CAREERS Act

Summary

Creating Access to Rural Employment and Education for Resilience and Success Act or the CAREERS Act This bill reauthorizes the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program and expands the program to include support for career pathway programs or industry or sector partnerships in industries in rural communities. As background, this Department of Agriculture (USDA) program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, support industry clusters, and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas. Under the bill, RISE grant program funds may be used to support career pathway programs (i.e., a combination of rigorous and high-quality education, training, and other services) or industry or sector partnerships in industries in rural communities. These industries may include public utilities (i.e., telecommunications, broadband, water, wastewater, disposal, and electric supply services), conservation practices and management, health care, child care, manufacturing, and agribusiness. The bill removes the current requirement that the program provide grants (to the maximum extent practicable) for job accelerators in at least 25 states. Instead, USDA must ensure the regional diversity of grant recipients or participants in providing for job accelerators, career pathway programs, and industry or sector partnerships. The bill also includes additional reporting requirements for career pathway programs and industry or sector partnership grant recipients.

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Timeline

1. 9 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 14 February 2025

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Nicholas Langworthy · R · Sponsor
• Jill Tokuda · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Andrea Salinas · D · Cosponsor
• Donald Davis · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

Related records

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