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29 U.S.C. 720: Declaration of policy; authorization of appropriations

Created in 1998 by Public Law 93-112. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

18 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 29 U.S.C. 49f, 29 U.S.C. 722, 29 U.S.C. 730, 29 U.S.C. 3003, 29 U.S.C. 3102.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(1)(A), substituted "competitive integrated employment" for "integrated". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(1)(B), substituted "Medicare and Medicaid" for "medicare and medicaid". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(1)(C), substituted "development" for "investment". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(1)(D), substituted "workforce development systems" for "workforce investment systems" and "workforce development activities" for "workforce investment activities". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(2)(A), substituted "workforce development system" for "workforce investment system". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(2)(B), substituted "informed choice, and economic self-sufficiency," for "and informed choice,". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(3)(A), substituted "competitive integrated employment" for "gainful employment in integrated settings". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(a)(3)(B), inserted "should" before "facilitate the accomplishment". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 113–128, §411(b), substituted "$3,302,053,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2020" for "such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1999 through 2003". (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Law text · (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.