1. Short title; amendment to Social Security Act; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2020 . (b) Amendments to Social Security Act Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Social Security Act. (c) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; amendment to Social Security Act; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. Employment, training, and supportive services program. Sec. 4. Employee retention work opportunity credit. Sec. 5. Conforming amendments. Sec. 6. Effective date; regulations. 2. Purpose The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To provide immediate funding for subsidized employment programs that will create job opportunities for individuals who have become unemployed or underemployed as a result of COVID–19 when it is safe to provide such opportunities, taking into account the need to prevent the spread or recurrence of COVID–19. (2) To expand subsidized employment programs that reconnect unemployed and underemployed workers to the workforce. (3) To drive economic recovery by allowing for sufficient state and local flexibility to create or expand programs that place workers in jobs that fill community-specific workforce gaps and meet employer needs. (4) To prevent long-term joblessness and structural unemployment and provide work opportunities for individuals with barriers to employment. 3. Employment, training, and supportive services program (a) Establishment The Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after title XII the following: XIII Reemployment and other Job-Related Assistance and Benefits 1301. Purpose; definitions