Summary: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 - Title I: Temporary Payroll Tax Relief - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to: (1) extend through 2012 the 2% reduction in the self-employment tax rate for self-employment income not exceeding the excess of $18,350 over any wages and compensation paid to a self-employed taxpayer, and (2) extend through February 29, 2012, the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employee wages and compensation not exceeding $18,350. Title II: Temporary Extension of Unemployment Compensation Provisions - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through March 6, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until August 15, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 7, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and August 15, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2011, to February 29, 2012, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, to extend through February 29, 2012, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service as well as for those with less than 10 years. Title III: Temporary Extension of Health Provisions -Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to set the update to the single conversion factor in the formula for the physicians' fee schedules for the first two months of 2012 at zero (thus freezing the physician payment update for the first two months of 2012). Requires the conversion factor for the remaining portion of 2012 and subsequent years to be computed as if the zero update for the first two months of 2012 had never applied. Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, as modified by other federal law, to extend section 508 hospital reclassifications for two months through November 30, 2011. ("Section 508" refers to Section 508 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 [MMA], which allows the temporary reclassification of a hospital with a low Medicare area wage index, for reimbursement purposes, to a nearby location with a higher Medicare area wage index, so that the "Section 508 hospital" will receive the higher Medicare reimbursement rate.) Extends through February 29, 2012, the 1.0 floor on geographic indexing adjustments to the work portion of the physician fee schedule. Extends through February 29, 2012, the process allowing exceptions to limitations on medically necessary therapy caps. Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to extend until February 29, 2012, an exception to a payment rule that permits laboratories to receive direct Medicare reimbursement when providing the technical component of certain physician pathology services that had been outsourced by certain (rural) hospitals. Amends SSA title XVIII to extend the bonus and increased payments for ground ambulance services until March 1, 2012. Amends the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) to extend the payment of certain urban air ambulance services until February 29, 2012. Extends increased payments for super rural ambulance services until March 1, 2012. Amends MIPPA to extend the physician fee schedule mental health add-on payment provision through February 29, 2012. Extends through February 29, 2012, hold harmless provisions under the prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services. Extends the minimum payment for bone mass measurement through the first two months of 2012. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to extend the Qualifying Individual (QI) Program through February 29, 2012, at specified allocations. xtends the Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Program through February 29, 2012. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of SSA title IV to extend the TANF program through February 29, 2012. Title IV: Mortgage Fees and Premiums - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to require the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to require each government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) (the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae] and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac]) to charge a guarantee fee in connection with any guarantee of the timely payment of principal and interest on securities, notes, and other obligations based on or backed by mortgages on residential real properties designed principally for the occupancy of from one to four families. Requires the FHFA Director to prohibit a GSE from consummating any offer for a guarantee to a lender for mortgage-backed securities if: (1) the guarantee is inconsistent with the requirements of this Act; or (2) the risk of loss is allowed to increase, through the lowering of the underwriting standards or other means, for the primary purpose of meeting the requirements of this Act. Requires direct deposit into the Treasury of any amounts received from fee increases imposed by this Act that are necessary to comply with the minimum increase required by this Act. Requires the Director to require each GSE, as part of its annual report, to: (1) describe changes made to up-front fees and annual fees as part of the guarantee fees negotiated with lenders, changes to the riskiness of the new borrowers compared to previous origination years or book years, and any adjustments required to improve for future origination years or book years, in order to be in complete compliance with guarantee fee requirements; and (2) assess how the changes in such guarantee fees met the requirements of this title. Amends the National Housing Act with respect to requirements for each mortgage secured by a 1- to 4-family dwelling that is an obligation of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in addition to other required or authorized premiums, to establish and collect through FY2021 annual premium payments of up to 10 basis points of the remaining insured principal balance for any mortgage for which the Secretary collects an annual premium on the remaining insured principal balance. Title V: Other Provisions - Subtitle A: Keystone XL Pipeline - Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of State, to grant a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project application filed on September 19, 2008. Waives such requirement if the President determines that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest. Requires the President, in that case, to report to certain congressional committees and officials a justification for his determination, including consideration of economic, employment, energy security, foreign policy, trade, and environmental factors. Declares that a permit for such pipeline shall take effect by operation of law if after 60 days following enactment of this Act the President fails to: (1) determine that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest, or (2) grant the permit. Subtitle B: Budgetary Provisions - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the Senate to consider a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that includes an emergency designation. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from a ruling of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60 votes) of the Senate. Prohibits the budgetary effects of this Act from being entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

temporary payroll tax cut continuation act title temporary payroll tax relief amends tax relief unemployment insurance reauthorization job creation act extend reduction self employment tax rate self employment income exceeding excess wages compensation paid self employed taxpayer extend february reduction employment tax rates employee wages compensation exceeding title temporary extension unemployment compensation provisions amends supplemental appropriations act respect state established individual emergency unemployment compensation account euca extends final date entering federal state agreement emergency unemployment compensation euc program march postpones termination program august amends assistance_for_unemployed_workers struggling families act extend march requirements federal payments states cover euc amends unemployment compensation extension act exempt weeks unemployment enactment act august prohibition federal-state_extended_unemployment_compensation_act fseuca federal matching payments state week individual eligibility period extended compensation sharable regular compensation paid state law provides payment regular compensation individual week compensable unemployment allows temporary federal matching week extended benefits states waiting period amends fseuca postpone similarly december february termination period state determine indicators according specified temporary substitutions formula amends railroad_unemployment_insurance_act amended american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act worker homeownership business assistance_act tax relief unemployment insurance reauthorization job creation act extend february temporary increase extended unemployment benefits employees years service years title iii temporary extension health provisions title xviii medicare social_security_act ssa set update single conversion factor formula physicians fee schedules months zero freezing physician payment update months requires conversion factor remaining portion subsequent years computed zero update months applied amends tax relief health_care act modified federal law extend section hospital reclassifications months november section refers section medicare modernization act allows temporary reclassification hospital low medicare area wage index reimbursement purposes nearby location higher medicare area wage index section hospital receive higher medicare reimbursement rate extends february floor geographic indexing adjustments work portion physician fee schedule extends february process allowing exceptions limitations medically necessary therapy caps amends medicare medicaid schip benefits improvement protection act extend february exception payment rule permits laboratories receive direct medicare reimbursement providing technical component certain physician_pathology_services certain rural hospitals amends ssa title xviii extend bonus increased payments ground ambulance services march amends medicare_improvements_for_patients_and_providers_act extend payment certain urban air ambulance services february extends increased payments super rural ambulance services march amends extend physician fee schedule mental health add payment provision february extends february hold harmless provisions prospective payment system pps hospital outpatient department opd services extends minimum payment bone mass measurement months amends ssa title xix medicaid extend qualifying individual program february specified allocations transitional medical assistance tma program february amends temporary_assistance needy families tanf ssa title extend tanf program february title mortgage fees premiums amends housing_and_community_development_act require director federal_housing_finance_agency fhfa require government sponsored enterprise gse federal_national_mortgage_association fannie_mae federal_home_loan_mortgage_corporation freddie_mac charge guarantee fee connection guarantee timely payment principal interest securities notes obligations based backed mortgages residential real properties designed principally occupancy families requires fhfa director prohibit gse offer guarantee lender mortgage backed securities guarantee inconsistent requirements act risk loss allowed increase lowering underwriting standards means primary purpose meeting requirements act requires direct deposit treasury amounts received fee increases imposed act necessary comply minimum increase required act requires director require gse annual report describe changes fees annual fees guarantee fees negotiated lenders changes new borrowers compared previous origination years book years adjustments required improve future origination years book years order complete compliance guarantee fee requirements assess changes guarantee fees met requirements title amends national housing act respect requirements mortgage secured family dwelling obligation mutual_mortgage_insurance_fund directs secretary housing_and_urban_development hud addition required authorized premiums establish collect fy2021 annual premium payments basis points remaining insured principal balance mortgage secretary collects annual premium remaining insured principal balance title provisions subtitle keystone_xl pipeline directs president acting secretary state grant permit keystone_xl pipeline project application filed september waives requirement president determines keystone_xl pipeline serve national interest requires president case report certain congressional committees officials justification determination including consideration economic employment energy security foreign policy trade environmental factors declares permit pipeline shall effect operation law days following enactment act president fails determine keystone_xl pipeline serve national interest grant permit subtitle budgetary provisions amends congressional_budget_act order senate consider bill resolution amendment motion conference report includes emergency designation permits waiver suspension prohibition successful appeals ruling chair affirmative vote fifths votes senate prohibits budgetary effects act entered paygo scorecard maintained pursuant statutory pay act


Summary: Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program. Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52. Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed. Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household. Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant. Declares the sense of Congress that necessary sums should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2012-FY2017.

expanding opportunities older americans act amends older americans act expand senior community service employment program lowers age eligibility repeals requirement eligible individual unemployed increases poverty line maximum income eligibility excludes counting eligible individual income income received member eligible individual household prohibits limit fewer hours week number hours week grant recipient permit participant work job assisted grant declares sense congress necessary sums appropriated carry program fy2012 fy2017


Summary: TAP Modernization Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, during the three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) to veterans and their spouses at locations other than military installations in at least three and up to five states selected by the Secretary based on the highest rates of veteran unemployment. Requires reports from both the Secretary and the Comptroller General to Congress on such TAP training.

tap modernization act directs secretary labor year period beginning date enactment act provide transition_assistance_program tap veterans spouses locations military installations states selected secretary based highest rates veteran unemployment requires reports secretary comptroller_general congress tap training


Summary: Tax Credits for Jobs Now Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a refundable tax credit for: (1) 60% of the excess of the aggregate wages paid to employees during 2012 over the aggregate wages paid during 2011, and (2) 40% of the excess of such wages paid during 2013 over the aggregate inflation-adjusted wages paid during 2012. Limits the maximum amount of such credit to $500,000 in any calendar year.

tax credits jobs act amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow employers refundable tax credit excess aggregate wages paid employees aggregate wages paid excess wages paid aggregate inflation adjusted wages paid limits maximum credit calendar year


Summary: Workforce Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Revises member composition of state and local workforce investment boards to require at least 20% of the board be composed of representatives of the workforce within the state. Revises requirements for a five-year state worker investment plan. Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs. Revises requirements for: (1) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans; (2) one-stop delivery systems; and (3) the allotment of federal funds among states for statewide youth (including disadvantaged youth) activities and statewide workforce investment activities, Native American workforce investment programs, and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities. Defines "core programs" to mean: (1) youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities, (2) adult education and literacy activities, (3) employment services, and (4) vocational rehabilitation services. Establishes unified state and local performance accountability measures for the core programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate federal funds for the costs of infrastructure associated with one-stop centers for job training and employment services. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for the Job Corps program. Prescribes a special rule to make Armed Force veterans eligible for the Job Corps if certain requirements are met. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to establish jointly a demonstration College Corps project to provide certain at-risk youth intensive education and skills training to prepare them for college and for high-skilled employment. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish annually performance indicators for Job Corps centers and for recruitment and career transition service providers serving the Job Corps program. Revises requirements for the Native American, migrant and seasonal farmworker, and veterans' workforce investment programs. Requires the establishment of performance accountability measures for such programs. Repeals the youth opportunity grant program. Replaces demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate work investment projects with innovation work investment projects. Subjects such projects to certain performance accountability measures. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to provide for the competitive award of: (1) transition grants to states to assist them in making the transition to meeting the requirements of this Act; (2) workforce innovation and best practices grants to state partnerships or regional entities for workforce investment projects to target services to low-income individuals, low-skill individuals, long-term unemployed, and other populations with barriers to employment; and (3) youth innovation and best practices grants to states or local boards and other specified entities for innovative strategies and activities to improve education and employment outcomes for eligible youth. Converts the national emergency grants program into a national dislocated worker grants program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award national dislocated worker grants to provide disaster relief employment in a disaster area of a state. Revises and reauthorizes appropriations for the YouthBuild program. Reauthorizes appropriations for the Native American, migrant and seasonal farmworker, and veterans' workforce investment programs. Establishes an Office of Disability Employment Policy within the Department of Labor. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to: (1) institutions of higher education for educational or career training programs for workers; (2) state or local organizations in partnership with community colleges and other training providers for pay-for-performance projects and pay-for-success job training projects; (3) state or local governments to provide job training or recruiting activities necessary to provide skilled workers for businesses that are considering relocating back to the United States; and (4) institutions of higher education in partnership with local or regional economic development entities to provide training in starting a small business and entrepreneurship. Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to authorize use of a state's allotment of public employment services funds to provide unemployment insurance claimants and other unemployed individuals with referrals to, and application assistance for, training and education resources and programs, including student assistance under Federal Pell Grants of the Higher Education Act of 1965, educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance, state student higher education assistance, and training and education programs under WIA titles I and II, and title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program of competitive grants to state employment agencies to carry out pilot projects that enhance the professional development and the provision of public employment services by agency staff. Replaces the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary of Labor is required to oversee, with a nationwide labor market information system. Establishes the Workforce Information Advisory Council. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration from the Office of the Secretary of Education and reestablish it in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services. Revises requirements for: (1) state plans for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities, (2) eligibility for vocational rehabilitation assistance and individualized plans for employment for disabled individuals, (3) monitoring and review of vocational rehabilitation programs, and (4) state allotments for such programs. Requires: (1) states to make certain funds available to designated state units for pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities who are transitioning to employment from education or training, and (2) each local office of a state unit to designate at least one Local Pre-Employment Transition Coordinator for students with disabilities. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to each designate a National Pre-Employment Transition Coordinator for Students with Disabilities. Revises American Indian vocational rehabilitation services grant program eligibility requirements to permit grants to be renewed for an additional 5-years, provided certain conditions are met. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services grants to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, (2) recreational programs for individuals with disabilities, (3) the National Council on Disability, (4) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and (5) employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Authorizes appropriations to assist states in developing collaborative programs to provide supported employment services for individuals (including youth) with the most significant disabilities to enable them to achieve supported employment in competitive integrated employment. Establishes within the Department of Education an Independent Living Administration (ILA), independent of the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Revises requirements for a state plan for state independent living services for individuals with significant disabilities, including through establishment of additional centers for independent living or focused outreach to serve underserved populations. Directs the ILA Director (currently, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration) to make allotments to states for independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities. Revises the composition and functions of State Independent Living Councils. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) the centers for independent living grant program, and (2) independent living services for older individuals who are blind grant program. Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor and in coordination with the Commissioners of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, of Social Security, and of the Internal Revenue Service, as well as the heads of other relevant federal agencies, to carry out campaigns to educate employers and the general public on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities.

workforce investment act amends workforce investment act revise requirements reauthorize appropriations title workforce investment systems job training employment services title adult_education family literacy education programs revises member composition state local workforce investment boards require board composed representatives workforce state revises requirements year state worker investment plan revises requirements state unified plan adult_education literacy programs revises requirements local workforce investment areas boards plans stop delivery systems allotment federal funds states statewide youth including disadvantaged youth activities statewide workforce investment activities native american workforce investment programs adult dislocated worker employment training activities defines core programs mean youth workforce investment activities adult dislocated worker employment training activities adult_education literacy activities employment services vocational rehabilitation services establishes unified state local performance accountability measures core programs directs secretary labor allocate federal funds costs infrastructure associated stop centers job training employment services revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations job_corps program prescribes special rule armed force veterans eligible job_corps certain requirements met directs secretary labor secretary education establish jointly demonstration college corps project provide certain risk youth intensive education skills training prepare college high skilled employment directs secretary labor establish annually performance indicators job_corps centers recruitment career transition service providers serving job_corps program revises requirements native american migrant seasonal veterans workforce investment programs requires establishment performance accountability measures programs repeals youth opportunity grant program replaces demonstration pilot multiservice research multistate work investment projects innovation work investment projects subjects projects certain performance accountability measures directs secretary labor secretary education provide competitive award transition grants states assist making transition meeting requirements act workforce innovation best practices grants state partnerships regional entities workforce investment projects target services low income individuals low skill individuals long term unemployed populations barriers employment youth innovation best practices grants states local boards specified entities innovative strategies activities improve education employment outcomes eligible youth converts national emergency grants program national dislocated worker grants program authorizes secretary labor award national dislocated worker grants provide disaster relief employment disaster area state revises reauthorizes appropriations program reauthorizes appropriations native american migrant seasonal veterans workforce investment programs establishes office disability employment policy department_of_labor directs secretary labor secretary education award competitive grants institutions higher education educational career training programs workers state local organizations partnership community colleges training providers pay performance projects pay success job training projects state local governments provide job training recruiting activities necessary provide skilled workers businesses considering relocating united_states institutions higher education partnership local regional economic development entities provide training starting small business entrepreneurship directs secretary labor award grants states integrated english literacy civics education amends wagner act authorize use state allotment public employment services funds provide unemployment insurance claimants unemployed individuals referrals application assistance training education resources programs including student assistance federal pell_grants higher education act educational assistance montgomery bill veterans educational assistance state student higher education assistance training education programs titles title rehabilitation act directs secretary labor establish pilot program competitive grants state employment agencies carry pilot projects enhance professional development provision public employment services agency staff replaces nationwide employment statistics system secretary labor required oversee nationwide labor market information system establishes workforce information advisory_council amends rehabilitation act transfer rehabilitation services administration office_of_the_secretary education reestablish office special education rehabilitation services revises requirements state plans vocational rehabilitation services individuals disabilities eligibility vocational rehabilitation assistance individualized plans employment disabled individuals monitoring review vocational rehabilitation programs state allotments programs requires states certain funds available designated state units pre employment transition services students disabilities transitioning employment education training local office state unit designate local pre employment transition coordinator students disabilities directs secretary labor secretary education designate national pre employment transition coordinator students disabilities revises american indian vocational rehabilitation services grant program eligibility requirements permit grants renewed additional years provided certain conditions met revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations national institute disability rehabilitation research reauthorizes appropriations vocational rehabilitation services grants individuals disabilities migrant seasonal farmworkers recreational programs individuals disabilities national council disability architectural_and_transportation_barriers_compliance_board employment opportunities individuals disabilities authorizes appropriations assist states developing collaborative programs provide supported employment services individuals including youth significant disabilities enable achieve supported employment competitive integrated employment establishes department_of_education independent living administration independent rehabilitation services administration revises requirements state plan state independent living services individuals significant disabilities including establishment additional centers independent living focused outreach serve underserved populations directs director currently commissioner rehabilitation services administration allotments states independent living services individuals significant disabilities revises composition functions state independent living councils revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations centers independent living grant program independent living services older individuals blind grant program directs secretary labor acting assistant secretary labor coordination commissioners rehabilitation services administration social_security internal_revenue_service heads relevant federal agencies carry campaigns educate employers general public benefits hiring individuals disabilities


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.

21st century employment training_act directs secretary labor establish employment national trust_fund separate accounts employment opportunity grants states local governments indian tribes job creating activities communities economy level employment workforce investment programs establishes arbitration procedures resolution disputes grant recipients requires secretary labor post whistleblower hotline department_of_labor website public report noncompliance act requirements directs secretary convene national employment conference bring leaders small medium large businesses labor government parties discuss employment particular attention structural unemployment disadvantaged youth amends workforce investment act revise member composition requirements state local workforce investment boards include chief executive officers minority serving community based organizations amends_the_internal_revenue_code impose tax certain covered securities transactions payable trading facilities purchasers deal transactions requires transferor respect outbound securities transaction deduct withhold tax equal tax imposed covered securities transactions


Summary: Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Title I: Amendments to the Workforce Investment Act of 2012 - Subtitle A: Workforce Investment Definitions - (Sec. 101) Defines accrued expenditures, administrative costs, at-risk youth, industry or sector partnership, industry-recognizes credential, and recognized postsecondary credential. Revises other specified definitions. Subtitle B: Statewide and Local Workforce Investment Systems - (Sec. 103) Revises requirements for membership on a state workforce investment board (state board). Requires a state board to assist the state governor by developing: (1) policies and programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and (2) a statewide workforce and labor market information system. (Sec. 104) Revises requirements for a state workforce development plan. Requires a plan to outline a three-year (currently five-year) strategy for the statewide workforce investment system. Requires a plan, in addition to current specified contents, to describe: (1) strategies and services to more fully engage employers and meet their needs, as well as those to assist at-risk youth and out-of-school youth in acquiring education, skills, credentials, and employment experience; (2) how the state board will convene industry or sector partnerships that lead to collaborative planning, resource alignment, and training efforts across multiple firms for a range of workers currently or potentially employed by a targeted industry cluster; (3) how the state will use technology to facilitate access to services in remote areas; (4) state actions to foster communication, coordination, and partnerships with non-profit organizations that provide employment-related, training, and complementary services; and (5) the process and methodology for determining one-stop partner program contributions for the cost of the infrastructure of one-stop centers, as well as the formula for allocating such infrastructure funds to local areas. Requires the state plan also to describe: (1) how the state will furnish employment, training, supportive, and placement services to veterans, including disabled and homeless veterans; and (2) the strategies and services that will be used in the state to assist and expedite reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force. (Sec. 105) Revises requirements for the designation of local workforce investment areas. Eliminates automatic designations by a state governor upon the request of any area meeting certain criteria. Authorizes a governor to grant a local government request for a designation only if recommended by the state board. Authorizes a governor to designate a state as a single state local area regardless of whether it was a single state service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act as of July 1, 1998. Allows a state to require the local boards for a designated region to prepare a single regional plan that incorporates the elements of the local plan and is approved in lieu of separate local plans. (Sec. 106) Revises requirements for local workforce investment boards. Repeals the requirement that representatives of labor organizations be included on a board. Changes from mandatory to discretionary, at the option of the chief elected official in the local area, the inclusion on a board of representatives of community-based organizations and of specified representatives of the local secondary school system or of a postsecondary educational institution. Adds representatives of veterans service organizations as possible board members at the discretion of the chief elected official in the local area. Requires a 2/3 majority of the board members to represent local area businesses. Repeals the requirement that the governing body of the concentrated employment program involved act in consultation with the chief elected official in the local workforce investment area to appoint members of the local board. Revises requirements for the functions of the local board. Requires the local board to conduct, and regularly update, a workforce research and regional labor market analysis and assist the governor in developing a statewide workforce and labor market information system. Renames core services a local board may provide through a one-stop delivery system as work ready services. (Sec. 107) Revises requirements for the comprehensive local plan and its contents, contracting its range from five years to three years. (Sec. 108) Revises requirements for the roles and responsibilities of one-stop partners in one-stop delivery systems. Removes from a one-stop delivery system any activities of an Older American community service employment program. Removes from the list of human resource programs a one-stop partner may carry out any activities under a state employment and training program assisting members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Adds to list of human resource programs a one-stop partner may carry out, however, other specified employment and training programs. Revises requirements for the provisions of a memorandum of understanding between the local board and a one-stop partner. Prescribes requirements for one-stop delivery systems. Requires the state board to establish objective procedures and criteria for periodically certifying one-stop centers for the purpose of awarding one-stop infrastructure funding. (Sec. 109) Revises requirements for identification of eligible providers of training services. Requires a state governor to establish eligibility criteria and procedures for providers of training services in the state, taking into account specified factors. (Sec. 110) Eliminates specific funding for adult and dislocated worker employment and training. (Sec. 111) Revises requirements for reservations of federal appropriations for allotment to states. Specifies state use of federal funds to set up a Workforce Investment Fund. (Sec. 112) Revises requirements for within-state allocations of funds. (Sec. 113) Revises requirements for the use of funds for state and local employment and training activities, including statewide rapid response and grants for individuals with barriers to employment. Authorizes a local board to use funds allocated to a local area to carry out incumbent worker training programs to assist incumbent workers in obtaining the skills necessary to retain employment and avert layoffs. Requires the state and local board, when providing employment and training activities, to give priority to placing participants in jobs in the private sector. Requires a local area to employ one or more veteran employment specialists to: (1) conduct outreach to local area employers to assist veterans, including disabled veterans, in gaining employment; and (2) facilitate employment, training, supportive, and placement services furnished to veterans, including disabled and homeless veterans, in the local area. (Sec. 114) Revises requirements for the performance accountability system, including core indicators of performance. Eliminates customer satisfaction indicators. (Sec. 115) Authorizes appropriations for employment and training activities for FY2013-FY2018. Subtitle C: Job Corps - (Sec. 116) Revises the principal purpose of the Job Corps to limit it to assisting at-risk youth to connect to the workforce by providing them with intensive academic, career and technical education, and service-learning opportunities to enable them to obtain regular secondary school diplomas, industry-recognized credentials, or recognized postsecondary credentials leading to successful careers in in-demand industries that will result in opportunities for advancement. (Sec. 117) Raises the maximum age of individuals eligible for the Job Corps from 21 to 24. (Sec. 119) Eliminates from the sources with which implementation of standards and procedures for the recruitment, screening, and selection of eligible Job Corps applicants must be arranged community action agencies, business organizations, and labor organizations, and agencies and individuals that have contact with youth over substantial periods of time and are able to offer reliable information about the needs and problems of youth. Limits such arrangements to organizations that have a demonstrated record of effectiveness in placing at-risk youth into employment. Renders ineligible for enrollment in the Job Corps any individual who: (1) makes a false statement in connection with a criminal background check; (2) is registered or is required to be registered on a state sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender Registry; or (3) has been convicted of a felony consisting of homicide, child abuse or neglect, a crime against children, including child pornography, a crime involving rape or sexual assault, or physical assault, battery, or a drug-related offense committed within the past five years. (Sec. 120) Prohibits the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) from renewing the agreement for an entity to operate a Job Corps center if the center is ranked in the bottom quintile of centers for any program year. Allows such an entity to submit a new application only if it has shown significant improvement in performance indicators over the last program year. Specifies elements of systemic or substantial material failure that disqualify an entity from operating a Job Corps center. (Sec. 121) Makes completing secondary education and receiving a regular secondary school diploma one of the purposes of targeted Job Corps activities. (Sec. 122) Repeals the authority of the Secretary to provide counseling and job placement to former Job Corps enrollees. (Sec. 123) Replaces readjustment allowances for Job Corps graduates and former enrollees with transition allowances to graduates only. Requires the transition allowance to be incentive-based to reflect a graduate's completion of academic, career and technical education or training, and attainment of a recognized postsecondary credential, including an industry-recognized credential. (Sec. 124) Repeals the authority of the Secretary to require the operator of a Job Corps center to submit additional information, to become part of the center's operating plan, in order to remain eligible to operate the center. Prohibits a Job Corps center operator from using more than 10% of funds allotted to it for administrative costs. (Sec. 125) Revises requirements for Job Corps center participation in the community. Eliminates the requirement that each center have a Business and Community Liaison. Requires instead that the director of each Job Corps center encourage and cooperate in activities to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Job Corps centers in the state and nearby communities, which may include use of any local workforce development boards to provide a mechanism for joint discussion of common problems and for planning programs of mutual interest. (Sec. 126) Changes the industry council, appointed by the center director, each Job Corps center is required to have to a workforce council appointed by the state governor. Revises requirements for council composition and responsibilities. (Sec. 127) Repeals the authority of the Secretary to carry out experimental, research, or demonstration projects relating to the Job Corps program. Directs the Secretary instead to provide technical assistance and training for the Job Corps program to improve its quality. (Sec. 128) Repeals the requirement that the Secretary provide each Job Corps center operator and service provider with an equitable and negotiated management fee. (Sec. 129) Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to ensure that each Job Corps center operator, and each service provider, maintains a performance accountability system meeting certain criteria (in addition to the financial management information system required by current law). Prescribes primary and secondary performance indicators. (Sec. 130) Directs the Secretary to conduct an audit of the past 10 years of performance of Job Corps centers, including information indicating specified comparisons of each Job Corps center, by rank, on the performance indicators. Requires the Secretary to close those centers ranked in the bottom quintile on such indicators. (Sec. 131) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement specific policies and procedures governing the selection of the state and local area for construction of Job Corps centers. Requires such policies and procedures to be the same across all regions, based on a needs assessment of a specified assignment plan, and free from political favoritism, biases, or considerations. Subtitle D: National Programs - (Sec. 132) Eliminates authority and requirements with respect to technical assistance to states that do not meet state performance measures with respect to employment and training activities for dislocated workers. Requires the Secretary to establish a system through which states may share information regarding best practices with regard to the operation of workforce investment activities. (Sec. 133) Requires the Secretary, through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to conduct an independent evaluation of national programs and funded activities at least once every five years. Revises the requirement that such an evaluation cover the impact of the programs and activities on the community and participants involved to specify the impact of receiving services and not receiving services under such programs and activities on the community, businesses, and individuals. Adds quasi-experimental methods, impact analysis, and the use of administrative data to the list of research designs such evaluations must use. (Sec. 134) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to furnish counseling, assistance in identifying employment and training opportunities, help in obtaining such employment and training, and other related information and services to members of the Armed Forces (and their spouses) who are being separated from active duty. Subtitle E: Administration - (Sec. 135) Changes from mandatory to discretionary the Secretary's authority to investigate an allegation of a violation of the requirements of federal labor law made by participants and other interested or affected parties. Revises limitations of the use of funds to prohibit their use for specified activities that are not directly related to the entry into employment, retention in employment, or increases in earnings of (currently, training for) eligible individuals. Prohibits the use of funds by a recipient or subrecipient to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Level II of the Federal Executive Pay Schedule. Directs the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor, headed by an Assistant Secretary appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to administer all workforce investment systems programs for job training and employment services and title III (Job Corps). Requires the Assistant Secretary to have substantial experience in workforce development and in workforce development management. (Sec. 137) Revises the requirement that funds made available to a state for administration of statewide workforce investment activities be allocable to the overall administration of workforce investment activities. Repeals the declaration that such funds need not be specifically allocable to: (1) the administration of adult employment and training activities; (2) the administration of dislocated worker employment and training activities; or (3) the administration of youth activities. (Sec. 138) Requires that each state, each local board, and each recipient (other than a subrecipient, subgrantee, or contractor of a recipient) receiving funds have the option to submit or disseminate electronically any reports, records, plans, or any other data required to be collected or disseminated. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress all quarterly financial reports of local boards on programs and activities received from each state. (Sec. 139) Repeals the Secretary's authority to waive for any state or local area any of the statutory or regulatory requirements for state plans, fiscal controls, accounting procedures, recordkeeping, and accountability relating to U.S. Employment Service. Authorizes the Secretary to establish, in lieu of current requirements for waiver requests and for conditions on waivers, an expedited procedure for the purpose of extending to additional states the waiver of statutory or regulatory requirements that have been approved for a state pursuant to a request. (Sec. 140) Exempts certain funds received by a public or private nonprofit entity, such as those raised privately from philanthropic foundations, businesses, or other private entities, from consideration as income with respect to the requirement that a public or private nonprofit entity may retain income from any program it administers only if it is used to continue to carry out the program. Prohibits the use of funds to establish or operate stand-alone fee-for-service enterprises, except one-stop centers, that compete with private sector employment agencies. (Sec. 143) Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify the number of Department of Labor employees who work on or administer workforce investment system programs, (2) identify the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees who work on or administer any such programs that have been eliminated or consolidated, and (3) reduce the Department of Labor workforce by that number of FTE employees. Subtitle F: State Unified Plan - (Sec. 144) Revises the kinds of programs and activities, including workforce investment system and adult education and literacy programs, that may be covered by a state unified plan. Authorizes a state to consolidate funds allotted to it into the Workforce Investment Fund in order to reduce inefficiencies in the administration of federally-funded state and local employment and training programs. Prohibits consolidation of funds, however, allocated to the state under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Education - (Sec. 201) Revises the entire Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act (while retaining most of it as is). Defines "adult education and family literacy education programs" as a sequence of academic instruction and educational services below the postsecondary level that increase an individual's ability to read, write, and speak English and perform mathematical computations leading to a level of proficiency equivalent to at least a secondary school completion. Targets these programs to individuals who are at least age 16 and are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under state law and who also: (1) lack sufficient mastery of basic reading, writing, speaking, and math skills to enable them to function effectively in society; (2) do not have a secondary school diploma or its equivalent and have not achieved an equivalent level of education; or (3) are English learners. Changes the term "individual of limited English proficiency" to "English learner." Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY2013-FY2018. Increases from 1.5% to 2% the mandatory reservation of funds for national activities involved in adult education, English language acquisition, and family literacy education programs. Replaces current requirements for a performance accountability system with a referral to specified other performance accountability requirements. Contracts from five years to three years the length of the mandatory state plan. Authorizes the eligible agency to submit the state plan as part of a state unified plan (as indicated in Sec. 144). Revises requirements for plan contents. Requires the Secretary to approve a state plan within 120 days after receiving it. Reduces from 90 days to 30 days the deadline for rejecting a plan for failing to meet requirements. Requires the Secretary, however, to provide technical assistance to assist the eligible agency to meet such requirements if its plan fails to receive approval. Revises requirements for local activities the eligible agency must require eligible providers receiving a grant or contract to establish or operate. Requires the eligible agency to require eligible providers to demonstrate measurable goals for participant outcomes and other specified program elements. Repeals the condition on an eligible agency's receipt of federal funds for any fiscal year that the Secretary find that the agency's fiscal effort per student or its aggregate expenditures for adult education and literacy activities, in the second preceding fiscal year, was not less than 90% of the fiscal effort per student or the agency's aggregate expenditures for adult education and literacy activities, in the third preceding fiscal year. Repeals the mandate for a National Institute for Literacy. Revises requirements for national activities (currently, national leadership activities), especially discretionary technical assistance, upon request, to eligible entities. Title III: Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act - (Sec. 301) Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to replace the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary is required to oversee, with a nationwide workforce and labor market information system. Eliminates the requirement for an annual plan to achieve cooperative management of the nationwide system. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in the development of national electronic tools that may be used to: (1) facilitate the delivery of work ready services, and (2) provide workforce information to individuals through one-stop delivery systems and through other appropriate delivery systems. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2018. Title IV: Repeals and Conforming Amendments - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to repeal authorities for training projects for the specialized training of persons employed or preparing for employment in carrying out programs related to the purposes of such Act. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to eliminate the U.S. Employment Service. Amends the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act to repeal authorities for job training grants. Repeals the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 and the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to repeal the authorization for grants to states for workplace and community transition training for incarcerated individuals. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to repeal the authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees, particularly Cuban and Haitian entrants. Amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to repeal the mandate for the Attorney General to establish a federal prisoner reentry initiative. Repeals the disabled veterans' outreach program, the mandate for local veterans' employment representatives, homeless veterans reintegration programs, and the Department of Labor program of employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services for Armed Forces members being separated from active duty and their spouses. (Sec. 402) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to repeal the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide training to individuals and organizations to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation. (Sec. 403) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that employment and training services to eligible members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program be provided through the statewide workforce development system, including the one-stop delivery system. Deems a state workforce investment board to be the state agency designing and implementing the program providing such services. Requires the state workforce investment board to provide payments or reimbursement to participants for: (1) the actual costs of transportation and other actual costs reasonably necessary and directly related to the individual participating in employment and training services; and (2) the actual costs of such dependent care expenses, which may, at board option, be arranged through providers by the purchase of service contracts or vouchers or by providing vouchers to the household. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to monitor the state workforce investment board administering employment and training services in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor to ensure that funds are being spent effectively and efficiently. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct demonstration projects to test improved consistency or coordination between the supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training program and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program under title IV of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 404) Makes conforming amendments to the U.S. Code. Title V: Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - (Sec. 502) Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA73) to redesignate the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) the Director. (Sec. 503) Defines "student with a disability" as an individual with a disability who: (1) is between ages 16 and 21, (2) has been determined eligible for vocational rehabilitation assistance, and (3) is also eligible for and is receiving special education under he Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (Sec. 504) Requires the state vocational rehabilitation plan to assure that the designated state unit and the lead agency or implementing entity responsible for carrying out duties under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 have developed working relationships and coordinate their activities. Requires the state plan also to include an assessment of: (1) the transition services provided under RA73, and coordinated with transition services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as to those services meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities; and (2) describe the methods to be used to improve and expand vocational rehabilitation services for students with disabilities, including the coordination of services designed to facilitate student transition from receipt of educational services in school to receipt of vocational rehabilitation services or to postsecondary education or employment. Requires the state plan also to: (1) describe criteria the designated state agency will use to award collaboration with industry grants; and (2) provide satisfactory assurance that the state has developed and implemented strategies, and shall carry out programs or activities, to address the vocational rehabilitation needs of individuals with disabilities identified in the mandatory comprehensive triennial statewide assessment, especially vocational rehabilitation services for students with disabilities. (Sec. 505) Includes among vocational rehabilitation services establishment, development, or improvement of assistive technology demonstration, loan, reutilization, or financing programs in coordination with activities authorized under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 to promote access to assistive technology for individuals with disabilities and employers. (Sec. 506) Repeals the requirement that the RSA Commissioner (now Director) establish evaluation standards and performance indicators for the vocational rehabilitation program. Subjects such standards and indicators to specified requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (Sec. 507) Requires a state to use a certain percentage of the federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services to award five-year grants to for-profit businesses, alone or in partnership with community rehabilitation program providers, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations, to create practical job and career readiness and training programs for individuals with disabilities, and provide job placements and career advancement for them. (Sec. 508) Requires each state to reserve at least 10% of its funds allotted for vocational rehabilitation services to carry out transition services. (Sec. 509) Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to the protection and advocacy system serving the American Indian Consortium to provide assistance under a client assistance program in informing and advising all clients and client applicants of all available benefits under RA73. (Sec. 510) Repeals the authority of the RSA Commissioner (now Director) to make grants and contracts for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers; (2) recreational programs for such individuals; and (3) in-service training of vocational rehabilitation personnel. (Sec. 511) Repeals title VI (Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities) of RA73. (Sec. 512) Revises requirements for selection of a chairperson for the Statewide Independent Living Council to repeal the requirement that, in states in which the governor does not have veto power under state law, the appointing authority designate a voting member of the Council to serve as chairperson or require the Council to so designate such a voting member. (Sec. 513) Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for FY2013-2018 for vocational rehabilitation services under RA73.

workforce investment improvement act amends workforce investment act revise requirements reauthorize appropriations title workforce investment systems job training employment services title adult_education family literacy education programs title amendments workforce investment act subtitle workforce investment definitions sec defines accrued expenditures administrative costs risk youth industry sector partnership industry recognizes credential recognized postsecondary credential revises specified definitions subtitle statewide local workforce investment systems sec revises requirements membership state workforce investment board state board requires state board assist state governor developing policies programs support comprehensive statewide workforce development system statewide workforce labor market information system sec revises requirements state workforce development plan requires plan outline year currently year strategy statewide workforce investment system requires plan addition current specified contents describe strategies services fully engage employers meet needs assist risk youth school youth acquiring education skills credentials employment experience state board convene industry sector partnerships lead collaborative planning resource alignment training efforts multiple firms range workers currently potentially employed targeted industry cluster state use technology facilitate access services remote areas state actions foster communication coordination partnerships non profit organizations provide employment related training complementary services process methodology determining stop partner program contributions cost infrastructure stop centers formula allocating infrastructure funds local areas requires state plan describe state furnish employment training supportive placement services veterans including disabled homeless veterans strategies services state assist expedite reintegration homeless veterans labor force sec revises requirements designation local workforce investment areas eliminates automatic designations state governor request area meeting certain criteria authorizes governor grant local government request designation recommended state board authorizes governor designate state single state local area regardless single state service delivery area job training partnership act july allows state require local boards designated region prepare single regional plan incorporates elements local plan approved lieu separate local plans sec revises requirements local workforce investment boards repeals requirement representatives labor organizations included board changes mandatory discretionary option chief elected official local area inclusion board representatives community based organizations specified representatives local secondary school system postsecondary educational institution adds representatives veterans service organizations possible board members discretion chief elected official local area requires majority board members represent local area businesses repeals requirement governing body concentrated employment program involved act consultation chief elected official local workforce investment area appoint members local board revises requirements functions local board requires local board conduct regularly update workforce research regional labor market analysis assist governor developing statewide workforce labor market information system renames core services local board provide stop delivery system work ready services sec revises requirements comprehensive local plan contents contracting range years years sec revises requirements roles responsibilities stop partners stop delivery systems removes stop delivery system activities older american community service employment program removes list human resource programs stop partner carry activities state employment training program assisting members households participating supplemental nutrition assistance program adds list human resource programs stop partner carry specified employment training programs revises requirements provisions memorandum understanding local board stop partner prescribes requirements stop delivery systems requires state board establish objective procedures criteria periodically certifying stop centers purpose awarding stop infrastructure funding sec revises requirements identification eligible providers training services requires state governor establish eligibility criteria procedures providers training services state taking account specified factors sec eliminates specific funding adult dislocated worker employment training sec revises requirements reservations federal appropriations allotment states specifies state use federal funds set workforce investment fund sec revises requirements state allocations funds sec revises requirements use funds state local employment training activities including statewide rapid response grants individuals barriers employment authorizes local board use funds allocated local area carry incumbent worker training programs assist incumbent workers obtaining skills necessary retain employment avert layoffs requires state local board providing employment training activities priority placing participants jobs private sector requires local area employ veteran employment specialists conduct outreach local area employers assist veterans including disabled veterans gaining employment facilitate employment training supportive placement services furnished veterans including disabled homeless veterans local area sec revises requirements performance accountability system including core indicators performance eliminates customer satisfaction indicators sec authorizes appropriations employment training activities fy2013-fy2018 subtitle job_corps sec revises principal purpose job_corps limit assisting risk youth connect workforce providing intensive academic career technical education service learning opportunities enable obtain regular secondary school industry recognized credentials recognized postsecondary credentials leading successful careers demand industries result opportunities advancement sec raises maximum age individuals eligible job_corps sec eliminates sources implementation standards procedures recruitment screening selection eligible job_corps applicants arranged community action agencies business organizations labor organizations agencies individuals contact youth substantial periods time able offer reliable information needs problems youth limits arrangements organizations demonstrated record effectiveness placing risk youth employment renders ineligible enrollment job_corps individual makes false statement connection criminal background check registered required registered state sex offender registry national sex offender registry convicted felony consisting homicide child abuse neglect crime children including child pornography crime involving rape sexual_assault physical assault battery drug related offense committed past years sec prohibits secretary labor secretary renewing agreement entity operate job_corps center center ranked centers program year allows entity submit new application shown significant improvement performance indicators program year specifies elements systemic substantial material failure disqualify entity operating job_corps center sec makes completing secondary education receiving regular secondary school diploma purposes targeted job_corps activities sec repeals authority secretary provide counseling job placement job_corps enrollees sec replaces readjustment allowances job_corps graduates enrollees transition allowances graduates requires transition allowance incentive based reflect graduate completion academic career technical education training attainment recognized postsecondary credential including industry recognized credential sec repeals authority secretary require operator job_corps center submit additional information center operating plan order remain eligible operate center prohibits job_corps center operator funds allotted administrative costs sec revises requirements job_corps center participation community eliminates requirement center business community liaison requires instead director job_corps center encourage cooperate activities establish mutually beneficial relationship job_corps centers state nearby communities include use local workforce development boards provide mechanism joint discussion common problems planning programs mutual interest sec changes industry council appointed center director job_corps center required workforce council appointed state governor revises requirements council composition responsibilities sec repeals authority secretary carry experimental research demonstration projects relating job_corps program directs secretary instead provide technical assistance training job_corps program improve quality sec repeals requirement secretary provide job_corps center operator service provider equitable negotiated management fee sec directs secretary establish procedures ensure job_corps center operator service provider maintains performance accountability system meeting certain criteria addition financial management information system required current law prescribes primary secondary performance indicators sec directs secretary conduct audit past years performance job_corps centers including information indicating specified comparisons job_corps center rank performance indicators requires secretary close centers ranked indicators sec directs secretary develop implement specific policies procedures governing selection state local area construction job_corps centers requires policies procedures regions based needs assessment specified assignment plan free political considerations subtitle national programs sec eliminates authority requirements respect technical assistance states meet state performance measures respect employment training activities dislocated workers requires secretary establish system states share information best practices regard operation workforce investment activities sec requires secretary grants contracts cooperative agreements conduct independent evaluation national programs funded activities years revises requirement evaluation cover impact programs activities community participants involved specify impact receiving services receiving services programs activities community businesses individuals adds quasi experimental methods impact analysis use administrative data list research designs evaluations use sec directs secretary establish program furnish counseling assistance identifying employment training opportunities help obtaining employment training related information services members armed_forces spouses separated active duty subtitle administration sec changes mandatory discretionary secretary authority investigate allegation violation requirements federal labor law participants interested affected parties revises limitations use funds prohibit use specified activities directly related entry employment retention employment increases earnings currently training eligible individuals prohibits use funds recipient pay salary bonuses individual direct costs indirect costs rate excess level federal executive pay schedule directs employment_and_training_administration department_of_labor headed assistant secretary appointed president advice consent senate administer workforce investment systems programs job training employment services title iii job_corps requires assistant secretary substantial experience workforce development workforce development management sec revises requirement funds available state administration statewide workforce investment activities allocable overall administration workforce investment activities repeals declaration funds need specifically allocable administration adult employment training activities administration dislocated worker employment training activities administration youth activities sec requires state local board recipient subgrantee contractor recipient receiving funds option submit disseminate electronically reports records plans data required collected disseminated requires secretary submit congress quarterly financial reports local boards programs activities received state sec repeals secretary authority waive state local area statutory regulatory requirements state plans fiscal controls accounting procedures recordkeeping accountability relating employment service authorizes secretary establish lieu current requirements waiver requests conditions waivers expedited procedure purpose extending additional states waiver statutory regulatory requirements approved state pursuant request sec exempts certain funds received public private nonprofit entity raised privately philanthropic foundations businesses private entities consideration income respect requirement public private nonprofit entity retain income program administers continue carry program prohibits use funds establish operate stand fee service enterprises stop centers compete private sector employment agencies sec directs secretary identify number department_of_labor employees work administer workforce investment system programs identify number time equivalent fte employees work administer programs eliminated consolidated reduce department_of_labor workforce number fte employees subtitle state unified plan sec revises kinds programs activities including workforce investment system adult_education literacy programs covered state unified plan authorizes state consolidate funds allotted workforce investment fund order reduce inefficiencies administration federally funded state local employment training programs prohibits consolidation funds allocated state carl perkins career technical education act rehabilitation act title adult_education family literacy education sec revises entire adult_education family literacy education act retaining defines adult_education family literacy education programs academic instruction educational services postsecondary level increase individual ability read write speak english perform mathematical leading level proficiency equivalent secondary school completion targets programs individuals age enrolled required enrolled secondary school state law lack sufficient basic reading writing speaking math skills enable function effectively society secondary school diploma equivalent achieved equivalent level education english learners changes term individual limited english proficiency english learner extends authorization appropriations fy2013-fy2018 increases mandatory reservation funds national activities involved adult_education english_language_acquisition family literacy education programs replaces current requirements performance accountability system referral specified performance accountability requirements contracts years years length mandatory state plan authorizes eligible agency submit state plan state unified plan indicated sec revises requirements plan contents requires secretary approve state plan days receiving reduces days days deadline rejecting plan failing meet requirements requires secretary provide technical assistance assist eligible agency meet requirements plan fails receive approval revises requirements local activities eligible agency require eligible providers receiving grant contract establish operate requires eligible agency require eligible providers demonstrate measurable goals participant outcomes specified program elements repeals condition eligible agency receipt federal funds fiscal year secretary find agency fiscal effort student aggregate expenditures adult_education literacy activities second preceding fiscal year fiscal effort student agency aggregate expenditures adult_education literacy activities preceding fiscal year repeals mandate national_institute_for_literacy revises requirements national activities currently national leadership activities especially discretionary technical assistance request eligible entities title iii amendments wagner act sec amends wagner act replace nationwide employment statistics system secretary required oversee nationwide workforce labor market information system eliminates requirement annual plan achieve cooperative management nationwide system authorizes secretary assist development national electronic tools facilitate delivery work ready services provide workforce information individuals stop delivery systems appropriate delivery systems authorizes appropriations fy2013-fy2018 title repeals conforming amendments amends older americans act repeal authorities training projects specialized training persons employed preparing employment carrying programs related purposes act amends wagner act eliminate employment service amends american competitiveness workforce improvement act repeal authorities job training grants repeals youth conservation corps act women apprenticeship nontraditional occupations act amends higher_education_amendments repeal authorization grants states workplace community transition training incarcerated individuals amends immigration_and_nationality_act refugee education assistance_act repeal authorization programs domestic resettlement assistance refugees particularly cuban haitian entrants amends second chance act repeal mandate attorney general establish federal prisoner reentry initiative repeals disabled veterans outreach program mandate local veterans employment representatives homeless veterans reintegration programs department_of_labor program employment assistance job training assistance transitional services armed_forces members separated active duty spouses sec amends comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act repeal authority administrator environmental_protection_agency epa provide training individuals organizations facilitate inventory brownfield sites site assessments remediation brownfield sites community involvement site preparation sec amends food_and_nutrition_act_of_2008 require employment training services eligible members households participating supplemental nutrition assistance program provided statewide workforce development system including stop delivery system deems state workforce investment board state agency designing implementing program providing services requires state workforce investment board provide payments reimbursement participants actual costs transportation actual costs reasonably necessary directly related individual participating employment training services actual costs dependent care expenses board option arranged providers purchase service contracts vouchers providing vouchers household requires secretary agriculture monitor state workforce investment board administering employment training services conjunction secretary labor ensure funds spent effectively efficiently repeals authority secretary agriculture conduct demonstration projects test improved consistency coordination supplemental nutrition assistance program employment training program job opportunities basic skills program title social_security_act sec makes conforming amendments code title amendments rehabilitation act sec amends rehabilitation act redesignate commissioner rehabilitation services administration director sec defines student disability individual disability ages determined eligible vocational rehabilitation assistance eligible receiving special education individuals_with_disabilities_education_act sec requires state vocational rehabilitation plan assure designated state unit lead agency implementing entity responsible carrying duties assistive technology act developed working relationships coordinate activities requires state plan include assessment transition services provided coordinated transition services individuals_with_disabilities_education_act services meeting needs individuals disabilities describe methods improve expand vocational rehabilitation services students disabilities including coordination services designed facilitate student transition receipt educational services school receipt vocational rehabilitation services postsecondary education employment requires state plan describe criteria designated state agency use award collaboration industry grants provide satisfactory assurance state developed implemented strategies shall carry programs activities address vocational rehabilitation needs individuals disabilities identified mandatory comprehensive triennial statewide assessment especially vocational rehabilitation services students disabilities sec includes vocational rehabilitation services establishment development improvement assistive technology demonstration loan financing programs coordination activities authorized assistive technology act promote access assistive technology individuals disabilities employers sec repeals requirement commissioner director establish evaluation standards performance indicators vocational rehabilitation program subjects standards indicators specified requirements workforce investment act sec requires state use certain percentage federal share cost vocational rehabilitation services award year grants profit businesses partnership community rehabilitation program providers indian tribes tribal organizations create practical job career readiness training programs individuals disabilities provide job placements career advancement sec requires state reserve funds allotted vocational rehabilitation services carry transition services sec directs secretary education grants protection advocacy system serving american indian consortium provide assistance client assistance program informing advising clients client applicants available benefits sec repeals authority commissioner director grants contracts vocational rehabilitation services individuals disabilities migrant seasonal farmworkers recreational programs individuals service training vocational rehabilitation personnel sec repeals title employment opportunities individuals disabilities sec revises requirements selection chairperson statewide independent living council repeal requirement states governor veto power state law appointing authority designate voting member council serve chairperson require council designate voting member sec revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations fy2013 vocational rehabilitation services


Summary: Bring Jobs Home Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and  relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.

bring jobs home act amends_the_internal_revenue_code grant business taxpayers tax credit insourcing expenses incurred eliminating business located outside united_states relocating united_states deny tax deduction outsourcing expenses incurred relocating business outside united_states requires increase taxpayer employment time employees united_states order claim tax credit insourcing expenses


Summary: Veterans' Job Corps Act - Authorizes the President to establish and operate a Veterans' Job Corps to employ veterans and veterans' widows or widowers who are otherwise unemployed in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of public works in connection with: (1) the forestation of U.S. or state lands; (2) the prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion; (3) public safety; (4) plant pest and disease control; and (5) the construction, maintenance, or repair of paths, trails, and fire-lanes in National Park System units and other public lands. Directs the President to employ individuals in the Corps in the following order of preference: (1) unemployed veterans, and (2) widows or widowers who are eligible for unemployment compensation immediately before employment in the Corps. Authorizes the President to provide individuals employed in the Corps with housing, necessary subsistence, clothing, medical attendance and hospitalization, a cash allowance, and transportation to and from the places of employment. Prohibits the employment in the Corps of an individual convicted of a felony or a veteran who was discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.

veterans job_corps act_-_authorizes president establish operate veterans job_corps employ veterans veterans widows widowers unemployed construction maintenance carrying public works connection state lands prevention forest fires floods soil erosion public safety plant pest disease control construction maintenance repair paths trails fire lanes national_park_system units public lands directs president employ individuals corps following order preference unemployed veterans widows widowers eligible unemployment compensation immediately employment corps authorizes president provide individuals employed corps housing necessary subsistence clothing medical attendance hospitalization cash allowance transportation places employment prohibits employment corps individual convicted felony veteran discharged armed_forces dishonorable conditions


Summary: Entrepreneurial Training Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish alternate guidelines for measuring the progress of state and local performance of entrepreneurial training services to adults and dislocated workers under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and (2) provide state and local Workforce Investment Boards with specific guidance on successful approaches to collecting performance information on entrepreneurial self-employment. Directs the Secretary to issue a report on the progress of such boards in implementing new entrepreneurial training programs.

entrepreneurial training improvement act directs secretary labor establish alternate guidelines measuring progress state local performance entrepreneurial training services adults dislocated workers workforce investment act provide state local workforce investment boards specific guidance successful approaches collecting performance information entrepreneurial self employment directs secretary issue report progress boards implementing new entrepreneurial training programs


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Labor to commence a one-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment with access to computing facilities in order to facilitate their access to websites that: (1) match such veterans with available jobs based on skills acquired as members of the Armed Forces, and (2) allow employers to post information about available jobs. Requires the Secretary to provide such veterans with assistance in using such facilities. Repeals a required annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the use of authorities for retaining experienced nurses in the Veterans Health Administration.

directs secretary labor commence year pilot program assess feasibility advisability providing veterans seeking employment access computing facilities order facilitate access websites match veterans available jobs based skills acquired members armed_forces allow employers post information available jobs requires secretary provide veterans assistance facilities repeals required annual report secretary veterans_affairs use authorities retaining experienced nurses veterans_health_administration


Summary: Back to Work Blueprint Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to study the feasibility of establishing 10 pilot programs under the Workplace Investment Act of 1988 at one-stop centers in geographically distinct U.S. regions. Prescribes pilot program requirements, including that: (1) participating one-stop centers issue certificates to qualifying unemployed individuals, (2) certificates provide for a reimbursement of $7,000 paid to qualifying employers who agree to hire and provide necessary training to the individual, (3) certificates expire six months after being issued if the individual does not find qualifying employment, and (4) one-stop centers conduct quantitative assessments of the efficacy of the programs.

work act_-_directs secretary labor study feasibility establishing pilot programs workplace investment act stop centers geographically distinct regions prescribes pilot program requirements including participating stop centers issue certificates qualifying unemployed individuals certificates provide reimbursement paid qualifying employers agree hire provide necessary training individual certificates expire months issued individual find qualifying employment stop centers conduct quantitative assessments efficacy programs