Jobs for All Act
Latest action · Feb 9, 2017 Referred 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.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2017 or the Jobs for All Act
This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, publicly-funded elementary and secondary educational institutions, educational institutions in the Federal Work-Study Program, and tax-exempt non-profit organizations for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.
Labor is required, through studies it conducts or through independent studies, to:
- review the effectiveness of job training and job creation programs under this bill,
- disseminate information concerning best practices for achieving the bill's goals, and
- acquire a better understanding of such programs' true cost.
Arbitration procedures are established for resolution of disputes for grant recipients. Labor is required to post a whistleblower hotline on its website for the public to report noncompliance with the bill's requirements.
Labor must convene an annual national employment conference to discuss this bill's role in addressing all aspects of unemployment problems, the sharing of best practices in addressing them, and the discussion of problems in the administration of this bill.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce development boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.
The Internal Revenue Code is amended to impose a tax on the transfer of ownership in certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities or brokers that deal in such transactions. A penalty is imposed against persons who fail to include such transactions on any tax return or statement.
Labor shall suspend new hiring of unemployed persons and freeze the hourly wages paid for jobs funded under this bill whenever it is determined that:
- the unemployment rate is less than 4%, and
- the consumer price index (inflation) is greater than 3%.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2017 to May 17, 2017; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 9, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 17, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2017 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2017Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 23, February 9, 2017, page H1100.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1000 | Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | Apr 29, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Jobs for All Act
- Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Economic development
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Financial services and investments
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Housing and community development funding
- Inflation and prices
- Labor and Employment
- Minority employment
- Sales and excise taxes
- Securities
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Unemployment
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
