Pilot Guaranteed Employment Opportunities Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pilot Guaranteed Employment Opportunities Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a pilot program in up to 20 counties having populations of 20,000 or less designed to provide employment opportunities for unemployed persons from low income households. Includes among the elements of the pilot program: (1) partial reimbursement of private businesses for wages paid to newly employed eligible individuals; (2) partial reimbursement of State and local government for wages paid eligible individuals employed in community improvement related jobs; and (3) reimbursement at a rate equal to the Federal minimum wage for wages paid to eligible persons who are employed in jobs created for those individuals not employed in jobs under (1) or (2). Directs the chief executive officer of each participating county to establish an advisory council to assist in carrying out this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 11, 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 July 11, 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?
PAUL SIMON (D-IL) introduced it on July 11, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 July 11, 1979, 17228 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17228 days ago, on July 11, 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