To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1656
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-18
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Northern Mariana Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1656 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2013 Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act.

1. Inclusion of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Wagner-Peyser Act The Wagner-Peyser Act is amended— (1) in section 2(5) ( 29 U.S.C. 49a(5) ), by inserting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, after Guam, ; (2) in section 5(b)(1) ( 29 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1) ), by inserting and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands after Guam ; and (3) in section 6(a) ( 29 U.S.C. 49e(a) )— (A) by striking allot to Guam and inserting allot to— (1) Guam ; (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount which, in relation to the total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to the allotment percentage that Guam received of amounts available under this Act in fiscal year 1983. .