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Building Youth Workforce Skills Act

House

Establishes a youth workforce skills initiative to build job training opportunities for young workers

Latest action: Wed Mar 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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AID Youth Employment Act

House

Establishes the AID Youth Employment Act to create a youth employment initiative in workforce and education policy

Latest action: Mon Mar 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act

House

Expand workforce opportunity access for foster youth by creating pathways tied to employment and training programs

Latest action: Mon May 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Future in Logging Careers Act

House

Establishes a logging workforce development program to expand career pathways in the forestry and logging sector

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Strengthening Communities through Summer Employment Act

House

Establishes a summer employment initiative aimed at strengthening communities through seasonal job opportunities

Latest action: Tue Feb 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

AID Youth Employment Act

Senate

Directs the Department of Labor to run a competitive grant program for subsidized summer and year round jobs for eligible at risk youth ages 14 to 24

Latest action: Mon Mar 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2025

House

Establishes competitive Labor Department grants for community-based youth mentoring programs that build academic social-emotional and workforce readiness skills

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A bill to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to modify the cost-sharing requirement for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and for other purposes.

Senate

Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to change cost sharing for conservation projects carried out by qualified youth or conservation corps

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes competitive Labor Department grants for community-based mentoring programs serving eligible youth and studying mentoring program results

Latest action: Wed Jan 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026

House

Strengthens workforce development policy by advancing a revised measure on employment training and labor programs

Latest action: Tue Apr 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Paycheck Fairness Act

House

Amends federal equal pay law to strengthen sex-based wage discrimination protections and related workplace pay transparency rules

Latest action: Tue Mar 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act

House

Funds the Department of Homeland Security through the rest of FY2026, ending the partial shutdown and authorizing back pay for affected employees

Latest action: Thu Apr 02 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Appropriate FY2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, end the partial shutdown, and authorize back pay and approval of shutdown-related obligations

Latest action: Mon Mar 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Senate

Appropriate FY2026 funding for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, related agencies, and rules on fund use

Latest action: Thu Jul 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds FY2026 programs and agencies in Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies, while setting conditions and restrictions on how appropriated money may be used

Latest action: Thu Sep 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Extends FY2026 continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security through May 22, 2026, while authorizing shutdown back pay and ratifying certain obligations incurred during the partial shutdown

Latest action: Thu Apr 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)