H.R.1855 - Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2010

To promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)

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  • Short: Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2010 as passed house.
  • Short: SECTORS Act of 2010 as passed house.
  • Short: SECTORS Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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12/31/10
Who To Vote For?

3020 hits, 569 HR, 1855 RBI. The "Steroid-Era" now lets voters play judge and jury when it comes to some of the greatest baseball players' legacy. Unfortunately, some of the best players won't get in based on a culture Major League ...

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10/02/10
Dot Calm's Page of Truth & Sedition: 372 Bills That Have Been ...

159) H.R. 1855, SECTORS Act 160) H.R. 1858, Providing for a boundary adjustment for Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado 161) H.R. 1875, End the Trade Deficit Act 162) H.R. 1879, National Guard Employment Protection Act ...

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09/27/10
S.3397: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010 - U.S. ...

Bills, People, Issues. H.R.3962 Affordable Health Car... 2 · H.R.1264 Multiple Peril Insura... 1 · H.R.2454 American Clean Energ... 1 · H.R.1855 Strengthening Employm... 1 · H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Defens. ...

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09/17/10
A Case for Iowa's Dave Loebsack

An example of this is his sponsorship of HR 1855: the SECTORS Act of 2009. The Sectors Act would bring together industry, workforce development, labor unions and educational institutions to discuss workforce needs by industry sector. ...

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09/16/10
Mein Name ist Hase, oder eben auch nicht! | LeGrue

Sie stammt von dem Studenten Victor von Hase, der ungefähr 1855 vor dem Universitätsgericht der Fluchthilfe für einen Kommilitonen angeklagt wurde. Zu Beginn der Gerichtsverhandlung sagte Hase: „Mein Name ist Hase; ich weiß von ...

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09/12/10
Miller-Meeks, Loebsack debate today in Coralville | Eastern Iowa ...

Earlier this summer, the House approved his plan, HR 1855, on a voice vote. It would encourage partnerships between businesses, unions and educators to train workers. “We're trying to get people back to work,” he said. ...

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09/07/10
Rangel: "Make It In America" To Build Our Economy | Congressman ...

STRENGTHENING EMPLOYMENT CLUSTERS TO ORGANIZE REGIONAL SUCCESS (SECTORS), H.R. 1855 (Rep. Loebsack) • Supports new “sector” or “industry partnerships” that bring together businesses, unions, educators and job training institutions to ...

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09/05/10
Senate Holds Up House-Passed Bills—Is That Good or Bad?

HR 1855, SECTORS Act of 2010. ————. HR 1858, To provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 ...

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08/23/10
How does the Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010 help?

One non-controversial bill, SECTORS Act of 2009 (Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2009), already passed the House unanimously on July 21st (H.R. 1855). Written by Reps. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) and ...

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08/18/10
WashingtonWatch.com - P.L. 111-294, The Prevention of Interstate ...

Here are some more of the bills that will be on the House floor this week: H.R. 1855 – SECTORS Act H.R. 5266 – National Commission on Children and Disasters Reauthorization Act of 2010 H.R. 5545 – To deauthorize a portion of the proje. ...

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08/03/10
Made in America: The Good And Bad News For A Jobs Recovery ...

The week before, the House passed The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act (SECTORS, HR 1855), designed to help address local skills shortages by bringing employers in key industries together with education ...

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08/03/10
Made in America: The Good And Bad News For A Jobs Recovery ...

The week before, the House passed The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act (SECTORS, HR 1855), designed to help address local skills shortages by bringing employers in key industries together with education ...

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08/01/10
The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success ...

The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act (SECTORS), H.R. 1855, will help address local skills shortages by bringing employers in key industries together with education, labor, workforce, and other groups to ...

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07/31/10
Bills Passed in Congress, July 2010

Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act: H.R. 1855, amended, to promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement. 30 pages. National Commission on Children ...

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07/28/10
Blog for Iowa :: Dealing with Iowa's Unemployment

According to 2nd District Congressman Dave Loebsack, Congress could pass H.R. 1855, the Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act. This bill would “promote long term competitiveness for American ...

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07/27/10
The News As IT Happens » Blog Archive » loebsack

According to 2nd District Congressman Dave Loebsack, Congress could pass HR 1855, the Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success ... Read more. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:03:45 GMT+00:00 ...

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07/26/10
House Approves Economic Development Legislation

The “Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success” (“SECTORS”) Act, HR 1855, would set up a grant program through the Department of Labor to provide funding for partnerships between businesses, unions, educators and ...

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07/26/10
House Approves Economic Development Legislation

The “Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success” (“SECTORS”) Act, HR 1855, would set up a grant program through the Department of Labor to provide funding for partnerships between businesses, unions, educators and ...

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07/25/10
(WORKFORCE) Measure to Create Regional Grant Program Moves Forward

On July 19, the House approved bipartisan legislation (HR 1855) that would create a Labor Dept. grant program to support regional partnerships to identify and provide tailored training. The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize ...

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07/22/10
Upcoming in the House: Democrats' Manufacturing Agenda

The SECTORS Act is HR 1855, introduced by Rep. Dave Loebsback (D-IA) in April 2009, was referrred to committee, never had a hearing, and then re-emerged earlier this month for the floor vote. The bill authorizes the Department of Labor ...

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07/22/10
Legislative Update: SECTORS Act, DIPLOMA Act, Veterans Training Bill

Earlier this week House of Representatives passed HR 1855, the Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act on a unanimous voice vote. The bill is sponsored by Representatives Loebsack (IA) and Platts ...

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07/21/10
House Passes SECTOR Act

The SECTORS Act (HR 1855) would provide grants to establish or expand “sector partnerships” to identify and provide training that meets the sectoral needs of a region's economy. Sector — or industry — partnerships are comprised of an ...

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07/21/10
Hall of Record: HR 1855 - Your New Personnel Agency - The Federal ...

SEARCH BLOG: GOVERNMENT Maybe you think this is just fine; I find it just another step toward government intrusion into the private sector. Here is a portion of H.R. 1855 which passed the house a few days ago. ...

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07/20/10
A Week in July, II

HR1855 was introduced April 1, 2009, by Rep. David Loebsback (D-IA). Here's the CRS summary of the bill: Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2009 or the SECTORS Act of 2009 – Amends the Workforce ...

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07/19/10
IndustryWeek : House Approves Economic Development Legislation

The “Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success” (“SECTORS”) Act, H.R. 1855, would set up a grant program through the Department of Labor to provide funding for partnerships between businesses, unions, educators and ...

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07/19/10
House-Passed Bill Aims to Improve Training Programs

The bill (HR 1855), which passed by voice vote under suspension of the rules, would direct the Labor Department to set up a grant program to promote industry or business sector partnerships that foster training efforts for industries ...

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07/19/10
“The Jobless Effect: Unemployment Is Fueling Independent Voters ...

On Monday, at 2:52 pm, the House passed a system reform bill, HR 1855, by a unanimous vote. The bill would begin a competitive grants program that gives awards to public and private partners so they can provide training that is ...

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07/19/10
PathWays PA Policy Blog: Victory in the House: SECTORS Act Passes

Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act (HR 1855). The SECTORS Act creates partnerships of businesses, unions, the public workforce ...

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07/18/10
HR 1855: HR 1855Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize ...

Loebsack, David HR 1855 amends the Workforce Investment Act to create industry or sector partnership grant programs for workers within interconnected industries where the industries share a common workforce. ...

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07/18/10
This Week in Congress

Res. 1491 - Congratulating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks on winning the 2010 NCAA Division I College World Series (Rep. Wilson (SC) - Education and Labor); HR 1855 - SECTORS Act (Rep. Loebsack - Education and Labor) ...

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