POLISCOPE
Back to bills
Part ofWorkforce Development →

The civic record

Read. Follow. Verify.
S4903FEDERALFederal Billfiled

Generation Now Workforce Representation Act of 2024

Record date · July 31, 2024

Bill progressHistory & official text ↓
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Passed
Law

Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.

Public stanceCommunity reactions are separate from the official record and reporting.

What This Bill Would Do

This bill requires every to include at least two youth representatives and establish a standing committee dedicated to youth workforce issues. It aims to ensure that young people, particularly those disconnected from school or work, have a formal voice in how state job training programs are managed.

Why it matters

This change mandates that state-level boards overseeing federal job training funds must incorporate youth perspectives, potentially shifting how state workforce agencies prioritize and design programs for residents aged 16 to 24.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

State workforce development boards

These boards must change their membership composition and establish a new standing committee.

Directly affected

Youth aged 16-24

Young people in this age range gain formal representation on state boards that oversee workforce training programs.

Directly affected

Youth-serving nonprofit organizations

Key Facts

You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who would qualify as a youth representative on these boards?
A representative must be between 16 and 24 years old, either out-of-school, disconnected from work, or a graduate of a youth workforce investment program.
What is the purpose of the new standing committee?
The committee is tasked with providing recommendations to the full state board regarding youth workforce investment activities.

What else do you want to know?

News Coverage

No news coverage found yet. Articles are indexed twice daily.

Follow the record

Votes, people, money & the original source

Where This Stands

Currently filed. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Committee.

Version history

Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.

View official text →

Full breakdown

Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Connected Entities

House of Representatives, Timothy Kaine, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and 5 more
OrganizationHouse of Representatives“The legislative body to which the bill is referred”Map →
PersonTimothy Kaine“Senator sponsoring the bill”Map →
bill numberWorkforce Innovation and Opportunity Act“The law being amended”Map →
OrganizationState educational agency“Responsible for coordinating youth representative selection”Map →
bill numberInternal Revenue Code of 1986“Reference to the tax code”Map →
OrganizationSenate“The legislative body introducing the bill”Map →
OrganizationState workforce development board“The entity being impacted by the bill”Map →
PersonMs. Butler“Senator sponsoring the bill”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.congress.gov

Analysis Score

0–100
  • Significance60
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy20
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
    Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
  • Buzz15
    Current news / social attention level

Publisher tools

Share or embed this record

POLISCOPE publisher tools

Share or embed this record