116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes.
October 18, 2019
Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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,
This Act may be cited as the “Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Inclusion of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
The Wagner-Peyser Act is amended—
(1) in section 2(5) (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)), by inserting “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “Guam,”;
(2) in section 5(b)(1) (29 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1)), by inserting “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa,” after “Guam,”;
(3) in section 6(a) (29 U.S.C. 49e(a))—
(A) by inserting “, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa” after “except for Guam”;
(B) by striking “allot to Guam” and inserting the following: “allot to—
“(1) Guam”;
(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
“(2) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and 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.”; and
(4) in section 6(b)(1) (29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(1)), in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting “, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “does not include Guam”.