3.0.0 2574 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z House H HR 2011-07-18 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WILSON of Florida:H.R. 2574.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H5150]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2011-09-08T16:55:10Z Referred to 2011-07-18T16:01:05Z 2011-09-08 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2011-07-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2011-07-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 17 N Labor and Employment Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Foreign aid and international relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Marshall Islands Micronesia Oceania Palau State and local government operations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Labor and Employment 00 2011-07-18 Introduced in House 2011-10-14T19:44:12Z Jobs Now Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service.

Prescribes program requirements, including that: (1) each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and (2) the Secretary give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.

]]> Jobs Now Act of 2011 Display Title Jobs Now Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to create a pilot program to award grants to units of general local government and community-based organizations to create jobs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Jobs Now Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-07-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2574ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2574ih.xml 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.