Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§3103 National Employment Conference

Title 15 › Chapter 58— FULL EMPLOYMENT AND BALANCED GROWTH › § 3103

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Hold a National Employment Conference in the District of Columbia within a reasonable time after October 27, 1978. The President or a federal agency must organize it and bring together business, labor, government, and other interested people. The conference must focus on jobs—especially structural unemployment and disadvantaged youth—and on ways to encourage private employers to hire the hardest-to-employ, including targeted employment tax credits, wage vouchers, and other incentives.

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Title 15, §3103

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(a)A National Employment Conference may be convened in the District of Columbia within a reasonable period of time after October 27, 1978. Responsibility for the organization and implementation of this conference shall rest with the President or the appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government, and the conference shall bring together leaders of small and larger business, labor, government, and all other interested parties.
(b)The subject of the conference shall be employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth. The conference shall also focus on issues such as implementation of adequate and effective incentives for private sector employers to hire the hard-core unemployed. Special attention shall be given to the creation of jobs through the use of targeted employment tax credits, wage vouchers, and other incentives to private sector businesses.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 3103

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60