H.R.3376: Jobs Now Act of 2017

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 24, 2017

Jobs Now Act of 2017

This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide a local government unit with a public service.

The bill prescribes required and authorized uses of grant fund and priorities for awarding and using grant funds, including:

encouraging grantees to use funds to retain, employ, or train veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and

giving priority in awarding grants to local government units and their community-based organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] · D–FL

Committees

Education and Workforce Committee

25 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Legislative record

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Jul 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 24, 2017
Introduced in House

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3376

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Discuss H.R.3376, 115th Congress: Jobs Now Act of 2017

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3376

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