Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act

Kimberlyn King-Hinds

Republican · MP · Representative

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• Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)Original· 2025-03-03

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

2025-03-03

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This bill would likely aim to improve job training and employment services for people with disabilities or other barriers to work, ensuring they have equal access to job placement assistance and skills training as other workers. The legislation would probably require coordination between government agencies and employers to create more opportunities for underrepresented groups in the job market. It affects workers seeking employment services, employers, and government agencies that administer job training programs.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1797 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1797 To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2025 Ms. King-Hinds (for herself and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. (a) Definitions.--Section 2(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)) is amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,'' after ``Guam,''. (b) Unemployment Compensation Law Requirement.--Section 5(b)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,'' after ``Guam,''. (c) Allotments.--Section 6 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 49e) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by striking ``except for Guam'' and inserting ``except for Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa''; (B) by striking ``first allot to Guam and the Virgin Islands'' and inserting the following: ``first allot-- ``(1) to Guam and the Virgin Islands''; (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) beginning with the first fiscal year for which the total amount available for allotments under this section is greater than the total amount available for allotments under this section for fiscal year 2025, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to each of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, an amount which is equal to one-half of the amount allotted to Guam under paragraph (1) for the corresponding fiscal year.''; and (2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,'' after ``Guam''. <all>

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