Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1797 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1797

   To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the 
  Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes.


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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

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                                 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''.
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