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H.R. 7323 117th Congress House

Expanding Reentry Employment Assistance Act

Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act to codify the Department of Labor's Reentry Employment Opportunities grants, authorizing a competitive grant … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act to codify the Department of Labor's Reentry Employment Opportunities grants, authorizing a competitive grant program that aims to assist justice-involved adults and youth returning from incarceration with achieving academic success, employment, reducing the involvement of youth in crime and violence, and avoiding recidivism.

Introduced: April 7, 2022 Introduced by: Adriano Espaillat Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 31, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 31, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Reentry Employment Assistance Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Labor's Reentry Employment Opportunities program, which provides competitive grants to improve employment and training outcomes and reduce recidivism of justice-involved individuals.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7309 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · Apr 7, 2022
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 7, 2022
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Torres, Ritchie
New York · Apr 7, 2022
Trone, David
· Apr 7, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Apr 4, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7323: Expanding Reentry Employment Assistance Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7323/
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"H.R. 7323: Expanding Reentry Employment Assistance Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7323/.
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H.R. 7323, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7323/.
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