HR 5111

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.

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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