# 114-hr-5022: HIRED Act

114-hr-5022, HIRED Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] (D-NE); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5022
- Congress: 114
- Title: HIRED Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2016-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] (D-NE)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act or the HIRED Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include assistance to dislocated workers through increased outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business among the rapid response activities to assist such workers in obtaining reemployment which a state, or state-designated entity, provides in the event of a permanent closure or mass layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise, or a natural or other disaster, resulting in mass job dislocation. A state may in such an event allocate up to 10% of funds reserved by the state governor for statewide rapid response activities to provide outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] (R-NY), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2016-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015
- 114-hr-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.

## Sources
- [114-hr-5022 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5022)

## Related
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- [114-hr-2992: Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2992)
- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
- [114-hr-1786: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1786)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5022 (as of 2025-11-18).