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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1797
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH3, 2025
Ms. K
ING-HINDS(for herself and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American
Samoa, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employment Services 4
and Jobs Parity Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. 6
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—Section 2(5) of the Wagner- 7
Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)) is amended by inserting 8
‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 9
American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 10
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(b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATIONLAWREQUIRE-1
MENT.—Section 5(b)(1) of such Act is amended by insert-2
ing ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 3
American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 4
(c) A
LLOTMENTS.—Section 6 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 5
49e) is amended— 6
(1) in subsection (a)— 7
(A) by striking ‘‘except for Guam’’ and in-8
serting ‘‘except for Guam, the Commonwealth 9
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 10
Samoa’’; 11
(B) by striking ‘‘first allot to Guam and 12
the Virgin Islands’’ and inserting the following: 13
‘‘first allot— 14
‘‘(1) to Guam and the Virgin Islands’’; 15
(C) by striking the period at the end and 16
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
(D) by adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘(2) beginning with the first fiscal year for 19
which the total amount available for allotments 20
under this section is greater than the total amount 21
available for allotments under this section for fiscal 22
year 2025, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to 23
each of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 24
Islands and American Samoa, an amount which is 25
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equal to one-half of the amount allotted to Guam 1
under paragraph (1) for the corresponding fiscal 2
year.’’; and 3
(2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter following 4
subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, the Common-5
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American 6
Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam’’. 7
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