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S 1506 114th Congress Senate 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 4, 2015 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 4, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 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 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 June 4, 2015

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

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