Job Bills–Organizational Support

Some of this outdated, but useful for organizations

BILL NAME ORGANIZATION (S) WEB SITES
 
A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act Campaign Against Poverty – Barbara Arms
Afterschool Programs Afterschool Alliance http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/
Amend Elementary and Secondary Education Act – a legislative proposal to hire 100,000 new teachers over seven years to reduce class sizes ?? No lead group, but National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers are interested http://www.nea.org/   http://www.aft.org
America’s Better Classroom Act ?? No lead group, but National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers are interested http://www.nea.org/   http://www.aft.org
Andrew Carnegie Public Libraries Act American Library Association, other library advocacy groups http://www.ala.org/
Apollo Project (Renewable Energy) The Apollo Alliance http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/apollo
   legislation
– currently focused mostly on state
– proposal, no bill
Bringing America Home Act National Coalition for the Homeless http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
Brownfields Redevelopment Action Grants U.S. Conference of Mayors, environmental advocacy groups
Child Care Development Block Grant – proposal to increase
Expand and Rebuild America’s Schools Act ?? No lead group, but National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers are interested http://www.aft.org   http://www.nea.org

 

Fair Wage, Competition, and Investment Act of 2005 ?? Ask Debbie Stabenow
Increase funding for Youth Conservation Corps ?? Not sure about lead groups, National Youth Employment Coalition http://www.nyec.org/
Increase funding for YouthBuild YouthBuild USA, National Conference of Mayors, National Youth Employment Coalition https://www.youthbuild.org/    http://usmayors.org/81stAnnualMeeting/
http://www.nyec.org/
Infrastructure Trust Fund (Rohatyn – CSIS) Center for Strategic and International Studies http://csis.org/testimony/felix-rohatyn-infrastructure-investment-bank/
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund National Housing Trust Fund Campaign, National Low-Income Housing Coalition http://nlihc.org endorsed by over 5,000 organizations
Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure Act ?? https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr3400/text