GROWTH Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Congressional Research Service

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 17, 2019

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.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R–OK

Committees

Finance Committee

1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

Legislative record

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Oct 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate

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Related bills identified by Congress.gov

HR 4760 · GROWTH Act

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