HR 870 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2013

Introduced Feb 27, 2013 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.

Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to bring together leaders of small, medium, and large businesses, labor, government, and other parties to discuss employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce investment boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities that deal in such transactions.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 27, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-NJRush HoltOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 27, 2013
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalFeb 27, 2013

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
  2. Feb 27, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 27, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
  4. Feb 27, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E206-207)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1000Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training ActRelated billApr 23, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

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  1. Feb 27, 2013Introduced in House

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