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H.R. 1050: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

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H.R. 1050: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-14 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

Plain summary

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor management training program) to carry out a program for students to: enroll in and complete science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, STEM-focused career and technical education courses, and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a high school served by the LEA that prepares them for community college; enroll in a course of study related to a high-growth skills industry, an in-demand industry or occupation, the manufacturing field, or other vocational or career and technical education field at a community college upon graduating from such high school; and enroll, for a two-year period, in the eligible entity's state apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from such community college.

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Official text

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] · 36 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Adam Smith (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1050 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115