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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4350 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require the 

Secretary of Labor to submit to Congress an annual report relating 

to the amount of funds requested and awarded through YouthBuild 

programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to require the Secretary of Labor to submit to Congress 

an annual report relating to the amount of funds requested and awarded through YouthBuild programs, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Missed Opportunities 

5 in Jobs Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that there are at least 2.3 million low3 income individuals age 16 to 24 in the United States who 

4 are neither in school nor employed. 

5 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) the United States should create meaningful 

8 employment opportunities for the Nation’s youth to 

9 learn practical and meaningful skills because an in10 vestment in the Nation’s youth is an investment in 

11 the United States; 

12 (2) States should invest in the futures of at-risk 

13 youth and others who may contribute to the United 

14 States economy because doing so will decrease the 

15 unemployment rate; and 

16 (3) the Department of Labor Grant Programs 

17 such as YouthBuild programs will provide critical re18 sources necessary to keep the Nation’s youth in19 volved in their communities. 

20 SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 

21 Section 171(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Op22 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(c)) is amended by adding 

23 at the end the following new paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

25 January 31 of each calendar year, the Secretary 

26 shall submit to Congress a report on the results of 


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1 YouthBuild programs authorized under this sub2 section that shall include the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) The amount of funds, in aggregate, 

4 requested by applicants. 

5 ‘‘(B) The amount of funds awarded, in ag6 gregate, to entities that receive grants under 

7 this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(C) The difference between the amount of 

9 funds reported under subparagraph (A) and the 

10 amount of funds reported under subparagraph 

11 (B). 

12 ‘‘(D) A calculation of how many more indi13 viduals would have been provided opportunities 

14 for employment, education, leadership develop15 ment, and training through YouthBuild pro16 grams or would have been provided with hous17 ing or access to public facilities through Youth18 Build programs if each eligible entity who ap19 plied for a grant under this subsection the pre20 vious calendar year had received an award for 

21 the full amount of funds requested in their re22 spective applications.’’. 

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