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H.R. 5095 96th Congress House

Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act of 1979

Official title: A bill to provide a special program of financial assistance to Opportunities Industrialization Centers and other national community-based organizations in orde… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide a special program of financial assistance to Opportunities Industrialization Centers and other national community-based organizations in order to provide new motivational and skills training opportunities for welfare recipients, and new incentives for business and industry to coordinate their employment, plans and jobs creation effort with Opportunities Industrialization Centers and national community-based organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in developing cooperative relationships with the private sector.

Introduced: August 2, 1979 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Community developmentDepressed areasEmployment and training programsHard-core unemployed
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Manpower training programsPublic Welfare and CharitiesPublic service employmentTax-exempt organizationsUnemployment
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It never became law before the 96th Congress (1979–1980) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 2, 1979
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 Latest action August 2, 1979

Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) enter into a contract with Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Incorporated, for the creation of jobs and the provision of skills training for hard-core unemployed welfare recipients in urban and rural depressed areas, and unemployed persons in depressed areas whose unemployment insurance has expired; and (2) enter into contracts with other national community-based organizations, such as the National Urban League, for the provision of comprehensive employment services to such persons.

Directs the head of each agency administering authority under any of specified Acts or programs, including the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, the Housing and Community Development Act, and public works assistance programs, to take steps to assure that consideration will be given to national community-based organizations for the provision of comprehensive employment services and job opportunities to welfare recipients pursuant to those Acts and programs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5095: Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act of 1979. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5095/
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"H.R. 5095: Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and Private Sector Job Creation Welfare Reform Act of 1979." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5095/.
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H.R. 5095, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5095/.
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