1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to promote industry or sector partnerships that engage in collaborative planning, resource alignment, and training efforts across multiple businesses, for a range of workers employed or potentially employed by targeted infrastructure industries, including energy, construction, information technology, utilities, and transportation, in order to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Career and technical education