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114-hr-3554114th Congress

Jobs Now Act of 2015

Sponsored By: Representative Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

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Summary

Jobs Now Act of 2015 Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service. Prescribes program requirements, including that: each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and Labor give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

FL • D

Cosponsors

  • JOHN CONYERS

    MI • D

    Sponsored 9/17/2015

  • Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 9/17/2015

  • Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 9/17/2015

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