;
  • establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns, including to increase diversity and the awareness of career opportunities in the transportation sector; and
  • address emerging technologies in the transportation workforce, including cybersecurity related to such technologies.

Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study issues relating to workforce development in intelligent and zero-emissions transportation technologies.

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