Work and Training Entitlement Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Work and Training Entitlement Act - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to establish subsidized employment and training entitlement programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to assign an eligible individual to such a program operated by a prime sponsor in the area in which such individual resides. Requires that eligible individuals: (1) be the principal earners in households eligible for aid to dependent children or for food stamps; (2) have been referred from a Social Security work incentive (WIN) job search program immediately prior to requesting CETA assignment; and (2) have not refused a bona fide job offer without good cause during a specified period. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to conduct directly, or to cooperate with and reimburse prime sponsors and Federal or other appropriate agencies for, environmental enhancement programs to employ such individuals in their area of residence. Directs the Secretary to pay each prime sponsor conducting subsidized employment and training programs for the wages and allowances of participants and, within specified limits, for other costs of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for such programs. Amends the Social Security Act to require that work incentive programs: (1) be conducted by the agency, in a given area, best able to carry them out, as determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) after opportunity for comment by public and private agencies; and (2) include a program of job search assistance for individuals: (a) certified under such Act; (b) referred under the Wagner-Peyser Act (as registered for employment pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977); or (c) referred by CETA prime sponsors. Requires that such job search assistance programs be consistent with employability plans under such Act or under CETA and include: (1) counseling and testing; (2) job search expenses reimbursement; (3) referral to private or public work or training, unsubsidized by WIN or CETA, during an initial eight-week period; (4) referral to WIN or CETA training opportunities and, after such eight-week period, referral to WIN or CETA subsidized jobs; (5) job development and related services through State, community, public and private nonprofit organizations; and (6) continuous referral to unsubsidized jobs for individuals assigned through CETA subsidized work and training positions. Directs the Secretary of HEW to prescribe standards and procedures for determining whether an individual has refused a bona fide job offer without good cause. Sets forth certain conditions under which an individual shall not be found to have so refused such an offer. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to require that persons registered for employment with State employment agencies pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 be referred to the WIN job search assistance program.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on June 12, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 12, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
AUGUSTUS HAWKINS (D-CA) introduced it on June 12, 1979, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 12, 1979, 17257 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17257 days ago, on June 12, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers