[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 836 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 836

   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

                            February 4, 2021

 Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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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. 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''.
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