I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4743 To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 18, 2019 Mr. SABLAN (for himself and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Common- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employment Services 4 and Jobs Parity Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTH- 6 ERN MARIANA ISLANDS AND AMERICAN 7 SAMOA. 8 The Wagner-Peyser Act is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:51 Oct 24, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4743.IH H4743 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4743 IH (1) in section 2(5) (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)), by in- 1 serting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- 2 iana Islands, American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’; 3 (2) in section 5(b)(1) (29 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1)), by 4 inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- 5 iana Islands, and American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’; 6 (3) in section 6(a) (29 U.S.C. 49e(a))— 7 (A) by inserting ‘‘, the Commonwealth of 8 the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 9 Samoa’’ after ‘‘except for Guam’’; 10 (B) by striking ‘‘allot to Guam’’ and in- 11 serting the following: ‘‘allot to— 12 ‘‘(1) Guam’’; 13 (C) by striking the period at the end and 14 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(2) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- 17 iana Islands and American Samoa an amount which, 18 in relation to the total amount available for the fis- 19 cal year, is equal to the allotment percentage that 20 Guam received of amounts available under this Act 21 in fiscal year 1983.’’; and 22 (4) in section 6(b)(1) (29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(1)), in 23 the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting 24 ‘‘, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:51 Oct 24, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4743.IH H4743 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 4743 IH lands, American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘does not include 1 Guam’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:51 Oct 24, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4743.IH H4743 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS