I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2381 
To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2013 
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide for youth jobs, 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 ‘‘Youth Jobs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUTH JOBS FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States an account that shall be 
known as the Youth Jobs Fund (referred to in this Act 
as ‘‘the Fund’’). 
(b) DEPOSITS
INTO
THE
FUND.—Out of any 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 
is appropriated $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, 
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which shall be paid to the Fund, to be used by the Sec-
retary of Labor to carry out this Act. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts avail-
able to the Fund under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Labor shall— 
(1) allot $1,500,000,000 in accordance with 
section 3 to provide summer and year-round employ-
ment opportunities to low-income youth; and 
(2) award $1,500,000,000 in allotments and 
competitive grants in accordance with section 4 to 
local entities to carry out work-based training and 
other work-related and educational strategies and 
activities of demonstrated effectiveness to unem-
ployed, low-income young adults and low-income 
youth to provide the skills and assistance needed to 
obtain employment. 
(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts appro-
priated under this Act shall be available for obligation by 
the Secretary of Labor until December 31, 2014, and shall 
be available for expenditure by grantees (including sub-
grantees) until September 30, 2015. 
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SEC. 3. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOY-
MENT 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR 
LOW-INCOME 
YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 
section 2(c)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall make an al-
lotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 
modification to a State plan approved under section 112 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2822) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘State plan modi-
fication’’) (or other State request for funds specified in 
guidance under subsection (b)) approved under subsection 
(d) and recipient under section 166(c) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2911(c)) (referred to 
in this section as a ‘‘Native American grantee’’) that 
meets the requirements of this section, for the purpose of 
providing summer employment and year-round employ-
ment opportunities to low-income youth. 
(b) GUIDANCE
AND APPLICATION
OF REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen-
tation of this section. 
(2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con-
sistent with this section, include procedures for— 
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(A) the submission and approval of State 
plan modifications, for such other forms of re-
quests for funds by the State as may be identi-
fied in such guidance, for modifications to local 
plans approved under section 118 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833) 
(referred to individually in this section as a 
‘‘local plan modification’’), or for such other 
forms of requests for funds by local workforce 
investment areas as may be identified in such 
guidance, that promote the expeditious and ef-
fective implementation of the activities author-
ized under this section; and 
(B) the allotment and allocation of funds, 
including reallotment and reallocation of such 
funds, that promote such implementation. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 
and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 
the funds provided for activities under this section 
shall be administered in accordance with the provi-
sions of subtitles B and E of title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq., 
2911 et seq.) relating to youth activities. 
(c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall allot to 
each State the total of the amounts assigned to the 
State under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (2). 
(2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— 
(A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Labor shall assign to each State an amount 
equal to 1⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 
(B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 
of Labor shall assign the remainder of the 
funds described in subsection (a) among the 
States by assigning— 
(i) one-half on the basis of the relative 
number of young unemployed individuals 
in areas of substantial youth unemploy-
ment in each State, compared to the total 
number of young unemployed individuals 
in areas of substantial youth unemploy-
ment in all States; and 
(ii) one-half on the basis of the rel-
ative number of disadvantaged young 
adults and youth in each State, compared 
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to the total number of disadvantaged 
young adults and youth in all States. 
(3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 
does not submit a State plan modification or other 
State request for funds specified in guidance under 
subsection (b) by the date specified in subsection 
(d)(2)(A), or a State does not receive approval of 
such State plan modification or request, the amount 
the State would have been eligible to receive pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) shall be transferred within the 
Fund and added to the amounts available for com-
petitive grants under sections 2(c)(2) and 4(b)(2). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 
(2): 
(A) AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL YOUTH UNEM-
PLOYMENT.—The term ‘‘area of substantial 
youth unemployment’’ means any contiguous 
area that has a population of at least 10,000, 
and that has an average rate of unemployment 
of at least 10 percent, among individuals who 
are not younger than 16 but are younger than 
25, for the most recent 12 months, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor. 
(B) DISADVANTAGED
YOUNG
ADULT
OR 
YOUTH.—The term ‘‘disadvantaged young adult 
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or youth’’ means an individual who is not 
younger than 16 but is younger than 25 who 
received an income, or is a member of a family 
that received a total family income, that, in re-
lation to family size, does not exceed the higher 
of— 
(i) the poverty line; or 
(ii) 70 percent of the lower living 
standard income level. 
(C) YOUNG UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL.— 
The term ‘‘young unemployed individual’’ 
means an individual who is not younger than 
16 but is younger than 25. 
(d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 
receive an allotment of funds under subsection (c), 
the Governor of the State shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Labor a State plan modification, or other 
State request for funds specified in guidance under 
subsection (b), in such form and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. At a min-
imum, such State plan modification or request shall 
include— 
(A) a description of the strategies and ac-
tivities to be carried out to provide summer em-
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employment 
opportunities, 
respectively, 
by 
quarter; 
(E) assurances that the State will report 
such information, relating to fiscal, perform-
ance, and other matters, as the Secretary may 
require and as the Secretary determines is nec-
essary to effectively monitor the activities car-
ried out under this section; 
(F) assurances that the State will ensure 
compliance with the requirements, restrictions, 
labor standards, and other provisions described 
in section 5(a); and 
(G) if a local board and chief elected offi-
cial in the State will provide employment oppor-
tunities with the link to training and edu-
cational 
activities 
described 
in 
subsection 
(f)(2)(B), a description of how the training and 
educational activities will lead to the industry- 
recognized credential involved. 
(2) SUBMISSION
AND
APPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 
submit the State plan modification or other 
State request for funds specified in guidance 
under subsection (b) to the Secretary of Labor 
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not later than 30 days after the issuance of 
such guidance. 
(B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall approve the State plan modification or re-
quest submitted under subparagraph (A) within 
30 days after submission, unless the Secretary 
determines that the plan or request is incon-
sistent with the requirements of this section. If 
the Secretary has not made a determination 
within that 30-day period, the plan or request 
shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 
or request is disapproved, the Secretary may 
provide a reasonable period of time in which the 
plan or request may be amended and resub-
mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 
approved, the Secretary shall allot funds to the 
State under subsection (c) within 30 days after 
such approval. 
(3) MODIFICATIONS
TO
STATE
PLAN
OR
RE-
QUEST.—The Governor may submit further modi-
fications to a State plan modification or other State 
request for funds specified under subsection (b), 
consistent with the requirements of this section. 
(e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA-
TION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to the 
State under subsection (c), the Governor— 
(A) may reserve not more than 5 percent 
of the funds for administration and technical 
assistance; and 
(B) shall allocate the remainder of the 
funds among local workforce investment areas 
within the State in accordance with clauses (i) 
and (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B), except that for 
purposes of such allocation references to a 
State in subsection (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to 
be references to a local workforce investment 
area and references to all States shall be 
deemed to be references to all local workforce 
investment areas in the State involved. 
(2) LOCAL PLAN.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an 
allocation under paragraph (1)(B), the local 
workforce investment board, in partnership with 
the chief elected official for the local workforce 
investment area involved, shall submit to the 
Governor a local plan modification, or such 
other request for funds by local workforce in-
vestment areas as may be specified in guidance 
under subsection (b), not later than 30 days 
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after the submission by the State of the State 
plan modification or other State request for 
funds specified in guidance under subsection 
(b), describing the strategies and activities to be 
carried out under this section. 
(B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap-
prove the local plan modification or other local 
request for funds submitted under subpara-
graph (A) within 30 days after submission, un-
less the Governor determines that the plan or 
request is inconsistent with requirements of this 
section. If the Governor has not made a deter-
mination within that 30-day period, the plan 
shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 
or request is disapproved, the Governor may 
provide a reasonable period of time in which the 
plan or request may be amended and resub-
mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 
approved, the Governor shall allocate funds to 
the local workforce investment area within 30 
days after such approval. 
(3) REALLOCATION.—If a local workforce in-
vestment board and chief elected official do not sub-
mit a local plan modification (or other local request 
for funds specified in guidance under subsection (b)) 
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by the date specified in paragraph (2), or the Gov-
ernor disapproves a local plan, the amount the local 
workforce investment area would have been eligible 
to receive pursuant to the formula under paragraph 
(1)(B) shall be allocated to local workforce invest-
ment areas that receive approval of their local plan 
modifications or local requests for funds under para-
graph (2). Each such local workforce investment 
area shall receive a share of the total amount avail-
able for reallocation under this paragraph, in accord-
ance with the area’s share of the total amount allo-
cated under paragraph (1)(B) to such local work-
force investment areas. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available 
under this section shall be used— 
(A) to provide summer employment oppor-
tunities for low-income youth, with direct link-
ages to academic and occupational learning, 
and may be used to provide supportive services, 
such as transportation or child care, that is 
necessary to enable the participation of such 
youth in the opportunities; and 
(B) to provide year-round employment op-
portunities, which may be combined with other 
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activities authorized under section 129 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2854), to low-income youth. 
(2) PROGRAM
PRIORITIES.—In administering 
the funds under this section, the local board and 
chief elected official shall give priority to— 
(A) identifying employment opportunities 
that are— 
(i) in emerging or in-demand occupa-
tions in the local workforce investment 
area; or 
(ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 
and meet community needs; and 
(B) linking participants in year-round em-
ployment opportunities to training and edu-
cational activities that will provide such partici-
pants an industry-recognized certificate or cre-
dential (referred to in this Act as an ‘‘industry- 
recognized credential’’). 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of the funds allocated to a local workforce in-
vestment area under this section may be used for 
the costs of administration of this section. 
(4) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac-
tivities funded under this section, in lieu of meeting 
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