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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3838 

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to 

make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students 

during the summer. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2012 

Ms. HAHN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish 

a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to 

employ high school students during the summer. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Opportunity Re5 investment and Training Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor8 tation (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 


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1 establish a program to make grants to ports to enable 

2 ports to employ high school students during the summer. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under 

4 the program established under subsection (a), the author5 ity in charge of a port shall submit an application at such 

6 time, in such form, and with such information and assur7 ances as the Secretary may require, including an assur8 ance that no worker will be displaced or terminated be9 cause of the creation of temporary summer employment 

10 for students. 

11 (c) PRIORITY.—In considering applications for a 

12 grant under this section and in determining the grant 

13 amount for each port awarded a grant under this section, 

14 the Secretary shall give priority to a port located in a city 

15 with a high rate of unemployment, and shall also con16 sider— 

17 (1) the cargo volume of the port; and 

18 (2) the size of the surrounding city. 

19 (d) GRANT AMOUNT.—Amounts awarded under this 

20 section shall not exceed $1,000,000 per port per fiscal 

21 year. 

22 (e) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

23 section shall be for a 1-year period and may be renewed 

24 based such criteria as the Secretary may require. The au25 thority in charge of the port shall return any amounts 


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1 awarded but not expended to the Secretary at the end of 

2 the grant period. 

3 (f) USES OF FUNDS.— 

4 (1) REQUIRED USES.—A port receiving a grant 

5 under this section shall use such funds to— 

6 (A) provide summer jobs for students— 

7 (i) aged 14 through 19; 

8 (ii) who are enrolled in high school at 

9 the time they apply for a job with the port; 

10 and 

11 (iii) live within the Metropolitan Sta12 tistical Area, as defined by the Office of 

13 Management and Budget, in which the 

14 port is located; and 

15 (B) compensate the student employees in 

16 accordance with applicable State and Federal 

17 wage statutes. 

18 (2) PERMITTED USES.—A port receiving a 

19 grant under this section may use such funds to pro20 vide job training for student employees described in 

21 paragraph (1), provided that no more than 15 per22 cent of the students’ time may be spent on such 

23 training, and the students are compensated at their 

24 normal rate of pay for participation in such training. 


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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

3 out this section such sums as may be necessary for each 

4 of fiscal years 2013 through 2015. 

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