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Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act
3/8/2023, 8:12 PM
Congressional Summary of S 356
Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act or the TOPS Act
This bill establishes federal training and educational programs to develop the transportation workforce.
It directs the Department of Transportation to
- create a task force on developing a 21st century surface transportation workforce;
- provide grants to partnerships including states, institutions of higher education, and others, to support transportation-sector education and workforce development projects;
- conduct a national and international scanning tour of surface transportation agencies to identify critical future investment in workforce development;
- designate certain geographically diverse consortia of two-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Transportation Workforce Training;
- establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns, including to increase diversity and the awareness of career opportunities in the transportation sector; and
- address emerging technologies in the transportation workforce, including cybersecurity related to such technologies.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study issues relating to workforce development in intelligent and zero-emissions transportation technologies.
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Current Status of Bill S 356
Bill S 356 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since February 22, 2021. Bill S 356 was introduced during Congress 117 and was introduced to the Senate on February 22, 2021. Bill S 356's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. as of February 22, 2021
Bipartisan Support of Bill S 356
Total Number of Sponsors
1Democrat Sponsors
1Republican Sponsors
0Unaffiliated Sponsors
0Total Number of Cosponsors
0Democrat Cosponsors
0Republican Cosponsors
0Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 356
Primary Policy Focus
Transportation and Public WorksPotential Impact Areas
- Administrative remedies
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and advertising
- Minority employment
- Public transit
- Public-private cooperation
- Railroads
- Research and development
- Roads and highways
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Vocational and technical education
- Women's education
- Women's employment
Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 356
Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act
A bill to develop and improve the transportation workforce, and for other purposes.
Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act
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Sponsors and Cosponsors of S 356
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