[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5111 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5111

   To grant to a State with an unemployment rate that is equal to or 
greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate authority to 
    use Federal funds made available to such State for job training 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2008

 Mr. Hoekstra introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Labor, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To grant to a State with an unemployment rate that is equal to or 
greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate authority to 
    use Federal funds made available to such State for job training 
                               programs.

    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 ``Maximizing the Use of Federal Funds 
for Job Training Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE OR TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS.

    (a) Authority Available.--A State with an unemployment rate that is 
equal to or greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate 
is authorized to consolidate or transfer, without limitation, any funds 
made available to such State under the programs described in subsection 
(b).
    (b) Designated Programs.--Subsection (a) applies to--
            (1) any formula grant program carried out under the 
        Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.); and
            (2) any funds made available to the State under part II of 
        subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
        (19 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.).
    (c) Duration.--The authority provided by subsection (a) shall 
remain in effect for a period of 2 years for a State or until the date 
on the State's unemployment rate is less than 125 percent of the 
national unemployment rate, whichever occurs later.
    (d) National Employment Rate Defined.--In this section, the term 
``national employment rate'' means the most recent rate of unemployment 
announced each month by Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 
Labor based upon data from the current populations survey of households 
conducted for the Bureau by the Bureau of the Census of the Department 
of Commerce.
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