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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois currently has approximately 
3600,655 unemployed workers; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, The national unemployment rate has steadily 
5declined over the past year;
during this time, the unemployment 
6rate in the State of Illinois has increased to 8.2%; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works 
8Act was
amended in 2010 by Public Act 96-929 to allow for its 
9implementation by the Department of Labor; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The implementation of the Employment of Illinois 
11Workers on Public Works Act will ensure that Illinois
residents 
12are being employed on projects using public dollars, helping 
13decrease unemployment
in the State; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, In order to implement and enforce the Employment 
15of Illinois
Workers on Public Works Act, a study should be 
16conducted to validate claims that employing Illinois
residents 
17for public works projects will decrease the rate of 
18unemployment in the State; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, The Department of Labor has the responsibility to 
20use any means available
to enforce the laws passed by the 
 
 
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1General Assembly; therefore, be it
  
 
  
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
3NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
4the Department of Labor shall conduct a
study, as soon as 
5practicably possible, on the impact that the Employment of 
6Illinois Workers on Public
Works Act will have on unemployment 
7in the State and assemble any other relevant information

8regarding the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works 
9Act and its impact on the State; and be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That the Department of Labor may collect any data 
11necessary from local
municipalities to conduct such a study; 
12and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the Department of
Labor.