US Congress House Bill 5489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on September 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Employ Young Americans Now Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2015. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.

Employ Young Americans Now Act

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2014-09-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

HB2381 (Related) 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
HB2721 (Related) 2013-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
HB2770 (Related) 2013-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
SB1170 (Related) 2013-06-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB1383 (Related) 2013-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB2832 (Related) 2014-09-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5489/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5489/BILLS-113hr5489ih.pdf