Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§3112 Countercyclical Employment Policies

Title 15 › Chapter 58— FULL EMPLOYMENT AND BALANCED GROWTH › Subchapter I— STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC POLICIES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING TREATMENT OF RESOURCE RESTRAINTS › § 3112

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

When planning programs to meet the goals of section 3111, the President must consider including nine types of actions to fight cyclical unemployment. They include faster public works and ready-to-start projects; public service jobs; State and local grant programs; unemployment insurance levels and duration; skill training in both private and public sectors (as general help and to supplement benefits); youth jobs under section 3115; community development jobs for states and towns (including rural areas); federal buying that aids labor‑surplus areas; and strengthening other employment and training programs. The President must also consider a trigger that starts the program when unemployment rises and ends it as unemployment falls, and must include ways to help people move quickly back into regular private or public jobs as the economy recovers.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §3112

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(a)Any countercyclical efforts undertaken to aid in achieving the purposes of section 3111 of this title shall consider for inclusion the following programmatic entities:

(1)accelerated public works, including the development of standby public works projects;

(2)public service employment;

(3)State and local grant programs;

(4)the levels and duration of unemployment insurance;

(5)skill training in both the private and public sectors, both as a general remedy and as a supplement to unemployment insurance;

(6)youth employment programs as specified in section 3115 of this title;

(7)community development programs to provide employment in activities of value to the States, local communities (including rural areas), and the Nation;

(8)Federal procurement programs which are targeted on labor surplus areas; and

(9)augmentation of other employment and training programs which would help to reduce high levels of unemployment arising from cyclical causes.

(b)In any countercyclical efforts undertaken, the President shall consider a triggering mechanism which will implement the program during a period of rising unemployment and phase out the program when unemployment is appropriately reduced, and incorporate effective means to facilitate individuals assisted under programs developed pursuant to this section to return promptly to regular private and public employment as the economy recovers.

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15 U.S.C. § 3112

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60