MI HR0213

Memorializes Congress to enact legislation creating a comprehensive jobs program to hire unemployed individuals for at least one year in public service positions.

Notes Michigan lost 796,942 jobs over the preceding decade and 279,242 jobs in 2009 alone, with double-digit unemployment rates since December 2008 and the highest unemployment rate in the nation.

References federal programs from the 1930s and 1970s as examples of successful large-scale public job programs that employed millions and delivered infrastructure and community improvements.

Directs copies of the resolution be transmitted to the President, Senate President, House Speaker, and Michigan's congressional delegation.