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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2919 

To establish a Federal agenda to transform, heal, and renew the United 

States by investing in a vibrant economy, to provide funds to certain 

Federal investment programs that meet related labor, equity, and environmental standards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2021 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 

Ms. OMAR, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CROW, Ms. 

JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. JONES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. 

NADLER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. 

TRAHAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. LIEU, Ms. MENG, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 

PRESSLEY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LEVIN of 

Michigan, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy 

and Commerce, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, 

and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a Federal agenda to transform, heal, and renew 

the United States by investing in a vibrant economy, 

to provide funds to certain Federal investment programs 


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that meet related labor, equity, and environmental standards, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transform, Heal, and 

5 Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘THRIVE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PURPOSE; POLICY GOALS; AGENDA. 

8 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to mobilize 

9 Federal efforts to respond, in a manner that is bold and 

10 holistic, to the urgent concurrent crises of racial injustice, 

11 the undermining of Tribal sovereignty, mass unemploy12 ment and economic inequality, the Coronavirus Disease 

13 2019 pandemic, and climate change by establishing a na14 tional agenda to transform, heal, and renew the United 

15 States to create a society that enables and supports— 

16 (1) greater racial, Indigenous, gender, environ17 mental, and economic justice; 

18 (2) dignified work opportunities; 

19 (3) healthy communities; 

20 (4) a stable climate; and 

21 (5) healthy ecosystems. 

22 (b) POLICY GOALS.—It is the policy of the United 

23 States— 


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1 (1) to create and sustain millions of good, safe, 

2 family-sustaining jobs with appropriate access to 

3 labor organizations; 

4 (2) to increase the power of workers to fight in5 equality in the workplace; 

6 (3) to invest in historically underserved and im7 pacted communities, including Black, Tribal, Indige8 nous, Latinx, Arab, Asian, and Pacific Islander com9 munities, to increase the capacity of those commu10 nities to counteract racial, ethnic, gender, and other 

11 social and economic injustices; 

12 (4) to strengthen and heal the nation-to-nation 

13 relationship between the United States and sov14 ereign Indian Tribes; 

15 (5) to combat environmental injustice and en16 sure healthy lives for all people; 

17 (6) to avert further climate and environmental 

18 catastrophe; 

19 (7) to ensure fairness for workers and commu20 nities affected by economic transitions; and 

21 (8) to reinvest in public sector institutions that 

22 enable workers and communities to thrive. 

23 (c) AGENDA.— 

24 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days 

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1 dent, in consultation with the Board, shall establish 

2 a 10-year plan, to be known as the ‘‘Agenda to 

3 Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vi4 brant Economy’’, in accordance with which the pur5 pose and policy goals described in subsections (a) 

6 and (b), respectively, shall be achieved. 

7 (2) SUBMISSION.—The agenda established 

8 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to— 

9 (A) the National Economic Council; and 

10 (B) the Office of Management and Budget 

11 for inclusion in each annual budget request sub12 mitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 

13 31, United States Code, during the 10-year pe14 riod covered by the agenda. 

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) ADMINISTERING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘ad18 ministering agency’’ means a Federal department or 

19 agency with administrative jurisdiction over a quali20 fied investment program. 

21 (2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 

22 Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vi23 brant Economy Recovery Board established under 

24 section 4(a). 


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1 (3) CARE WORKER.—The term ‘‘care worker’’ 

2 means any individual who provides paid or unpaid 

3 child care or dependent adult care, including— 

4 (A) a domestic worker; 

5 (B) a health care worker; 

6 (C) a home health aide; and 

7 (D) a nanny. 

8 (4) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘environ10 mental justice community’’ means a low-income 

11 or low-wealth community facing environmental 

12 injustice. 

13 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘environ14 mental justice community’’ includes any com15 munity that, as determined by the Board, in 

16 consultation with the White House Environ17 mental Justice Advisory Council and the Na18 tional Environmental Justice Advisory Coun19 cil— 

20 (i) is located nearest to an existing 

21 area of grave environmental pollution and 

22 degradation; 

23 (ii) bears a burden of negative public 

24 health effects of pollution; 

25 (iii) includes 1 or more sites of— 


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1 (I) a facility that is a part of a 

2 polluting industry; 

3 (II) a waste dump; or 

4 (III) a facility for resource ex5 traction; 

6 (iv) experiences a high incidence of 

7 climate change impacts and extreme 

8 weather disasters; 

9 (v) has been excluded or harmed by 

10 racist or discriminatory policies that have 

11 resulted in economic or health disparities; 

12 (vi) has a land-based or food subsist13 ence culture that is experiencing ecosystem 

14 disruption and devastation; 

15 (vii) faces relocation and resettlement 

16 resulting from— 

17 (I) climate change; 

18 (II) impacts to the environment 

19 and ecosystems; or 

20 (III) impacts associated with eco21 nomic inequities; or 

22 (viii) is an Indigenous community. 

23 (5) EQUITY ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘equity 

24 assessment’’, with respect to an investment, pro25 gram, plan, regulation, or operational decision, mean 


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1 an assessment (which may include the assignment of 

2 an equity score)— 

3 (A) to evaluate the social, economic, and 

4 environmental impacts of the investment, pro5 gram, plan, regulation, or decision on— 

6 (i) impacted communities; and 

7 (ii) environmental justice commu8 nities; and 

9 (B) the goals of which are— 

10 (i) to address historic inequality; 

11 (ii) to ensure an equitable outcome; 

12 (iii) to prevent further concentration 

13 of pollution in areas experiencing an al14 ready high concentration of a pollutant or 

15 other toxic substance; and 

16 (iv) to minimize inadvertent dis17 proportionate social, economic, and envi18 ronmental effects of the investment, pro19 gram, plan, regulation, or decision. 

20 (6) FAMILY-SUSTAINING JOB.—The term ‘‘fam21 ily-sustaining job’’ means an employment oppor22 tunity that provides an individual with a wage that 

23 is sufficient to cover necessary expenses for the fam24 ily of the individual, such as food, medical care, 

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1 quiring reliance by the family on financial assistance 

2 from any other source. 

3 (7) FEDERAL SPENDING PROGRAM.—The term 

4 ‘‘Federal spending program’’ means any program, 

5 project, or other activity— 

6 (A) carried out by, or pursuant to a con7 tract with, a Federal department or agency; 

8 and 

9 (B) for which Federal funds are made 

10 available. 

11 (8) HIGH-ROAD LABOR, EQUITY, OR ENVIRON12 MENTAL CONDITION.—The term ‘‘high-road labor, 

13 equity, or environmental condition’’ means any con14 dition on the provision of Federal funding for a 

15 qualified investment program, as established by the 

16 President, based on advice of the Board, under sec17 tion 5(d)(3)(A). 

18 (9) IMPACTED COMMUNITY.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘impacted 

20 community’’ means a community that is 

21 harmed by environmental, economic, or socio22 economic injustice. 

23 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘impacted 

24 community’’ includes— 


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1 (i) an environmental justice commu2 nity; and 

3 (ii) a community that, as determined 

4 by the Board, in consultation with the 

5 White House Environmental Justice Advi6 sory Council and the National Environ7 mental Justice Advisory Council— 

8 (I) has a high concentration of 

9 low-income and low-wealth house10 holds, including households comprised 

11 primarily of members of groups that 

12 have historically experienced discrimi13 nation on the basis of race, gender, 

14 national origin, or ethnicity (including 

15 Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Arab, 

16 Asian, and Pacific Islander commu17 nities); or 

18 (II) faces economic transition, 

19 deindustrialization, historic under20 investment, and poverty. 

21 (10) IMPLEMENTING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘im22 plementing entity’’ means any public or private enti23 ty (including any Federal, Tribal, State, or local 

24 agency and any firm, supplier, or subcontractor 


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1 throughout the supply chain) that carries out a 

2 qualified investment program using public support. 

3 (11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

4 means an Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, na5 tion, pueblo, village, or community that the Sec6 retary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an In7 dian Tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized In8 dian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130 et 

9 seq.). 

10 (12) INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘In11 digenous community’’ means— 

12 (A) an Indian Tribe; 

13 (B) a Native Hawaiian organization; 

14 (C) a State-recognized Indian tribe; 

15 (D) any reservation-based, urban Indige16 nous, or intertribal community, group, organi17 zation, or coalition; and 

18 (E) an Alaska Native village. 

19 (13) PUBLIC SUPPORT.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘public sup21 port’’ means any financial or in-kind contribu22 tion provided by the President under section 5 

23 for the administration, development, or imple24 mentation of a qualified investment program 

25 carried out under this Act. 


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1 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘public sup2 port’’ includes— 

3 (i) technical support; 

4 (ii) grants; 

5 (iii) loans; 

6 (iv) investments; and 

7 (v) equity stakes. 

8 (14) QUALIFIED INVESTMENT PROGRAM.—The 

9 term ‘‘qualified investment program’’ means any 

10 Federal spending program certified by the President 

11 pursuant to section 5(c). 

12 (15) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 

13 (A) a State; 

14 (B) the District of Columbia; 

15 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

16 and 

17 (D) any other territory or possession of the 

18 United States. 

19 SEC. 4. THRIVE RECOVERY BOARD. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall es22 tablish an advisory board, to be known as the ‘‘Transform, 

23 Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy Re24 covery Board’’, to advise the President and the heads of 


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1 appropriate Federal departments and agencies regarding 

2 the implementation of this Act. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be com5 posed of 20 members who, as determined by the 

6 President— 

7 (A) provide diverse and fair representation 

8 from— 

9 (i) impacted communities; 

10 (ii) allies identified by impacted com11 munities; 

12 (iii) Indigenous communities; and 

13 (iv) labor organizations; and 

14 (B) are qualified, through education, train15 ing, and experience, to evaluate information re16 lating to matters referred to the Board. 

17 (2) APPOINTMENT.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The members of the 

19 Board shall be appointed by the President from 

20 among individuals recommended by interested 

21 individuals and entities. 

22 (B) PROHIBITION.—A member of the 

23 Board may not be an employee or former em24 ployee of the Federal Government. 

25 (3) TERM; VACANCIES.— 


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1 (A) TERM.—A member of the Board— 

2 (i) shall be appointed to serve the 

3 Board for an initial term of 3 years; and 

4 (ii) may be reappointed to serve not 

5 more than 1 additional term of not longer 

6 than 3 years. 

7 (B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the 

8 Board— 

9 (i) shall not affect the powers of the 

10 Board; and 

11 (ii) shall be filled in the same manner 

12 as the original appointment was made. 

13 (4) CHAIRPERSON.—The Board shall select a 

14 chairperson from among the members of the Board. 

15 (5) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 14 days 

16 after the date on which all members of the Board 

17 have been appointed, the Board shall hold the initial 

18 meeting of the Board. 

19 (6) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the 

20 call of the chairperson. 

21 (7) QUORUM.—A majority of members of the 

22 Board shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num23 ber of members may hold hearings. 

24 (8) TREATMENT AND COMPENSATION.—A 

25 member of the Board shall be— 


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1 (A) a full-time employee of the Board; and 

2 (B) compensated at such rate as the Presi3 dent may establish, not to exceed the maximum 

4 amount of compensation payable to a member 

5 of the Senior Executive Service under section 

6 5382(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

7 (c) DUTIES.— 

8 (1) PROPOSED CRITERIA.— 

9 (A) PRECERTIFICATION AND INVESTMENT

10 REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 120 days 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

12 Board shall develop and submit to the Presi13 dent proposed criteria for— 

14 (i) precertification of existing Federal 

15 spending programs under section 

16 5(c)(1)(A); and 

17 (ii) certification of existing and new 

18 Federal spending programs as qualified in19 vestment programs with respect to re20 quired investments, in accordance with sec21 tion 5(d)(2). 

22 (B) HIGH-ROAD LABOR, EQUITY, AND EN23 VIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.— 

24 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

25 days after the date of enactment of this 


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1 Act, the Board shall develop and submit to 

2 the President proposed criteria for certifi3 cation of existing and new Federal spend4 ing programs as qualified investment pro5 grams with respect to high-road labor, eq6 uity, and environmental conditions, in ac7 cordance with section 5(d)(3)(A). 

8 (ii) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In de9 veloping the proposed criteria relating to 

10 high-road labor, equity, and environmental 

11 conditions under clause (i), the Board 

12 shall— 

13 (I) make the proposed criteria 

14 available for public comment; and 

15 (II) host public hearings and 

16 other direct engagement opportunities 

17 for impacted communities and Indige18 nous communities. 

19 (iii) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 

20 190 days after the date of enactment of 

21 this Act, the President shall publish in the 

22 Federal Register the proposed criteria de23 veloped by the Board under clause (i). 

24 (2) STUDY.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

2 than annually, the Board shall conduct a study 

3 of all matters relating to qualified investment 

4 programs. 

5 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The study conducted by 

6 the Board under subparagraph (A) shall include 

7 an evaluation of— 

8 (i) any legislative or administrative 

9 actions (including with respect to invest10 ment requirements and other criteria 

11 under section 5(d)) carried out under this 

12 Act during the period covered by the study; 

13 (ii) the degree to which qualified in14 vestment programs have contributed to 

15 achieving the policy goals described in sec16 tion 2(b); 

17 (iii) the effectiveness of the criteria 

18 relating to investment requirements estab19 lished under section 5(d)(2) in achieving 

20 those policy goals; and 

21 (iv) practicable modifications to those 

22 requirements to better achieve those goals. 

23 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Board shall de24 velop recommendations regarding— 


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1 (A) the method by which the President can 

2 effectuate the Agenda to Transform, Heal, and 

3 Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy es4 tablished under section 2(c)(1) pursuant to the 

5 annual budget request submitted to Congress 

6 under section 1105 of title 31, United States 

7 Code; 

8 (B) the means by which Federal spending 

9 programs may be certified under section 5(d) as 

10 qualified investment programs to receive public 

11 support under this Act; 

12 (C) legislative and administrative actions 

13 (including with respect to investment require14 ments and other criteria) to best achieve the 

15 purpose and policy goals described in section 2; 

16 (D) the effectiveness of the criteria relat17 ing to investment requirements established 

18 under section 5(d)(2) in achieving those policy 

19 goals; and 

20 (E) modifications to those criteria, if any. 

21 (4) REPORTS.— 

22 (A) STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

23 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

24 than annually, the Board shall submit to 


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1 the President and Congress a report that 

2 contains— 

3 (I) a detailed statement of the 

4 findings and conclusions of the Board 

5 under paragraph (2); and 

6 (II) the recommendations of the 

7 Board under paragraph (3). 

8 (ii) PUBLICATION.—The President 

9 shall publish each report submitted by the 

10 Board under clause (i) in the Federal Reg11 ister. 

12 (B) HIGH-ROAD LABOR, EQUITY, AND EN13 VIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

15 than once every 2 years, the Board shall 

16 submit to the President and Congress a re17 port assessing— 

18 (I) the degree of compliance by 

19 implementing entities with applicable 

20 high-road labor, equity, and environ21 mental conditions; and 

22 (II) the relative efficacy of en23 forcement by administering agencies 

24 of those high-road labor, equity, and 

25 environmental conditions. 


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1 (ii) COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSESS2 MENTS.—The Board shall conduct regular 

3 regional community impact assessments to 

4 gather information for each report sub5 mitted under clause (i). 

6 (d) POWERS.— 

7 (1) HEARINGS.—The Board may hold such 

8 hearings, meet and act at such times and places, 

9 take such testimony, and receive such evidence as 

10 the Board considers to be advisable to carry out this 

11 Act. 

12 (2) INFORMATION FROM AGENCIES.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may secure 

14 directly from a Federal department or agency 

15 such information as the Board considers to be 

16 necessary to carry out this Act. 

17 (B) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—On re18 quest of the chairperson of the Board, the head 

19 of a Federal department or agency shall provide 

20 any requested information to the Board. 

21 (3) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Board may use 

22 the United States mails in the same manner and 

23 under the same conditions as other Federal depart24 ments and agencies. 


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1 (4) GIFTS.—The Board may accept, use, and 

2 dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 

3 (e) INAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Advi4 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 

5 the Board. 

6 SEC. 5. TRANSFORM, HEAL, AND RENEW BY INVESTING IN 

7 A VIBRANT ECONOMY (THRIVE) QUALIFIED 

8 INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 

11 and carry out a program under which the President 

12 shall provide public support in accordance with this 

13 Act to implementing entities to carry out 1 or more 

14 qualified investment programs certified by the Presi15 dent, in consultation with the Board, under sub16 section (d). 

17 (2) CONDITION OF RECEIPT.—As a condition of 

18 receiving public support under this section, an imple19 menting entity shall agree to carry out each applica20 ble qualified investment program— 

21 (A) pursuant to a contract or agreement 

22 with the administering agency; and 

23 (B) subject to oversight by— 

24 (i) the administering agency; and 


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1 (ii) the President, in consultation with 

2 the Board. 

3 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

5 President to carry out the program under this sec6 tion such sums as are necessary, but not less than 

7 $1,000,000,000,000, for each of fiscal years 2022 

8 through 2032. 

9 (b) TARGETS.—In selecting implementing entities to 

10 receive public support under this section, the President 

11 shall ensure that, in the aggregate, the qualified invest12 ment programs funded under this section will enable— 

13 (1) the creation and support of not fewer than 

14 15,500,000 family-sustaining jobs; 

15 (2) the achievement of— 

16 (A) full employment; and 

17 (B) economic security for all individuals; 

18 (3) the meaningful and measurable counter19 action of racial, ethnic, Indigenous, gender, and 

20 other social, economic, and environmental injustices; 

21 (4) by not later than December 31, 2025, 100 

22 percent of all newly constructed buildings in the 

23 United States (including territories) to be zero-emis24 sion buildings; 

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1 (A) 100 percent of all new vehicles pur2 chased in the United States (including terri3 tories) are zero-emission vehicles; and 

4 (B) the deployment of a nationwide net5 work of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure; 

6 (6) by not later than December 31, 2030, the 

7 majority of the population of the United States (in8 cluding territories) to reside within walking distance 

9 of frequent, high-quality, affordable, clean energy10 powered or zero-emission public transit and bikeable 

11 and walkable transportation infrastructure to reduce 

12 emissions from the transportation sector; 

13 (7) by not later than December 31, 2035, the 

14 achievement of 100-percent clean energy generation 

15 throughout the United States (including territories), 

16 with priority given to deployment of renewable en17 ergy; and 

18 (8) by not later than December 31, 2035, the 

19 conversion of all school buses in operation in the 

20 United States as of that date (including diesel school 

21 buses) to zero-emission school buses. 

22 (c) CERTIFICATION OF FEDERAL SPENDING PRO23 GRAMS AS QUALIFIED INVESTMENT PROGRAMS.— 

24 (1) PROCESS.— 

25 (A) REGULAR CERTIFICATION.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 

2 establish a process under which the Presi3 dent, in consultation with the Board, may 

4 certify, in accordance with this section, an 

5 existing or new Federal spending program 

6 that is the subject of a nomination under 

7 paragraph (2) as a qualified investment 

8 program. 

9 (ii) PRECERTIFICATION.—The process 

10 under clause (i) shall include a process for 

11 precertification by the President of existing 

12 Federal spending programs as qualified in13 vestment programs, if the President deter14 mines that the existing Federal spending 

15 programs are consistent with the policy 

16 goals described in section 2(b). 

17 (B) EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR INTERIM

18 CERTIFICATION.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

20 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the President, in coordination with 

22 the Director of the Office of Management 

23 and Budget, the Chairperson of the Coun24 cil on Environmental Quality, and the 

25 White House Domestic Climate Advisor, 


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1 shall establish an expedited process to pro2 vide interim certification of appropriate ex3 isting Federal spending programs as quali4 fied investment programs for receipt of 

5 public support under this section to enable 

6 the rapid disbursal of funds urgently need7 ed for economic recovery. 

8 (ii) INCLUSION.—The expedited proc9 ess established under clause (i) shall in10 clude an expedited process for nomination 

11 by interested Federal departments and 

12 agencies, Indian Tribes, stakeholders, and 

13 members of the public of existing Federal 

14 spending programs for interim certification 

15 under this subparagraph. 

16 (iii) USE OF CRITERIA.—The criteria 

17 described in subsection (d) shall apply to 

18 the expedited process established under 

19 clause (i). 

20 (2) NOMINATIONS.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 

22 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

23 any interested Federal department or agency, 

24 Indian Tribe, stakeholder, or member of the 

25 public may submit to the President and the 


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1 Board a nomination of an existing or new Fed2 eral spending program for certification as a 

3 qualified investment program under this sub4 section. 

5 (B) EFFECT.—The President may not cer6 tify a Federal spending program as a qualified 

7 investment program under this subsection un8 less the Federal spending program is the sub9 ject of a nomination submitted under subpara10 graph (A). 

11 (3) CERTIFICATION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 300 

13 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for 

14 each Federal spending program nominated 

15 under paragraph (2), the President, in con16 sultation with the Board, shall— 

17 (i) determine whether the Federal 

18 spending program— 

19 (I) achieves compliance with the 

20 applicable criteria described in sub21 section (d); and 

22 (II) includes or establishes an en23 vironmental justice screening in ac24 cordance with subparagraph (B), for 

25 the purpose of preventing projects 


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1 from concentrating pollution and dis2 proportionate health and economic 

3 burdens on impacted communities; 

4 and 

5 (ii) on making a positive determina6 tion under each of subclauses (I) and (II) 

7 of clause (i)— 

8 (I) approve the nomination of the 

9 Federal spending program under 

10 paragraph (2); and 

11 (II) certify the Federal spending 

12 program as a qualified investment 

13 program for purposes of this Act. 

14 (B) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SCREEN15 ING.—An environmental justice screening under 

16 subparagraph (A)(i)(II) shall include an evalua17 tion, over the lifecycle of the applicable Federal 

18 spending program, of— 

19 (i) lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions 

20 under the Federal spending program, in21 cluding direct, indirect, and supply chain 

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1 (ii) the cumulative toxic pollution 

2 emitted under the Federal spending pro3 gram; 

4 (iii) resource depletion caused by the 

5 Federal spending program; 

6 (iv) the biodiversity and climate 

7 change impacts of the Federal spending 

8 program; and 

9 (v) the lifecycle social and cultural im10 pacts of the Federal spending program. 

11 (C) PUBLICATION.—Each determination of 

12 the President under subparagraph (A) relating 

13 to a Federal spending program shall be pub14 lished in the Federal Register, together with the 

15 rationale of the President and the Board for 

16 approving or disapproving the nomination of 

17 the Federal spending program. 

18 (4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING.—The Presi19 dent shall distribute to implementing entities the 

20 amounts made available to carry out this section, on 

21 an equitable basis pursuant to paragraph (5)— 

22 (A) as soon as practicable for each quali23 fied investment program for which an interim 

24 certification is provided under the expedited 

25 process under paragraph (1)(B); and 


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1 (B) by not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act for each qualified in3 vestment program certified under paragraph 

4 (3). 

5 (5) EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—In 

6 distributing amounts under paragraph (4), the 

7 President, in consultation with the Board, shall col8 laborate with the head of each administering agency 

9 to ensure that— 

10 (A) of the total amount of public support 

11 provided under this Act for qualified investment 

12 programs under the jurisdiction of the admin13 istering agency, not less than 50 percent shall 

14 be invested in impacted communities in a mean15 ingful and measurable manner, subject to the 

16 condition that the public support shall be dis17 tributed— 

18 (i) proportionately, and with priority 

19 given to communities that have been 

20 disenfranchised from generational wealth— 

21 (I) to repair past harm; and 

22 (II) to advance equity; and 

23 (ii) based on a mandatory equity as24 sessment— 


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1 (I) to identify potential dis2 proportionate impacts; and 

3 (II) to support more equitable 

4 outcomes of— 

5 (aa) investments; and 

6 (bb) programs, plans, regu7 lations, and operational decisions; 

8 (B) the public support provided to the ad9 ministering agency under this Act shall be equi10 tably distributed across all States, based on 

11 population size and poverty level, subject to the 

12 condition that the shares of funding for each of 

13 the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 

14 Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 

15 Guam, and any other territory or possession of 

16 the United States shall be— 

17 (i) not less than proportional to the 

18 population of that jurisdiction; and 

19 (ii) responsive to the unique and spe20 cific challenges faced by the residents of 

21 those jurisdictions; and 

22 (C) Tribal, State, and local units of gov23 ernment shall be adequately funded to develop, 

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1 sure that no unfunded mandate is imposed on 

2 those governments. 

3 (d) CRITERIA.— 

4 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall es5 tablish such criteria as the President determines to 

6 be appropriate, in accordance with paragraphs (2) 

7 through (4) and taking into consideration the pro8 posed criteria developed by the Board under section 

9 4(c)(1), for— 

10 (A) the precertification of existing Federal 

11 spending programs under subsection 

12 (c)(1)(A)(ii); and 

13 (B) the certification of new Federal spend14 ing programs and existing Federal spending 

15 programs that receive precertification under 

16 subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) as qualified investment 

17 programs under subsection (c)(3), if the Fed18 eral spending programs— 

19 (i) are consistent with the policy goals 

20 described in section 2(b); and 

21 (ii) achieve compliance with, as appli22 cable— 

23 (I) the investment requirements 

24 described in paragraph (2); 


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1 (II) the high-road labor, equity, 

2 and environmental conditions de3 scribed in paragraph (3); and 

4 (III) the prohibitions described in 

5 paragraph (4). 

6 (2) INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligi7 ble for certification as a qualified investment pro8 gram under subsection (c), a Federal spending pro9 gram shall invest in 1 or more of the following: 

10 (A) INFRASTRUCTURE.—Upgrades to inad11 equate infrastructure and infrastructure oper12 ations to expand access to— 

13 (i) pollution-free, renewable, and af14 fordable energy, including wind and solar 

15 energy; 

16 (ii) transportation; 

17 (iii) high-speed broadband internet; or 

18 (iv) drinking water and wastewater, 

19 particularly for public systems. 

20 (B) SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—Support 

21 of care workers and social infrastructure, by— 

22 (i) rebuilding vital public services; 

23 (ii) strengthening social infrastructure 

24 to address, mitigate, and adapt to crises; 

25 or 


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1 (iii) expanding the low-carbon public 

2 health care infrastructure of the United 

3 States, including through investment in— 

4 (I) hospitals; 

5 (II) public or Tribal schools; 

6 (III) child care; 

7 (IV) home care or elder care; 

8 (V) mental health care; 

9 (VI) care workers; 

10 (VII) expanding access to qual11 ity, secure, affordable health care and 

12 homes; or 

13 (VIII) increasing jobs, employ14 ment protection, wages, and benefits 

15 for historically underpaid, unpaid, and 

16 undervalued care workers. 

17 (C) HOUSING.—Expanded access to hous18 ing, without displacing existing residents or 

19 community-serving entities, by— 

20 (i) investing in housing by modern21 izing and retrofitting homes, schools, of22 fices, industrial buildings, and apartment 

23 buildings, including tenant-owned and com24 munity-owned properties— 

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1 (II) to maintain affordability by 

2 decreasing costs to low-income com3 munities and Indigenous communities; 

4 (ii) ensuring an increase in accessible 

5 units for individuals with disabilities and 

6 chronic illnesses; or 

7 (iii) mitigating and adapting to ex8 treme weather impacts. 

9 (D) ECOSYSTEMS.—Supporting eco10 systems, by— 

11 (i) protecting and restoring biodiver12 sity or natural habitat, including wetlands, 

13 forests, prairies, deserts, aquifers, ground14 water, public land, and Indian land; 

15 (ii) remediating pollution in impacted 

16 communities, including— 

17 (I) Superfund sites on the Na18 tional Priorities List developed by the 

19 President in accordance with section 

20 105(a)(8)(B) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 9605(a)(8)(B)); 

22 (II) brownfield sites (as defined 

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1 tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

2 U.S.C. 9601)); and 

3 (III) abandoned fossil fuel infra4 structure; or 

5 (iii) ensuring sustainable resource use. 

6 (E) AGRICULTURE.—Supporting agri7 culture, by— 

8 (i) creating opportunities for family, 

9 Indigenous, and Black farmers and ranch10 ers, rural communities, and urban agri11 culture, including by disentangling the 

12 hyperconsolidated food supply chain; 

13 (ii) supporting agroecology; 

14 (iii) supporting regenerative agri15 culture; or 

16 (iv) investing in local and regional 

17 food systems that support farmers, agricul18 tural workers, healthy soil, and climate re19 silience. 

20 (F) INDUSTRY.—Developing and trans21 forming the industrial base of the United 

22 States, while creating high-skill, high-wage 

23 manufacturing jobs and nonextractive, nature24 based jobs and opportunities for locally and 


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1 Tribally owned businesses throughout the 

2 United States, including by— 

3 (i) expanding manufacturing of clean 

4 technologies; 

5 (ii) reducing industrial pollution; and 

6 (iii) prioritizing domestic production 

7 for an investment described in clause (i) or 

8 (ii). 

9 (3) HIGH-ROAD LABOR, EQUITY, AND ENVIRON10 MENTAL CONDITIONS.— 

11 (A) CONDITIONS.—To be eligible for cer12 tification as a qualified investment program 

13 under subsection (c), a Federal spending pro14 gram shall achieve compliance with, as applica15 ble, the following high-road labor, equity, and 

16 environmental conditions: 

17 (i) EMPOWERING WORKERS AGAINST

18 INEQUALITY.—Increase the power of work19 ers to oppose inequality by— 

20 (I) ensuring that no investment 

21 made under the Federal spending pro22 gram degrades the quality of jobs or 

23 obstructs the right of workers— 

24 (aa) to form or join a labor 

25 organization; 


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1 (bb) to bargain collectively 

2 over terms and conditions of em3 ployment; or 

4 (cc) to engage in other con5 certed activities for mutual aid or 

6 protection; 

7 (II) creating quality jobs that 

8 provide— 

9 (aa) family-sustaining job 

10 benefits and wages equal to not 

11 less than the greater of— 

12 (AA) $15 per hour; and 

13 (BB) the prevailing 

14 wage for jobs of a similar 

15 nature; 

16 (bb) the right of workers to 

17 form or join a labor organization 

18 and engage in collective bar19 gaining, free of harassment and 

20 intimidation; 

21 (cc) child care support; 

22 (dd) not fewer than 84 days 

23 per calendar year of paid family 

24 leave; 


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1 (ee) not fewer than 14 days 

2 per calendar year of paid sick 

3 leave; 

4 (ff) not fewer than 14 days 

5 per calendar year of paid vaca6 tion; 

7 (gg) robust worker safety 

8 standards; and 

9 (hh) the right of workers to 

10 not be disciplined or discharged 

11 except for just cause; 

12 (III) including all affected care 

13 workers and agricultural workers in 

14 worker protections and investments 

15 under the Federal spending program; 

16 (IV) advancing principles and 

17 policies that ensure or support— 

18 (aa) more effective and 

19 timely remedies in cases in which 

20 employers interfere with the 

21 rights of workers; 

22 (bb) expanded freedom for 

23 workers to organize without em24 ployer interference; 


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1 (cc) requiring employers to 

2 submit to interest arbitration for 

3 purposes of establishing an initial 

4 collective bargaining agreement 

5 following the initial certification 

6 or recognition of a collective bar7 gaining representative in any 

8 case in which, after a reasonable 

9 period, collective bargaining fails 

10 to produce an initial collective 

11 bargaining agreement; 

12 (dd) allowing collective bar13 gaining agreements covering pri14 vate-sector workers to include 

15 agency shop agreements, subject 

16 to the condition that those agree17 ments shall be valid and enforce18 able, notwithstanding— 

19 (AA) section 14(b) of 

20 the National Labor Rela21 tions Act (29 U.S.C. 

22 164(b)); or 

23 (BB) any applicable 

24 State or territorial law; 


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1 (ee) protecting strikes and 

2 other concerted worker activities, 

3 including by prohibiting perma4 nent replacement of striking 

5 workers; and 

6 (ff) expansion of organizing 

7 and bargaining rights for work8 ers; 

9 (V) with respect to the engage10 ment of employers by the Federal 

11 spending program— 

12 (aa) avoiding the use of any 

13 employer that— 

14 (AA) misclassifies em15 ployees as independent con16 tractors; or 

17 (BB) seeks to use a 

18 corporate structure to 

19 hinder collective bargaining 

20 on a companywide, regional, 

21 or national basis; and 

22 (bb) giving preference to the 

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1 tion that obtains written author2 ization from a majority of em3 ployees in any appropriate bar4 gaining unit stating that the em5 ployees wish to be represented by 

6 the labor organization; 

7 (VI) using project labor agree8 ments or community workforce agree9 ments, where appropriate; 

10 (VII) supporting domestic job 

11 creation by applying and fortifying do12 mestic content standards, such as the 

13 standards under chapter 83 of title 

14 41, United States Code (formerly 

15 known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’), 

16 including among contractors and sub17 contractors of a primary employer; 

18 (VIII) creating pathways of op19 portunity, particularly for priority 

20 groups described in subparagraph (B), 

21 including by supporting— 

22 (aa) community benefits 

23 agreements; 

24 (bb) local hire standards; 


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1 (cc) high-road training part2 nerships; and 

3 (dd) access to registered ap4 prenticeship and 

5 preapprenticeship programs in 

6 communities of all sizes across 

7 the United States; and 

8 (IX) where appropriate, using the 

9 rescission of a contract under the 

10 Federal spending program as an en11 forcement mechanism in any case in 

12 which an employer engaged by the 

13 Federal spending program has vio14 lated— 

15 (aa) a provision of an appli16 cable contract; or 

17 (bb) a Federal labor or em18 ployment law (including regula19 tions). 

20 (ii) HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED

21 AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.—Invest in 

22 historically underserved communities and 

23 impacted communities, to increase the 

24 power of those communities and counteract 


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1 racial, ethnic, gender, and other social and 

2 economic injustices by— 

3 (I) ensuring no investment made 

4 under the Federal spending pro5 gram— 

6 (aa) damages such a com7 munity; or 

8 (bb) reduces the ability of 

9 residents, businesses, and institu10 tions of the community to live 

11 and operate with equity and dig12 nity; 

13 (II) ensuring that those commu14 nities have— 

15 (aa) the ability to democrat16 ically plan, implement, and ad17 minister projects under the Fed18 eral spending program, where ap19 plicable, including through part20 nership with, and oversight by, 

21 community residents, scholars, 

22 and community-based organiza23 tions; and 

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1 ernance of proposed activities 

2 under the Federal spending pro3 gram; 

4 (III) including a mandatory eq5 uity assessment to identify potential 

6 disproportionate impacts and support 

7 more-equitable outcomes of invest8 ments, programs, plans, regulations, 

9 and operational decisions; 

10 (IV) addressing historic discrimi11 natory practices in hiring, investment, 

12 and procurement by prioritizing local 

13 and equitable hiring and contracting 

14 that creates opportunities for priority 

15 groups described in subparagraph (B), 

16 including a requirement to hire and 

17 contract with members of those pri18 ority groups at a rate that is not less 

19 than twice the average rate reflected 

20 in the industry standard of that hir21 ing; 

22 (V) including specific fair hire 

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1 port traditionally marginalized work2 ers; 

3 (VI) increasing equitable public 

4 education opportunities by including 

5 career and technical education path6 ways that prepare youth (especially 

7 youth who are members of historically 

8 marginalized communities or impacted 

9 communities) for high-quality jobs, in10 cluding access to quality workforce 

11 training and registered apprentice12 ships; 

13 (VII)(aa) ensuring that any in14 vestment made under the Federal 

15 spending program to upgrade a build16 ing does not displace any existing resi17 dent or community-serving entity oc18 cupying the building; and 

19 (bb) investing in the creation of 

20 new low- or zero-emission public hous21 ing and affordable housing, including 

22 through community land trusts; 

23 (VIII) centering and uplifting 

24 historically underserved communities, 

25 impacted communities, and workers 


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1 located in rural areas, including by 

2 developing provisions— 

3 (aa) to improve the status of 

4 impacted agricultural producers 

5 and workers; and 

6 (bb) for Federal spending 

7 programs carried out by the De8 partment of Agriculture, to end 

9 the systematic mistreatment of 

10 those producers and workers by 

11 the Department; 

12 (IX) directing funds to support, 

13 create, and provide debt relief, where 

14 appropriate, to community-owned and 

15 operated organizations, including— 

16 (aa) electric cooperatives; 

17 (bb) worker-owned coopera18 tives engaging in sustainability 

19 initiatives; 

20 (cc) community land trusts; 

21 and 

22 (dd) publicly owned or com23 munity-owned entities, includ24 ing— 


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1 (AA) not-for-profit pub2 lic power utilities; 

3 (BB) not-for-profit 

4 public water utilities; and 

5 (CC) tribally owned or 

6 operated utilities; and 

7 (X) directing funds to support 

8 and diversify local economies and cre9 ate opportunities for entrepreneur10 ship. 

11 (iii) INDIAN TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS

12 COMMUNITIES.—Heal and reinforce the na13 tion-to-nation relationship between the 

14 United States and Indian Tribes by— 

15 (I) carrying out the responsibil16 ities of the administering agency de17 scribed in section 6(b); 

18 (II) preserving and protecting sa19 cred and cultural sites of significance 

20 to Indian Tribes and Indigenous com21 munities in carrying out the Federal 

22 spending program; 

23 (III) providing significantly ex24 panded funding to Indian Tribes and 

25 Indigenous communities for recovery 


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1 and relief with respect to establishing 

2 sustainable economies and jobs based 

3 on the principle known as ‘‘Indigenous 

4 Just Transition’’; 

5 (IV) prioritizing investments in 

6 Tribal and local community-based 

7 projects that contribute to— 

8 (aa) improved infrastruc9 ture, health care, clean water, 

10 and sanitation; 

11 (bb) food sovereignty and 

12 agroecological farming; 

13 (cc) housing, with signifi14 cantly expanded investments in 

15 local and community-based hous16 ing; and 

17 (dd) renewable energy; 

18 (V) providing equitable funding 

19 for environmental and ecosystems 

20 management, clean-up, and remedi21 ation of contaminated and hazardous 

22 sites on and near Indian land, includ23 ing Federal and State land located 

24 near Indian land or Indigenous com25 munities; 


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1 (VI) addressing Tribal housing 

2 needs by— 

3 (aa) significantly expanding 

4 funding to meet housing and 

5 community development needs on 

6 Indian land, including needs re7 lating to health, water, and sani8 tation; 

9 (bb) advancing the goals of 

10 the Native American Housing 

11 Assistance and Self-Determina12 tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

13 4101 et seq.); and 

14 (cc) allowing for innovative 

15 and alternative community-based 

16 housing programs based on tradi17 tional Indigenous design, the use 

18 of local natural materials, and lo19 calized training and employment; 

20 and 

21 (VII) adequately and equitably 

22 addressing violence against Indige23 nous women, Indigenous trans women 

24 and femmes, and Indigenous children, 

25 in a manner that is inclusive of the 


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1 inherent authority of Indian Tribes 

2 with respect to that violence. 

3 (iv) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.— 

4 Combat environmental injustice and ensure 

5 healthy lives for all individuals by— 

6 (I) promoting and including 

7 meaningful involvement by impacted 

8 communities, particularly the most 

9 vulnerable environmental justice com10 munities, in the implementation and 

11 governance of proposed programs and 

12 expenditures in a manner that aligns 

13 and is consistent with the principles 

14 entitled ‘‘Jemez Principles for Demo15 cratic Organizing’’ and dated Decem16 ber 1996; 

17 (II) holding polluting corpora18 tions accountable by establishing pen19 alties and liabilities for historic, per20 sistent, and concentrated pollution in 

21 environmental justice communities in 

22 a manner that ensures that the costs 

23 of those penalties and liabilities are 

24 not passed through to ratepayers, con25 sumers, or workers; 


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1 (III) prioritizing investment in 

2 remediation of polluted sites located 

3 in environmental justice communities, 

4 including— 

5 (aa) Superfund sites on the 

6 National Priorities List developed 

7 by the President in accordance 

8 with section 105(a)(8)(B) of that 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)); 

10 (bb) brownfield sites (as de11 fined in section 101 of the Com12 prehensive Environmental Re13 sponse, Compensation, and Li14 ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 

15 9601)); 

16 (cc) abandoned mines and 

17 factories; and 

18 (dd) retired fossil fuel, de19 fense, and nuclear energy sites; 

20 (IV) reducing toxic pollution at 

21 the source and fortifying the regula22 tion and accounting of the cumulative 

23 health impacts of toxic pollution; 

24 (V) developing provisions to in25 crease equitable access to public 


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1 health resources in historically under2 served communities (including rural 

3 communities) and impacted commu4 nities; and 

5 (VI) recognizing the dispropor6 tionate burden of health impacts in 

7 historically underserved communities 

8 (including rural communities) and im9 pacted communities and the historic 

10 disinvestment in public health re11 sources, including public hospitals, 

12 mental health services, care worker 

13 services, and other facilities and serv14 ices in those communities. 

15 (v) CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT.— 

16 Avert additional climate and environmental 

17 catastrophe by— 

18 (I) ensuring that the Federal 

19 spending program supports the emis20 sions reductions necessary— 

21 (aa) to maintain an increase 

22 in global temperature due to 

23 global warming of less than 1.5 

24 degrees Celsius; and 


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1 (bb) to achieve the targets 

2 described in subsection (b); 

3 (II) ensuring that the Federal 

4 spending program will not expand— 

5 (aa) the extraction, proc6 essing, or use of fossil fuels or 

7 uranium at any level of the sup8 ply chain; 

9 (bb) the use of emissions 

10 offsets; 

11 (cc) geoengineering; or 

12 (dd) the use of any other en13 ergy source that would not pass 

14 the environmental justice screen15 ing described in subsection 

16 (c)(3)(B); 

17 (III) investing in— 

18 (aa) the protection of eco19 systems and biodiversity; and 

20 (bb) the sustainable use of 

21 natural resources; 

22 (IV) requiring the use of climate23 resilient designs for infrastructure 

24 and low-emissions operations, as ap25 plicable; 


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1 (V) requiring that materials shall 

2 be produced with high standards for 

3 environmental sustainability, includ4 ing— 

5 (aa) technologically feasible 

6 limits on embodied greenhouse 

7 gas emissions; 

8 (bb) restrictions on toxic 

9 pollution; and 

10 (cc) requirements for sus11 tainable resource use and the 

12 protection of ecosystems and bio13 diversity; 

14 (VI) requiring that materials and 

15 appliances meet high environmental 

16 performance standards, including 

17 standards relating to energy efficiency 

18 and climate resilience; 

19 (VII) ensuring that environ20 mental standards apply across the 

21 international supply chain; and 

22 (VIII) supporting public and 

23 community-based services and actions 

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1 change, particularly in communities 

2 vulnerable to climate impacts, includ3 ing flooding, storms, fires, sea-level 

4 rise, extreme heat or cold, and other 

5 impacts. 

6 (vi) FAIRNESS DURING ECONOMIC

7 TRANSITION.—Ensure fairness for workers 

8 and communities affected by economic 

9 transitions by directing funding and sup10 port— 

11 (I) to displaced workers, includ12 ing by providing— 

13 (aa) wage and benefit re14 placement for a period of not less 

15 than 5 years; 

16 (bb) housing assistance; 

17 (cc) fully funded pensions; 

18 (dd) support for crisis, trau19 ma, and early retirement; 

20 (ee) skills training; 

21 (ff) education; and 

22 (gg) equitable job placement; 

23 (II) to cover local budget short24 falls due to the closure of facilities or 

25 a decline in economic activity; 


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1 (III) to economic development 

2 and diversification in communities af3 fected by economic transitions, includ4 ing to address historic injustices, as 

5 determined by community- and work6 er-led planning processes; 

7 (IV) to ensure adequate physical 

8 and social infrastructure and services 

9 in economically transitioning commu10 nities, including— 

11 (aa) public health services; 

12 (bb) social services; 

13 (cc) child care and depend14 ent adult care; and 

15 (dd) broadband internet in16 vestment; and 

17 (V) to the reorganization, conver18 sion, reclamation, and remediation of 

19 closed and abandoned facilities and 

20 sites. 

21 (vii) PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.—Rein22 vest in public institutions that enable all 

23 communities and workers to thrive by— 

24 (I) preventing privatization of— 


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1 (aa) any public land, water, 

2 or natural resource; or 

3 (bb) existing public sector 

4 jobs; 

5 (II) prioritizing public edu6 cational institutions as centers of in7 novation and pathways to green collar 

8 jobs through investments in vocational 

9 and technical education in public 

10 schools, trade schools, and community 

11 colleges that connect to labor organi12 zation apprenticeship and other high13 road jobs; 

14 (III) directing funding to support 

15 and expand public health care sys16 tems, public education, and other pub17 lic services at the State and local lev18 els to address the health, environ19 mental, and socioeconomic impacts of 

20 climate crises, especially in impacted 

21 communities, including by sup22 porting— 

23 (aa) climate mitigation ef24 forts and resilience; and 

25 (bb) access to nature; and 


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1 (IV) directing funding to institu2 tional reforms that reorganize the 

3 process of Federal decisionmaking re4 garding the allocation of funds to 

5 make government investments more 

6 coordinated, effective, accountable to 

7 impacted communities, and appro8 priate to respond to the full scale of 

9 the major challenges expected to occur 

10 during the period of calendar years 

11 2022 through 2032. 

12 (viii) THRIVE RESOLUTION.—Com13 pliance with, as applicable— 

14 (I) the labor, equity, and environ15 mental provisions described in Senate 

16 Resolution 43, 117th Congress, intro17 duced on February 8, 2021; and 

18 (II) such additional, specific 

19 labor, equity, and environmental con20 ditions as are required to make the 

21 resolution described in subclause (I) 

22 operable, as determined by the Presi23 dent, based on the advice of the 

24 Board under section 4(c)(1)(B). 


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1 (B) PRIORITY GROUPS.—A priority group 

2 referred to in subparagraph (A) is any group 

3 comprised of low-income and low-wealth individ4 uals, subject to the condition that highest pri5 ority shall be given to a group comprised of 

6 low-income and low-wealth individuals who have 

7 been excluded from economic opportunities, in8 cluding individuals who are— 

9 (i) members of impacted communities; 

10 (ii) members of any other groups that 

11 have historically experienced discrimination 

12 on the basis of race, gender, national ori13 gin, or ethnicity (including Black, Indige14 nous, Latinx, Arab, Asian, and Pacific Is15 lander communities); 

16 (iii) immigrants to the United States 

17 (regardless of immigration status); 

18 (iv) formerly incarcerated individuals; 

19 (v) women; 

20 (vi) LGBTQIAP+ individuals; 

21 (vii) individuals with disabilities or 

22 chronic illness; 

23 (viii) young or elderly; 

24 (ix) young adults exiting the foster 

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1 (x) unhoused individuals. 

2 (4) PROHIBITIONS.—To be eligible for certifi3 cation as a qualified investment program under sub4 section (c), a Federal spending program shall not— 

5 (A) exacerbate any racial, Indigenous, gen6 der, or income disparity; 

7 (B) privatize any public infrastructure, 

8 service, land, water, or natural resource; 

9 (C) violate human rights; 

10 (D) destroy any ecosystem; 

11 (E) decrease labor organization density or 

12 membership; 

13 (F) in any investment made under the 

14 Federal spending program to upgrade a build15 ing, displace any resident or community-serving 

16 entity occupying the building; or 

17 (G) invest or participate in the use of 

18 emissions offset or geoengineering programs. 

19 (e) MONITORING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President, in consulta21 tion with the Board, shall monitor qualified invest22 ment programs that receive public support under 

23 this section to ensure that each qualified investment 

24 program— 


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1 (A) contributes to the policy goals de2 scribed in section 2(b); and 

3 (B) continues to achieve compliance with 

4 all applicable high-road labor, equity, and envi5 ronmental conditions under subsection (d)(3). 

6 (2) REVOCATION.—The President shall revoke 

7 any public support provided under this section for a 

8 qualified investment program if the President deter9 mines that the qualified investment program— 

10 (A) fails to achieve compliance with sub11 paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1); or 

12 (B) displaces workers or depresses wages 

13 or benefits due to increased costs associated 

14 with participating in the public support pro15 gram under this section. 

16 SEC. 6. TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. 

17 (a) RECOGNITION.—Congress recognizes that— 

18 (1) the authority, obligations, and fiduciary 

19 trust responsibilities of United States to provide pro20 grams and services to Indians Tribes and individual 

21 Indians have been established in— 

22 (A) Acts of Congress; 

23 (B) treaties; and 

24 (C) jurisprudence; and 


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1 (2) the United States and Indian Tribes have 

2 a unique legal and political relationship. 

3 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADMINISTERING AGEN4 CIES.—The head of each administering agency shall, in 

5 any relevant agency actions— 

6 (1) establish, by regulation, a special initiative 

7 that reflects and supports the relationship between 

8 the United States and Indian Tribes described in 

9 subsection (a)(2); 

10 (2) confirm that each Indian Tribe may exercise 

11 full and inherent civil regulatory and adjudicatory 

12 authority over all land and resources within the exte13 rior boundaries of the reservation or other land sub14 ject to the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe; 

15 (3) establish, by regulation, standards and pro16 cedural requirements— 

17 (A) to secure free, prior, and informed con18 sent of Indian Tribes— 

19 (i) to agency actions that affect In20 dian land, water, livelihoods, and culture 

21 (including off-reservation treaty-reserved 

22 rights to hunting, fishing, gathering, and 

23 protection of, and access to, sacred sites); 

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1 (ii) on an ongoing basis, to any meas2 ure or other action carried out by the ad3 ministering agency under this Act; and 

4 (B) to include consideration of the tangible 

5 and intangible cultural heritage, intellectual 

6 property, and traditional Indigenous knowledge 

7 of Indian Tribes and Indigenous communities in 

8 agency actions and programs; 

9 (4) take into consideration the provisions and 

10 standards contained in the United Nations Declara11 tion on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, dated Sep12 tember 13, 2007, without qualification; 

13 (5)(A) strengthen and support Tribal sov14 ereignty by ensuring that all treaties and agreements 

15 with Indian Tribes and members of Indian Tribes 

16 and Indigenous communities are observed and re17 spected in their entirety; and 

18 (B) protect and enforce that sovereignty by tak19 ing effective measures to extend the fiduciary trust 

20 responsibilities of the United States to Indian Tribes 

21 to— 

22 (i) environmental, socioeconomic, health, 

23 education, and agricultural issues; and 


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1 (ii) trade issues between and among Indig2 enous communities, the United States, Canada, 

3 and Mexico; and 

4 (6) ensure that the standards, processes, and 

5 criteria for qualified investment programs of the ad6 ministering agency, and the allocation of funds 

7 under those qualified investment programs, shall 

8 incur obligations relating to a mandatory set-aside 

9 of investments and funding for Indian Tribes and 

10 Indigenous communities. 

11 SEC. 7. AGENCY ENFORCEMENT; GAO REPORT. 

12 (a) AGENCY ENFORCEMENT.—Not later than 2 years 

13 after the date on which public support is initially provided 

14 to an administering agency under this Act, the head of 

15 the administering agency shall promulgate regulations, in 

16 consultation with the Board, to ensure that each qualified 

17 investment program of the administering agency achieves 

18 compliance with applicable high-road labor, equity, and 

19 environmental conditions, in accordance with existing au20 thorities, by— 

21 (1) including in any contract with an imple22 menting entity those high-road labor, equity, and en23 vironmental conditions; 

24 (2) ensuring that public implementing entities 

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1 with applicable implementation, monitoring, compli2 ance, and enforcement requirements in a manner 

3 that avoids establishing any unfunded mandate for 

4 a Tribal, State, or local government agency; 

5 (3) certifying, on an annual basis, that all im6 plementing entities throughout the supply chain that 

7 benefit from support under the qualified investment 

8 program achieve compliance with all applicable high9 road labor, equity, and environmental conditions; 

10 (4) issuing a warning and directives for correc11 tive action relating to instances of noncompliance 

12 with applicable high-road labor, equity, and environ13 mental conditions; 

14 (5) establishing a process for implementing en15 tities to appeal the classification of an action as non16 compliant with an applicable high-road labor, equity, 

17 or environmental condition; and 

18 (6) revoking public support from any imple19 menting entity that fails to rectify an instance of 

20 noncompliance with a high-road labor, equity, or en21 vironmental condition, as applicable— 

22 (A) for a major instance of noncompliance, 

23 by the date that is 60 days after the date of re24 ceipt of a warning relating to that instance 

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1 (B) for a minor instance of noncompliance, 

2 by such deadline as the head of the admin3 istering agency, in consultation with the Board, 

4 may establish. 

5 (b) GAO REPORT.—Not less frequently than once 

6 every 3 years, the Comptroller General of the United 

7 States shall prepare and publish a report assessing— 

8 (1) the degree of compliance by implementing 

9 entities with high-road labor, equity, and environ10 mental conditions; and 

11 (2) the relative efficacy of enforcement by ad12 ministering agencies of those high-road labor, equity, 

13 and environmental conditions. 

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