[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2243 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2243

To amend section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to 
   ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income 
                                people.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2001

Ms. Velazquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to 
   ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income 
                                people.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing and Employment Opportunities 
Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701u) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as 
        subsections (g), (h) and (i), respectively;
            (2) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by inserting 
        after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) One-stop delivery system.--The term `one-stop 
        delivery system' has the meaning given that term in section 
        134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
        2864(c)).''; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(e) Requirement for Hiring of New Employees.--
            ``(1) Thirty percent requirement.--It shall be a condition 
        of any contract awarded by a public or Indian housing agency 
        for work to be performed in connection with development 
        assistance provided from the Capital Fund under section 9(d) of 
        the United States Housing Act of 1937, or from the Operating 
        Fund under section 9(e) of such Act, that, except as provided 
        in paragraph 2(B), a minimum of 30 percent of all new employees 
        hired by a contractor for work in connection with such contract 
        will be low- or very low-income persons.
            ``(2) Compliance.--As a condition of any contract awarded 
        for the work described in paragraph (1), any contractor awarded 
        such a contract shall--
                    ``(A)(i) immediately before beginning work under 
                such contract, submit evidence to the satisfaction of 
                the public or Indian housing agency showing that a 
                minimum of 30 percent of all new employees hired for 
                work in connection with such contract are low- or very 
                low-income persons; and
                    ``(ii) submit evidence to the satisfaction of the 
                public or Indian housing agency showing that a minimum 
                of 30 percent of all subsequently hired new employees 
                hired for work in connection with such contract are 
                low- or very low-income persons; or
                    ``(B) if such contractor cannot meet the 
                requirement imposed by paragraph (1)--
                            ``(i) submit evidence to the satisfaction 
                        of the public or Indian housing agency showing 
                        that such contractor has given notice of such 
                        contract to the one-stop delivery system for 
                        the area which the housing subject to the 
                        contract is located, including the particular 
                        skills and qualifications needed by potential 
                        new employees for work under such contract; and
                            ``(ii) provide to the public or Indian 
                        housing agency evidence, as the Secretary shall 
                        by regulation require, sufficient to show that 
                        no newly hired employees who are not low- or 
                        very low-income persons are performing work in 
                        place of skilled low- or very low-income 
                        persons who were provided by either the public 
                        or Indian housing agency or by the one-stop 
                        delivery system.
            ``(3) Training.--Any contractor awarded a contract for the 
        work described in paragraph (1) may not provide on-the-job 
        training to any new employee for work under such contract 
        unless such new employee is a low- or very low-income person.
    ``(f) Recruitment, Referral, and Training Requirements.--Public and 
Indian housing agencies shall--
            ``(1) maintain a registry of eligible low- and very low-
        income persons who reside in the public housing which is the 
        site of a contract referred to in this section;
            ``(2) provide to any contractor awarded such a contract 
        names and applications from appropriately skilled low- and very 
        low-income persons;
            ``(3) refer any low- or very low-income persons seeking 
        qualifying skills to the one-stop delivery system for the area 
        in which the housing subject to a contract is located;
            ``(4) consult with contractors to ensure that appropriately 
        skilled low- and very low-income persons are not passed over in 
        hiring; and
            ``(5) provide to the one-stop delivery system for the area 
        in which the housing subject to a contract is located a 
        detailed description of the work to be done on all projects for 
        which it is accepting, or will be accepting, bids so that 
        eligible low- and very low-income persons may be appropriately 
        trained.''.
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