[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2376 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2376

  To develop a program regarding career opportunities by making such 
    information available on publicly accessible networks and other 
                           electronic media.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To develop a program regarding career opportunities by making such 
    information available on publicly accessible networks and other 
                           electronic media.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Career Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. CAREER INFORMATION AVAILABILITY.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Labor, shall develop an age specific program for students 
from kindergarten through 12th grade regarding career opportunities and 
the skills necessary to pursue such careers.
    (b) Deadline.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and make available 
the program described in subsection (a).

SEC. 3. INFORMATION NETWORK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, coordinate with other Federal agencies and 
specifically with local educational agencies to make available the 
program developed pursuant to section 2 on publicly accessible networks 
and other electronic media.
    (b) Current Information and Dissemination.--The Secretary of 
Education shall--
            (1) regularly update the age specific programs regarding 
        career opportunities;
            (2) use reasonable means to notify other Federal agencies 
        and local educational agencies regarding the availability of 
        such information; and
            (3) create and ensure currency in the dissemination of the 
        career information.
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