US Congress House Bill 2537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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).

Jobs for Urban Sustainability and Training in America Act of 2011

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2011-08-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
2011-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2011-07-14	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-07-14	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2011-07-14	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-07-14	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-07-14	House	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.

HB1689 (Related) 2011-05-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2537/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2537/BILLS-112hr2537ih.pdf