HR 4290 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

New Deal for a New Economy Act

Introduced Dec 11, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Phil Hare D-IL

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Latest action · Mar 29, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedDec 11, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

New Deal for a New Economy Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, from unobligated funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to make specified sums available for FY2010-FY2012 to the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, the Interior, and Agriculture.

Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to allocate, and each eligible local educational agency in the state to receive, funds in proportion to amounts received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) a state to make and distribute the amount allocated to it within 90 days of receipt. Authorizes the use of funds to hire new employees, rehire employees laid off during the year prior to enactment, continue to employ employees scheduled to be laid off as a result of reduced budgets, and prevent furloughs scheduled as a result of reduced budgets.

Directs: (1) the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to hire, rehire, continue to employ, and prevent furloughs of police officers; (2) the Secretary of DHS, through the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, to award grants through the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program to hire, rehire, continue to employ, and prevent furloughs of firefighters; (3) the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states, cities or other political subdivisions or a consortium of such subdivisions, or Indian tribes, to assist in maintaining basic government services; and (4) the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to fund specific public works projects in national parks and through the National Forest Service, respectively.

Establishes in the Department of Labor a New Economy Grant Program, to provide grants for the creation of new jobs on specific public works projects. Limits funding under this Act's Departments of Labor, the Interior, and Agriculture programs to individuals who meet specified criteria. Bars displacement of existing employees. Sets forth requirements regarding the use of funds, the maximum employment period, wages, reporting, and expedited administration.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 11, 2009 to Jan 12, 2010; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MIBart StupakOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-OHBetty SuttonOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-IABruce L. BraleyOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-TXGene GreenOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYJohn J. HallOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-WISteve KagenOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalDec 11, 2009
D-MAJames P. McGovernDec 16, 2009
D-CALinda T. SánchezDec 16, 2009
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardDec 16, 2009
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoDec 16, 2009
D-MARichard E. NealDec 16, 2009
D-NYCharles B. RangelJan 12, 2010

Committees 7

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Jan 4, 2010
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Jan 4, 2010
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Mar 1, 2010
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
Technology Subcommittee
Referred Dec 24, 2009
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Dec 14, 2009
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Mar 29, 2010
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2009
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred Dec 12, 2009

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
  2. Mar 1, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  3. Jan 4, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  4. Jan 4, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  5. Dec 24, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H14883Phil Hare D-ILDec 15, 2009

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish the New Economy Grant Program through the Department of Labor to create public works jobs on State and local lands and community-based public interest projects, to direct aid to State and local governments for the retention and rehiring of certain public employees, and provide direct aid to the Departments of Agriculture and Interior to create public works jobs to address their deferred maintenance items.
Short Titles as Introduced
New Deal for a New Economy Act

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 11, 2009Introduced in House

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