A Bill

To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while

rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans

looking for jobs.

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

assembled,

SEC. 1.  SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “American Jobs Act of 2011”.

(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1.  Short Title; Table of Contents

Sec. 2.  References

Sec. 3.  Severability

Sec. 4.  Buy American – Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods

Sec. 5.  Wage Rate Requirements

TITLE I – RELIEF FOR WORKERS AND BUSINESSES

Subtitle A – Payroll Tax Relief

Sec. 101.  Temporary Payroll Tax Cut for Employers, Employees, and the Self-Employed

Sec. 102.  Temporary Tax Credit for Increased Payroll

Subtitle B – Other Relief for Businesses

Sec. 111.  Extension of Temporary 100 Percent Bonus Depreciation for Certain Business Assets

Sec. 112.  Surety Bonds

Sec. 113.  Delay in Application of Withholding on Government Contractors

TITLE II – PUTTING WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB WHILE REBUILDING AND MODERNIZING

AMERICA

Subtitle A – Veterans Hiring Preferences

Sec. 201.  Returning Heroes and Wounded Warriors Work Opportunity Tax Credits

Subtitle B – Teacher Stabilization

Sec. 202.  Purpose

Sec. 203.  Grants for the Outlying Areas and the Secretary of the Interior; Availability of Funds.

Sec. 204.  State Allocation

Sec. 205.  State Application

Sec. 206.  State Reservation and Responsibilities

Sec. 207.  Local Educational Agencies

Sec. 208.  Early Learning

Sec. 209.  Maintenance of Effort

Sec. 210.  Reporting

Sec. 211.  Definitions

Sec. 212.  Authorization of Appropriations2

Subtitle C – First Responder Stabilization

Sec. 213.  Purpose

Sec. 214.  Grant Program

Sec. 215.  Appropriations

Subtitle D – School Modernization

Part I – Elementary and Secondary Schools

Sec. 221.  Purpose

Sec. 222.  Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 223.  Allocation of Funds

Sec. 224.  State Use of Funds

Sec. 225.  State and Local Applications

Sec. 226.  Use of Funds

Sec. 227.  Private Schools

Sec. 228.  Additional Provisions

Part II – Community College Modernization

Sec. 229.  Federal assistance for Community College Modernization

Part III – General Provisions

Sec. 230.  Definitions

Sec. 231.  Buy American

Subtitle E – Immediate Transportation Infrastructure Investments

Sec. 241.  Immediate Transportation Infrastructure Investments

Subtitle F – Building and Upgrading Infrastructure

for Long-Term Development

Sec. 242.  Short Title; Table of Contents

Sec. 243.  Findings and Purpose

Sec. 244.  Definitions

Part I--American Infrastructure Financing Authority

Sec. 245.  Establishment and General Authority of AIFA

Sec. 246.  Voting Members of the Board Of Directors.

Sec. 247.  Chief Executive Officer of AIFA

Sec. 248.  Powers and Duties of The Board Of Directors

Sec. 249.  Senior Management

Sec. 250.  Special Inspector General for AIFA

Sec. 251.  Other Personnel

Sec. 252.  Compliance

Part II--Terms and Limitations on Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees

Sec. 253.  Eligibility Criteria for Assistance from AIFA and Terms and Limitations of Loans

Sec. 254.  Loan Terms and Repayment

Sec. 255.  Compliance and Enforcement3

Sec. 256.  Audits; Reports to the President and Congress

Part III--Funding of AIFA

Sec. 257.  Administrative Fees

Sec. 258.  Efficiency of AIFA

Sec. 259.  Funding

Part IV--Extension of Exemption from Alternative Minimum Tax Treatment for Certain Tax-Exempt Bonds

Sec. 260.  Extension of Exemption from Alternative Minimum Tax Treatment for Certain Tax-Exempt Bonds

Subtitle G – Project Rebuild

Sec. 261.  Project Rebuild

Subtitle H – National Wireless Initiative

Sec. 271.  Definitions

Part I – Auctions of Spectrum and Spectrum Management

Sec. 272.  Clarification of Authorities to Repurpose Federal Spectrum for Commercial Purposes

Sec. 273.  Incentive Auction Authority

Sec. 274.  Requirements When Repurposing Mobile Satellite Services Spectrum for Terrestrial Broadband Use

Sec. 275.  Permanent Extension of Auction Authority

Sec. 276.  Authority to Auction Licenses for Domestic Satellite Services

Sec. 277.  Directed Auction of Certain Spectrum

Sec. 278.  Authority to Establish Spectrum License User Fees

Part II – Public Safety Broadband Network

Sec. 281.  Reallocation of D Block for Public Safety

Sec. 282.  Flexible Use of Narrowband Spectrum

Sec. 283.  Single Public Safety Wireless Network Licensee

Sec. 284.  Establishment of Public Safety Broadband Corporation

Sec. 285.  Board of Directors of the Corporation

Sec. 286.  Officers, Employees, and Committees of the Corporation

Sec. 287.  Nonprofit and Nonpolitical Nature of the Corporation

Sec. 288.  Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities of the Corporation

Sec. 289.  Initial Funding For Corporation

Sec. 290.  Permanent Self-Funding; Duty to Assess and Collect Fees for Network Use

Sec. 291.  Audit and Report

Sec. 292.  Annual Report to Congress

Sec. 293.  Provision of Technical Assistance

Sec. 294.  State and Local Implementation

Sec. 295.  State and Local Implementation Fund

Sec. 296.  Public Safety Wireless Communications Research and Development

Sec. 297.  Public Safety Trust Fund

Sec. 298.  FCC Report on Efficient Use of Public Safety Spectrum

Sec. 299.  Public Safety Roaming and Priority Access

TITLE III – ASSISTANCE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND PATHWAYS BACK TO WORK

Subtitle A – Supporting Unemployed Workers4

Sec. 301.  Short Title

Part I – Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Certain Extended Benefits Provisions, and

Establishment of Self-Employment Assistance Program

Sec. 311.  Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program

Sec. 312.  Temporary Extension of Extended Benefit Provisions

Sec. 313.  Reemployment Services and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Activities

Sec. 314.  Federal-State Agreements to Administer a Self-Employment Assistance Program

Sec. 315.  Conforming Amendment on Payment of Bridge to Work Wages

Sec. 316.  Additional Extended Unemployment Benefits Under The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

Part II—Reemployment NOW Program

Sec. 321.  Establishment of Reemployment NOW Program

Sec. 322.  Distribution of Funds

Sec. 323.  State Plan

Sec. 324.  Bridge to Work Program

Sec. 325.  Wage Insurance

Sec. 326.  Enhanced Reemployment Strategies

Sec. 327.  Self-Employment Programs

Sec. 328.  Additional Innovative Programs

Sec. 329.  Guidance and Additional Requirements

Sec. 330.  Report of Information and Evaluations to Congress and the Public

Sec. 331.  State

Part III – Short-Time Compensation Program

Sec. 341.  Treatment of Short-Time Compensation Programs

Sec. 342.  Temporary Financing of Short-Time Compensation Payments In States With Programs In Law

Sec. 343.  Temporary Financing of Short-Time Compensation Agreements

Sec. 344.  Grants for Short-Time Compensation Programs

Sec. 345.  Assistance and Guidance In Implementing Programs

Sec. 346.  Reports

Subtitle B – Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Preferences

Sec. 351.  Long Term Unemployed Workers Work Opportunity Tax Credits

Subtitle C – Pathways Back to Work

Sec. 361.  Short Title

Sec. 362.  Establishment of Pathways Back To Work Fund

Sec. 363.  Availability of Funds

Sec. 364.  Subsidized Employment for Unemployed, Low-Income Adults

Sec. 365.  Summer Employment and Year-Round Employment Opportunities For Low-Income Youth

Sec. 366.  Work-Based Employment Strategies of Demonstrated Effectiveness

Sec. 367.  General Requirements

Sec. 368.  Definitions

Subtitle D – Prohibition of Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of an Individual's Status as Unemployed

Sec. 371.  Short Title

Sec. 372.  Findings and Purpose

Sec. 373.  Definitions

Sec. 374.  Prohibited Acts5

Sec. 375.  Enforcement

Sec. 376.  Federal and State Immunity

Sec. 377.  Relationship to Other Laws

Sec. 378.  Severability

Sec. 379. Effective Date

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