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Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act
Sponsored By: Representative King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
Introduced
Summary
Would extend federal employment services and funding to the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. The bill would rename the Wagner-Peyser Act the Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act and add those territories into the law's definitions.
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- People in the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa would be covered by the program and eligible for federal employment services under the Act.
- Funding rules change. The bill makes the first allotment go to Guam and the Virgin Islands and sets a staged allocation so that if total allotments exceed FY2025 levels, each of CNMI and American Samoa would receive an amount equal to one-half of Guam's allotment for that year.
- The bill would also place CNMI and American Samoa under the Act's unemployment compensation law requirements so they are subject to the same rules listed for Guam.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Job services for Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa
If enacted, this bill would add the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa to federal Wagner-Peyser job services. People and employers there would be under the same unemployment compensation rules that apply in Guam. It would also change how job-service funds are split among territories. Starting with the first year when total allotments are higher than in fiscal year 2025, each territory would get one-half of Guam’s first allotment for that year. The coverage change would start at enactment; the funding rule would start once that trigger happens and then continue each year.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
MP • R
Cosponsors
Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
AS • R
Sponsored 3/3/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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