I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 72 
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to States, units of 
local government, and Indian tribes to carry out employment training 
programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to 
States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to 
carry out employment training programs. 
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 ‘‘New Jobs for America 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPENSATED EMPLOYMENT TRAINING GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations for such funds, the Secretary of Labor 
shall make grants to States, units of local government, 
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and Indian tribes to carry out the activities described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
this Act shall use the grant for the following purposes: 
(1) To seek out unemployed individuals strug-
gling financially whose prior training consisted of 
skills necessary for a faltering or dying industry. 
(2) To create compensated training programs 
that offer training in emerging markets and indus-
tries (such as green technologies). 
(3) To partner with historically Black colleges 
and universities and Hispanic serving colleges and 
universities along with local community college sys-
tems to create innovative retraining programs for 
minorities focused on retooling workers for jobs in 
the growth sectors of healthcare, biotech, and infor-
mation technology. 
(4) To partner with cities and non-profit orga-
nizations to provide apprenticeships and internships. 
(5) To provide compensation to participants in 
training programs to temporarily aide in their finan-
cial distress. 
(6) To provide access to public healthcare pro-
grams for participants. 
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(7) To create training programs for ex-offend-
ers in an effort to reduce recidivism. 
(8) To aide newly trained participants in secur-
ing employment within the field of their newly ac-
quired expertise. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving a grant 
under this Act, a grant recipient shall— 
(1) comply with nondiscrimination standards of 
the Civil Rights Act; 
(2) allocate not less than 80 percent of the 
funding allocated under the grant to wages, benefits, 
and support activities, including child care services 
to individuals receiving compensated training under 
such a grant; and 
(3) institute a program to aide newly trained 
participants in securing employment in their new 
area of expertise. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act. 
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