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Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act
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Committee
Latest Action · January 15, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S617-619)
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
January 15, 2009
Sponsor
Sen. Patty MurrayD
Cosponsors (1)
1D 0R
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Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.

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