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H.R. 954: WISE Investment Act

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H.R. 954: WISE Investment Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-05 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

WISE Investment Act

Plain summary

Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act or WISE Investment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to local boards, community colleges, postsecondary vocational institutions, community-based organizations, and apprenticeship programs and joint labor-management training programs, to promote local economic growth and eliminate gaps between the workforce skills available and the workforce skills needed with respect to small businesses in local areas or regions.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

WISE Investment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Takano (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr954 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113