I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2889 
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 
JULY 31, 2013 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Mr. NADLER, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. MOORE, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. HINO-
JOSA, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
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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Secretary shall make available for allotment the amounts 
for each fiscal year as follows: 
(1) Seventy percent to entitlement communities, 
of which the Secretary shall make available for allot-
ment— 
(A) 25 percent by making available for al-
lotment to each entitlement community an 
amount which bears the same ratio to the total 
amount made available under this subpara-
graph as the population of the entitlement com-
munity bears to the total population of all enti-
tlement communities; 
(B) 25 percent by making available for al-
lotment to each entitlement community an 
amount which bears the same ratio to the total 
amount made available under this subpara-
graph as the extent of poverty in the entitle-
ment community bears to the extent of poverty 
in all entitlement communities; and 
(C) 50 percent by making available for al-
lotment to each entitlement community in an 
amount which bears the same ratio to the total 
amount made available under this subpara-
graph as the number of unemployed individuals 
in the entitlement community bears to the total 
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number of unemployed individuals in all entitle-
ment communities. 
(2) Thirty percent to States, of which the Sec-
retary shall make available for allotment— 
(A) 25 percent by making available for al-
lotment to each State an amount which bears 
the same ratio to the total amount made avail-
able under this subparagraph as the population 
of the State bears to the total population of all 
States; 
(B) 25 percent by making available for al-
lotment to each State in an amount which bears 
the same ratio to the total amount made avail-
able under this subparagraph as the extent of 
poverty in the State bears to the extent of pov-
erty in all States; and 
(C) 50 percent by making available for al-
lotment to each State in an amount which bears 
the same ratio to the total amount made avail-
able under this subparagraph as the number of 
unemployed individuals in the State bears to 
the total number of unemployed individuals in 
all States. 
(c) RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENTS BY STATES.— 
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(1) RESERVATION.—Of the amount of funds al-
lotted to a State under section 104(c)(2)(A) for each 
fiscal year, a State may reserve not more than 2 
percent for administrative purposes. 
(2) ALLOTMENTS BY STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall provide 
all of the funds allotted to the State under sec-
tion 104(c)(2)(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 each 
such unit, as of the date the State receives 
the attotment under section 104(c)(2)(A), 
in positions that— 
(I) provide local services to the 
public; 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- 
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based organizations for each such organi-
zation to employ individuals newly hired or 
employed under a contract entered into on 
or after the date on which the State re-
ceives 
the 
allotment 
under 
section 
104(c)(2)(A) to provide services or func-
tions that are not customarily provided by 
a unit of general local government located 
in a nonentitlement area of the State. 
(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 for each such unit to provide em-
ployee compensation to individuals newly 
hired to carry out the local public services 
described in subclauses (I) and (II) of sec-
tion 103(c)(1)(B)(i) for the unit. 
(B) ALLOTMENTS.—In allotting funds 
under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, a 
State shall— 
(i) provide to each unit of general 
local government and community-based or-
ganization located in a nonentitlement area 
of a Congressional district of the State not 
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less than an amount of funds that bears 
the same ratio to the total amount made 
available to be allotted to the State under 
subsection (b)(2) for such fiscal year as 
the population of the nonentitlement area 
of the Congressional district bears to the 
total 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)(2)(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 
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