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Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to extend federal employment services to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, territories that were previously not covered by the act. The bill adds these territories to the definitions and unemployment compensation law requirements under the Wagner-Peyser Act. The bill establishes funding provisions for these territories, stipulating that beginning in the first fiscal year when total allotments exceed fiscal year 2025 levels, each territory will receive an amount equal to half of what Guam receives in federal employment services funding. The amendment ensures that these two U.S. territories receive federal employment services support and related funding comparable to other territories already covered by the Wagner-Peyser Act.
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- Mar 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Mar 3, 2025 Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E179)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 3, 2025
Ms. King-Hinds (for herself and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT.
(a) Definitions.—Section 2(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)) is amended by inserting “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “Guam,”.
(b) Unemployment Compensation Law Requirement.—Section 5(b)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “Guam,”.
(c) Allotments.—Section 6 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 49e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking “except for Guam” and inserting “except for Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa”;
(B) by striking “first allot to Guam and the Virgin Islands” and inserting the following: “first allot—
“(1) to Guam and the Virgin Islands”;
(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
“(2) beginning with the first fiscal year for which the total amount available for allotments under this section is greater than the total amount available for allotments under this section for fiscal year 2025, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to each of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, an amount which is equal to one-half of the amount allotted to Guam under paragraph (1) for the corresponding fiscal year.”; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting “, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “Guam”. <all>
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