Jobs for All Act

Bill: 115-hr-1000
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Economic development
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Inflation and prices
Minority employment
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 

Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2017 or the Jobs for All Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, publicly-funded elementary and secondary educational institutions, educational institutions in the Federal Work-Study Program, and tax-exempt non-profit organizations for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.
 
Labor is required, through studies it conducts or through independent studies, to:
 
 
review the effectiveness of job training and job creation programs under this bill,
 
disseminate information concerning best practices for achieving the bill's goals, and
 
acquire a better understanding of such programs' true cost. 
 
Arbitration procedures are established for resolution of disputes for grant recipients. Labor is required to post a whistleblower hotline on its website for the public to report noncompliance with the bill's requirements.
 
 Labor must convene an annual national employment conference to discuss this bill's role in addressing all aspects of unemployment problems, the sharing of best practices in addressing them, and the discussion of problems in the administration of this bill.
 
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce development boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.
 
The Internal Revenue Code is amended to impose a tax on the transfer of ownership in certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities or brokers that deal in such transactions. A penalty is imposed against persons who fail to include such transactions on any tax return or statement.
 
Labor shall suspend new hiring of unemployed persons and freeze the hourly wages paid for jobs funded under this bill whenever it is determined that:
 
 
the unemployment rate is less than 4%, and
 
the consumer price index (inflation) is greater than 3%.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House