I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4740 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2010 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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 A BILL To provide grants to cities with high unemployment rates to provide job training, public works, and economic development programs, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act.

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Grants to cities with high unemployment

(a)

Department of Commerce grants for public works and economic development

The Secretary of Commerce shall use the funds made available to the Secretary under section 3(a)(2) to make additional grants— (1)to cities with high unemployment, under sections 201, 203, 207, and 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; and (2)under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program under chapters 3 and 5 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974. (b)

Department of Labor grants for job training programs

The Secretary of Labor shall use the funds made available to the Secretary under section 3(a)(1) to carry out adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities under chapter V of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2861 et seq.) to benefit cities with high unemployment. (c)

City with high unemployment defined

For purposes of this section, the term city with high unemployment means a city that— (1)has a population of at least 600,000 people; and (2)has, for each month beginning with January 2009, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, an unemployment rate of 10 percent or more.

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Funding

(a)

Funding from the TARP

Of funds made available to the Secretary of the Treasury under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.) that remain unobligated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall— (1)make $5,000,000,000 available to the Secretary of Labor to carry out section 2(a); and (2)make $5,000,000,000 available to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out section 2(b). (b)

Authorization

The amounts described under subsection (a) shall be deemed to be for actions authorized under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.