I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4812 
To provide funds to States, units of general local government, and community- 
based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, 
restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2010 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mr. HARE, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. 
CLARKE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. DINGELL, and 
Mr. TIERNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide funds to States, units of general local govern-
ment, and community-based organizations to save and 
create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or 
expansion of services needed by local communities, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Jobs for America 
Act’’. 
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TITLE I—LOCAL COMMUNITY 
JOBS 
SEC. 101. STABILIZATION FUNDING FOR LOCAL JOBS. 
From the amount appropriated under section 111, 
the Secretary, acting through the Employment and Train-
ing Administration of the Department of Labor and in 
consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, shall provide funds to States, units of general 
local government, and community-based organizations to 
save and create local jobs through the retention, restora-
tion, or expansion of services needed by local communities. 
SEC. 102. ALLOTMENT FORMULA. 
(a) RESERVATIONS
BY
THE SECRETARY.—Of the 
amount appropriated under section 111 for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary may reserve— 
(1) not more than 1 percent to administer this 
title; 
(2) not more than 0.5 percent to award grants, 
on a competitive basis, to Indian tribes for purposes 
of this title. 
(b) MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALLOTMENT BY 
THE SECRETARY.—Of the amounts appropriated under 
section 111 and not reserved under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall make available for allotment the amounts 
for each fiscal year as follows: 
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(1) Seventy percent to entitlement communities, 
of which the Secretary shall make available for allot-
ment— 
(A) 25 percent to each entitlement commu-
nity in an amount which bears the same ratio 
to the total amount made available under this 
subparagraph as the population of the entitle-
ment community bears to the total population 
of all entitlement communities; 
(B) 25 percent to each entitlement commu-
nity in an amount which bears the same ratio 
to the total amount made available under this 
subparagraph as the extent of poverty in the 
entitlement community bears to the extent of 
poverty in all entitlement communities; and 
(C) 50 percent to each entitlement commu-
nity in an amount which bears the same ratio 
to the total amount made available under this 
subparagraph as the number of unemployed in-
dividuals in the entitlement community bears to 
the total number of unemployed individuals in 
all entitlement communities. 
(2) Thirty percent to States, of which the Sec-
retary shall make available for allotment— 
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tion 104(c)(1)(A) that are not reserved under 
paragraph (1) as follows: 
(i) Not more than 50 percent of the 
funds to units of general local government 
located in nonentitlement areas of the 
State to continue to provide employee com-
pensation to employees employed by the 
unit, as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, in positions that— 
(I) provide local public services 
for the unit; and 
(II) would otherwise be termi-
nated or reduced as a result of fiscal 
constraints of such unit. 
(ii) Not more than 50 percent of the 
remainder of the funds (after allotting 
funds under clause (i)) to community- 
based organizations to employ individuals 
newly hired or employed under a contract 
entered into after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act to provide services or 
functions that are not customarily provided 
by a unit of general local government lo-
cated in a nonentitlement area of the State 
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where such services or functions will be 
provided by the organization. 
(iii) All of the remainder of the funds 
(after allotting funds under clauses (i) and 
(ii)) to units of general local government 
located in nonentitlement areas of the 
State to provide employee compensation to 
individuals newly hired to carry out the 
local public services described in subclauses 
(I) and (II) of section 104(c)(1)(B)(i) for 
the unit. 
(B) ALLOTMENTS.—In allotting funds 
under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, a 
State shall— 
(i) subject to clause (i), provide to 
units of general local government and com-
munity-based organizations located in a 
non-entitlement area of a Congressional 
district of the State not less than an 
amount of funds that bears the same ratio 
to the total amount made available to be 
allotted 
to 
the 
State 
under 
section 
102(b)(2) for such fiscal year as the popu-
lation of the nonentitlement area of the 
Congressional district bears to the total 
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population of all nonentitlement areas of 
the State; 
(ii) if the total amount of funds allot-
ted by the Secretary to a State under sec-
tion 104(c)(1)(A) on behalf of units of 
general local government and community- 
based organizations located in the non-
entitlement area of a Congressional district 
of the State is less than the amount to be 
provided to the units and organizations 
under clause (i) for such fiscal year, pro-
vide to the units and organizations an 
amount of funds equal to the amount of 
funds so allotted for such fiscal year; and 
(iii) consult with local elected officials 
from among units of general local govern-
ment located in nonentitlement areas of 
such State in determining the method of 
allotment of such funds. 
(d) RULE FOR PROVIDING FUNDS TO COMMUNITY- 
BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—In providing funds under this 
Act to community-based organizations, a unit of general 
local government or State shall, to the extent practicable, 
give priority to community-based organizations that will 
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provide services or functions in accordance with this Act 
to— 
(1) public use microdata areas that have a pov-
erty rate of 12 percent or more; or 
(2) units of general local government that have 
an unemployment rate that is 2 percent higher than 
the national unemployment rate. 
SEC. 103. USES OF FUNDS BY UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED OR-
GANIZATIONS. 
(a) ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES.—Of the amount of 
funds received under section 104(c)(2) for each fiscal year, 
a unit of general local government that is an entitlement 
community— 
(1) may use not more than 5 percent for ad-
ministrative purposes; 
(2) may use up to 50 percent of the remainder 
of such funds (after using the funds pursuant to 
paragraph (1)) to continue to provide employee com-
pensation to employees employed by the unit, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in positions 
that— 
(A) provide local public services for the 
unit; and 
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(B) would otherwise be terminated or re-
duced as a result of fiscal constraints of such 
unit; 
(3) may provide up to 50 percent of the remain-
der of such funds (after using the funds pursuant to 
paragraphs (1) and (2)) to community-based organi-
zation to employ individuals newly hired or employed 
under a contract entered into after the date of the 
enactment of this Act to provide services or func-
tions that are not customarily provided by the unit, 
of which— 
(A) not less than 93 percent shall be used 
to provide employee compensation to such indi-
viduals; 
(B) not more than 5 percent may be used 
by the organization for supportive services; and 
(C) not more than 2 percent may be used 
by the organization for administrative purposes; 
and 
(4) shall use all of the remainder of such funds 
(after using the funds pursuant to paragraphs (1) 
through (3)), to the extent that the unit determines 
that it has a need for additional employees, to pro-
vide employee compensation to individuals newly 
hired by the unit to carry out the local public serv-
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ices described in subclauses (I) and (II) of section 
104(c)(1)(B)(i) for the unit. 
(b) NONENTITLEMENT AREAS.—Of the amount of 
funds received under section 104(c)(2)(B) for each fiscal 
year— 
(1) a unit of general local government that is 
located in a nonentitlement area of a State— 
(A) may use not more than 2 percent for 
administrative purposes; and 
(B) shall use all of the remainder of such 
funds (after using the funds pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A)) to provide employee compensa-
tion to individuals described in clause (i) or (iii) 
of section 102(c)(2)(A), as determined by the 
State; and 
(2) a community-based organization— 
(A) shall use not less than 93 percent to 
provide employee compensation to individuals 
described in section 102(c)(2)(A)(ii); 
(B) may use up to 5 percent for supportive 
services; and 
(C) may use up to 2 percent for adminis-
trative purposes. 
(c) FUNDED POSITIONS; CONSULTATION BY CHIEF 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.— 
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