Jobs Now Act of 2015

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Bill Number

HR 3554

Introduced

Sep 17, 2015

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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Cosponsors

Topics

Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Foreign aid and international relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Labor and Employment Marshall Islands Micronesia Oceania Palau State and local government operations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

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Summary

Jobs Now Act of 2015

Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service.

Prescribes program requirements, including that:

each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and
Labor give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.

Actions

Mar 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Sep 17, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 17, 2015

Introduced in House

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