US Congress House Bill 2914 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-0)
Status: Introduced on September 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-11-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Reserves 2% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian schools. Reserves 5% of the grant funds for LEAs serving geographic areas: (1) with significant economic distress, (2) recovering from a natural disaster, or (3) containing a military installation selected for closure. Requires states to reallocate such grant funds to LEAs on the basis of each LEA's share of school improvement funds received by LEAs in the state for the previous fiscal year. Allows LEAs to give priority to projects involving the abatement, removal, or interim control of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, or a proven carcinogen. Requires the iron and steel used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in the United States, subject to specified exceptions. Directs LEA grantees to use their grants for public school modernization, renovation, repairs, construction, or maintenance that meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System standards, Energy Star standards, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over such LEAs. Requires the Secretary to work with grant recipients to promote appropriate opportunities for individuals enrolled in YouthBuild, Job Corps, junior or community college, or preapprenticeship programs to gain employment experience on projects funded under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to institutions of higher education to provide an additional 250,000 part-time work-study jobs; (2) creation of an additional 100,000 Public Lands Corps positions; (3) the retention, rehiring, and hiring of 300,000 education jobs; (4) grants to state, local, and Indian tribal governments to hire and rehire overall an additional 40,000 career law enforcement officers; and (5) the hiring and rehiring of an additional 12,000 firefighters. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible health care and long-term care (LTC) providers to hire and retain 40,000 health care and LTC professionals. Authorizes appropriations for state and local government units to establish a Community Corps to create an additional 750,000 jobs for unemployed individuals to carry out specified activities. Amends the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations to employ an additional 100,000 full-time infant and toddler Head Start specialists.

Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2011-11-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-09-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
2011-09-14	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-09-14	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2011-09-14	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-09-14	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2011-09-14	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-09-14	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-09-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy and Commerce, 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.

HB3490 (Related) 2012-03-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
HB3638 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2914/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2914/BILLS-112hr2914ih.pdf