HR 3376
115th 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 2017
Introduced: July 24, 2017
Introduced by:
Wilson, Frederica S.
Democratic
· Florida
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Jobs Now Act of 2017
This bill 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 a local government unit with a public service.
The bill prescribes required and authorized uses of grant fund and priorities for awarding and using grant funds, including:
- encouraging grantees to use funds to retain, employ, or train veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and
- giving priority in awarding grants to local government units and their community-based organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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