About the bill
H.R. 2842 connects low-income Americans looking for work with employers looking to fill job openings, including through apprenticeships and other forms of on-the-job training. Specifically, the legislation provides funding for states to subsidize employment for a limited time for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients to provide work experience in exchange for benefits. The bill reserves $100 million from the FY18 TANF Contingency Fund to test whether states subsidizing the wage of TANF recipients can be an effective means of helping them enter and remain in the workforce. States may subsidize up to 50 percent of the recipients wage, with the remainder covered by the employer.
Each state must describe how wage subsidies will be provided and how they expect each individual to maintain employment when the subsidies end. …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on June 23, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
2 Cosponsors (1 Republican, 1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Curbelo’s Bipartisan Welfare-to-Work Bill Passes House of Representatives”
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Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL26, 2015-2018]
(Sponsor)
on Jun 23, 2017
“The Hill Report: Week of June 19 - 23, 2017”
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Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX17]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jun 26, 2017
“RELEASE: Rep. Khanna Introduces Amendment to Evaluate Employment Training Programs for Families in Need”
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Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA17]
on Jun 23, 2017
History
H.R. 2842 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2842. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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