Job search help and unemployment services would reach the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
This bill would bring federal job search help and unemployment services to people in the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. It would add these territories to a main federal law, the Wagner-Peyser Act. It would also set aside money for their job programs if overall funding goes up. This means residents there would get the same kind of support as other U.S. territories.
Today, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa are not fully part of federal job service programs under the Wagner-Peyser Act. After this bill, they would be clearly included in the law's rules and definitions. They would also be able to get new federal money for job services, equal to half of Guam's share. This would happen if overall program funding increases after the government's budget year 2025.
HR 1797 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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