IMPACT Act
- Last Action
- 3/25/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-03-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-25 (00)
Improving Minority Participation And Careers in Telecommunications Act or the IMPACT Act
This bill establishes a grant program to assist certain institutions of higher education with setting up a program that prepares minority students to participate in the telecommunications workforce.
Specifically, the bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, acting through the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives, to establish the Telecommunications Workforce Training Grant Program. This grant program shall provide funds to historically Black colleges or universities, tribal colleges or universities, or minority-serving institutions to facilitate the creation of programs that (1) educate and train students to participate in the telecommunications workforce, and (2) include both a curriculum and apprenticeship or internship opportunities.
Cosponsors (3)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
Subjects
- Accounting and auditing
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Education programs funding
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Telephone and wireless communication
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