JOBS Act

Bill: 114-hr-5508
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2016-06-16
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs

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Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Job Opportunity and Business Services Act or the JOBS Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require the reports to the Department of Labor each state, local board, and any other recipient of funds under the Act is required to make to include information regarding programs and activities carried out under the Act pertaining to the advertising budget, and a description of the advertising, for which the funds received were used.</p> <p>The bill also exempts from the prohibition against using funds received under the Act for lobbying purposes, and from specified other restrictions, the use of such funds for public relations and advertising costs for program outreach or activities otherwise related to carrying out the Act's purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5508 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 16, 2016 Mr. Aguilar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Job Opportunity and Business Services Act or the JOBS Act . 2. Advertising and public relations (a) Reports Section 185(d)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3245(d)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) the advertising budget and a description of the advertising for which funds received under this title were used. . (b) Clarification on advertising and public relations costs Section 195 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3255 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (D) public relations and advertising costs for program outreach or activities otherwise related to carrying out the purposes of this Act under section 2. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Removal of certain regulatory restrictions None of the restrictions on advertising or public relations described in section 200.421 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall apply to this title. . 3. Regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue regulations to place safeguards on funds received under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq. ) that may be used to advertise to the public to ensure that such funds are not used in a fraudulent manner or in any way misappropriated.