Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 20
- Latest action
- May 20, 2026
What it does
The Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act would require the Secretary of Defense to align the Job Corps program with the defense industrial base by ensuring that military recruits ineligible for enlistment due to certain disqualifications are informed of Job Corps training opportunities that prepare them for skilled industrial jobs in defense-related sectors, particularly near shipyards and defense suppliers. It would also extend existing shipbuilding workforce incentives to include Job Corps participants, allow Job Corps centers greater local autonomy in hiring, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement, and streamline enrollment for veterans and certain armed forces members eligible…
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Where it goes next
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