HR8181-119

In Committee

Critical Industry Skills Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 2, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Critical Industry Skills Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Education, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H90B625B0DB2C46D597D98874B3C7EFA7: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Industry Skills Act.
  • Section H6437885F72004245B652A493B75BE7CA: 2. Reservations; Reallocation Section 128(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(a)) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking...
  • Section H3F9542F6DF4449B5BF28694E6DF6E980: 3. Reservations for State activities; within State allocations; Reallocation Section 133(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(a))...
  • Section HE79ECE7309364E94A76A5453729F9C7E: 4. Use of funds for employment and training activities Section 134(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)(1))— Section...
  • Section H36C97EC8B9E245C6AA086BDFF4D7583C: 5. Study on statewide critical industry skills funds Section 169(b)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224(b)(4)) is amended— by...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Critical Industry Skills Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Education, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Critical Industry Skills Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Education Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 2, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 2, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 2, 2026

Mr. Messmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Education Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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