S. 268: Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-15 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act

Plain summary

Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.

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Official text

Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s268.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s268 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111