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H.R. 602: Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

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H.R. 602: Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-28 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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

Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Plain summary

Relaunching America's Workforce Act This bill establishes several grant programs to address employment, the workforce, and education access in response to the COVID-19 national emergency. The Department of Labor must provide grants in response to the COVID-19 national emergency to provide training and employment for dislocated, unemployed, and underemployed workers; support youth employment; establish workforce information systems improvements; provide reentry employment opportunities for justice-involved youth and young adults; and create or expand apprenticeship programs. Programs directed towards assisting Native Americans and migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be extended. The Department of Education must provide grants to expand the capacity of adult education providers to prioritize serving adults with low-literacy or numeracy levels negatively impacted by the COVID-19 national emergency, and to improve or expand career and technical education programs and programs of study to respond to state and local needs as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency.

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Official text

Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · 26 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] reported raising $882,179 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr602 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117