Rural Service and Workforce Corps Act
Sponsored By: Representative Bynum
Introduced
Summary
Creates a Rural Service and Workforce Corps to grow staffing in critical rural jobs by trading education support and loan repayment for service. The program would recruit people into health care, skilled trades, energy, utilities, and other sectors with aging workforces to serve designated rural places.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New Rural Service Corps Program
If enacted, this bill would create a Rural Service and Workforce Corps Program at the Department of Agriculture. The program would provide scholarships, tuition help, student loan repayment, stipends or wage support, and relocation and retention incentives. You would need to serve three years in a rural area designated by the Agriculture Secretary to get these benefits. The program would begin one year after enactment.
Priority Jobs for Rural Sectors
If enacted, this bill would require the program to prioritize placements in these sectors: health care, skilled trades, energy infrastructure, utilities and public works, and other aging-workforce sectors the Labor Secretary names. The Agriculture Secretary would be able to update the list in consultation with the Labor Secretary. This would start one year after enactment. If your job is in these areas, you would get placement priority and access to program supports.
Rules for Employers Hosting Participants
If enacted, this bill would allow public, nonprofit, cooperative, tribal, and private employers to host program participants. Employers would have to meet wage and training standards set by the Agriculture Secretary in consultation with the Labor Secretary. Small businesses could host participants if they meet those standards. The rule would start one year after enactment.
Federal Coordination and Consultations
If enacted, the Agriculture Secretary would run the program and consult with Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Energy, and other agencies. Education would help with scholarships and loan repayment. Labor would help with stipends, relocation, and retention incentives. Health and Energy would advise on sector-specific placements. These consultations would begin one year after enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bynum
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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