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HR 2714 114th Congress House Labor and Employment Employee hiring Employment and training programs Government trust funds Unemployment Youth employment and child labor

Employ Young Americans Now Act

Introduced: June 10, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jun 10, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 10, 2015
Introduced in House
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Employ Young Americans Now Act

Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2016.

Requires the Department 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 Department 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 November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3555 Related bill Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Act of 2015
  • S 1506 Identical bill Employ Young Americans Now Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 10, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 10, 2015
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2714: Employ Young Americans Now Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2714/
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