Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017
Latest action. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (continuing resolutionA stopgap law funding the government at existing levels when the annual appropriations bills are not done by October 1.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) H1188)
Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2017
This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to:
identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States;
assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs;
identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and
provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment.
A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 24, 2017. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)
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Evan Jenkins (R-WV) introduced it on January 24, 2017, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 3 Democrats.
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Vote history
- HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1188)
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action