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HR 870 112th Congress House

Work Opportunities and Revitalizing Our Communities Act

Official title: To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.

Introduced: March 14, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Mar 2, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act or Work Opportunities and Revitalizing Our Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs.

Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to bring together leaders of small, medium, and large businesses, labor, government, and other parties to discuss employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce investment boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities that deal in such transactions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4277 Related bill Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 16
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Mar 29, 2012
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 26, 2012
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 6, 2012
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 16, 2012
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 16, 2012
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 14, 2012
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Feb 14, 2012
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 8, 2012
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 7, 2012
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Feb 7, 2012
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 7, 2012
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Feb 6, 2012
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Jan 31, 2012
OLVER, JOHN
· Jun 21, 2011
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 10, 2011
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 10, 2011
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 3, 2011
PAYNE, DONALD
· May 3, 2011
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 8, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 14, 2011
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Mar 14, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 870: Work Opportunities and Revitalizing Our Communities Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-870/
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"H.R. 870: Work Opportunities and Revitalizing Our Communities Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-870/.
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