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HR 6427 112th Congress House

Capitalizing Workforce Development Act of 2012

Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to create a competitive self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to create a competitive self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2012 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Building constructionEmployment and training programsLand transfersPerformance measurementPoverty and welfare assistance
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Sep 14, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Sep 14, 2012
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 Latest action September 14, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Capitalizing Workforce Development Act of 2012 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to support the purchase, renovation, construction, or lease and improvement of real property to be used by qualified self-sustaining job programs that provide job training, job placement, or other employment-related services to individuals with employment challenges.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6427: Capitalizing Workforce Development Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6427/
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"H.R. 6427: Capitalizing Workforce Development Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6427/.
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H.R. 6427, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6427/.
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