S. 1795: New Skills for New Jobs Act
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S. 1795: New Skills for New Jobs Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-12-10 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-12-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
New Skills for New Jobs Act
Plain summary
New Skills for New Jobs Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, on a quarterly basis, to make payments to an eligible community college in an amount equal to the aggregate new job tax withholding matches for qualified training provided to job trainees who are U.S. citizens. Defines "qualified training" as education or training to provide an individual with the education or skills necessary to perform the job for which such individual will be employed or with licenses or certificates necessary for such employment. Requires that any job for which a trainee is hired be a new job. Defines "eligible community college" as a public institution of higher education: (1) at which the majority of degrees awarded are two-year degrees that are acceptable for full credit toward a baccalaureate degree, (2) that is located in a state that has a state new jobs tax credit program in effect, and (3) that participates in such program by having in effect a contract that meets specified requirements of such program.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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New Skills for New Jobs Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1795.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s1795 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113