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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 15, 2009
Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.
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Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D–WA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)
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