To continue with President Obama's "American Job Act" Was it page 92?

Yep, covered unemployment before.

SEC. 312. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PROVISIONS


(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended—


I have referred to these laws before on this blog.  This section is about extending unemployment benefits  It is a short section that simply changes the dates from the previous bills that have been enacted by Congress and signed by the President.  I removed some of the wording to emphasis the date changes dominate this section.



(1) by striking ‘‘January 4, 2012’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 4, 2013’’;


(2)  striking “January 4, 2012” and inserting “January 4, 2013”; and


(3) striking ‘‘June 11, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘June 11, 2013’’.


(b) EXTENSION OF MATCHING FOR STATES WITH NO WAITING WEEK.— striking ‘‘June 10, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘June 9, 2013’’.


(c) EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM.— is amended—


(1) striking “December 31, 2011” and inserting “December 31, 2012”; and


(2) striking “December 31, 2011” and inserting “December 31, 2012”.


(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-205).


Section 313 provides for what might be termed 'remediation' services.  Displaced workers that have skills but are unable to find employment are to receive 'assessment' of their skills and reapplication of those skills to achieve employment.

SEC. 313. REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.


(a) IN GENERAL.—


(1) PROVISION OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES .—Section 4001of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended by inserting the following new subsection (h):


Cited Law:


This is a readable document and not the law published in the Federal Register.


Employment and Training Administration (click here) Notice of Implementation of Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, Title IV--Emergency Unemployment Compensation, and the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act

“(2) DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.—The reemployment services and in-person reemployment and eligibility assessment activities provided to individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation described in paragraph (1)—

“(A) shall include—

“(i) the provision of labor market and career information;

“(ii) an assessment of the skills of the individual;

“(iii) orientation to the services available through the One-Stop centers established under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998;

“(iv) job search counseling and the development or review of an individual reemployment plan that includes participation in job search activities and appropriate workshops and may include referrals to appropriate training services; and

“(v) review of the eligibility of the individual for emergency unemployment compensation relating to the job search activities of the individual; and

“(B) may include the provision of—

“(i) comprehensive and specialized assessments;

“(ii) individual and group career counseling; and

“(iii) additional reemployment services.

“(3) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.—...

“(2) REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.—

“(A) APPROPRIATION.—There are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, out of the employment security administration account as established by section 901(a) of the Social Security Act, such sums as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subparagraph (B) to assist States in providing reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities described in section 4001(h)(2).

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT (click here)

Establishment of Account

Sec. 901. [42 U.S.C. 1101] (a) There is hereby established in the Unemployment Trust Fund an employment security administration account….

This is where it is really ironic, but, without EMPLOYMENT SECURITY there is no Social Security Trust Fund.

“(B) DETERMINATION OF TOTAL AMOUNT.—The amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is the amount the Secretary estimates is equal to—


“(i) the number of individuals...multiplied by
“(ii) $200.


This one is interesting.



SEC. 314. FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS TO ADMINISTER A SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.


(Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by section 313, is further amended by inserting a new subsection (i) as follows:


“(i) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—


“(1) IN GENERAL.—


“(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Any agreement under subsection (a) may provide that the State agency of the State shall establish a self-employment assistance program described in paragraph (2), to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation as self-employment assistance allowances to individuals who meet the eligibility criteria specified in subsection (b).

“(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Any agreement under subsection (a) may provide that the State agency of the State shall establish a self-employment assistance program described in paragraph (2), to provide for the payment of emergency unemployment compensation as self-employment assistance allowances to individuals who meet the eligibility criteria specified in subsection (b).


“(B) PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES.—The self-employment assistance allowance described in subparagraph (A) shall be paid for up to 26 weeks to an eligible individual from such individual’s emergency unemployment compensation account described in section 4002, and the amount in such account shall be reduced accordingly.


“(2) DEFINITION OF ‘SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM’.— For the purposes of this title, the term ‘self-employment assistance program’ means a program as defined under section 3306(t) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3306(t)), except as follows:


“(i) include any entrepreneurial training that the State may provide in coordination with programs of training offered by the Small Business Administration, which may include business counseling, mentorship for participants, access to small business development resources, and technical assistance; and”;

SEC. 315. CONFORMING AMENDMENT ON PAYMENT OF WAGES.


Section 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note), as amended by section 103, is further amended by inserting a new subsection (j) as follows:


“(j) AUTHORIZATION TO PAY WAGES FOR PURPOSES OF A BRIDGE TO WORK PROGRAM.—Any State that establishes a Bridge to Work program under section 204 of the Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2011 is authorized to deduct from an emergency unemployment compensation account established for such individual under section 4002 such sums as may be necessary to pay wages for such individual as authorized under section 204(b)(1) of such Act.”.

Bridge To Work: Obama's Plan For Long-Term Unemployed (click here)

I think this program extends unemployment benefits when it is interrupted by opportunities to work on a trial basis.  The employer is suppose to consider the unemployed for a job whenever possible, but, if it is not a good fit the unemployed continues to receive benefits.  They probably (I don't know the particulars) receive partial benefits during the time they are employed and receiving a paycheck.

SEC. 316. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE .


Again changes in dates.


(a) EXTENSION.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as added by section 2006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) and as amended by section 9 of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–92), is amended—


(1) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2012’’; and


(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’.


Cited Law:


Railroad Retirement Handbook, 2009 (click here)


‘‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’ (click here)


SEC. 2006. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. 


(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(c)(2) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


‘‘(D) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.—



PART II—REEMPLOYMENT NOW PROGRAM


SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF REEMPLOYMENT NOW PROGRAM.


(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established the Reemployment NOW program to be carried out by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with this part in order to facilitate the reemployment of individuals who are receiving emergency unemployment compensation under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) (hereafter in this part referred to as “EUC claimants”).

The cited law has been entered here before this mention.


This is the federal site for the "NOW" program, however, until it is reauthorized and funded the site is expired.

Reemployment NOW!  (click here)

(b) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated and appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury for fiscal year 2012 $4,000,000,000 to carry out the Reemployment NOW program under this part.


SEC. 322. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.


(b) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.—


(1) FORMULA FACTORS


(2) CALCULATION



(c) REALLOTMENT.


(1) FAILURE TO SUBMIT STATE PLAN.—If a State does not submit a State plan by the time specified in section 323(b), or a State does not receive approval of a State plan, the amount the State would have been eligible to receive pursuant to the formula under subsection (b) shall be allotted to States that receive approval of the State plan under section 323 in accordance with the relative allotments of such States as determined by the Secretary under subsection (b).


(2) FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES ON A TIMELY BASIS. —


This is why the Red States don't like the federal government.  They could 'get caught' doing it wrong and with penalties.  A bummer.  Not that the people need it, but, heck of the guys handing out the dough get caught it simply wasn't worth it, so why do it in the first place.

I can here it now, "What do you mean I am being fined and otherwise because I took too long?  Well, hell what did they give us the money for in the first place?"


(3) RECAPTURE OF FUNDS.—Funds recaptured under paragraph (2) shall be available for reobligation not later than December 31, 2012.


"Send it back to who and when?  Are you all crazy, that money is being spent just at a different pace is all.  Can't you tell Washington to get off our backs?"


That is the top of page 98 and I'll pick up with the next topic tomorrow.  This one is an easy guess.  It is the plan that has to be submitted as noted above so the State doesn't have to send back money it already put i their treasury for redistribution.  Oh, no that is correct, USE.  Not redistribution, USE.  That's right, all those unemployed are going to get services and timely services at that.


SEC. 323. STATE PLAN.


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Today in North Carolina, President Obama stated the Republican bill to counter his own is entitled, "The Real American Jobs Act."

Slightly incorrect, the Republicans are more slick than that Mr. President.  I want to explore the Republican alternative to the President's "American Jobs Act."


The author of the House bill is Louis Gohmert, 1st district of Texas.  If anyone pays attention to the House floor on C-Span one would notice the Texans are ALWAYS, every day on the House Floor.  They are the most extreme and the most verbose.   is on the House floor freqently.

This is in his pompous posture.

Two "American Jobs Act" bills -- GOP lawmaker swipes Obama's bill name (click here)

The Republicans call their bill to the Middle Class, which is what it will be.  It so little offers relief to the Middle Class it is more like a bill than a paycheck.  But, the Republicans call their bill, "The American Jobs Act of 2011."  They entitled it that to cause confusion over what the President's Bill actually says.  

112^TH  CONGRESS  1^ST  SESSION

H. R. ______________

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the corporate income tax. (click title to entry - thank you)

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on…

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Jobs Act of 2011’’.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CORPORATE INCOME TAX.

 (a) IN GENERAL

.—Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

‘(b) AMOUNT OF TAX 

.—The amount of the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be zero percent of taxable income.’’.

Is there anything else to know about this bill?  It is pure unadulterated corruption through and through.  Without question the US House of Representatives is the most hideous and corrupt governing body on the planet.

continued....

The Wealth Gap is real. It is palpable. But, it has been around a long time.

It is just that it has not been this profound before.  American Exceptionalism is suppose to be the promise that overcomes any oppression or poverty.  It has been removed from the landscape for vastly more Americans than ever before.

By Peter Whoriskey, Published: July 26

The wealth gap (click title to entry - thank you) between whites and minorities has risen to a historic high, according to new census data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, as the collapse of housing prices more severely affected the net worth of African American and Hispanic households.

The report, which was to be released Tuesday, shows that the recession wreaked havoc on the wealth of all Americans but that whites lost the least amount as a percentage of their holdings....

This time when we end it, we do it for all Americans.

The Tiananmen Square Moment. Thank you.

On Saturday before the march to the King Statue started, :"Dr. King knew the march would not alone change anything..."

Wisdom sometimes evades activists.  Not that wisdom didn't bring them to activism, but, to make a path to their goal is sometimes more difficult an achievement.


Reverend Sharpton also stated of Dr. King, "The method to equality is as important as the goal itself."  Over the years Dr. King shunned the more violent extremes of the civil rights movement because he knew to be 'the violence' would not make them any different than the violence the African American community experienced on a regular basis.  Dr. King knew that peaceful marches of protest would not only bring attention to a topic, but, uproot the status quo.  Non-violence is non-threatening while 'the status quo' police are more threatening than the marchers could ever be.  I suppose it could be called an omen of the subconscious when the greater good is seen through opposition.  "For God's grace so go I."  


I want to congratulate the #Occupy Wall Street movement.  You have achieve one month of earth shattering peaceful protests.  Magnificent.  It is obvious to so many people now that the movement is global and nationwide in the USA what the message is and how good it is to express it.  Hard to believe such calm and intelligent people could achieve so much in such a short time.  


I am in awe and sincere respect for the morality of the entire movement and the precepts adapted from the King philosophy.  Maybe it was instinct, but, I believe it was by example.  Congratulations.


One month is not a long history, but, we all that have witnessed this great and benevolent action by people seeking nothing more than a job and a future promised to them by their birthright and hard work; have an urgent need.  A need that has to be addressed.  I would urge all those in the movement and simply standing in admiration of it, to seek a resolve, a moral resolve to the goals so well known to us.  Do not ignore out stretched hands from political leaders, such as President Obama, just because no one wants to be 'co-oped.'  That is a strange content when one realizes the goals cannot be co-oped.  The goals are inherent to our lives and condition.  Those goals cannot be co-oped or compromised, they are promised to us and to that end there can be no derailing this movement.


For so long I have stated, the answer to the impoverished and under paid in this country was within us.  The 'financial system' is so far afield of any real answers for Americans that the answers are within us.  Small businesses and overarching protections employed by the citizen between citizens are the only guarantees there are left to us all.  Realizing an entire generation is the greatest number of those facing strife is to realize they have to show us the way.  I have watched and listened to know how wonderful all of you are and the purpose you can find among each other.  There are answers.  Those answers lie within you.  Supporting skills and crafts of each other is supporting the future.


There are natural leaders among you and there are humanitarians among you.  The diversity of the movement is astounding.  Where there is diversity there is culture, where there is culture there is economy.  Find the strengths that exist in the populous and seek to return life to those ignored and abandoned.  Looking to huge corporations is completely fruitless.  They never, ever had that capacity before, but, only through exploitation and corruption.  The goals of this movement require sustainable platforms and not those pandered to by wealth or greed.


One month out and who would have imagined.