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HR 4740 111th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Employment and training programs Financial crises and stabilization Trade adjustment assistance Unemployment Urban and suburban affairs and development

Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act

Introduced: March 3, 2010 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1151)
Mar 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Mar 8, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Mar 4, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to House Education and Labor
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to House Financial Services
Mar 3, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 3, 2010

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1151)

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1