# 116-hr-8839: Jobs Now Youth Employment Act

116-hr-8839, Jobs Now Youth Employment Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8839
- Congress: 116
- Title: Jobs Now Youth Employment Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-12-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Jobs Now Youth Employment Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to make allotments to local areas for youth workforce investment activities. Such allotments shall be made on the basis of the relative number of long-term unemployed individuals in each local area, compared to the total number of long-term unemployed individuals in all local areas.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8928: Portable Generator Safety STANDARD Act
- 116-hr-8918: Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8908: Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act
- 116-hr-8820: PASS Act
- 116-hr-8755: Expanded Telehealth Access Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8839 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8839)

## Related
- [116-hr-8928: Portable Generator Safety STANDARD Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8928)
- [116-hr-8918: Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8918)
- [116-hr-8908: Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8908)
- [116-hr-8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8840)
- [116-hr-8820: PASS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8820)
- [116-hr-8755: Expanded Telehealth Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8755)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8839 (as of 2025-11-18).