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HR 5837 109th Congress House

YouthBuild Transfer Act

Official title: To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a YouthBuild program.

Introduced: July 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Affordable housingApprenticeshipAppropriationsCommunity development
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Compensatory educationDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment of LaborEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEducational counselingElementary and secondary educationEmployment of the disadvantagedEnglish languageExecutive reorganizationFamiliesFederal aid to housingGovernment Operations and PoliticsGrants-in-aidHigher educationHomelessHousing and Community DevelopmentInfrastructureLow-income housingMentoringPoor childrenRental housingResidential rehabilitationSecondary educationSocial WelfareYouth employment
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Oct 18, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Sep 28, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jul 19, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jul 19, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 18, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

YouthBuild Transfer Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a revised YouthBuild program under the authority of the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to carry out certain activities under the YouthBuild program, including: (1) education and workforce investment; (2) supervision and training for participants in the rehabilitation or construction of housing (including residential housing for homeless individuals or low-income families), transitional housing for homeless individuals, and community and other public facilities; (3) adult mentoring; and (4) follow-up services.

Repeals authority for the YouthBuild program under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.

Transfers the YouthBuild program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Department of Labor.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1999 Related bill YouthBuild Transfer Act of 2005
  • S 3534 Related bill YouthBuild Transfer Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Green, Al
Texas · Jul 26, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5837: YouthBuild Transfer Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5837/
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"H.R. 5837: YouthBuild Transfer Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5837/.
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H.R. 5837, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5837/.
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