New Deal for a New Economy Act

Bill: 111-hr-4290
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infrastructure development
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
New Deal for a New Economy Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, from unobligated funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to make specified sums available for FY2010-FY2012 to the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, the Interior, and Agriculture.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to allocate, and each eligible local educational agency in the state to receive, funds in proportion to amounts received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) a state to make and distribute the amount allocated to it within 90 days of receipt. Authorizes the use of funds to hire new employees, rehire employees laid off during the year prior to enactment, continue to employ employees scheduled to be laid off as a result of reduced budgets, and prevent furloughs scheduled as a result of reduced budgets.
 
Directs: (1) the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to hire, rehire, continue to employ, and prevent furloughs of police officers; (2) the Secretary of DHS, through the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, to award grants through the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program to hire, rehire, continue to employ, and prevent furloughs of firefighters; (3) the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states, cities or other political subdivisions or a consortium of such subdivisions, or Indian tribes, to assist in maintaining basic government services; and (4) the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to fund specific public works projects in national parks and through the National Forest Service, respectively.
 
Establishes in the Department of Labor a New Economy Grant Program, to provide grants for the creation of new jobs on specific public works projects. Limits funding under this Act's Departments of Labor, the Interior, and Agriculture programs to individuals who meet specified criteria. Bars displacement of existing employees. Sets forth requirements regarding the use of funds, the maximum employment period, wages, reporting, and expedited administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-12-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H14882-14883)
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House