Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3193 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 MAY 10, 2023 Mr. SABLAN (for himself and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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’’. 5 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTH- 6 ERN MARIANA ISLANDS AND AMERICAN 7 SAMOA. 8 The Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.) is 9 amended— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3193.IH H3193 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3193 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 a semicolon; and 15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(2) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- 17 iana Islands an amount which, in relation to the 18 total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to 19 the allotment percentage that Guam received of 20 amounts available under this Act in fiscal year 1983; 21 and 22 ‘‘(3) American Samoa an amount which, in re- 23 lation to the total amount available for the fiscal 24 year, is equal to the allotment percentage that Guam 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3193.IH H3193 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3193 IH received of amounts available under this Act in fiscal 1 year 1983.’’; and 2 (4) in section 6(b) (29 U.S.C. 49e(b))— 3 (A) in paragraph (1)— 4 (i) in the matter preceding subpara- 5 graph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2), 6 (3), and (4) of this subsection’’ and insert- 7 ing ‘‘paragraph (2) of this subsection’’; 8 and 9 (ii) in the matter following subpara- 10 graph (B), by inserting ‘‘, the Common- 11 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 12 American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘does not include 13 Guam’’; and 14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(2)(A) No State may receive an allotment 16 under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year that is less 17 than the allotment that the State received under 18 paragraph (1) for the fiscal year preceding the first 19 fiscal year for which the Commonwealth of the 20 Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa re- 21 ceive an allotment under subsection (a)(1). 22 ‘‘(B) If for any fiscal year the amount available 23 for allotment under this subsection is insufficient to 24 satisfy the provisions of subparagraph (A) the Sec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3193.IH H3193 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3193 IH retary shall ratably reduce the allotments to all 1 States for such fiscal year.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3193.IH H3193 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS