H.R. 4277 (112th): Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012

Introduced:
Mar 28, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. John Conyers Jr. [D-MI14]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 870 on Feb 27, 2013. See H.R. 870 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on March 28, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Mar 28, 2012
Referred to Committee Mar 28, 2012
Cosponsors
61 cosponsors (61D) (show)
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

House Ways and Means

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Full Title

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

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Last updated Mar 28, 2012.
36 pages

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3/28/2012--Introduced.
Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012 - 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.
Establishes arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes for grant recipients.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to post a whistleblower hotline on the Department of Labor's website for the public to report noncompliance with the Act's requirements.
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 or purchasers that deal in such transactions.
Requires a transferor with respect to any outbound securities transaction to deduct and withhold a tax equal to the tax imposed on covered securities transactions.

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  • 40 U.S.C. Chapter 31