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Jimmy Carter: “This bill provides a 1-year extension of appropriation authority for the Nation's basic system for furthering employment…”

On the recordJune 15, 1977
This bill provides a 1-year extension of appropriation authority for the Nation's basic system for furthering employment and training opportunities for the unemployed and economically disadvantaged.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments of 1977 Statement on Signing H.R. 2992 Into Law.

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