# 114-hr-5096: TECH Careers Act

114-hr-5096, TECH Careers Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5096
- Congress: 114
- Title: TECH Careers Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2016-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Technical Education Creates High-Paying Careers Act of 2016 or the TECH Careers Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to direct the Department of Education (ED), in coordination with the Department of Labor, to develop and implement an American Technical Training Grant Program awarding competitive three-year grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to eligible entities for supporting the establishment, redesign, or expansion of job training programs that enable economically disadvantaged students to enter into and advance along career pathways that lead to jobs in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations. The entities eligible for such grants must be institutions of higher education offering career and technical education programs that can be completed in two years or less (or a consortium of such institutions), but only if they enter a partnership agreement with: a local workforce development board; an employer with a workforce need in a high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand industry; an industry organization or other intermediary representing the industry sector or occupation for which the job training program provides training; and an institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree and also has an articulation agreement with the eligible entity.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4626: BRACE Act
- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-4399: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5096 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5096)

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- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4626: BRACE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4626)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-4399: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4399)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5096 (as of 2025-11-18).