HR4740Referred to Committee

Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
111th
Congress
2010-03-03
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
HR
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Sponsor

Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
Democrat · TN · Representative
Votes with party: 97.7% (533 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (8)

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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1151)

2010-04-03

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Plain-English Summary

Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make additional grants from unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to: (1) cities with high unemployment (with a population of at least 600,000 and an unemployment rate of 10% or more) for public works, training, and economic development projects; and (2) firms adversely affected by import competition which are assisted under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants from such funds to carry out adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in cities with high unemployment.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Finance and Financial Sector
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