Dedicated funding for transportation workforce development and training
Mark DeSaulnier will support dedicated funding for transportation workforce development and training.
Occurrences
Evidence
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“Dedicated funding for transportation workforce development and training” was listed among the eight DeSaulnier-authored provisions included in H.R. 8870, and the office said the bill passed committee by a vote of 62-to-2 and awaits House consideration.
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The committee approved H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act, a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, after a 14-hour markup; the committee release describes the bill as investing in transportation programs and moving to the House floor.
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Section 3010, titled “Technical assistance and workforce development,” says the Secretary may issue grants for technical assistance and codifies FTA’s Transit Workforce Development Center to improve access to on-the-job training opportunities, develop and maintain a workforce development strategy, and build awareness of youth-oriented programs for students.
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The committee page says the BUILD America 250 Act “supports transportation workers” and lists the bill among the committee’s latest actions, including the May 22, 2026 committee approval.
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Section 3010 amends 49 U.S.C. 5314 to let the Secretary make grants and contracts for technical assistance, establishes a national transit workforce development center, and directs it to improve access to on-the-job education, skills training, apprenticeship, scholarship, internship, and mentorship programs. The bill also authorizes technical assistance and workforce development funding of $20,499,000 for FY2027, $20,806,000 for FY2028, $21,118,000 for FY2029, $21,434,000 for FY2030, and $21,756,000 for FY2031.
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The House Committee Repository says the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8870 was agreed to by voice vote and the bill was agreed to and ordered to be favorably reported to the House, as amended, by a recorded vote of 62 yeas and 2 nays. The page lists first publication on May 19, 2026 and last update on June 15, 2026.
Assessments
DeSaulnier materially supported the promised policy by securing/authorsing a transportation workforce development and training funding provision in H.R. 8870, and the bill advanced out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in May 2026. However, the evidence only shows committee approval and bill text authorization, not House passage, Senate passage, enactment, or implemented dedicated funding. That is meaningful same-term progress but short of full delivery.
Evidence shows DeSaulnier materially supported and authored provisions in H.R. 8870 for transportation workforce development and training, including grants and codification of the Transit Workforce Development Center. The bill advanced through the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in May 2026, demonstrating concrete action in support of the promise. However, the record provided does not show final House passage, Senate passage, enactment, or actual implemented dedicated funding. Because he clearly advanced the promised policy but it has not been shown as fully delivered, the best judgment is partial fulfillment in the same term.