(2) is a partnership among 2 or more eligible 
entities; 
(3) is a joint labor-management organization; 
and 
(4) provides a wide and flexible range of sup-
portive services to participants including direct fi-
nancial assistance, quality childcare services, housing 
assistance, case management, and other assistance 
that successfully addresses barriers to program com-
pletion. 
(f) GRANT DURATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 
shall last for a period of 5 years. 
(2) RENEWAL.—The Director may renew 
grants under this section as the Director determines 
appropriate. 
(g) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No funds 
under this section may be used— 
(1) to carry out an industry recognized appren-
ticeship program that is not an apprenticeship pro-
gram under section 3 of this Act; or 
(2) to recognize a program described in para-
graph (1). 
(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Office shall publish 
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a request for applications that, at minimum, reflects the 
above requirements. There shall be no matching require-
ment for grants. 
(i) REPORTING.—Not later than 6 months after re-
ceipt of a grant under this section, and every 6 months 
thereafter until termination of such grant, the recipient 
of such grant shall submit to the Director a report that 
includes aggregate demographic statistics for program en-
trants and graduates, rates of program completion and job 
placement, and demographics of populations enrolled in 
and completing the program, including rates of recruit-
ment, program completion and job placement for popu-
lations facing barriers to employment. 
SEC. 303. VIRTUAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY 
BUILDING. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 
virtual and remote technical assistance support to 
entities that seek to apply for the grant programs 
specified in sections 201, 301, and 302 and require 
assistance navigating the Federal grants process and 
that are— 
(A) a community-based nonprofit organiza-
tion with fewer than 20 employees; 
(B) a grassroots community group; 
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(C) a co-operative; 
(D) a Tribal government or Tribal organi-
zations; or 
(E) a locality with a population of not 
greater than 50,000. 
(2) LETTER
OF
INTENT.—Entities seeking 
technical assistance support with the grant applica-
tion process must submit a letter of intent to the Of-
fice detailing the grant for which they wish to apply, 
along with proof of tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, 
worker co-op status or proof of population size of 
municipality. 
(3) RECRUITMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall hire and train full time employees to carry out 
paragraph (1). 
(4) PHONE
OR
WEB
CONFERENCE
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Technical assistance support may be pro-
vided by phone or web conferencing. 
(b) CAPACITY BUILDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may provide 
entities seeking to apply for grants under sections 
201, 301, and 302 up to 10 percent of grant funds 
to build the capacity of the organization to apply for 
Federal grants, conduct the administrative and fi-
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nancial management of grants, and conduct nec-
essary reporting. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—An entity seeking funds 
under paragraph (1) must include in the letter of in-
tent under subsection (a)(2) a statement of need for 
capacity building support in their application and re-
flect expected expenses in the budget submitted with 
the application. 
TITLE IV—LABOR STANDARDS 
AND ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. MINIMUM LABOR STANDARDS FOR CLIMATE RE-
SILIENCE WORKERS. 
(a) ENTITIES FUNDED THROUGH GRANT PROGRAMS 
CREATED BY THIS ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, an entity that, directly or indi-
rectly, receives funds under section 301 or 302, 
without regard to the form or type of Federal assist-
ance provided under such section or part, shall com-
ply with labor standards under this section. 
(2) MONITORING COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director, in coordination with the Secretary, shall— 
(A) develop a process to monitor compli-
ance with the labor standards specified in this 
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section, including coordination with the Climate 
Resilience Workers Commission, that requires 
entities receiving funding through the grant 
program established in section 301 to provide 
information to demonstrate compliance at any 
time during the grant period; 
(B) issue rules to determine penalties for 
noncompliance; and 
(C) notify the Office of any entity that is 
determined to be noncompliant. 
(3) LABOR STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Director shall require an entity, as a condition of eli-
gibility to receive funding under sections 301 to sat-
isfy each of the following requirements: 
(A) The entity shall ensure that— 
(i) all laborers and mechanics em-
ployed on projects funded directly, or as-
sisted in whole or in part, by this Act shall 
be paid wages at rates not less than those 
prevailing on projects of a character simi-
lar in the locality as determined by the 
Secretary of Labor in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of sub-
title II of title 40, United States Code 
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(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Davis- 
Bacon Act’’); 
(ii) all individuals employed using 
funds under this Act in the manufacture or 
furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, 
or equipment under the contract will be 
paid wages at rates not less than employ-
ees performing similar work or in the par-
ticular or similar industries or groups of 
industries currently operating in the local-
ity in which the materials, supplies, arti-
cles, or equipment are to be manufactured 
or furnished as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor in accordance with sections 
6501 through 6511 of title 41, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Public Contracts Act’’); and 
(iii) all individuals employed in the 
various classes of service employees using 
funds under this Act are paid wages at 
rates not less than the employees per-
forming similar work in the locality as de-
termined by the Secretary under chapter 
67 of title 41, United States Code (com-
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monly known as the ‘‘Service Contract 
Act’’); 
(B) In the case of any project for which 
the total cost exceeds $25,000,000, the entity 
shall be a party to, or require contractors and 
subcontractors in the performance of such 
project to be a party to a covered project labor 
agreement. 
(C) The entity, and all contractors and 
subcontractors in performance of any project, 
shall represent in the application submitted 
under sections 301 of this Act (and periodically 
thereafter during the performance of the project 
as the Director may require) whether there has 
been any administrative merits determination, 
arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment, as 
defined in guidance issued by the Director, ren-
dered against the entity in the preceding 3 
years (or, in the case of disclosures after the 
initial disclosure, during such period as the Di-
rector may provide) for violations of— 
(i) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); 
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(ii) the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et 
seq.); 
(iii) the Migrant and Seasonal Agri-
cultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.); 
(iv) the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); 
(v) subchapter IV of chapter 31 of 
title 40, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’); 
(vi) chapter 67 of title 41, United 
States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Service Contract Act’’); 
(vii) sections 6501 through 6511 of 
title 41, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Public Contracts Act’’); 
(viii) Executive Order 11246 (relating 
to equal employment opportunity); 
(ix) section 503 of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 793); 
(x) section 4212 of title 38, United 
States Code; 
(xi) the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); 
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(xii) title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 
(xiii) the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 
(xiv) the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et 
seq.); 
(xv) sick leave for Federal contractors 
Executive Order; 
(xvi) leave provided under section 
5102 of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave 
Act (29 U.S.C. 2601 note); 
(xvii) Executive Order 14026 (relating 
to the minimum wage for Federal contrac-
tors); or 
(xviii) State laws with protections 
equivalent to the protections listed under 
this subparagraph, as defined in guidance 
issued by the Secretary of Labor not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(D) The entity, and all contractors and 
subcontractors in the performance of the 
project, may not require arbitration for any dis-
pute involving an employee described in sub-
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paragraph (E) engaged in a service for the enti-
ty or any contractor and subcontractor, or enter 
into any agreement with such employee requir-
ing arbitration of any such dispute, unless such 
employee is covered by a collective bargaining 
agreement that provides otherwise. 
(E) For purposes of compliance with the 
National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 
et seq.), the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), and the requirements 
under this section, the entity, and all contrac-
tors and subcontractors in the performance of 
any project, shall consider an individual per-
forming any service in such performance as an 
employee (and not an independent contractor) 
of the entity, contractor, or subcontractor, re-
spectively, unless— 
(i) the individual is free from control 
and direction in connection with the per-
formance of the service, both under the 
contract for the performance of the service 
and in fact; 
(ii) the service is performed outside 
the usual course of the business of the en-
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tity, contractor, or subcontractor, respec-
tively; and 
(iii) the individual is customarily en-
gaged in an independently established 
trade, occupation, profession, or business 
of the same nature as that involved in such 
service. 
(F) The entity shall prohibit all contrac-
tors and subcontractors in the performance of 
any project from hiring employees through a 
temporary staffing agency unless the relevant 
State workforce agency certifies that temporary 
employees are necessary to address an acute, 
short-term labor demand. 
(G) The entity shall require all contractors, 
subcontractors, successors in interest of the en-
tity, and other entities that may acquire the en-
tity, in the performance or acquisition of any 
project, to have and abide by an explicit neu-
trality policy on any issue involving the exercise 
by employees of the entity as described in para-
graph (5), and of all contractors and sub-
contractors in the performance of any project, 
of the right to organize and bargain collectively 
through representatives of their own choosing. 
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(H) Except for persons covered under sub-
paragraph (A)(1), the entity shall pay persons 
employed, in whole or in part, using funds 
under this Act— 
(i) for the 1-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment, not less than $15 
per hour; 
(ii) for each year thereafter, the 
amount determined by the Secretary under 
paragraph (4). 
(4) INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The wage determined 
by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be 
equal to the amount in effect for the previous 
year— 
(i) increased by the annual percentage 
increase, if any, in the median hourly wage 
of all employees as determined by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics; and 
(ii) rounded up to the nearest multiple 
of $0.05. 
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed preempt the ap-
plication of higher wage scales determined by 
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