21st Century Jobs Act

Bill: 116-hr-8693
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Environmental technology
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Executive agency funding and structure
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Materials
Minority education
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-27
text: 

21st Century Jobs Act

 
This bill establishes an independent agency to be known as the Federal Institute of Technology in the executive branch of the federal government. 
 
The bill provides for a Board of Directors for the institute, which shall establish a minimum of 10 local boards.
 
The Board of Directors shall develop requirements for each local board based on the comprehensive strategy of the local board.
 
Each local board shall establish a research hub and oversee the activities of such hub.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-27
text: Introduced in House