US HB2721 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $12.5 billion. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award 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 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.

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Title

Pathways Back to Work Act of 2013

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History

DateChamberAction
2013-09-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2013-09-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2013-07-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Same As/Similar To

HB2381 (Related) 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
SB1170 (Related) 2013-06-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB2770 (Same As) 2013-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
HB5489 (Related) 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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