3.0.0 663 2023-01-11T13:34:17Z 2023-01-11T13:34:17Z House HR 2017-01-24 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 24, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:H.R. 663.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8--Commerce Clause[Page H688]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-01-24T15:03:20Z 2017-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2017-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000297 Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] Evan Jenkins R WV H. 3 N D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2017-01-24 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2017-01-24 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-01-24 True Labor and Employment Coal Employment and training programs Mining Unemployment Vocational and technical education Labor and Employment 00 2017-01-24 Introduced in House 2017-03-01T20:41:46Z Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017

This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to:

  • identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States;
  • assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs;
  • identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and
  • provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment.

A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.

]]> Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017 Display Title Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To establish a grant program to assist dislocated miners in receiving additional training and education to enable them to find and secure new jobs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr663ih/xml/BILLS-115hr663ih.xml 2017-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.