I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4278 
To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide 
grants for job guarantee programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Ms. OMAR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
POCAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mrs. LAWRENCE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot 
program to provide grants for job guarantee programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Jobs Guar-
antee Development Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. JOB GUARANTEE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is a political subdivision of a State, 
Tribal entity, or a combination of contiguous 
political subdivisions or Tribal entities; 
(B) has an unemployment rate that is not 
less than 150 percent of the national unemploy-
ment rate, as determined by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (except in the case of Tribal 
entities which may submit their own employ-
ment data where no such Federal data is avail-
able for such entities) based on the most recent 
data available at the time the Secretary solicits 
applications for grants under this section; and 
(C) submits an application in accordance 
with subsection (d). 
(2) JOB
GUARANTEE
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘job guarantee program’’ means a program that 
meets the requirements of subsection (c). 
(3) RURAL
AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 
means an area that is located outside of an urban 
area. 
(4) TRIBAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Tribal entity’’ 
means an Indian tribe or tribal organization as such 
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terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De-
termination Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(5) URBAN
AREA.—The term ‘‘urban area’’ 
means an urbanized area (a region of 50,000 or 
more residents) and an urbanized cluster (and area 
encompassing between 2,500 and 50,000 residents), 
according to the Census Bureau’s urban-rural classi-
fication in the 2010 census. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
(7) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘adult 
education and literacy activities’’, ‘‘career planning’’, 
‘‘individual with a barrier to employment’’, ‘‘in-de-
mand industry sector or occupation’’, ‘‘local board’’, 
‘‘recognized 
postsecondary 
credential’’, 
‘‘State 
board’’, ‘‘supportive services’’, and ‘‘workplace learn-
ing advisor’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a pilot program to provide competitive grants to eli-
gible entities to establish programs to ensure that 
any individual within the area served by the entity 
who applies for a job through the program will be 
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