[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2395 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2395

      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

                             June 24, 2011

   Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
 Richardson, Ms. Norton, Ms. Chu, Mr. Wu, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Bordallo, 
Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Towns, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Lewis 
    of Georgia, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
Serrano, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pastor of 
Arizona, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Polis, Ms. Clarke of New York, 
 and Mr. Kildee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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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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