I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1000 
To establish a National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment 
opportunities for the unemployed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2019 
Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a National Full Employment Trust Fund to 
create employment opportunities for the unemployed, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and 
Training Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘Jobs for All Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FULL EMPLOYMENT 
TRUST FUND 
Sec. 101. National Full Employment Trust Fund. 
Sec. 102. Source of funds. 
Sec. 103. Loans from the Federal Reserve System. 
Sec. 104. Trust Fund corpus reserved. 
TITLE II—PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 201. In general. 
Sec. 202. Grant management. 
Sec. 203. Office of Technical Assistance. 
Sec. 204. Office of Educational Support. 
Sec. 205. Office of Assisted Placement. 
Sec. 206. Office of Dispute Resolution. 
Sec. 207. Office of Statistics and Research. 
Sec. 208. National Employment Conference. 
Sec. 209. Program website. 
Sec. 210. Staffing administrative functions. 
Sec. 211. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
TITLE III—EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GRANTS 
Sec. 301. Grants. 
Sec. 302. Eligible entities. 
Sec. 303. Use of funds. 
Sec. 304. Grant conditions. 
Sec. 305. Program employment described. 
Sec. 306. Eligibility for program employment. 
Sec. 307. Compensation. 
Sec. 308. Assisted placement. 
Sec. 309. Priority given to certain projects. 
Sec. 310. Startup period. 
Sec. 311. Secretary’s authority to administer projects directly. 
Sec. 312. Reports. 
Sec. 313. Dispute resolution. 
Sec. 314. Tax on securities transactions. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Federal Government has established 
the achievement of full employment as a national 
goal in the Employment Act of 1946 and the Full 
Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978. 
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(2) Consistent with this goal and pursuant to 
these Acts, the Congress has declared it to be the 
continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal 
Government to use all practicable means to create 
and maintain conditions which promote useful em-
ployment opportunities for all who seek them, in-
cluding the self-employed. 
(3) Consistent with this goal and pursuant to 
these Acts, the Congress has also declared and es-
tablished as a national goal the fulfillment of the 
right to full opportunities for useful paid employ-
ment at fair rates of compensation of all individuals 
able, willing, and seeking to work. 
(4) The United States also has a duty under 
Articles 55 and 56 of the United Nations Charter to 
promote ‘‘full employment’’ and the ‘‘universal re-
spect for, and observance of, human rights and fun-
damental freedoms for all without distinction as to 
race, sex, language, or religion’’. 
(5) The human rights the United States has a 
duty to promote pursuant to this obligation are set 
forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
(6) Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights states that ‘‘Everyone has the right 
to work’’ and to ‘‘just and favorable remuneration’’ 
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