Youth Employment Act
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Youth Employment Act - Establishes a Youth Employment Commission to carry out a program to provide career opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 18 and 24 by selecting and developing energy conservation and energy development projects through agreements with Federal executive agencies, States, local governments, and nonprofit corporations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program through fiscal year 1985. Directs the Commission to report annually to the President and to Congress. Sets forth eligibility standards for participants and projects. Directs the Commission to develop objective criteria for the selection of projects consistent with such standards. Sets forth provisions relating to administrative agreements to provide financial assistance to specified entities. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prepare and issue regulations on such matters. Authorizes the Commission to develop and conduct jointly with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of the Community Services Administration specified projects for which five to ten percent of appropriations for such program are reserved. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) special conditions which projects must meet; (2) payments to recipients having agreements; and (3) records, audits, reports, and evaluations.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on November 19, 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 November 19, 1979: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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?
HOWARD METZENBAUM (D-OH) introduced it on November 19, 1979, and 5 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 5 Democrats.
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 November 19, 1979, 17097 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17097 days ago, on November 19, 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers