HR 1748 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2017

Introduced Mar 28, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA

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Latest action · Mar 28, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 28, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Labor to provide funding to states for the development or expansion of summer and year-round youth employment programs that: (1) match youth participants with appropriate employers for high-quality employment opportunities; and (2) provide work-readiness training and educational programs, coaching and mentoring, career and college planning services, financial literacy education, and supportive services.

In addition, Labor must award grants to assist community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates.

The bill establishes labor standards, performance accountability measures, and reporting requirements with respect to each of these new programs.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2017 to Jul 10, 2018; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-GADavid ScottOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-COJared PolisOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAKaren BassOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NVRuben J. KihuenOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 28, 2017
D-NYAdriano EspaillatApr 3, 2017
D-WIMark PocanApr 3, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinApr 25, 2017
D-GAJohn LewisApr 25, 2017
D-CARo KhannaApr 25, 2017
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezApr 27, 2017
D-PADwight EvansJul 11, 2017
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Jul 11, 2017
D-OREarl BlumenauerJul 12, 2017
D-MANiki TsongasJul 18, 2017
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamAug 4, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenAug 8, 2017
D-INAndré CarsonJul 10, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 28, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2017Introduced in House
  2. Mar 28, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 54, March 28, 2017, page H2516.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 115-3THE FUTURE OF FEMA: STAKEHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATOR84 pagesHomeland Security CommitteeFeb 14, 2017–Feb 28, 2017

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3234Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2018Related billJul 18, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized summer and year-round employment and to assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2017Introduced in House

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