A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026
This bill reauthorizes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the primary federal workforce development program. It amends definitions and purposes to emphasize employer-directed skills…
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Federal legislation · 119th Congress
This bill reauthorizes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the primary federal workforce development program. It amends definitions and purposes to emphasize employer-directed skills…
The Parents Over Platforms Act establishes age assurance and parental control requirements for mobile applications and app distribution platforms. It requires app distributors to ask users to declare…
The PARITY Act repeals the 90/10 rule, a federal regulation that requires proprietary (for-profit) schools to derive at least 10 percent of their revenue from non-federal sources to remain eligible fo…
The Youth Climate Leadership Act of 2026 establishes youth advisory councils within five federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Departm…
The Higher Education Marijuana Research Act streamlines federal processes for colleges and universities to conduct marijuana research in states or tribal lands where marijuana is legal. The bill amend…
The FLEX Act amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to increase federal funding flexibility for charter school programs. It raises minimum funding allocations for charter school grants, exp…
This bill amends the John H. Chaffee Foster Care Program to expand education and workforce support for youth who have experienced foster care. It lowers the age of eligibility from 16 to 14, increases…
This bill reauthorizes and expands the YouthBuild program, which provides workforce development and education services to low-income youth. It increases authorized funding from $159.5 million in fisca…
The Buy American Seafood Act prohibits federal agencies from procuring foreign seafood for covered food programs, including school lunch and breakfast programs, emergency food assistance, and Departme…
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand loan rehabilitation provisions for federal student loan borrowers. Specifically, it requires that when a borrower successfully rehabilitates…
This bill reauthorizes and expands the YouthBuild program, which provides workforce development and education services to low-income youth. It increases authorized funding from $159.5 million in fisca…
This bill authorizes the Secretary of Education, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to establish an interagency advisory commission to advance restorative justice practi…
This bill amends the Higher Education Act to require that when a borrower repays in full a defaulted federal student loan, the loan servicer or guaranty agency must request that credit reporting agenc…
The Revitalizing America's Schoolyards Act authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies, educational service agencies, and nonprofit organizations to develop and…
This bill repeals two federal tax provisions that currently allow individuals to claim tax credits and exclude income related to contributions to scholarship granting organizations. The bill eliminate…
The CREATES Act requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a competitive grant program for states to create or improve credential repositories—centralized databases containing information about educ…
The OHH SNAP Act of 2026 amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility for students. The bill allows students with a student aid inde…
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to address workforce impacts of substance use disorders. It requires the Department of Labor to disseminate evidence-based practices to st…
This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to address workforce and skilled labor shortages in defense-critical industries. It requires federal agencies with delegated authority under the Act…
The Cyber Ready Workforce Act establishes a grant program within the Department of Labor to fund workforce intermediaries in creating and expanding registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity.…
The TECH Act expands federal grant eligibility to qualified technical schools offering career pathway and job training programs, placing them on equal footing with 2-year and 4-year colleges for certa…
The SPARK Act amends the Small Business Act to establish a federal program providing grants to incubators, accelerators, and similar organizations serving entrepreneurs in underserved communities. The…
Soil Conservation And Regeneration Education Act of 2026 or the Soil CARE Act of 2026 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a training program for soil health management…
The SPARC Act amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a federal loan repayment program for specialty medicine physicians and non-physician specialty health care providers who commit to six y…
Resident Education Deferred Interest Act or the REDI Act This bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internships or residency programs to defer student loan payments until the completion of thei…