Reemployment Services Act
Official title: A bill to amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to provide more effective job placement services, improved administration and management planning, review of policy alternatives, innovative employment services.
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Reemployment Services Act - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish an outreach program for the provision of technical and management assistance through the United States Employment Service to State public employment offices for the following: (1) implementation of annual management plans, (2) implementation of improved employment services, (3) implementation of pilot programs assisted by the Service, and (4) evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and potential improvements in performance associated with changes in priorities, programs and objectives.
Directs the Secretary to establish within the Service a national clearinghouse for employment service information.
Sets forth requirements for State public employment service annual management plans, including (1) provisions for the identification of employment opportunities, and for job placement and counseling, for specified categories of workers, (2) a program to encourage the active participation of employers in the public employment office system, and (3) conformity with certain budgeting principles.
Directs the Secretary, through the Service, to implement a financial assistance program for certain job placement projects under State public employment offices.
Directs the Secretary to carry out a comprehensive examination of the merits and the cost-effectiveness of establishing a nationwide job bank system and of the feasibility and effectiveness of establishing a system of Federal public employment offices in lieu of the system of State offices established under the Wagner-Peyser Act.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8965: Reemployment Services Act. 95th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-8965/
"H.R. 8965: Reemployment Services Act." 95th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-8965/.
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