Jobs Now Youth Employment Act
This bill directs the Department of Labor to make allotments to local areas for youth workforce investment activities. Such allotments shall be made on the basis of the relative number of long-term unemployed individuals in each local area, compared to the total number of long-term unemployed individuals in all local areas.
To direct the Secretary of Labor to fund youth workforce investment 
      activities for certain local areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Now Youth Employment Act''.

SEC. 2. YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--From the amount made available under subsection 
(e) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make allotments to local 
areas pursuant to subsection (b) for youth workforce investment 
activities under section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164).
    (b) Formula.--The allotment to a local area under subsection (a) 
shall be made on the basis of the relative number of long-term 
unemployed individuals in each local area, compared to the total number 
of long-term unemployed individuals in all local areas.
    (c) Data Collection.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
        shall collect long-term unemployment rates for local areas; and
            (2) identify local areas that have long-term unemployment 
        rates above the national average for the year for which such 
        data is collected.
    (d) Definition.--In this section:
            (1) Local area.--The term ``local area'' has the meaning 
        given such term under section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).
            (2) Long-term unemployment.--The term ``long-term 
        unemployment'', used with respect to a local area, means the 
        number of individuals in such local area who have been 
        unemployed for 15 weeks or more.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Labor.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) 
$10,000,000,000 for each year in the 10-year period beginning on the 
date that is the first fiscal year that commences following the 
existence of data collected under subsection (c).
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Jobs Now Youth Employment Act
To direct the Secretary of Labor to fund youth workforce investment activities for certain local areas, and for other purposes.
Jobs Now Youth Employment Act
Rep. Rush, Bobby L.