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Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013

Introduced: July 22, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Sep 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jul 22, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 22, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.

Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment.

Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.

What's happening now September 13, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 2381 Related bill Youth Jobs Act
  • HR 2821 Related bill American Jobs Act of 2013
  • HR 5489 Related bill Employ Young Americans Now Act
  • S 1170 Related bill Youth Jobs Act
  • S 1383 Related bill Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013
  • S 2832 Related bill Employ Young Americans Now Act
  • HR 2721 Identical bill Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 10, 2014
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Aug 2, 2013
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Aug 1, 2013
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 30, 2013
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 22, 2013
Loebsack, David
· Jul 22, 2013
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 22, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 22, 2013
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 22, 2013
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 22, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2770: Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2770/
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