Missed Opportunities in Jobs Act

Bill: 115-hr-4350
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Employment and training programs

Unemployment

Youth employment and child labor
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Missed Opportunities in Jobs Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Labor to submit to Congress an annual report on funds requested and awarded through YouthBuild programs. A YouthBuild program provides disadvantaged youth with opportunities for employment, education, leadership development, and training through the rehabilitation or construction of housing for homeless individuals and low-income families, and of public facilities.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4350 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2017 Mr. Lewis of Georgia 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 require the Secretary of Labor to submit to Congress an annual report relating to the amount of funds requested and awarded through YouthBuild programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Missed Opportunities in Jobs Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that there are at least 2.3 million low-income individuals age 16 to 24 in the United States who are neither in school nor employed. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States should create meaningful employment opportunities for the Nation’s youth to learn practical and meaningful skills because an investment in the Nation’s youth is an investment in the United States; (2) States should invest in the futures of at-risk youth and others who may contribute to the United States economy because doing so will decrease the unemployment rate; and (3) the Department of Labor Grant Programs such as YouthBuild programs will provide critical resources necessary to keep the Nation’s youth involved in their communities. 4. Annual Report for YouthBuild Program Section 171(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3226(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Report to Congress Not later than January 31 of each calendar year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of YouthBuild programs authorized under this subsection that shall include the following: (A) The amount of funds, in aggregate, requested by applicants. (B) The amount of funds awarded, in aggregate, to entities that receive grants under this subsection. (C) The difference between the amount of funds reported under subparagraph (A) and the amount of funds reported under subparagraph (B). (D) A calculation of how many more individuals would have been provided opportunities for employment, education, leadership development, and training through YouthBuild programs or would have been provided with housing or access to public facilities through Youth­Build programs if each eligible entity who applied for a grant under this subsection the previous calendar year had received an award for the full amount of funds requested in their respective applications. .