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S 1304 117th Congress Senate

Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to establish jobs programs for long-term unemployed workers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 22, 2021 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Adult education and literacyAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationEmployee hiringEmployment and training programs
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Labor-management relationsNational and community servicePerformance measurementPoverty and welfare assistanceState and local government operationsTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVocational and technical educationWages and earnings
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 Latest action April 22, 2021

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

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Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021

This bill creates a federal program to generate job opportunities for full-time students and certain workers who have been unemployed for at least 27 weeks.

Specifically, the Department of Labor must establish and administer a jobs initiative for eligible workers (i.e., individuals who are at least 18 years of age, are authorized to be employed in the United States, have not been employed or are full-time students for at least 27 weeks, and are currently seeking or have been seeking employment for at least 4 weeks), carried out through local boards or community-based organizations.

Labor shall award grants to local boards and community-based organizations to carry out jobs programs, including any added costs related to them in order to achieve economic development and job growth. Grant recipients must serve (1) high-poverty areas; or (2) areas for which the prime working-age employment-to-population ratio has been low, relative to that ratio for the United States for at least three years.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2790 Identical bill Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021
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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 22, 2021
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 22, 2021
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 22, 2021
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Apr 22, 2021
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1304: Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1304/
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