# 114-hr-5508: JOBS Act

114-hr-5508, JOBS Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5508
- Congress: 114
- Title: JOBS Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Introduced: 2016-06-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Job Opportunity and Business Services Act or the JOBS Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require the reports to the Department of Labor each state, local board, and any other recipient of funds under the Act is required to make to include information regarding programs and activities carried out under the Act pertaining to the advertising budget, and a description of the advertising, for which the funds received were used. The bill also exempts from the prohibition against using funds received under the Act for lobbying purposes, and from specified other restrictions, the use of such funds for public relations and advertising costs for program outreach or activities otherwise related to carrying out the Act's purposes.

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5508 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5508)

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- [114-hr-6168: Academic Success Centers and Education Networks for Dreamers (ASCEND) Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6168)
- [114-hr-6138: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 560 Ea…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6138)
- [114-hr-6093: NATS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6093)
- [114-hr-6078: VALOR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6078)
- [114-hr-6026: To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate for nom…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5508 (as of 2025-11-18).