[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3181 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3181

      To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the 
   establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2009

     Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. 
Christensen, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hare, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. Kildee, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. 
 Polis of Colorado, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Titus, Ms. Woolsey, and 
   Mr. Wu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the 
   establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United 
                                States.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF TERRITORIES FOR JOBS CORPS CENTERS.

    Section 147(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2887(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or similar agency 
        of an outlying area,'' after ``local agency''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(III), by inserting ``(or 
        outlying area)'' after ``State''.
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