[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4311 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4311

    To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the 
  employment services provided under that Act, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2014

 Mr. Faleomavaega introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the 
  employment services provided under that Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF AMERICAN SAMOA IN THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT.

    The Wagner-Peyser Act is amended--
            (1) in section 2(5) (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)), by inserting 
        ``American Samoa,'' after ``Guam,'';
            (2) in section 5(b)(1) (29 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1)), by inserting 
        ``and American Samoa'' after ``Guam''; and
            (3) in section 6(a) (29 U.S.C. 49e(a))--
                    (A) by striking ``allot to Guam'' and inserting 
                ``allot to--
            ``(1) Guam'';
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) American Samoa an amount which, in relation to the 
        total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to the 
        allotment percentage that Guam received of amounts available 
        under this Act in fiscal year 1983''.
                                 <all>