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S 2832 113th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Adult education and literacy Education of the disadvantaged Employee hiring Employment and training programs Government trust funds Performance measurement State and local government operations Temporary and part-time employment Unemployment Youth employment and child labor

Employ Young Americans Now Act

Introduced: September 16, 2014 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 16, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5634)
Sep 16, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth.

Requires the Secretary to award allocations and 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 young 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 16, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 2381 Related bill Youth Jobs Act
  • HR 2721 Related bill Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013
  • HR 2770 Related bill Pathways Back to Work 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
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2832: Employ Young Americans Now Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2832/
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"S. 2832: Employ Young Americans Now Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2832/.
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