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HR 2537 112th Congress House Labor and Employment Employment and training programs Income tax deductions Oil and gas Trade adjustment assistance Unemployment Urban and suburban affairs and development

Jobs for Urban Sustainability and Training in America Act of 2011

Introduced: July 14, 2011 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Aug 22, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Jul 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jul 14, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and 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 14, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jobs for Urban Sustainability and Training in America Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make additional grants to: (1) cities with high unemployment (with a population of at least 600,000 and an unemployment rate greater than the national unemployment rate) for public works, training, and economic development projects, as well as for economic adjustment; and (2) firms adversely affected by import competition which are assisted under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) Program.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to carry out adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in cities with high unemployment.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or any primary products thereof by a major integrated oil company (an oil company which has an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels for the taxable year, and which had gross receipts in excess of $1 billion for its last taxable year ending during calendar year 2005).

What's happening now September 8, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1