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<dc:title>119 S2864 IS: Pathways to Paychecks Act</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
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        <distribution-code>II</distribution-code>
        <congress>119th CONGRESS</congress>
        <session>1st Session</session>
        <legis-num>S. 2864</legis-num>
        <current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
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            <action-date>September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025</action-date>
            <action-desc><sponsor name-id="S373">Mr. Cassidy</sponsor> introduced the following
                bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSHR00">Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
                Pensions</committee-name></action-desc>
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        <legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
        <official-title>To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to allow States the flexibility to use
            staffing arrangements that best suit their needs, for employment service
            offices.</official-title>
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            <enum>1.</enum>
            <header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Pathways to Paychecks Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
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            <enum>2.</enum>
            <header>Employment service offices</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/49h">29 U.S.C. 49h</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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 <text>States may use State merit staff, or other staff that meet the requirements applicable to Federal contractors, to carry out the duties of employment service offices under this Act.</text>
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                <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
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