U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB8925: Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act
Status: In committee, May 20, 2026
To require the Secretary of Defense to align the Job Corps program with the defense industrial base, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To require the Secretary of Defense to align the Job Corps program with the defense industrial base, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, May 20, 2026:
A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to align the Job Corps program with the defense industrial base, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act . SECTION 2. Alignment of Job Corps with the defense industrial base (a) In general The Secretary of Defense, acting through the National Imperative for Industrial Skills program of the Department of Defense (or a successor program), shall-- (1) ensure that military recruits who are ineligible for enlistment as a result of the requirements of section 520 of title 10, United States Code, are made aware of opportunities to enroll in the Job Corps program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq. ) to receive training that-- (A) prepares enrollees for employment as skilled industrial workers in the defense industrial base in the State or local area in which a Job Corps center is located and, to the extent practicable, in the State or local area in which enrollees intend to seek employment after graduation; and (B) includes programs of advanced career training described in section 148(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3198(c) ) at existing Job Corps centers or at …
Sponsors
- Joe Courtney (D, HD-002) · primary sponsor
- Mike Ezell (R, HD-004)
- Jennifer Kiggans (R, HD-002)
- Sanford Bishop (D, HD-002)
- Michael Lawler (R, HD-017)
- Christopher Deluzio (D, HD-PA-17)
- Claudia Tenney (R, HD-024)
- Maggie Goodlander (D, HD-002)
- John Rutherford (R, HD-005)
- Don Bacon (R, HD-NE-2)
- Joe Wilson (R, HD-SC-2)
- Brett Guthrie (R, HD-KY-2)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB8925?
- HB8925 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act.
- What does HB8925 do?
- In its own words: To require the Secretary of Defense to align the Job Corps program with the defense industrial base, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB8925?
- In committee as of May 20, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (May 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB8925?
- Joe Courtney (D, HD-002), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB8925?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8925
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