Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§3103 National Employment Conference
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 58— - FULL EMPLOYMENT AND BALANCED GROWTH › § 3103
Summary
Within a reasonable time after October 27, 1978, a National Employment Conference may be held in the District of Columbia, organized by the President or a federal department or agency, with participants from business, labor, and government. It will focus on jobs—especially structural unemployment and disadvantaged youth—and on ways to get the hardest-to-employ into private-sector work using targeted hiring tax breaks, wage-support payments, and other incentives.
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Title 15, §3103
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(a)A National Employment Conference may be convened in the District of Columbia within a reasonable period of time after October 27, 1978. Responsibility for the organization and implementation of this conference shall rest with the President or the appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government, and the conference shall bring together leaders of small and larger business, labor, government, and all other interested parties.
(b)The subject of the conference shall be employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth. The conference shall also focus on issues such as implementation of adequate and effective incentives for private sector employers to hire the hard-core unemployed. Special attention shall be given to the creation of jobs through the use of targeted employment tax credits, wage vouchers, and other incentives to private sector businesses.
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15 U.S.C. § 3103
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73