To provide a sense of Congress that computer science education programs, including coding academics, can provide important benefits to local industries and the economy and help meet in-demand workforce needs, and the Department of Education and Department of Labor should work together with industry to improve and expand computer science education programs and opportunities, including through apprenticeships.
Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)Legislative Activity
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3883 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Wicker to Amendment SA 3695.(consideration: CR S5903; text: CR S5903)
August 23, 2018
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3883 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Wicker to Amendment SA 3695.(consideration: CR S5903; text: CR S5903)
August 23, 2018
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3883 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
August 23, 2018
Amendment SA 3883 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Wicker to Amendment SA 3695. (consideration: CR S5903; text: CR S5903) To provide a sense of Congress that computer science education programs, including coding academics, can provide important benefits to local industries and the economy and help meet in-demand workforce needs, and the Department of Education and Department of Labor should work together with industry to improve and expand computer science education programs and opportunities, including through apprenticeships.
August 23, 2018
Amendment SA 3883 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
August 23, 2018
Senate amendment submitted
August 21, 2018
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SA 3883. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert the following: Sec. __. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) computer science education programs, including coding academies, can provide important benefits to local industries and the economy and help meet in-demand workforce needs; and (2) the Department of Education and Department of Labor should work together with industry to improve and expand computer science education programs and opportunities, including through apprenticeships. ______