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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2539 

To establish a competitive grant program for youth summer job placement. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2011 

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

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To establish a competitive grant program for youth summer 

job placement. 

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 ‘‘National Youth Sum5 mer Jobs Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR SUMMER JOBS FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL 

7 YOUTH PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, subject 

9 to the availability of appropriations, shall award competi10 tive grants to eligible entities for the purpose of providing 

11 job placement during the summer for out-of-school youths. 


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1 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this section, 

2 an eligible entity shall— 

3 (1) be a unit of general local government; and 

4 (2) submit to the Secretary an application at 

5 such time, in such manner, and containing such in6 formation as the Secretary may require. 

7 (c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts received as a grant 

9 under this section shall be used for providing sum10 mer employment for out-of-school youths that in11 cludes employment and job readiness activities, as 

12 determined by the Secretary, including work experi13 ences and job placement. 

14 (2) USE OF EXISTING PROGRAMS.—An eligible 

15 entity that operates an existing youth summer jobs 

16 program may use a grant received under this section 

17 to expand such program, in lieu of establishing a 

18 new program to provide job placement for youths, by 

19 providing under such program job training and sup20 port services, including health and nutrition referral, 

21 housing referral, financial literacy, and instruction 

22 on basic daily living skills. 

23 (d) PREFERENCE.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 

25 this section, the Secretary shall give preference to an 


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1 eligible entity in a community where, for the period 

2 between 2002 and 2007, at least one of the following 

3 rates was higher than the national average: 

4 (A) High school dropout rate. 

5 (B) Poverty rate. 

6 (C) Juvenile offender rate. 

7 (D) Unemployment rate. 

8 (E) Industry-depletion rate. 

9 (2) ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE.—In awarding 

10 grants under this section, the Secretary shall give 

11 additional preference to an eligible entity that oper12 ates in a community where, for the period between 

13 2002 and 2007, each rate listed under paragraph 

14 (1) was higher than the national average of each 

15 such rate. 

16 (e) GRANT TERMS.— 

17 (1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

18 section shall be for a term of not less than 5 years. 

19 (2) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall de20 termine the amount of funds in a grant under this 

21 section. 

22 (3) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF GRANTS.—A 

23 grant recipient under this section shall not have 

24 more than 1 grant under this section at anytime. 


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1 Once a grant term ends, the recipient of such grant 

2 may re-apply for a grant under this section. 

3 (4) RETURN OF UNOBLIGATED GRANT

4 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 

5 which a grant term ends, the eligible entity who re6 ceived such grant shall return any unspent grant 

7 funds to the Secretary. 

8 (f) REPORTS.— 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—Not later than Sep10 tember 30 of each fiscal year for which an eligible 

11 entity receives a grant under this section, such enti12 ty shall submit to the Secretary a report describing 

13 the grant-funded program conducted by such entity. 

14 The report shall include an assessment of how such 

15 program improved the employability skills of out-of16 school youths. 

17 (2) SECRETARY.—Not later than August 1 of 

18 each fiscal year for which a grant is awarded under 

19 this section, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

20 Congress on the effectiveness of each grant-funded 

21 program. Such report shall include an assessment of 

22 the effectiveness of such program to improve Gen23 eral Education Development attainment and job 

24 placement of out-of-school youths participating in 

25 such program. 


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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘‘eligible 

3 youth’’ means an individual who has attained age 14 

4 but not age 22. 

5 (2) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘‘out6 of-school youth’’ means— 

7 (A) an eligible youth who is enrolled in a 

8 public or private secondary school; or 

9 (B) an eligible youth who has received a 

10 secondary school diploma or its equivalent but 

11 is basic-skills deficient, unemployed, or under12 employed. 

13 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of Labor. 

15 (4) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 

16 The term ‘‘unit of general local government’’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Work18 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801). 

19 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 

20 grants under this section, there are authorized to be ap21 propriated to the Secretary the following amounts: 

22 (1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

23 (2) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

24 (3) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

25 (4) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 


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1 (5) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 

2 (6) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. 

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