Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act”.
Employment Services and Jobs Parity Act
A BILL
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Inclusion of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa
The Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.) is amended—
in section 2(5) (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)), by inserting “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “Guam,”;
in section 5(b)(1) (29 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1)), by inserting “the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa,” after “Guam,”;
in section 6(a) (29 U.S.C. 49e(a))—
by inserting “, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa” after “except for Guam”;
by striking “allot to Guam” and inserting the following:
“(1) Guam”
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount which, in relation to the total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to the allotment percentage that Guam received of amounts available under this Act in fiscal year 1983; and
“(3) American Samoa an amount which, in relation to the total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to the allotment percentage that Guam received of amounts available under this Act in fiscal year 1983.”
in section 6(b) (29 U.S.C. 49e(b))—
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection” and inserting “paragraph (2) of this subsection”; and
in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting “, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,” after “does not include Guam”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(2)
“(A) No State may receive an allotment under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year that is less than the allotment that the State received under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa receive an allotment under subsection (a)(1).
“(B) If for any fiscal year the amount available for allotment under this subsection is insufficient to satisfy the provisions of subparagraph (A) the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments to all States for such fiscal year.”