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Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to award offshore wind career training grants to institutions of higher education or labor organizations to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs that provide skills necessary for employment in the offshore wind industry.
People & committees
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] · D–MA
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 543.
Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-659, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-659, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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