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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Vocational education</title>
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  <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5734</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1747 Workforce Development Investment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1747/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356837</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with community colleges or other educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1436 JOBS Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1436/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354762</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1421 Advancing Innovative Manufacturing Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1421/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354608</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing, to improve the competitiveness of American manufacturers, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1271 Job Skills for America's Students Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1271/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-18:/action/353436</id>
    <updated>2013-03-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1089 Stepping Up to STEM Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1089/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-11:/action/352555</id>
    <updated>2013-03-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.999 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h999/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-05:/action/351872</id>
    <updated>2013-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against immigration information in the possession of the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that such individuals are citizens or nationals of the United States, lawful permanent resident aliens, or nonimmigrants admitted for a limited period to obtain such training, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.954 Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h954/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-04:/action/351672</id>
    <updated>2013-03-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for the establishment of the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.453 A bill to require that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to an industry-recognized and nationally portable credential.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s453/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-04:/action/351681</id>
    <updated>2013-03-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to an industry-recognized and nationally portable credential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.439 Career and Technical Education Facilities Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s439/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-03:/action/351529</id>
    <updated>2013-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.441 Professional Development for Educators Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s441/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-03:/action/351561</id>
    <updated>2013-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to provide professional development activities for educators, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.919 Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h919/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351207</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.803 Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h803/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-24:/action/350560</id>
    <updated>2013-02-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.798 Workforce Investment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h798/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-14:/action/350354</id>
    <updated>2013-02-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, and to promote national economic growth, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.546 Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-05:/action/349162</id>
    <updated>2013-02-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.509 Transition toward Excellence, Achievement, and Mobility through Employment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h509/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-04:/action/348948</id>
    <updated>2013-02-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.511 Transition toward Excellence, Achievement, and Mobility through Empowerment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h511/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-04:/action/348893</id>
    <updated>2013-02-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide assistance to States for development and implementation of an individual transition plan for each individual with a developmental disability in the State who is making the transition from the secondary school system into adulthood, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.497 America Works Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h497/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-04:/action/348934</id>
    <updated>2013-02-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.505 Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h505/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-04:/action/348962</id>
    <updated>2013-02-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To repeal sequester while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts, and between non-defense cuts and defense cuts, to invest in job creation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.114 Online Job Training Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h114/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346693</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To encourage online workforce training.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3710 A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to establish a career and technical innovation fund.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3710/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-26:/action/345882</id>
    <updated>2012-12-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to establish a career and technical innovation fund.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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