I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5444 
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for summer youth 
employment activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2008 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. HONDA, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BORDALLO, 
Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. WU, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BACA, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GUTIERREZ, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. 
RODRIGUEZ, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ
of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 
SERRANO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SIRES, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 
Mr. CLAY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WAT-
SON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. RUSH, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MEEK of 
Florida, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for 
summer youth employment activities. 
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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 ‘‘Job Investment and 
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUMMER 
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES. 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fis-
cal year 2008: 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $1,000,000,000, which shall be for youth 
activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) and available for the period April 
1, 2008 through December 31, 2008: Provided, That such 
funds shall be used for summer employment activities re-
ferred to in section 129(c)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That no portion of such funds shall be reserved to 
carry out section 127(b)(1)(A) or section 128(a) of such 
Act: Provided further, That the effectiveness of such activi-
ties shall be measured only in accordance with the work 
readiness indicators described in section 136 of such Act: 
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Provided further, That the amount under this heading is 
designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to 
meet emergency needs pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) 
of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 
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