US Congress Senate Bill 655 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on March 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Urban Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national or regional private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide job training, education, and support services and activities for eligible urban youth to provide them with a pathway to employment, or education leading to employment. Defines "eligible youth" as individuals ages 18 to 24 who: (1) are not enrolled in secondary or post-secondary school, or (2) are or have been subject to the criminal justice process. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Jobs Council Advisory Committee. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) community-based affiliates should establish local jobs council advisory committees to aid in establishing local community support for local implementation of the program; and (2) at least one-third of the members of the committee should be employers in high-impact, high-growth industries in the locality.

Urban Jobs Act of 2013

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. William Cowan [D-MA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1340 (Same As) 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/655/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s655/BILLS-113s655is.pdf