H.R. 3715: Online Job Training Act of 2011
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H.R. 3715: Online Job Training Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-16 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Online Job Training Act of 2011
Plain summary
Online Job Training Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award National Online Workforce Training Grants for workforce training programs using distance-learning technologies, such as the Internet. Requires such grants to be awarded on a competitive basis to educational institutions, community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, state or local boards, or units of general local government that provide online workforce training. Directs the Secretary to award one grant to an eligible postsecondary educational institution to: (1) provide technical assistance to entities that receive grants, (2) collect and nationally disseminate the data gathered by entities that receive grants, and (3) disseminate best practices.
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Official text
Online Job Training Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3715.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3715 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112