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S 268 111th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Consumer affairs Employment and training programs Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental technology Low- and moderate-income housing Youth employment and child labor

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

Introduced: January 15, 2009 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Jan 15, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)
Jan 15, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now January 15, 2009

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

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