Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 22, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021
This bill creates a federal program to generate job opportunities for full-time students and certain workers who have been unemployed for at least 27 weeks.
Specifically, the Department of Labor must establish and administer a jobs initiative for eligible workers (i.e., individuals who are at least 18 years of age, are authorized to be employed in the United States, have not been employed or are full-time students for at least 27 weeks, and are currently seeking or have been seeking employment for at least 4 weeks), carried out through local boards or community-based organizations.
Labor shall award grants to local boards and community-based organizations to carry out jobs programs, including any added costs related to them in order to achieve economic development and job growth. Grant recipients must serve (1) high-poverty areas; or (2) areas for which the prime working-age employment-to-population ratio has been low, relative to that ratio for the United States for at least three years.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 22, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 22, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2790 | Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Apr 22, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adult education and literacy
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-management relations
- National and community service
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- State and local government operations
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2021Introduced in Senate
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