WPA Act

United States116th CongressHR-7477House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Jul 1, 2020

Summary

Official Summary

Workforce Promotion and Access Act or the WPA Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a program to provide competitive grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate and outlying areas) to establish programs to ensure employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.

The bill also imposes a trading excise tax on certain transactions occurring on a qualified board or exchange in the United States or with respect to a derivative.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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