Job Corps Nationwide Act

Bill: 117-hr-4850
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-07-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Job Corps Nationwide Act</strong></p> <p>This bill broadens the definition of <i>state</i>, for purposes of the Job Corps program, to include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Palau. Job Corps is a national program that operates with state and local partners to provide education and training, primarily in a residential setting, for low-income youths.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4850 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2021 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Radewagen , and Mr. San Nicolas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the definition of State to include outlying areas for purposes of the Job Corps program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Job Corps Nationwide Act . 2. Job Corps definitions Section 142 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3192 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (11) State The term State has the meaning given the term in section 3, except that such term also includes outlying areas (as defined in section 3). .