under a means-tested program administered by a 
Federal agency, including housing, supplemental nu-
trition, and temporary needy family assistance. 
(4) To participants in YouthBuild programs 
under section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) or the Job Corps 
program under subtitle C of title I of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 3191 et seq.). 
(c) STATE PLANS AND REPORTS.—With respect to 
a covered entity that is a State, the Administrator shall 
require the State to— 
(1) submit to the Administrator for approval a 
plan for carrying out the requirements of this sec-
tion; and 
(2) annually submit to the Administrator a re-
port containing data on job training, apprenticeship, 
employment, and contract opportunities created in 
the State pursuant to this section, including, for 
each covered project carried out by the State or for 
which covered assistance is provided by the State— 
(A) how many jobs and other opportunities 
were created to comply with this section; 
(B) the total of amount of covered assist-
ance used on the covered project; and 
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(C) the amount of covered assistance used 
to hire low-income persons and very low-income 
persons to comply with this section. 
(d) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall issue regulations to implement this section. 
(2) 
APPLICATION
DATE.—The 
regulations 
issued under paragraph (1) shall apply to covered 
assistance made available beginning in the first full 
fiscal year following the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) COMPLAINT PROCESS.—The Administrator 
shall include in the regulations issued under para-
graph (1) a process by which affected persons or en-
tities may file a complaint alleging a violation of this 
section. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Administrator shall consult with the Secretary of Labor, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration, and such 
other Federal agencies as the Administrator determines 
are necessary. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-
ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(3) BUSINESS CONCERN THAT PROVIDES ECO-
NOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.—The term ‘‘business con-
cern that provides economic opportunities’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 
1701u). 
(4) COVERED ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘covered 
assistance’’ means financial assistance provided 
under or pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12), title VI of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1381 et seq.), or the Water Infrastructure Finance 
and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3901 et 
seq.). 
(5) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means— 
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(A) an entity that receives covered assist-
ance; and 
(B) a contractor or subcontractor of such 
entity with respect to a covered project. 
(6) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means a project for which an entity receives 
covered assistance. 
(7) LOW-INCOME PERSON; VERY LOW-INCOME 
PERSON.—The terms ‘‘low-income person’’ and 
‘‘very low-income person’’ have the same meanings 
given the terms ‘‘low-income families’’ and ‘‘very 
low-income families’’, respectively, in section 3(b) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(b)). 
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