Bills Introduced – 1-28-21

Yesterday with the Senate in Washington and the House meeting in pro forma session, there were 229 bills introduced. Of those bills there were two that may receive additional coverage in this blog:

HR 579 To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot competitive grant program for the development of a skilled energy workforce, and for other purposes. Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] 

S 121 A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish demonstration and pilot projects to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing. Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] 

Similar sounding bills in previous sessions of Congress included specific mention of cybersecurity workforce development efforts. If these contain similar provisions, I will follow them in this blog.

There were two resolutions introduced and passed in the House yesterday that I will mention in passing:

H Res 62 Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] – Text https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hres62/BILLS-117hres62eh.pdf

H Res 63 Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]  - Text https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hres63/BILLS-117hres63eh.pdf

These resolutions set forth the Democratic and Republican (respectively) memberships in committees in the House. There have been some earlier similar resolutions for a couple of specific committees and there will be additional resolutions making adjustments to committee memberships, but passage of these two resolutions will allow for the organization of the respective committees and allow committee work in the House to commence in earnest.