Labor Department gives money for job training programs.
S. 4961 — PATH Act · Filed by Martin Heinrich (D-NM) · Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Labor Department to give grants. The grants are up to $20 million per year. Groups get money to run training programs in skilled trades. The federal government pays 75% of costs. Groups that get money must pay 25% and prove trainees can get jobs.
Who it affects
The bill helps low-income people, racial minorities, women, veterans, and people from rural areas. Nonprofits, employers, labor groups, and schools can apply for money.
One thing to notice
The bill says people who finish training must be able to get jobs. But it does not say what happens if employers do not hire them.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- federal government — The U.S. government in Washington, D.C.
- grants — Money the government gives to groups that do not have to pay it back.
- skilled trades — Jobs that need special training, like building or fixing things.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (10,700 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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