Skills Standards Certification Evaluation Act of 2009

Summary

Skills Standards Certification Evaluation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education to: (1) evaluate skills certification programs for employees; (2) rank such programs or determine best practices models for them; and (3) make recommendations on the merits of a unified national approach to such programs, and ways to streamline duplicative and similar programs into a single, widely recognized certification. Requires the Secretaries to post evaluation results on the Internet and make them available to Congress and to interested parties.

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Timeline

1. 8 January 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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2. 8 January 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S220)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 8 January 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 8 January 2009 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 January 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 January 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 8 January 2009

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Sponsors

• Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
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