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

112th Congress · introduced 2012-03-28 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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Where it came from: introduced 2012-03-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012

Plain summary

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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Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · 61 cosponsors

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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 1 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr4277.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr4277 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112