[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1441 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1441

  To provide assistance for workforce investment activities to unique 
                   populations in Alaska and Hawaii.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2011

Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide assistance for workforce investment activities to unique 
                   populations in Alaska and Hawaii.

    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 ``Workforce Investment for Unique 
Populations in Hawaii and Alaska Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO UNIQUE POPULATIONS IN ALASKA AND HAWAII.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Labor is authorized to provide assistance to the Cook 
Inlet Tribal Council, Incorporated, and the University of Hawaii Maui 
College, for the unique populations who reside in Alaska or Hawaii, 
respectively, to improve job training and other workforce investment 
activities (as defined in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.)).
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal year 2012 and each subsequent fiscal year.
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