Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-836
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-04
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: American Samoa

Employment and training programs

Northern Mariana Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes for purposes of the Federal Employment Service, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 836 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2021 Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mrs. Radewagen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act . 2. Inclusion of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa 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, American Samoa, after Guam, ; (2) in section 5(b)(1) ( 29 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1) ), by inserting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, after Guam, ; (3) in section 6(a) ( 29 U.S.C. 49e(a) )— (A) by inserting , the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa after except for Guam ; (B) by striking allot to Guam and inserting the following: allot to— (1) Guam ; (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa 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. ; and (4) in section 6(b)(1) ( 29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(1) ), in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting , the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, after does not include Guam .