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H.R. 3862: Community College to Career Fund Act

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H.R. 3862: Community College to Career Fund Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-10-29 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-10-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] · 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.

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Official title

Community College to Career Fund Act

Plain summary

Community College to Career Fund Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, private or nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and provide educational or career training programs for workers. The governor of the state in which at least one of these entities is located shall establish criteria for an educational or career training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential for which an eligible entity submits a grant proposal.

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Official text

Community College to Career Fund Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] · 64 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), William R. Keating (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 4 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] reported raising $6.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3862 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114