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S 268 111th Congress Senate

Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act

Official title: A bill to provide funding for a Green Job Corps program, YouthBuild Build Green Grants, and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2009 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Alternative and renewable resourcesClimate change and greenhouse gasesConsumer affairsEmployment and training programs
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Energy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental technologyLow- and moderate-income housingYouth employment and child labor
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)
Jan 15, 2009
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 Latest action January 15, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 267 Related bill Summer and Year-Round Jobs for Youth Stimulus Act of 2009
  • S 269 Related bill Retooling America's Workers for a Green Economy Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 268: Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-268/
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