S 1736
116th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Youth employment and child labor
Job Corps Protection Act
Introduced: June 5, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Job Corps Protection Act
This bill instructs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Labor to (1) not transfer the function of any Forest Service Jobs Corps Civilian Conservation Center to Labor, and (2) ensure that each center is wholly operated only by USDA.
Also, the bill prohibits any of the funds appropriated to USDA or Labor for FY2019 or FY2020 from being used to close any center.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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