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Union Calendar No. 48 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1745 
[Report No. 112–87, Part I] 
To improve jobs, opportunity, benefits, and services for unemployed 
Americans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. CAMP (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, and Mr. BERG) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
MAY 23, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 23, 2011 
Additional sponsor: Mr. STIVERS 
MAY 23, 2011 
The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 5, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To improve jobs, opportunity, benefits, and services for 
unemployed Americans, and for other purposes. 
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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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services Act of 2011’’ or 
the ‘‘JOBS Act of 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—REFORMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO 
PROMOTE WORK AND JOB CREATION 
Sec. 101. Consistent job search requirements. 
Sec. 102. Participation in reemployment services made a condition of benefit re-
ceipt. 
Sec. 103. State flexibility to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers. 
Sec. 104. Repeal of regulation requiring higher State taxes. 
Sec. 105. Restore State flexibility to improve unemployment program solvency. 
Sec. 106. Data standardization for improved data matching. 
Sec. 107. Technical and conforming amendments. 
TITLE II—FORWARD FUNDING OF REMAINING FEDERAL 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUNDS 
Sec. 201. Special transfers to all States. 
Sec. 202. Emergency unemployment compensation transition rules. 
Sec. 203. Extended benefits program transition rules. 
Sec. 204. Emergency designation. 
TITLE I—REFORMS OF UNEM-
PLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
TO PROMOTE WORK AND JOB 
CREATION 
SEC. 101. CONSISTENT JOB SEARCH REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(11)(A) A requirement that, as a condition of 
eligibility for regular compensation for any week, a 
claimant must be able to work, available to work, and 
actively seeking work. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘actively seeking work’ means, with respect to any in-
dividual, that such individual is actively engaged in 
a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work, as 
determined based on evidence (whether in electronic 
format or otherwise) satisfactory to the State agency 
charged with the administration of the State law. 
‘‘(C) The specific requirements that must be met 
in order to satisfy this paragraph shall be established 
by the State agency, and shall include at least the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Registration for employment services 
within 14 days after making initial application 
for regular compensation. 
‘‘(ii) Posting a resume, record, or other ap-
plication for employment on such database as 
the State agency may require. 
‘‘(iii) Applying, in such manner as the 
State agency may require, for work which is 
similar to that previously performed by the indi-
vidual, and which offers wages comparable to 
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‘‘(ii) has earned the General Educational 
Development (GED) credential or other State- 
recognized equivalent (including by meeting rec-
ognized alternative standards for individuals 
with disabilities); or 
‘‘(iii) is enrolled and making satisfactory 
progress in classes leading to satisfaction of 
clause (ii). 
‘‘(C) The requirements of subparagraph (B) may 
be waived for an individual to the extent that the 
State agency charged with the administration of the 
State law deems such requirements to be unduly bur-
densome in the case of such individual.’’. 
(b) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—Paragraph 
(8) of section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) compensation shall not be denied to an in-
dividual for any week in which the individual is en-
rolled and making satisfactory progress in education 
or training which has been previously approved by 
the State agency;’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to weeks beginning after the end of the 
first session of the State legislature which begins after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 103. STATE FLEXIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE REEMPLOY-
MENT OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS. 
Title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 
and following) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
‘‘SEC. 305. (a) The Secretary of Labor may enter into 
agreements, with States submitting an application de-
scribed in subsection (b), for the purpose of allowing such 
States to conduct demonstration projects to test and evalu-
ate measures designed— 
‘‘(1) to expedite the reemployment of individuals 
who establish initial eligibility for unemployment 
compensation under the State law of such State; or 
‘‘(2) to improve the effectiveness of a State in 
carrying out its State law with respect to reemploy-
ment. 
‘‘(b) The Governor of any State desiring to conduct 
a demonstration project under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary of Labor. Any such application 
shall, at a minimum, include— 
‘‘(1) a general description of the proposed dem-
onstration project, including the authority (under the 
laws of the State) for the measures to be tested, as 
well as the period of time during which such dem-
onstration project would be conducted; 
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‘‘(2) if a waiver under subsection (c) is re-
quested, the specific aspects of the project to which the 
waiver would apply and the reasons why such waiver 
is needed; 
‘‘(3) a description of the goals and the expected 
programmatic outcomes of the demonstration project, 
including how the project would contribute to the ob-
jective described in subsection (a)(1), subsection 
(a)(2), or both; 
‘‘(4) assurances (accompanied by supporting 
analysis) that the demonstration project would not re-
sult in any increased net costs to the State’s account 
in the Unemployment Trust Fund; 
‘‘(5) a description of the manner in which the 
State— 
‘‘(A) will conduct an impact evaluation, 
using a control or comparison group or other 
valid methodology, of the demonstration project; 
and 
‘‘(B) will determine the extent to which the 
goals and outcomes described in paragraph (3) 
were achieved; and 
‘‘(6) assurances that the State will provide any 
reports relating to the demonstration project, after its 
approval, as the Secretary of Labor may require. 
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‘‘(c) The Secretary of Labor may waive any of the re-
quirements of section 3304(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 or of paragraph (1) or (5) of section 303(a), 
to the extent and for the period the Secretary of Labor con-
siders necessary to enable the State to carry out a dem-
onstration project under this section. 
‘‘(d) A demonstration project under this section— 
‘‘(1) may be commenced any time after the date 
of enactment of this section; and 
‘‘(2) may not be approved for a period of time 
greater than 3 years, subject to extension upon request 
of the Governor of the State involved for such addi-
tional period as the Secretary of Labor may agree to, 
except that in no event may a demonstration project 
under this section be conducted after the end of the 5- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(e) The Secretary of Labor shall, in the case of any 
State for which an application is submitted under sub-
section (b)— 
‘‘(1) notify the State as to whether such applica-
tion has been approved or denied within 30 days after 
receipt of a complete application; and 
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‘‘(2) provide public notice of the decision within 
10 days after providing notification to the State in 
accordance with paragraph (1). 
Public notice under paragraph (2) may be provided through 
the Internet or other appropriate means. Any application 
under this section that has not been denied within such 30 
days shall be deemed approved, and public notice of any 
approval under this sentence shall be provided within 10 
days thereafter. 
‘‘(f) The Secretary of Labor may terminate a dem-
onstration project under this section if the Secretary makes 
a final determination that the State has violated the sub-
stantive terms or conditions of the project.’’. 
SEC. 104. REPEAL OF REGULATION REQUIRING HIGHER 
STATE TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1202(b)(2) of the Social Se-
curity Act is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
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