HR 2844
116th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Minority employment
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor
Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 20, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make available the following amounts for youth employment programs:
- up to $1.5 billion to provide youth ages 14-24 with subsidized summer employment opportunities, and
- up to $2 billion to provide them with subsidized year-round employment opportunities.
Labor must award
- one-year planning and three-year implementation grants out of the subsidized summer employment opportunities funding, and
- similar grants out of the subsidized year-round employment opportunities funding.
To be eligible to receive these grants, an entity must be a state, local government, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based organization that meets certain partnership requirements of this bill.
Labor shall establish performance measures to carry out annual reviews of each grant recipient.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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