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H.R. 5914 96th Congress House

A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to revise certain restrictions on wages.

Introduced: November 15, 1979 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Employment and training programsManpower training programsPublic service employmentStandardsWages
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Nov 15, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Nov 15, 1979
Introduced in House
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to prohibit a prime sponsor from paying more than the average entry level wage for all employment positions (with specified exceptions) with such prime sponsor to public service jobholders as average federally supported wages.

Requires a prime sponsor to submit to the Secretary of Labor the methods and, upon request, the data used in the computation of such average entry level wage.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1
KILDEE, DALE
· Nov 15, 1979
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 1979
MILLER, GEORGE
· Nov 15, 1979
SABO, MARTIN
· Nov 15, 1979
STARK, PETE
· Nov 15, 1979
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5914: A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to revise certain restrictions on wages.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5914/
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"H.R. 5914: A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to revise certain restrictions on wages.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5914/.
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