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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Employment and training programs</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.922 Veterans Equipped for Success Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358257</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing wage subsidies to employers who employ certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces and require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on providing career transition services to young veterans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.913 Oilheat Efficiency, Renewable Fuel Research and Jobs Training Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s913/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358450</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.883 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s883/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357840</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.882 Workforce Investments through Local Libraries Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s882/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357939</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1784 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1784/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357231</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1747 Workforce Development Investment Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1747/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356837</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with community colleges or other educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.837 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s837/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356937</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1727 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1727/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357045</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.804 Careers through Responsive, Efficient, and Effective Retraining Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s804/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356774</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to streamline and address overlap in the Federal workforce investment system, steer Federal training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish incentives for accountability through a Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide new access to the National Directory of New Hires, to measure performance and better connect the unemployed to jobs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1670 REACH Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1670/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356384</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the implementation and oversight for the program under section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 for training and hiring requirements for public housing, Indian housing assistance, and housing and community development programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.784 Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s784/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356343</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to expand agricultural opportunities for military veterans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1616 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1616/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355945</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.762 A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s762/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355960</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1657 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1657/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/356070</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1617 Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1617/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355892</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2014 and 2015.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1656 To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1656/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355906</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.761 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355861</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.744 JOLT Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s744/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355538</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1584 Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1584/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355604</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prevent terrorism, including terrorism associated with homegrown violent extremism and domestic violent extremism, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1530 Opportunity KNOCKS Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1530/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355241</id>
    <updated>2013-04-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To ensure that individuals who are in an authorized job training program or completing work for a degree or certificate remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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