U.S. Congress - H.R.4740 Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act
H.R.4740 - Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act
To provide grants to cities with high unemployment rates to provide job training, public works, and economic development programs, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To provide grants to cities with high unemployment rates to provide job training, public works, and economic development programs, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Jobs for Urban Sustainability in America Act as introduced.
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3/3/2010--Introduced.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 (wOfficial Summary
3/3/2010--Introduced.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.
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The Republic of T. » Congress on Jobs: Bad Policy, Pathetic Politics
The unemployment crisis is startling to looking a lot like the gusher in the Gulf, except that where there may not be much political leaders can do about that, there are things that can be done about unemployment. ...
The Jobs Deficit: What Can Be Done Now
In his column concerning last month's jobs number, George Will does a nearly "Noonan-eque" job of spreading disorientation and doubt about what government should do— if anything — about chronic unemployment, delivering a ...
Terrance Heath: Is Long-Term Unemployment America's Future?
Like tea party activists and some of their fellow conservatives, Congress' reckless inattention to the deficit makes me concerned for my children's future and the kind of economy they will inherit if indifference continues. ...
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