,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #b1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,rush introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,labor to fund youth workforce          
investment activities for certain local 
areas1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,jobs ,now ,youth ,employment ,act4 
#b4 ,youth workforce investment         
activities  7a7 ,in general ,from the   
amount made available under subsection  
7e7 for a fiscal year1 the ,secretary   
shall make allotments to local areas    
pursuant to subsection 7b7 for youth    
workforce investment activities under   
section #abi of the ,workforce          
,innovation and ,opportunity ,act 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #cafd74  7b7 ,formula ,the    
allotment to a local area under         
subsection 7a7 shall be made on the     
basis of the relative number of         

long-term unemployed individuals in each
 local area1 compared to the total      
number of long-term unemployed          
individuals in all local areas4  7c7    
,data collection ,in carrying out       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7#a7 beginning not later than #ahj days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act and annually thereafter1 the       
,secretary shall collect long-term      
unemployment rates for local areas2 and 
7#b7 identify local areas that have     
long-term unemployment rates above the  
national average for the year for which 
such data is collected4  7d7 ,definition
 ,in this section3 7#a7 ,local area ,the
 term local area has the meaning given  
such term under section #c of the       
,workforce ,innovation and ,opportunity 
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #cajb74  7#b7       
,long-term unemployment ,the term       
long-term unemployment1 used with       
respect to a local area1 means the      
number of individuals in such local area
 who have been unemployed for #ae weeks 

or more4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term     
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,labor4  7e7 ,authorization of          
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to carry out the        
activities described in subsection 7a7  
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj for each year in the    
#aj-year period beginning on the date   
that is the first fiscal year that      
commences following the existence of    
data collected under subsection 7c74