,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #c1 #bjbe,ms4 
,king-,hinds 7for herself and ,mrs4     
,radewagen7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,wagner-,peyser
 ,act to include the ,commonwealth of   
the ,northern ,mariana ,islands and     
,american ,samoa1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,employment         
,services and ,jobs ,parity ,act4  #b4  
,amendments to the ,wagner-,peyser ,act 
7a7 ,definitions ,section #b7e7 of the  
,wagner-,peyser ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4     
#di;a7#e77 is amended by inserting the  
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 ,american ,samoa1 after       
,guam14  7b7 ,unemployment compensation 
law requirement ,section #e7;b77#a7 of  
such ,act is amended by inserting the   
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 ,american ,samoa1 after       

,guam14  7c7 ,allotments ,section #f of 
such ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #di;e7 is      
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
by striking except for ,guam and        
inserting except for ,guam1 the         
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 and ,american ,samoa2  7,b7 by
 striking first allot to ,guam and the  
,virgin ,islands and inserting the      
following3 first allot-- 7#a7 to ,guam  
and the ,virgin ,islands  2  7,c7 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,d7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#b7 beginning  
with the first fiscal year for which the
 total amount available for allotments  
under this section is greater than the  
total amount available for allotments   
under this section for fiscal year      
#bjbe1 and for each succeeding fiscal   
year1 to each of the ,commonwealth of   
the ,northern ,mariana ,islands and     
,american ,samoa1 an amount which is    
equal to one-half of the amount allotted
 to ,guam under paragraph 7#a7 for the  

corresponding fiscal year4  2 and  7#b7 
in subsection 7b77#a71 in the matter    
following subparagraph 7,b71 by         
inserting 1 the ,commonwealth of the    
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,american  
,samoa1 after ,guam4