HR 3554
114th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Jobs Now Act of 2015
Introduced: September 17, 2015
Introduced by:
Wilson, Frederica S.
Democratic
· Florida
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Sep 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 17, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Jobs Now Act of 2015
Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service.
Prescribes program requirements, including that:
- each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and
- Labor give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1