3.0.0 1635 2022-11-01T17:17:22Z 2022-11-01T17:17:22Z House HR 2019-03-07 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WILSON of Florida:H.R. 1635.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section I, Article 8.[Page H2586]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-03-07T15:10:10Z 2019-03-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-03-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-03-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 N Labor and Employment Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Foreign aid and international relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Marshall Islands Micronesia Oceania Palau State and local government operations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Labor and Employment 00 2019-03-07 Introduced in House 2019-11-27T16:04:37Z Jobs Now Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award grants to general local governmental units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide a local government unit with a public service (i.e., job creation). At least 50% of grant funds must be used to retain employees who would otherwise be laid off due to budget cuts.

Labor must encourage grantees to use grant funds to retain, employ, or train veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals receiving unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers.

]]> Jobs Now Act of 2019 Display Title Jobs Now Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a pilot program to award grants to units of general local government and community-based organizations to create jobs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Jobs Now Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1635ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1635ih.xml 2019-03-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.