116th Congress
Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act
Purpose
A bill to advance STEM education, provide for improved worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
- Directs the Department of Education to create a grant program that supports engineering programs in elementary and secondary schools
- Permits “makerspaces” to receive funds from the Education Department’s career and technical education program
- Directs the Labor Department to create an Office of Apprenticeship and support the development of pre-apprenticeship programs
- Renames the Department of Commerce to the Department of Innovation and Investment
Primary Sponsors
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SENATOR D-NV
Co-sponsors by Party
R
0
D
1
I
0
Actions
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01/28/2020Introduced in Senate