Gulf Coast Civic Works Act

Bill: 111-hr-2269
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2009-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alabama
Art, artists, authorship
Department of Homeland Security
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Gulf States
Historical and cultural resources
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Infrastructure development
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Texas
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: 
Gulf Coast Civic Works Act - Establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Federal Coordinator of Gulf Coast Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission.
 
Authorizes any municipality of over 25,000 people in the affected area to designate a local advisory council to advise the Commission.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) establish regional taskforces and prepare a regional policy plan; (2) establish and administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project that employs a minimum of 100,000 Gulf Coast region residents and evacuees for public works projects to rebuild and develop the Gulf Coast region impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; (3) establish or support existing job-training programs and apprenticeships to recruit and train qualified workers, with emphasis on women and disadvantaged workers from the Gulf Coast region, for specific job vacancies in approved Civic Works Projects and other recovery, rebuilding, and development projects; (4) ensure that all workers are paid wages at not less than the prevailing locality rate (Davis-Bacon Act); and (5) establish or coordinate other infrastructure projects, including environmental restoration, energy efficiency and conservation, search for affordable workforce housing, and youth works projects.
 
Authorizes the Commission to provide grants to Gulf Coast region residents who possess certain skills for: (1) artistic and cultural projects which reflect or preserve the history and culture of the Gulf Coast region; and (2) projects that chronicle the story of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Introduced in House