H.R. 2714: Employ Young Americans Now Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-10 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Employ Young Americans Now Act

Plain summary

Employ Young Americans Now Act Establishes in the Treasury the Employ Young Americans Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5.5 billion for FY2016. Requires the Department of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to each state with an approved workforce investment system plan modification, other specified requests for funds, and Native American program grantees to provide summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Department to award allocations and competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections.

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Official text

Employ Young Americans Now Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · 8 cosponsors

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Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2714.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2714 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114