[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2174 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2174

  To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to clarify that nothing in that Act 
shall prohibit a State from using individuals other than merit-staffed 
 or civil service employees of the State (or any political subdivision 
       thereof) in providing employment services under that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 1998

  Mr. Abraham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to clarify that nothing in that Act 
shall prohibit a State from using individuals other than merit-staffed 
 or civil service employees of the State (or any political subdivision 
       thereof) in providing employment services under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF INDIVIDUALS OTHER THAN MERIT-STAFFED OR CIVIL SERVICE 
              EMPLOYEES OF A STATE IN THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT 
              SERVICES UNDER THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT.

    Section 13 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a State from using 
individuals other than merit-staffed or civil service employees of the 
State (or any political subdivision thereof) in providing employment 
services under this Act.''.
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