Youth Jobs Act
Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 14, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Youth Jobs Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Youth Jobs Fund, with an initial appropriation of $3 billion for FY2014.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.
Requires the Secretary to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.
Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2013 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Jun 17, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E8E892-893)
- Jun 14, 2013Introduced in House
- Jun 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E892 | John Conyers, Jr. D-MI | Jun 17, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3654.
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1170 | Youth Jobs Act | Identical bill | Jun 13, 2013 |
| S 1383 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 | Related bill | Jul 29, 2013 |
| HR 2721 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 | Related bill | Sep 13, 2013 |
| HR 2770 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 | Related bill | Sep 13, 2013 |
| HR 2821 | American Jobs Act of 2013 | Related bill | Sep 18, 2014 |
| S 2832 | Employ Young Americans Now Act | Related bill | Sep 16, 2014 |
| HR 5489 | Employ Young Americans Now Act | Related bill | Nov 17, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Youth Jobs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
