To establish a grant program for domestic maritime workforce training and education, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 11, 2021

This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award maritime career training grants to institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers related to the maritime workforce.

Each awarded grant may not exceed $20 million.

DOT must award grants based on

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a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by the institution of higher education or postsecondary vocational institution to develop, offer, or improve maritime educational or career training programs to be made available to workers;

an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete a maritime educational or career training program that the institution proposes to develop, offer, or improve;

an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers in the community served by the institution, as well as the availability and capacity of existing maritime training programs to meet future demand for training programs; and

any prior designation of the institution as a Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · D–TX

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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

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Feb 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Feb 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced in House

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HR 7456 · To establish a grant program for domestic maritime workforce training and education, and for other purposes.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/987

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/987

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2021-02-11.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr987/BILLS-117hr987ih.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/987

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2021-02-11.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr987/BILLS-117hr987ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.987, 117th Congress: To establish a grant program for domestic maritime workforce training and education, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/987

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2021-02-11.

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