Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2681
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2015-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Foreign labor
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax deferral
Minority education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: 

Training Highly Skilled Americans Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish in the Treasury the STEM Education and Training Account. 
 
Requires employers to submit along with an application for a certification a $1,000 fee (to be deposited in the STEM Education and Training Account). 
 
Sets aside specified amounts for: (1) a low-income STEM scholarship program, (2) K-12 STEM education, and (3) STEM capacity building at minority-serving institutions. 
 
Authorizes grants to eligible entities for American Dream Accounts for a group of low-income students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Introduced in House