willing and seeking employment by establishing a National 
Full Employment Trust Fund to pay for a national pro-
gram of public service employment capable of achieving 
these goals by supplementing the employment opportuni-
ties furnished by the existing private, public, and nonprofit 
sectors of the economy under existing law. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ACA.—The term ‘‘ACA’’ means the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended. 
(2) DISADVANTAGED
INDIVIDUAL
OR
POPU-
LATION
GROUP.—The term ‘‘disadvantaged indi-
vidual’’ or ‘‘disadvantaged population group’’ means 
an individual or population group that the Secretary 
has identified as suffering from disabilities or socio- 
economic disadvantages that significantly interfere 
with the individual’s or group’s access to equal em-
ployment opportunity. 
(3) COMPARABLE
WORTH.—The term ‘‘com-
parable worth’’, used with respect to work, means 
work that includes the composite of the skill, effort, 
responsibility, and working conditions normally re-
quired in the performance of a particular job as de-
termined pursuant to standards established by the 
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Secretary following consultations with experts in the 
field of comparable worth wage assessments. 
(4) EQUAL OPPORTUNITY GRANT.—The terms 
‘‘Equal Opportunity Grant’’ and ‘‘grant’’ mean an 
Employment Opportunity Grant authorized in title 
III of this Act. 
(5) GRANT RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘grant re-
cipient’’ means an entity awarded an Employment 
Opportunity Grant under section 6 of this Act. 
(6) HEALTH
EXCHANGE.—the term ‘‘Health 
Exchange’’ or ‘‘State Health Exchange’’ means an 
American Health Benefit Exchange established 
under section 1311(b) or 1321(c) of the ACA. 
(7) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 102(17) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5302(17)). 
(8) ONE-STOP
CENTER.—The term ‘‘one-stop 
center’’ means a site described in section 121(e)(2) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3151(e)(2)). 
(9) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ whether 
used as a noun or an adjective, shall refer to the 
program established under this Act. 
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(10) PROGRAM
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘Pro-
gram employee’’ means a person certified as eligible 
for Program Employment under section 306 of this 
Act and who is employed in a job funded by the 
Trust Fund. 
(11) PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘‘Pro-
gram employment’’ means employment of a Program 
Employee in a job funded by the Trust Fund. 
(12) PROGRAM TRAINEE.—The term ‘‘Program 
trainee’’ means a person enrolled in a training pro-
gram funded under this Act. 
(13) PROGRAM
TRAINING.—The term ‘‘Pro-
gram training’’ means training provided by a grant 
recipient in a training program authorized under 
title III of this Act. 
(14) REASONABLE NEEDS.—The term ‘‘reason-
able needs’’ shall mean those needs reasonably re-
quired for a household to enjoy a modest but ade-
quate standard of living, taking into consideration 
the size and composition of the household, the local 
cost of living, and any cash or in-kind transfer bene-
fits available to the household. 
(15) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Labor. 
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(16) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi-
ness concern’’ under section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
(17) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 102(2) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act (42 U.S.C. 
5302(2)). 
(18) STATE HEALTH SUBSIDY PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘State health subsidy program’’ means a pro-
gram qualifying as an applicable State health sub-
sidy program under section 1413(e) of the ACA. 
(19) TRUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 
refers to the National Full Employment Trust Fund 
established under section 101. 
(20) UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘‘unit of general local govern-
ment’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
102(1) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(1)). 
(21) URBAN COUNTY.—The term ‘‘urban coun-
ty’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
102(6) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(6)). 
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(22) WIOA.—The term ‘‘WIOA’’ means the 
‘‘Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 
as amended’’ (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 
TITLE 
I—ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
NATIONAL 
FULL 
EMPLOY-
MENT TRUST FUND 
SEC. 101. NATIONAL FULL EMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND. 
There is hereby created an account in the Treasury 
of the United States to be known as the ‘‘National Full 
Employment Trust Fund’’. 
SEC. 102. SOURCE OF FUNDS. 
There is hereby appropriated to the Trust Fund for 
the fiscal year in which the effective date set forth in sec-
tion 314(d) occurs, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 
amounts equivalent to 100 percent of— 
(1) the taxes (including interest, penalties, and 
additions to the taxes) received under section 4475 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as added by 
section 314 of this Act; 
(2) the amount on deposit in the Federal Un-
employment Trust Fund that otherwise would have 
been requisitionable by a State Agency under section 
904(f) of the Social Security Act as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1104(f)) for the payment of Unemployment 
Insurance benefits that a Program employee would 
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have been entitled to receive but for that individual’s 
Program employment, with the amount debited from 
the book account or accounts in the Federal Unem-
ployment Trust Fund maintained for the payment of 
the Unemployment Insurance benefits in question; 
and 
(3) an amount equal to the FICA, Medicare, 
and personal income taxes paid by Program employ-
ees on their Program earnings, as estimated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
SEC. 103. LOANS FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the amount available in the 
Trust Fund for allocation under title III of this Act is 
insufficient to prevent the national unemployment rate 
from rising more than one full percentage point above its 
previously attained level, the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System shall lend such additional 
amounts to the Trust Fund as are necessary to allow the 
Secretary of Labor to make such additional allocations 
under title III of this Act as are necessary to restore the 
national unemployment rate to its allowable 1 percent 
range of upward variation. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—Amounts lent to the Trust Fund 
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
under subsection (a) shall be repaid by the Trust Fund 
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over 10 years, with interest payable at the same average 
rate the Federal Government contracts to pay on 10-year 
bonds sold during the period beginning 45 days prior to 
the date the loans were made to the Trust Fund and end-
ing 45 days following such date. 
(c) CANCELLATION OF DEBT.—The Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with 
the Federal Open Market Committee, shall have a con-
tinuing obligation to review any debt owed by the Trust 
Fund to the Federal Reserve System, and if it determines 
that the debt or any portion thereof can be cancelled with-
out significant adverse effect on the economy, it shall do 
so. 
SEC. 104. TRUST FUND CORPUS RESERVED. 
The corpus of the Trust Fund may be used for no 
other purpose than to fund— 
(1) Employment Opportunity Grants issued 
under title III of this Act, including for job creation 
and training projects directly administered by the 
Secretary pursuant to section 311; 
(2) administrative activities and programs 
under the WIOA that the Secretary determines are 
necessary or useful to achieve the purposes of this 
Act; and 
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(3) administrative expenses reasonably incurred 
by the Secretary to implement and administer pro-
grams and activities authorized under this Act. 
TITLE II—PROGRAM 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 201. IN GENERAL. 
The Secretary shall establish an appropriate adminis-
trative structure within the Department of Labor to ad-
minister the Program. 
SEC. 202. GRANT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and 
administer an evaluation, approval, and monitoring proc-
ess for Employment Opportunity Grants that is trans-
parent, apolitical, and free of outside influence. 
(b) PROJECT TIMING.—The evaluation and approval 
process shall invite proposals not only for projects that 
are suitable for immediate implementation, but also for 
projects that can be rapidly implemented or expanded in 
the future when unemployment increases precipitously due 
to a recession or other causes. Projects approved for fu-
ture implementation may receive immediate funding to un-
dertake preparatory work necessary for the rapid imple-
mentation of the project when it is needed. 
(c) MONITORING
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
The performance of grant recipients shall be monitored 
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during as well as at the conclusion of a grant-funded 
project, and technical assistance shall be offered to grant 
recipients, as needed, to help insure the success of their 
grant-funded projects. 
(d) POST-PROJECT REVIEW.—A post-project review 
of the performance of every grant-funded projects shall be 
conducted and documented. 
SEC. 203. OFFICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary shall establish and administer an Of-
fice of Technical Assistance to advise and assist grant re-
cipients and potential grant recipients in the identification 
and adoption of best practices in the design and adminis-
tration of job creation projects, the preparation of grant 
proposals, the satisfaction of Program requirements, and 
the fulfillment of the Program’s purposes. 
SEC. 204. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. 
The Secretary shall establish and administer an Of-
fice of Educational Support to encourage and affirmatively 
assist Program employees who have not yet earned a high 
school diploma or its equivalent to complete his or her sec-
ondary education; and to counsel Program employees con-
cerning post-secondary vocational and academic edu-
cational opportunities. 
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SEC. 205. OFFICE OF ASSISTED PLACEMENT. 
The Secretary shall establish and administer an Of-
fice of Assisted Placement to coordinate the creation and 
operation of Assisted Placement Offices in all one-stop 
centers for the purpose of providing placement services to 
individuals eligible for such services under section 308. 
SEC. 206. OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and 
administer an Office of Dispute Resolution to perform the 
dispute resolution functions described in section 313. 
(b) WHISTLEBLOWER
HOTLINE.—The Secretary 
shall establish and administer both an online and tele-
phone whistleblower hotline for the informal reportage of 
alleged violations of this Act. Provided enough information 
is furnished via the hotline to initiate an investigation, the 
matter shall be referred for appropriate follow up. 
(c) SOUTH
AFRICAN
CCMA COMMENDED
AS 
MODEL.—The rules and procedures adopted by the Sec-
retary for the resolution of disputes within the scope of 
section 313(b) shall be designed to insure a prompt and 
fair resolution of employment disputes in a process that 
is free of cost to the participants and easily navigated by 
all parties. To that end, the Congress commends the ad-
ministrative practices and rules of the South African Com-
mission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration 
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(CCMA) as a model for the dispute resolution system es-
tablished under this section. 
SEC. 207. OFFICE OF STATISTICS AND RESEARCH. 
The Secretary shall establish and administer an Of-
fice of Statistics and Research to provide the public with 
useful information concerning the operations of the Pro-
gram, to provide Program administrators with evidence- 
based guidance to aid them in their work, and to assist 
the Congress in its oversight of the Program. Employing 
rigorous social science methodologies, and with the advice 
and assistance of the Bureau of Labor Statistics where 
appropriate, the Office of Statistics and Research shall— 
(1) collect, tabulate, analyze, and report statis-
tical data on labor market conditions that are rel-
evant to Program operations; 
(2) undertake basic and applied research to 
guide Program administrators in the performance of 
their duties and to track the Program’s success or 
lack thereof in combating various aspects of the 
problem of unemployment and the harmful effects 
associated with the problem of unemployment; 
(3) identify and disseminate information re-
garding best practices in Program design and imple-
mentation; 
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(4) catalogue basic information about each and 
every job creation project or job-training program 
funded by an Employment Opportunity Grant and 
create a permanent and easily accessible archive of 
this information on the Program’s website; 
(5) develop methodologies to estimate and re-
port the revenues and savings generated by the Pro-
gram for various levels of government either directly 
through increased tax revenues or indirectly through 
reductions in other government expenditures; and 
(6) carry out other research tasks in support of 
the Program’s goals. 
SEC. 208. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT CONFERENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convene a na-
tional employment conference not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter. 
(b) PURPOSE OF CONFERENCE.—The purpose of the 
conference shall be to report on research concerning the 
operations of the Program and its role in addressing var-
ious aspects of the problems of unemployment, to share 
best practices in addressing such problems, and to address 
challenges in the administration of this Act. 
SEC. 209. PROGRAM WEBSITE. 
The Secretary shall establish and administer an inter-
net website to provide the public with information con-
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cerning the Program and to archive information con-
cerning its operations. 
SEC. 210. STAFFING ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS. 
To the extent reasonably possible, the Secretary shall 
fill positions within the Program’s administrative offices 
with individuals who are eligible for Program employment. 
SEC. 211. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY 
ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make adjust-
ments in the activities and programs administered by the 
Department of Labor under the WIOA as necessary or 
useful to serve the needs of this Act. 
(b) EXPANSION
OF
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARDS.—To facilitate the implementation of the adjust-
ments described in subsection (a) at the State and local 
level: 
(1) Section 101(b)(1)(C) of the WIOA (29 
U.S.C. 3111(b)(1)(C)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (II); 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (III); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(IV) are not less than 25 per-
cent of the chief executive officers of 
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minority-serving, community-based or-
ganizations;’’. 
(2) Section 107(b)(2)(C) of the WIOA (29 
U.S.C. 3122(b)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(iv) shall include not less than 25 
percent of the chief executive officers of 
minority-serving, community-based organi-
zations;’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments to the 
WIOA set forth in this subsection shall take effect 
as if enacted as part of the WIOA (29 U.S.C. 3101 
et seq.). 
TITLE III—EMPLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITY GRANTS 
SEC. 301. GRANTS. 
Subject to the availability of funds in the Trust 
Fund, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities 
for the purpose of creating— 
(1) employment opportunities for persons eligi-
ble for Program employment in projects designed to 
address community needs and reduce disparities in 
health, housing, education, job readiness, and public 
infrastructure that have impeded these communities 
from realizing their full economic potential; and 
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(2) free-standing job-training programs that 
provide job training, possibly including general edu-
cation, to— 
(A) Program employees pursuant to con-
tractual arrangements between the training 
Program and their employer to provide the Pro-
gram employees with specialized training need-
ed for the performance of their jobs; or 
(B) persons eligible for Program employ-
ment who seek such training rather than imme-
diate employment in order to qualify for a Pro-
gram or non-program job for which they other-
wise would not qualify, provided that cir-
cumstances are such that the training Program 
is justified in providing reasonable assurances 
to the individuals enrolled in it that upon the 
successful completion of their training, they will 
be able to obtain a Program or non-program 
job that utilize their newly acquired skills. 
SEC. 302. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
Entities eligible to receive grants under this section 
shall include— 
(1) departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government with the approval of the Secretary of 
the department or the head of the agency; 
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(2) States, Indian Tribes, units of general local 
government, and urban counties; 
(3) agencies of the entities listed in paragraph 
(2) with the approval of the head of the agency or 
other person with the authority to make such com-
mitments; 
(4) independent or quasi-independent public- 
sector agencies created by any level of government; 
and 
(5) not-for-profit organizations that qualify as 
tax exempt under section 501(c)(1), (3), (5), or (19) 
of the Internal Revenue Code. 
SEC. 303. USE OF FUNDS. 
Grants shall be awarded under this title for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) The construction, reconstruction, rehabilita-
tion, and site improvement of affordable housing and 
public facilities, including improvements in the en-
ergy efficiency or environmental quality of such pub-
lic facilities or housing. 
(2) The provision of human services, including 
childcare, health care, support services for individ-
uals and families with special needs, education, 
after-school and vacation programs for children, and 
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