U.S. Congress - S.1723 Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
S.1723 - Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
A bill to provide for teacher and first responder stabilization. view all titles (3)
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- Official: A bill to provide for teacher and first responder stabilization. as introduced.
- Popular: Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Short: Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011 as introduced.
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Roll call number 177 in the Senate
Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 1723
OpenCongress Summary
A small piece of the larger jobs bill proposed by President Obama, S.1660, this bill would provide $35 billion to state and local governments to prevents layoffs of public workers and first responders. The spending would be offset with a 0.5% surtax on all income earned above $1 million.Official Summary
10/17/2011--Introduced.Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the costs of retaining, recalling, rehiring, or hiring employees to provideOfficial Summary
10/17/2011--Introduced.Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the costs of retaining, recalling, rehiring, or hiring employees to provide early childhood, elementary, or secondary education and related services. Allows states to reserve up to 10% of their grant for awards, for the same purposes, to state-funded early learning programs. Requires LEAs and state-funded early learning programs to obligate such funds by the close of FY2013. Prohibits the use of such grants to supplant state funding for education. Directs the Attorney General to carry out a competitive grant program pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of career law enforcement officers. Makes appropriations to the Community Oriented Policing Stabilization Fund to carry out such program and for transfer to a First Responder Stabilization Fund from which the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall make competitive grants for hiring additional firefighters pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention Control Act of 1974. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on individual taxpayers in taxable years beginning after 2012 an additional tax equal to 0.5% of so much of their modified adjusted gross income as exceeds $1 million. Defines "modified adjusted gross income" as adjusted gross income reduced by any deduction allowed for investment interest. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the $1 million threshold amount for taxable years beginning after 2013....Read the Rest
Organizations Supporting S.1723
- American Federation of Teachers
- National Education Association
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- National School Boards Association
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- ...and 8 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing S.1723
- None via MapLight at this time.
Latest Letters to Congress
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S.1723 Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
SAdams407
July 10, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Virginia. I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Virginia. I am writing as your constituent in the 5th Congressional district of Virginia. I support S.1723 - Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
Samuel Adams -
S.1723 Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
ayrerperformance
May 26, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 3rd Congressional district of New Jersey. I support S.1723 - Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
James Ayrer -
S.1723 Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
ojosdelangel77
May 17, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 4th Congressional district of Arkansas. I am writing as your constituent in the 4th Congressional district of Arkansas. I oppose S.1723 - Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org. Let's get rid of rubber rooms, guaranteed tenure, and fake jobs. I work for a state department, where we have 5 supervisors. None of which work the majority of the day. We have 3 more clerks than we need, and spend so ...
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