HELP Act

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HR 6819

Introduced

Sep 13, 2018

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Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government R ...

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Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Coal Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government trust funds Higher education Intergovernmental relations Labor and Employment Labor standards Mining Performance measurement Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Transportation costs Unemployment Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings

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Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2018 or the HELP Act

This bill establishes (1) a worker adjustment assistance program (including a Transition Adjustment Assistance Fund) to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal dependent industries, and (2) a Critical Employment Advisory Commission.

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Sep 13, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 13, 2018

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