I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4920 
To create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2010 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
Means, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth, 
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 referred to as 
the ‘‘Employing Youth for the American Dream Act of 
2010’’. 
(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. 
TITLE I—PROGRAMS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUTH AND 
OTHER WORKERS 
Sec. 101. Expansion of definition of youth; definition of disconnected youth. 
Sec. 102. New programs for employment of disconnected youth and other work-
ers. 
Sec. 103. National public service employment program. 
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUTH 
AND OTHER WORKERS 
Sec. 201. Extension of work opportunity tax credit. 
Sec. 202. Expansion of eligibility for work opportunity tax credit. 
Sec. 203. Extension and revival of empowerment zone designations. 
Sec. 204. Disconnected youth employment credit. 
TITLE III—PREFERENCE FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN FEDERAL 
JOBS AND IN THE PERFORMANCE OF FEDERAL CONTRACTS 
Sec. 301. Preference for hiring youth park and forestry workers. 
Sec. 302. Preference for Federal contracts with employers offering youth ap-
prenticeships. 
TITLE I—PROGRAMS FOR THE 
EMPLOYMENT OF YOUTH AND 
OTHER WORKERS 
SEC. 101. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF YOUTH; DEFINI-
TION OF DISCONNECTED YOUTH. 
(a) EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF YOUTH.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—Section 
101(13)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801(13)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘21’’ and inserting ‘‘24’’. 
(2) CALCULATION OF STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
Section 127(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2852(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘21’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘24’’. 
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(3) 
PERFORMANCE
ACCOUNTABILITY
SYS-
TEM.—Section 136(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2871(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking 
‘‘21’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘24’’. 
(4) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
YOUTH
OPPORTUNITY 
GRANTS.—Section 169(a)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2914(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘21’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘24’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF DISCONNECTED YOUTH.—Sub-
title D of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2911 et seq.) is amended by inserting before sec-
tion 166 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 165. DEFINITION OF DISCONNECTED YOUTH. 
‘‘For purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘disconnected 
youth’ has the meaning given such term by section 
51(d)(14)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
SEC. 102. NEW PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF DISCON-
NECTED YOUTH AND OTHER WORKERS. 
Subtitle D of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2911 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 173A the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 173B. SUMMER JOBS FOR YOUTH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allot to 
States the amount appropriated under section 174(d) for 
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the implementation of programs to create summer employ-
ment opportunities for disconnected youth. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT.—An allotment under this section 
shall be made on the basis of the relative number of dis-
connected youth in each State, compared to the total num-
ber of disconnected youth in all States. 
‘‘SEC. 173C. STATE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program to award grants to States to carry out an employ-
ment program to which the following requirements apply: 
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS
TO
EMPLOYERS.—The State 
shall make payments to eligible employers for the 
partial reimbursement of wages paid by such em-
ployers to each employee hired or rehired under 
paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
PAYMENTS.—An em-
ployer shall be eligible for payments under the em-
ployment program if— 
‘‘(A) the employer hires a new employee, 
or rehires a former employee, after the date of 
enactment of this section; and 
‘‘(B) the employer is a small business con-
cern (as defined in section 3(a)(1) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(1))) or a me-
dium-sized business concern. 
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‘‘(3) PRIORITY
FOR
PAYMENTS.—The State 
shall give priority for payments under paragraph (1) 
to an eligible employer if the employee hired or re-
hired under paragraph (2)(A) is a disconnected 
youth. 
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant awarded under 
subsection (a) shall not exceed $250,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 173D. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR DISCONNECTED 
YOUTH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in accord-
ance with subsection (c), make allotments and grants to 
States to carry out eligible on-the-job training programs 
for disconnected youth. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, an eligible on-the-job training program is an 
on-the-job training program under which an em-
ployer is eligible to receive, for each disconnected 
youth who is employed and is provided on-the-job 
training by the employer on or after the date of en-
actment of this section, a payment of— 
‘‘(A) 25 percent of the total amount in 
paragraph (2), after the disconnected youth has 
been continuously employed by the employer for 
a period of 30 days; and 
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‘‘(B) 75 percent of the total amount in 
paragraph (2), after the disconnected youth has 
been continuously employed by the employer for 
a period of 6 months. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount an em-
ployer receives for each disconnected youth under a 
program for on-the-job training shall not exceed 
$4,000. 
‘‘(3) COVERED EMPLOYERS.—Under an eligible 
on-the-job training program, an employer that re-
ceives a payment under paragraph (1) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a faith-based organization; 
‘‘(B) a public sector organization; and 
‘‘(C) a private employer. 
‘‘(c) ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS FOR 
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOTMENT AMONG STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In making allotments 
and grants to States under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall apply rules similar to the rules 
of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
127(b)(1), except that— 
‘‘(i) references in such subparagraph 
(B) to youth activities and statewide en-
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forcement activities shall be treated as ref-
erences to eligible programs for on-the-job 
training; and 
‘‘(ii) the reference in such subpara-
graph (C)(ii)(II) to disadvantaged youth 
shall be treated as a reference to discon-
nected youth. 
‘‘(B) 
REALLOTMENT
OF
UNUSED 
AMOUNTS.—Allotments and grants made to 
States under subsection (a) may be reallotted. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, rules 
similar to the rules of subsection (c) of section 
127 shall apply, except that references in para-
graph (1) of such subsection— 
‘‘(i) to such section, shall be treated 
as references to subsection (a) of this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(ii) to youth activities and statewide 
enforcement activities, shall be treated as 
references to eligible programs for on-the- 
job training. 
‘‘(2) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Allotments and grants 
made to States under subsection (a) shall be al-
located by the States to local areas to carry out 
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programs for on-the-job training. For purposes 
of the preceding sentence, rules similar to the 
rules of paragraphs (2) or (3) of section 128(b) 
shall apply, except that references in such para-
graphs to disadvantaged youth shall be consid-
ered to be references to disconnected youth. 
‘‘(B) 
REALLOCATION
OF
UNUSED 
AMOUNTS.—States may reallocate allotments 
and grants allocated under subparagraph (A). 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, rules 
similar to the rules of section 128(c) shall 
apply, except that— 
‘‘(i) references to paragraphs (2)(A) 
or (3) of section 128(b) shall be treated as 
references to subparagraph (A) of this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) references to youth activities 
shall be treated as references to eligible 
programs for on-the-job training.’’. 
SEC. 103. NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
Subtitle D of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2911 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 173D (as added by section 102 of this Act) the 
following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 173E. NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish a 
public service employment program to employ individuals 
to carry out works of a public nature in connection with— 
‘‘(1) parks; 
‘‘(2) roads; and 
‘‘(3) education, including— 
‘‘(A) schools; and 
‘‘(B) after-school programs. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—Priority for jobs under this section 
shall be given to— 
‘‘(1) the long-term unemployed; 
‘‘(2) low-income individuals; and 
‘‘(3) disconnected youth (as defined in section 
51(d)(14)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986). 
‘‘(c) OPERATION.—To operate the program estab-
lished under subsection (a), the President may utilize ex-
isting Federal departments and agencies, including the 
Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, the 
National Guard Bureau, the Department of Interior, the 
Department of Agriculture, the Army Corps of Engineers, 
the Department of Transportation, the Department of En-
ergy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Federal 
governmental corporations.’’. 
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SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 174 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2919) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) SUMMER JOBS FOR YOUTH.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary, in addition to 
any other amount authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act, $2,000,000,000 to carry out section 173B. 
‘‘(e) STATE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, in addition 
to any other amount authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act, such sums as may be necessary to carry out section 
173C. 
‘‘(f) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
FOR DISCONNECTED 
YOUTH.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary, in addition to any other amount authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act, $750,000,000 to carry out 
section 173D. 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL
PUBLIC
SERVICE
INITIATIVE.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the President 
$5,000,000,000 to carry out section 173E.’’. 
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TITLE II—TAX INCENTIVES FOR 
THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUTH 
AND OTHER WORKERS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 51(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘August 
31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 
SEC. 202. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR WORK OPPOR-
TUNITY TAX CREDIT. 
(a) DISCONNECTED YOUTH AND VETERANS HIRED 
AFTER 2010.—Paragraph (14) of section 51(d) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in the header by striking ‘‘HIRED IN 2009 OR 
2010’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘during 
2009 or 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘after December 31, 
2008’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED TITLE I-B YOUTH SERVICES RECIPI-
ENTS.— 
(1) MEMBER
OF
TARGETED
GROUP.—Para-
graph (1) of section 51(d) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (H), by 
striking the period and adding ‘‘, or’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (I), and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(J) a qualified Title I-B youth services re-
cipient.’’. 
(2) QUALIFIED TITLE I-B YOUTH SERVICES RE-
CIPIENT DEFINED.—Subsection (d) of section 51 of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) QUALIFIED TITLE I-B YOUTH SERVICES 
RECIPIENT.—The term ‘qualified Title I-B youth 
services recipient’ means any individual who is a 
participant (as defined in section 101(34) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801(34))) who is receiving services under chapter 4 
of subtitle B of title I of such Act.’’. 
(c) QUALIFIED EX-OFFENDERS.—Subsection (d) of 
section 51 of such Code is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘qualified ex-felon’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified 
ex-offender’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED
EX-OFFENDER.—The term 
‘qualified ex-offender’ means any individual who is 
certified by the designated local agency as having 
been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor under 
any statute of the United States or any State, and— 
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‘‘(A) as having a hiring date which is not 
more than 3 years after the last date on which 
such individual was so convicted or was released 
from prison, 
‘‘(B) as being on parole or on probation 
for such conviction, or 
‘‘(C) as receiving transitional services for 
reintegration into the community after being re-
leased from prison.’’. 
(d) INCREASE IN ALLOWABLE WAGE BASES.—Sec-
tion 51 of such Code is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) by strik-
ing ‘‘$6,000 per year ($12,000 per year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$12,000 per year ($24,000 per year’’; 
(2) in clause (ii) of subsection (d)(7)(B) by 
striking ‘‘substituting ‘$3,000’ for ‘$6,000’ ’’ and in-
serting ‘‘substituting ‘$6,000’ for ‘$12,000’ ’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) 
by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) 
by 
striking 
‘‘substituting 
‘$10,000’ 
for 
‘$6,000’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘substituting ‘$20,000’ 
for ‘$12,000’ ’’; and 
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(C) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) 
by striking ‘‘substituting ‘$833.33’ for ‘$500’ ’’ 
and inserting ‘‘substituting ‘1,666.66’ for 
‘$1,000’ ’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (h)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘$6,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to individuals who 
begin work for an employer after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 203. EXTENSION AND REVIVAL OF EMPOWERMENT 
ZONE DESIGNATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF EMPOWERMENT ZONE DESIGNA-
TIONS.— 
(1) ORIGINAL DESIGNATIONS.—Paragraph (1) 
of section 1391(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any designation under this 
section shall remain in effect during the period be-
ginning on the date of the designation and ending 
on earliest of— 
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‘‘(A) in the case of an enterprise commu-
nity, the close of the 10th calendar year begin-
ning on or after such date of designation, 
‘‘(B) the termination date designated by 
the State and local governments as provided for 
in their nomination, or 
‘‘(C) the date the appropriate Secretary re-
vokes the designation.’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
DESIGNATIONS.—The second 
sentence of paragraph (2) of section 1391(h) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘during the period be-
ginning on January 1, 2002, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2009’’. 
(b) REVIVAL OF EMPOWERMENT ZONE DESIGNA-
TIONS.—If a designation as an empowerment zone termi-
nated on December 31, 2009, by reason of subsections 
(d)(1)(A)(i) or (h)(2) of section 1391 of such Code (as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act), such designation is hereby revived and shall be treat-
ed as being in effect during the period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2010, and ending on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall be effective for periods beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
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SEC. 204. DISCONNECTED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 45R. DISCONNECTED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) AMOUNT OF CREDIT.—For purposes of section 
38, the amount of the youth employment credit deter-
mined under this section with respect to any employer for 
any taxable year is an amount equal to the lesser of— 
‘‘(1) the wages (as defined in subsection (c) of 
section 51) paid or incurred by an employer for serv-
ices performed by an employee while such employee 
is a qualified employee, and 
‘‘(2) $3,000. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘qualified employee’ means an any em-
ployee of an employer if the employee— 
‘‘(1) is a disconnected youth (as defined in 
clause (ii) of section 51(d)(14)(B)), and 
‘‘(2) begins work for the employer after the 
date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN CURRENT YEAR BUSINESS CRED-
IT.—Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking 
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‘‘plus’’ and inserting a comma at the end of paragraph 
(34), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘, plus’’ at the 
end of paragraph (35), and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(36) the disconnected youth employment credit 
determined under section 45R.’’. 
(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 
subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 
Code is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 45Q the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45R. Disconnected youth employment credit.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2010. 
TITLE 
III—PREFERENCE 
FOR 
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN FED-
ERAL JOBS AND IN THE PER-
FORMANCE 
OF 
FEDERAL 
CONTRACTS 
SEC. 301. PREFERENCE FOR HIRING YOUTH PARK AND 
FORESTRY WORKERS. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall give preference to 
individuals that have attained age 16 but not age 25 for 
jobs that provide services that are determined by the Sec-
retary to be integral to the operations of Federal public 
lands and parks. 
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SEC. 302. PREFERENCE FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS WITH 
EMPLOYERS OFFERING YOUTH APPRENTICE-
SHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding title III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), in evaluating a bid or proposal 
for a contract for the procurement of goods or services, 
a contracting officer of an executive agency may give pref-
erence to an employer for a contract for the procurement 
of goods or services by the Federal Government if the head 
of the executive agency determines that— 
(1) the employer will employ, in a program of 
apprenticeship and in the performance of the con-
tract, individuals who— 
(A) are disconnected youth (as defined in 
section 51(d)(14)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 on the date on which the contract 
is entered into; and 
(B) are domiciled in communities with 
high unemployment; and 
(2) the funds made available for such contract 
are appropriated for fiscal year 2011 under the au-
thority of a law enacted to create jobs in the area 
of— 
(A) infrastructure; 
(B) transportation; or 
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(C) green energy. 
(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.—At least 5 percent of 
the total amount of funds appropriated under the author-
ity of a law described under subsection (a)(2) shall be re-
served for contracts with respect to which employers are 
given preference under subsection (a). 
Æ 
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