H.Res. 442: Recognizing the necessity and urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, expanding education and job training programs, and investing in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure.

H.Res. 442: Recognizing the necessity and urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, expanding education and job training programs, and investing in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-14 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · what a sponsor is
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Recognizing the necessity and urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, expanding education and job training programs, and investing in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure.

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Recognizes the necessity and urgency of job creation. Supports: (1) targeting federal programs to communities most in need; (2) extending the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program and the Extended Benefits unemployment benefits programs; (3) giving those who have exhausted their unemployment benefits an additional 14 weeks of benefits; (4) expanding on-the-job training for unemployed workers; (5) investing in education at all levels; and (6) investing in improving and modernizing the nation's infrastructure, including the rebuilding of bridges, roads, schools, and other crumbling infrastructure. Encourages: (1) the restoration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund; (2) the development and implementation of various corps programs and services in the communities, including health care corps, public safety corps, community corps, and teacher corps; and (3) the expansion of Workforce Investment Act programs aimed at youth.

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Recognizing the necessity and urgency of job creation, extending unemployment assistance, expanding education and job training programs, and investing in improving and modifying the Nation's infrastructure.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · 0 cosponsors

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Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hres442.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hres>

Record fed-us-cong112-hres442 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112