HR 2721 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 18, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.

Requires the Secretary to award 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 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.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
  2. Sep 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  3. Jul 18, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Jul 18, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related bills 6

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1170Youth Jobs ActRelated billJun 13, 2013
S 1383Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013Related billJul 29, 2013
HR 2381Youth Jobs ActRelated billJul 8, 2013
HR 2770Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013Identical billSep 13, 2013
S 2832Employ Young Americans Now ActRelated billSep 16, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

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  1. Jul 18, 2013Introduced in House

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