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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4355 

To authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to States, units of 

local government, and Indian tribes to carry out employment training 

programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2009 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to 

States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to 

carry out employment training programs. 

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 ‘‘New Jobs for America 

5 Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COMPENSATED EMPLOYMENT TRAINING GRANTS. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the availability of 

8 appropriations for such funds, the Secretary of Labor 

9 shall make grants to States, units of local government, 


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1 and Indian tribes to carry out activities the activities de2 scribed in subsection (b). 

3 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 

4 this Act shall use the grant for the following purposes: 

5 (1) To seek out unemployed individuals strug6 gling financially whose prior training consisted of 

7 skills necessary for a faltering or dying industry. 

8 (2) To create compensated training programs 

9 that offer training in emerging markets and indus10 tries (such as green technologies). 

11 (3) To partner with historically Black colleges 

12 and universities and Hispanic serving colleges and 

13 universities along with local community college sys14 tems to create innovative retraining programs for 

15 minorities focused on retooling workers for jobs in 

16 the growth sectors of healthcare, biotech, and infor17 mation technology. 

18 (4) To partner with cities and non-profit orga19 nizations to provide apprenticeships and internships. 

20 (5) To provide compensation to participants in 

21 training programs to temporarily aide in their finan22 cial distress. 

23 (6) To provide access to public healthcare pro24 grams for participants. 


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1 (7) To create training programs for ex-offend2 ers in an effort to reduce recidivism. 

3 (8) To aide newly trained participants in secur4 ing employment within the field of their newly ac5 quired expertise. 

6 (c) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving a grant 

7 under this Act, a grant recipient shall— 

8 (1) comply with nondiscrimination standards of 

9 the Civil Rights Act; 

10 (2) allocate not less than 80 percent of the 

11 funding allocated under the grant to wages, benefits, 

12 and support activities, including child care services 

13 to individuals receiving compensated training under 

14 such a grant; and 

15 (3) institute a program to aide newly trained 

16 participants in securing employment in their new 

17 area of expertise. 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

20 necessary to carry out this Act. 

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