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HR 2611 112th Congress House

Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act

Official title: To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 21, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Sep 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jul 21, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 21, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 8, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, nonprofit organizations in partnership with one or more minority-serving institutions to provide support services, job training, and education to individuals with multiple barriers to employment, especially underrepresented minorities, to help prepare them to enter the workforce.

Requires such nonprofit organizations to submit a program plan to the Secretary in order to receive a grant or enter into such a contract or cooperative agreement.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
BACA, JOE
· Jul 21, 2011
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jul 21, 2011
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Jul 21, 2011
Polis, Jared
· Jul 21, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2611: Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2611/
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"H.R. 2611: Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2611/.
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H.R. 2611, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2611/.
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