[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1422 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1422

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide for employment and 
 training assistance for certain individuals employed at a facility at 
 which the employer has made a public announcement that a substantial 
  number of employees will be terminated or laid off from employment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 1995

   Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide for employment and 
 training assistance for certain individuals employed at a facility at 
 which the employer has made a public announcement that a substantial 
  number of employees will be terminated or laid off from employment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 
              UNDER THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 314(h)(1) of the Job Training Partnership 
Act (29 U.S.C. 1661c(h)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
        after ``that such facility will close'' the following: ``or at 
        which the employer has made a public announcement that a 
        substantial number of employees will be terminated or laid off 
        from employment''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``or beginning 180 days before the date on which the 
        individual is scheduled to be terminated or laid off from 
        employment, as the case may be''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall 
apply with respect to public announcements made by employers before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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