I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2914 
To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions 
during fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. BASS of California, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. HONDA, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. RANGEL, 
Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. STARK, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. FILNER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, 
Agriculture, the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To create an emergency jobs program that will fund 
2,242,000 positions during fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Jobs to 
Restore the American Dream Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CORPS 
Sec. 101. Purpose. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of Public School 
Facilities 
Sec. 111. Purpose. 
Sec. 112. Allocation of funds. 
Sec. 113. Allowable uses of funds. 
Sec. 114. Priority projects. 
Subtitle B—Grants for Maintenance Costs 
Sec. 115. Allocation to States. 
Sec. 116. Allowable uses of funds. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
Sec. 121. Supplement, not supplant. 
Sec. 122. Prohibition regarding State aid. 
Sec. 123. Maintenance of effort. 
Sec. 124. Special rules on contracting. 
Sec. 125. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods. 
Sec. 126. Labor standards; compliance with existing statutes. 
Sec. 127. Charter schools. 
Sec. 128. Green schools. 
Sec. 129. Reporting. 
Sec. 130. Special rules. 
Sec. 131. Promotion of employment experiences. 
Sec. 132. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 133. Alternate distribution of funds. 
TITLE II—STUDENT JOBS CORPS 
Sec. 201. Student Jobs Corps. 
TITLE III—PARK IMPROVEMENT CORPS 
Sec. 301. Appropriation of additional funds for Public Lands Corps. 
TITLE IV—NEIGHBORHOOD HEROES CORPS 
Sec. 401. Teacher Corps. 
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Sec. 402. Appropriation of additional funds for Community Oriented Policing 
Services. 
Sec. 403. Firefighters Corps. 
TITLE V—HEALTH CARE CORPS 
Sec. 501. Purpose. 
Sec. 502. Health care and long-term care providers. 
Sec. 503. Supplement, not supplant. 
TITLE VI—COMMUNITY CORPS 
Sec. 601. Purpose. 
Sec. 602. Community Corps. 
Sec. 603. Application. 
Sec. 604. Activities of the Community Corps. 
Sec. 605. Hiring and preferences. 
Sec. 606. Additional requirements for States and units of general local govern-
ment. 
Sec. 607. Employment status and compensation. 
Sec. 608. Nondisplacement of existing employees. 
Sec. 609. Dispute resolutions, whistleblower hotline, and enforcement by the 
Secretary. 
Sec. 610. Definitions. 
TITLE VII—CHILD DEVELOPMENT CORPS 
Sec. 701. Purpose. 
Sec. 702. Child Development Corps. 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 801. General requirements for entities receiving funding under this Act. 
Sec. 802. Reporting. 
Sec. 803. Hiring and preferences. 
Sec. 804. Flexibility on hiring. 
Sec. 805. Nondisplacement. 
Sec. 806. Employment status and compensation in new programs. 
Sec. 807. Dispute resolutions, whistleblower hotline, and enforcement by the 
Secretary. 
Sec. 808. Termination. 
TITLE I—SCHOOL 
IMPROVEMENT CORPS 
SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this title to provide for the cre-
ation of 400,000 construction jobs for the purpose of mod-
ernizing, renovating, or repairing public school facilities; 
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and 250,000 maintenance jobs for the purpose of main-
taining and improving public school facilities. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Bureau-funded school’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1141 of the 
Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021). 
(2) The term ‘‘charter school’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 5210 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7221i). 
(3) The term ‘‘CHPS Criteria’’ means the 
green building rating program developed by the Col-
laborative for High Performance Schools. 
(4) The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ means the Energy 
Star program of the United States Department of 
Energy and the United States Environmental Pro-
tection Agency. 
(5) The term ‘‘Green Globes’’ means the Green 
Building Initiative environmental design and rating 
system referred to as Green Globes. 
(6) The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 
System’’ means the United States Green Building 
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
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Design green building rating standard referred to as 
LEED Green Building Rating System. 
(7) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); 
(B) includes any public charter school that 
constitutes a local educational agency under 
State law; and 
(C) includes the Recovery School District 
of Louisiana. 
(8) The term ‘‘outlying area’’— 
(A) means the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; 
and 
(B) includes the Republic of Palau. 
(9) The term ‘‘public school facilities’’ means 
existing public elementary or secondary school facili-
ties, including public charter school facilities and 
other existing facilities planned for adaptive reuse as 
public charter school facilities. 
(10) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education. 
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(11) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico. 
Subtitle A—Grants for Moderniza-
tion, Renovation, or Repair of 
Public School Facilities 
SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 
Grants under this subtitle shall be for the purpose 
of modernizing, renovating, or repairing public school fa-
cilities (including early learning facilities, as appropriate), 
based on the need of the facilities for such improvements, 
to ensure that public school facilities are safe, healthy, 
high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. 
SEC. 112. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
(a) RESERVATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the amount appro-
priated to carry out this subtitle for each fiscal year 
pursuant to section 132(a)(1), the Secretary shall 
reserve 2 percent of such amount, consistent with 
the purpose described in section 132(a)(1)— 
(A) to provide assistance to the outlying 
areas; and 
(B) for payments to the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide assistance to Bureau-funded 
schools. 
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(2) USE OF RESERVED FUNDS.—In each fiscal 
year, the amount reserved under paragraph (1) shall 
be divided between the uses described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph in the same 
proportion as the amount reserved under section 
1121(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331(a)) is divided 
between the uses described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of such section 1121(a) in such fiscal year. 
(3) DISTRESSED AREAS AND NATURAL DISAS-
TERS.—From the amount appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle for each fiscal year pursuant to section 
132(a), the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of such 
amount for grants to— 
(A) local educational agencies serving geo-
graphic areas with significant economic distress, 
to be used consistent with the purpose de-
scribed in section 111 and the allowable uses of 
funds described in section 113; 
(B) local educational agencies serving geo-
graphic areas recovering from a natural dis-
aster; and 
(C) local educational agencies serving geo-
graphic areas that contain a military installa-
tion selected for closure under the base closure 
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and realignment process pursuant to the De-
fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101– 
510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 
(b) ALLOCATION TO STATES.— 
(1) STATE-BY-STATE
ALLOCATION.—Of the 
amount appropriated to carry out this subtitle for 
each fiscal year pursuant to section 132(a)(1), and 
not reserved under subsection (a), each State shall 
be allocated an amount in proportion to the amount 
received by all local educational agencies in the State 
under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total 
amount received by all local educational agencies in 
every State under such part for such fiscal year. 
(2) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—A State may re-
serve up to 1 percent of its allocation under para-
graph (1) to carry out its responsibilities under this 
subtitle, which include— 
(A) providing technical assistance to local 
educational agencies; 
(B) developing an online, publicly search-
able database that includes an inventory of pub-
lic school facilities in the State, including for 
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each such facility, its design, condition, mod-
ernization, renovation and repair needs, utiliza-
tion, energy use, and carbon footprint; and 
(C) creating voluntary guidelines for high- 
performing school buildings, including guide-
lines concerning the following: 
(i) Site location, storm water manage-
ment, outdoor surfaces, outdoor lighting, 
and transportation, including public transit 
and pedestrian and bicycle accessability. 
(ii) Outdoor water systems, land-
scaping to minimize water use, including 
elimination of irrigation systems for land-
scaping, and indoor water use reduction. 
(iii) Energy efficiency (including min-
imum and superior standards, such as for 
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
systems), use of alternative energy sources, 
commissioning, and training. 
(iv) Use of durable, sustainable mate-
rials, including life-cycle cost effectiveness, 
and waste reduction. 
(v) Indoor environmental quality, such 
as day lighting in classrooms, lighting 
quality, indoor air quality (including with 
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reference to reducing the incidence and ef-
fects of asthma and other respiratory ill-
nesses), acoustics, and thermal comfort. 
(vi) Operations and management, 
such as use of energy-efficient equipment, 
indoor environmental management plan, 
maintenance plan, and pest management. 
(3) GRANTS
TO
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CIES.—From the amount allocated to a State under 
paragraph (1), each eligible local educational agency 
in the State shall receive an amount in proportion 
to the amount received by such local educational 
agency under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 
et seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the 
total amount received by all local educational agen-
cies in the State under such part for such fiscal 
year, except that no local educational agency that re-
ceived funds under such part for such fiscal year 
shall receive a grant of less than $5,000 in any fiscal 
year under this subtitle. 
(4) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 1122(c)(3) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6332(c)(3)) shall not apply to paragraph 
(1) or (3). 
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(c) SPECIAL RULES.— 
(1) DISTRIBUTIONS BY SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary shall make and distribute the reservations 
and allocations described in subsections (a) and (b) 
not later than 90 days after an appropriation of 
funds for this subtitle is made. 
(2) DISTRIBUTIONS BY STATES.—A State shall 
make and distribute the allocations described in sub-
section (b)(3) within 60 days of receiving such funds 
from the Secretary. 
SEC. 113. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency receiv-
ing a grant under this subtitle shall use the grant for mod-
ernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities 
(including early learning facilities and charter schools, as 
appropriate), including— 
(1) repair, replacement, or installation of roofs, 
including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green 
roofs, electrical wiring, water supply and plumbing 
systems, sewage systems, storm water runoff sys-
tems, lighting systems, building envelope, windows, 
ceilings, flooring, or doors, including security doors; 
(2) repair, replacement, or installation of heat-
ing, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, includ-
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ing insulation, and conducting indoor air quality as-
sessments; 
(3) compliance with fire, health, seismic, and 
safety codes, including professional installation of 
fire and life safety alarms, and modernizations, ren-
ovations, and repairs that ensure that schools are 
prepared for emergencies, such as improving build-
ing infrastructure to accommodate security measures 
and installing or upgrading technology to ensure 
that schools are able to respond to emergencies such 
as acts of terrorism, campus violence, and natural 
disasters; 
(4) retrofitting necessary to increase the energy 
efficiency and water efficiency of public school facili-
ties; 
(5) modifications necessary to make facilities 
accessible in compliance with the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 
and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 794); 
(6) abatement, removal, or interim controls of 
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, 
lead-based hazards, including lead-based paint haz-
ards, or a proven carcinogen; 
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(7) measures designed to reduce or eliminate 
human exposure to classroom noise and environ-
mental noise pollution; 
(8) modernization, renovation, or repair nec-
essary to reduce the consumption of coal, electricity, 
land, natural gas, oil, or water; 
(9) installation or upgrading of educational 
technology infrastructure; 
(10) modernization, renovation, or repair of 
science and engineering laboratories, libraries, and 
career and technical education facilities, and im-
provements to building infrastructure to accommo-
date bicycle and pedestrian access; 
(11) installation or upgrading of renewable en-
ergy generation and heating systems, including 
solar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including wood 
pellet and woody biomass), waste-to-energy, and 
solar-thermal and geothermal systems, and for en-
ergy audits; 
(12) measures designed to reduce or eliminate 
human exposure to airborne particles such as dust, 
sand, and pollens; 
(13) creating greenhouses, gardens (including 
trees), and other facilities for environmental, sci-
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entific, or other educational purposes, or to produce 
energy savings; 
(14) modernizing, renovating, or repairing 
physical education facilities for students, including 
upgrading or installing recreational structures made 
from post-consumer recovered materials in accord-
ance with the comprehensive procurement guidelines 
prepared by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency under section 6002(e) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6962(e)); 
(15) other modernization, renovation, or repair 
of public school facilities to— 
(A) improve teachers’ ability to teach and 
students’ ability to learn; 
(B) ensure the health and safety of stu-
dents and staff; 
(C) make them more energy efficient; or 
(D) reduce class size; and 
(16) required environmental remediation related 
to modernization, renovation, or repair described in 
paragraphs (1) through (15). 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A local educational 
agency receiving a grant under this title may not use more 
than 1 percent of such grant funds for administrative 
costs. 
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SEC. 114. PRIORITY PROJECTS. 
In selecting a project under section 113, a local edu-
cational agency may give priority to projects involving the 
abatement, removal, or interim controls of asbestos, poly-
chlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, 
including lead-based paint hazards, or a proven car-
cinogen. 
Subtitle B—Grants for 
Maintenance Costs 
SEC. 115. ALLOCATION TO STATES. 
(a) STATE-BY-STATE ALLOCATION.—Of the amount 
appropriated to carry out this subtitle for each fiscal year 
pursuant to section 132(a)(2), each State shall be allo-
cated an amount in proportion to the amount received by 
all local educational agencies in the State under part A 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the previous fiscal 
year relative to the total amount received by all local edu-
cational agencies in every State under such part for such 
fiscal year. 
(b) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
From the amount allocated to a State under subsection 
(a), each eligible local educational agency in the State 
shall receive an amount in proportion to the amount re-
ceived by such local educational agency under part A of 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
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of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the previous fiscal 
year relative to the total amount received by all local edu-
cational agencies in the State under such part for such 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 116. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
(a) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational 
agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall use the 
grant for payment of maintenance costs, including routine 
repairs classified as current expenditures under State or 
local law. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A local educational 
agency receiving a grant under this subtitle may not use 
more than 1 percent of such grant funds for administra-
tive costs. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
SEC. 121. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT. 
A local educational agency receiving a grant under 
this title shall use such Federal funds only to supplement 
and not supplant the amount of funds that would, in the 
absence of such Federal funds, be available for moderniza-
tion, renovation, repair, maintenance, and construction of 
public school facilities. 
SEC. 122. PROHIBITION REGARDING STATE AID. 
A State shall not take into consideration payments 
under this title in determining the eligibility of any local 
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educational agency in that State for State aid, or the 
amount of State aid, with respect to free public education 
of children. 
SEC. 123. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency may 
receive a grant under this title for any fiscal year only 
if either the combined fiscal effort per student or the ag-
gregate expenditures of the agency and the State involved 
with respect to the provision of free public education by 
the agency for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 
90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate ex-
penditures for the second preceding fiscal year. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall waive the require-
ments of this section if the Secretary determines that a 
waiver would be equitable due to— 
(1) exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, 
such as a natural disaster; or 
(2) a precipitous decline in the financial re-
sources of the local educational agency. 
SEC. 124. SPECIAL RULES ON CONTRACTING. 
(a) 
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agen-
cy receiving a grant under this title shall ensure 
that, if the agency carries out modernization, ren-
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ovation, 
repair, 
maintenance, 
or 
construction 
through a contract, the process for any such con-
tract ensures the maximum number of qualified bid-
ders, including local, small, minority, and women- 
and veteran-owned businesses, through full and open 
competition. 
(2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In reviewing 
awarding contracts under paragraph (1), a local 
educational agency shall give preference to busi-
nesses that demonstrate— 
(A) current and past compliance with Fed-
eral and State labor laws, including laws con-
cerning wage and hour, labor relations, family 
and medical leave, occupational safety and 
health, and living wage standards; and 
(B) terms and conditions of employment 
including payment of living wage; availability of 
sick, vacation and retirement benefits; and ex-
istence of grievance procedures and labor-man-
agement committees. 
(b) CERTIFICATION BY BUSINESSES.—Any business 
competing for a contract with a local educational agency 
receiving funds under this title shall certify to the local 
educational agency that the business has a record of com-
pliance and is currently in compliance with Federal, State, 
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and local labor and workplace laws, including statutes con-
cerning wage and hour, labor relations, family and medical 
leave, occupational safety and health, and living wage 
standards. 
SEC. 125. USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC-
TURED GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this title may be used for 
a project for the modernization, renovation, repair, main-
tenance, or construction of a public school facility unless 
all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the 
project are produced in the United States. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in 
any case or category of cases in which the Secretary finds 
that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured 
goods are not produced in the United States in suffi-
cient and reasonably available quantities and of a 
satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured 
goods produced in the United States will increase 
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
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(c) PUBLICATION OF JUSTIFICATION.—If the Sec-
retary determines that it is necessary to waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) based on a finding under subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register 
a detailed written justification of the determination. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall be applied in 
a manner consistent with United States obligations under 
international agreements. 
SEC. 126. LABOR STANDARDS; COMPLIANCE WITH EXIST-
ING STATUTES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The grant programs under this 
subtitle are applicable programs (as that term is defined 
in section 400 of the General Education Provisions Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1221)) subject to section 439 of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232b). 
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING STATUTES.—Each 
local educational agency receiving a grant under this title 
shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local 
health, safety, labor, and civil rights laws. 
SEC. 127. CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
A local educational agency receiving a grant under 
this title may reserve an amount of that grant for charter 
schools within its jurisdiction for modernization, renova-
tion, repair, and construction, or maintenance of charter 
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school facilities (including early learning facilities, as ap-
propriate). 
SEC. 128. GREEN SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency receiv-
ing a grant under this title shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, use such funds for public school moderniza-
tion, renovation, repair, or construction or maintenance 
that are certified, verified, or consistent with any applica-
ble provisions of— 
(1) the LEED Green Building Rating System; 
(2) Energy Star; 
(3) the CHPS Criteria; 
(4) Green Globes; or 
(5) an equivalent program adopted by the 
State, or another jurisdiction with authority over the 
local educational agency, that includes a verifiable 
method to demonstrate compliance with such pro-
gram. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to prohibit a local educational 
agency from using sustainable, domestic hardwood lumber 
as ascertained through the forest inventory and analysis 
program of the Forest Service of the Department of Agri-
culture under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.) 
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for public school modernization, renovation, repairs, or 
construction. 
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall pro-
vide outreach and technical assistance to States and local 
educational agencies concerning the best practices in 
school modernization, renovation, repair, and construc-
tion, including those related to student academic achieve-
ment, student and staff health, energy efficiency, and envi-
ronmental protection. 
SEC. 129. REPORTING. 
(a) REPORTS BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
Local educational agencies receiving a grant under this 
title shall annually compile a report describing the projects 
for which such funds were used, including— 
(1) the number and identity of public schools in 
the agency, including the number of charter schools, 
and for each school, the total number of students, 
and the number of students counted under section 
1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)); 
(2) the total amount of funds received by the 
local educational agency under this title, and for 
each public school in the agency, including each 
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charter school, the amount of such funds expended, 
and the types of modernization, renovation, repair, 
or construction projects for which such funds were 
used; 
(3) the number of students impacted by such 
projects, including the number of students so im-
pacted who are counted under section 1113(a)(5) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)); 
(4) the number of public schools in the agency 
with a metro-centric locale code of 41, 42, or 43 as 
determined by the National Center for Education 
Statistics and the percentage of funds received by 
the agency under subtitle A or subtitle B of this title 
that were used for projects at such schools; 
(5) the number of public schools in the agency 
that are eligible for schoolwide programs under sec-
tion 1114 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314) and the per-
centage of funds received by the agency under sub-
title A or subtitle B of this title that were used for 
projects at such schools; 
(6) for each project— 
(A) the cost; 
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(B) the standard described in section 
128(a) with which the use of the funds com-
plied or, if the use of funds did not comply with 
a standard described in section 128(a), the rea-
son such funds were not able to be used in com-
pliance with such standards and the agency’s 
efforts to use such funds in an environmentally 
sound manner; and 
(C) any demonstrable or expected benefits 
as a result of the project (such as energy sav-
ings, improved indoor environmental quality, 
student and staff health, including the reduc-
tion of the incidence and effects of asthma and 
other respiratory illnesses, and improved cli-
mate for teaching and learning); 
(7) the total number and amount of contracts 
awarded, and the number and amount of contracts 
awarded to local, small, minority, women, and vet-
eran-owned businesses; and 
(8) the total number of jobs created by funding 
under this title by— 
(A) the local educational agency; and 
(B) contractors who performed work for 
the local educational agency under this title. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—A local educational 
agency shall— 
(1) submit the report described in subsection 
(a) to the State educational agency, which shall com-
pile such information and report it annually to the 
Secretary; and 
(2) make the report described in subsection (a) 
publicly available, including on the agency’s Web 
site. 
(c) REPORTS BY SECRETARY.—Not later than March 
31 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and make avail-
able on the Department of Education’s Web site, a report 
on grants made under this subtitle, including the informa-
tion from the reports described in subsection (b)(1). 
SEC. 130. SPECIAL RULES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, 
none of the funds authorized by this title may be— 
(1) used to employ workers in violation of sec-
tion 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1324a); or 
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(2) distributed to a local educational agency 
that does not have a policy that requires a criminal 
background check on all employees of the agency. 
SEC. 131. PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES. 
The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Labor, shall work with recipients of funds 
under this subtitle to promote appropriate opportunities 
to gain employment experience working on modernization, 
renovation, repair, maintenance, and construction projects 
funded under this subtitle for— 
(1) participants in a YouthBuild program (as 
defined in section 173A of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a)); 
(2) individuals enrolled in the Job Corps pro-
gram carried out under subtitle C of title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 
et seq.); 
(3) individuals enrolled in a junior or commu-
nity college (as defined in section 312(f) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(f))) 
certificate or degree program relating to projects de-
scribed in section 128(a); and 
(4) participants in preapprenticeship programs 
that have direct linkages with apprenticeship pro-
grams that are registered with the Department of 
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Labor or a State Apprenticeship Agency under the 
National Apprenticeship Act of 1937 (29 U.S.C. 50 
et seq.). 
SEC. 132. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROPRIATION.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appro-
priated, for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013— 
(1) to carry out subtitle A (in addition to any 
other amounts appropriated to carry out such title 
and out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated), $40,000,000,000; and 
(2) to carry out subtitle B (in addition to any 
other amounts appropriated to carry out such title 
and out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated), $10,000,000,000. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.—None of the funds 
appropriated under this section may be used for a Con-
gressional earmark as defined in clause 9(d) of rule XXI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 112th 
Congress. 
(c) SUNSET.—The authority to award grants under 
this title shall expire at the end of fiscal year 2013. 
SEC. 133. ALTERNATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. 
If, within 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, a local educational agency has submitted to 
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the Secretary a certification that they are refusing funds 
they are eligible to receive under this title, the Secretary 
shall provide for funds allocated to that local educational 
agency to be distributed to another entity or other entities 
in the State, under such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may establish, provided that all terms and condi-
tions that apply to funds appropriated under this section 
shall apply to such funds distributed to such entity or enti-
ties. 
TITLE II—STUDENT JOBS CORPS 
SEC. 201. STUDENT JOBS CORPS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for an additional 250,000 part-time work-study 
jobs through the Federal Work-Study Program under part 
C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 
(b) APPROPRIATION
OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are 
hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of Education 
$425,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 and 2013 
for grants to institutions of higher education under part 
C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for payments to students partici-
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pating in work-study programs in accordance with such 
part. 
(c) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated by subsection (b) are in addition to amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 441(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 2751(b)) and amounts otherwise made avail-
able by any other Act for the Federal Work-Study pro-
gram under part C of such Act of 1965. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS NOT REQUIRED.—Notwith-
standing section 443(b)(5) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2753(b)(5)) or an agreement made 
pursuant to such section 443, an institution of higher edu-
cation shall not be required to provide matching funds for 
any funds made available to the institution by this section. 
TITLE III—PARK IMPROVEMENT 
CORPS 
SEC. 301. APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR 
PUBLIC LANDS CORPS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for the creation of an additional 100,000 positions 
in the Public Lands Corps established under section 204 
of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723). 
(b) APPROPRIATION
OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
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(1) FOREST SERVICE.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated, and there are hereby appropriated, 
out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture 
$125,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 and 
2013— 
(A) to carry out the Public Lands Corps 
established in the Department of Agriculture 
under section 204 of the Public Lands Corps 
Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723); 
(B) to support qualified youth or conserva-
tion corps to perform conservation projects re-
ferred to in subsection (d) of such section; and 
(C) to support resource assistants selected 
under section 206 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1725). 
(2) DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
INTERIOR.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, and there are 
hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of the 
Interior $125,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
and 2013— 
(A) to carry out the Public Lands Corps 
established in the Department of the Interior 
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under section 204 of the Public Lands Corps 
Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723); 
(B) to support qualified youth or conserva-
tion corps to perform conservation projects re-
ferred to in subsection (d) of such section; and 
(C) to support resource assistants selected 
under section 206 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1725). 
(c) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDS FOR PUBLIC LANDS 
CORPS.—Amounts appropriated by subsection (b) are in 
addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 211 of the Public 
Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1730) and amounts 
allocated to the Public Lands Corps through other Federal 
programs or projects. 
(d) EXPEDITED OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall commence obligation of the funds appropriated 
by subsection (b) for fiscal year 2012 by utilizing the pool 
of remaining applications for fiscal year 2011 assistance 
under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 
1721 et seq.). If the number of fiscal year 2011 applica-
tions is insufficient to use the entire amount of the addi-
tional funds appropriated for fiscal year 2012, the Secre-
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taries shall announce an open solicitation process for new 
applications for assistance. 
(e) WAIVER OF COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS.— 
The cost-sharing requirements of sections 206(b) and 210 
of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1725, 
1730) shall not apply with respect to the expenditure of 
amounts appropriated by subsection (b). 
TITLE IV—NEIGHBORHOOD 
HEROES CORPS 
SEC. 401. TEACHER CORPS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for the retention, rehiring, and hiring of 300,000 
education jobs. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROPRIATION.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated and there are appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
obligated for necessary expenses for a Teacher Corps, 
$20,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013: 
Provided, That the amount under this section shall be ad-
ministered under the terms and conditions of sections 
14001 through 14013 and title XV of division A of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–5) except as follows: 
(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
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(A) Funds appropriated under this section 
shall be available only for allocation by the Sec-
retary of Education (in this section referred to 
as the Secretary) in accordance with sub-
sections (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of section 
14001 of division A of Public Law 111–5 and 
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, except 
that the amount reserved under such subsection 
(b) shall not exceed $4,000,000 and such sub-
section (f) shall be applied by substituting one 
year for two years. 
(B) Prior to allocating funds to States 
under section 14001(d) of division A of Public 
Law 111–5, the Secretary shall allocate 0.5 
percent to the Secretary of the Interior for 
schools operated or funded by the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs on the basis of the schools’ respec-
tive needs for activities consistent with this sec-
tion under such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary of the Interior may determine. 
(2) RESERVATION.—A State that receives an 
allocation of funds appropriated under this section 
may reserve not more than 1 percent for the admin-
istrative costs of carrying out its responsibilities with 
respect to those funds. 
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(3) AWARDS
TO
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CIES.— 
(A) Except as specified in paragraph (2), 
an allocation of funds to a State shall be used 
only for awards to local educational agencies for 
the support of elementary and secondary edu-
cation in accordance with paragraph (5) for the 
2011–2012 and 2012–2013 school years. 
(B) Funds used to support elementary and 
secondary 
education 
shall 
be 
distributed 
through a State’s primary elementary and sec-
ondary funding formulae or based on local edu-
cational agencies’ relative shares of funds under 
part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 
et seq.) for the most recent fiscal year for which 
data are available. 
(C) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 
14002 of division A of Public Law 111–5 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated under this sec-
tion. 
(4) COMPLIANCE WITH EDUCATION REFORM AS-
SURANCES.—For purposes of awarding funds appro-
priated under this section, any State that has an ap-
proved application for Phase II of the State Fiscal 
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Stabilization Fund that was submitted in accordance 
with the application notice published in the Federal 
Register on November 17, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 
59142) shall be deemed to be in compliance with 
subsection (b) and paragraphs (2) through (5) of 
subsection (d) of section 14005 of division A of Pub-
lic Law 111–5. 
(5) REQUIREMENT TO USE FUNDS TO RETAIN 
OR
CREATE
EDUCATION
JOBS.—Notwithstanding 
section 14003(a) of division A of Public Law 111– 
5, funds awarded to local educational agencies under 
paragraph (3)— 
(A) may be used only for compensation 
and benefits and other expenses, such as sup-
port services, necessary to retain existing em-
ployees, to recall or rehire former employees, 
and to hire new employees, in order to provide 
early childhood, elementary, or secondary edu-
cational and related services; and 
(B) may not use more than 1 percent of 
such grant funds for administrative costs. 
(6) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS
FOR 
RAINY-DAY FUNDS OR DEBT RETIREMENT.—A State 
that receives an allocation may not use such funds, 
directly or indirectly, to— 
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(A) establish, restore, or supplement a 
rainy-day fund; 
(B) supplant State funds in a manner that 
has the effect of establishing, restoring, or 
supplementing a rainy-day fund; 
(C) reduce or retire debt obligations in-
curred by the State; or 
(D) supplant State funds in a manner that 
has the effect of reducing or retiring debt obli-
gations incurred by the State. 
(7) SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Funds 
made available under this section shall be used to 
supplement, not supplant, the amount of funds that 
would, in the absence of the Federal funds made 
available under this section, be made available from 
local, State, and Federal sources to provide com-
pensation and other expenses such as support serv-
ices, necessary to retain existing employees, to recall 
or rehire former employees, and to hire new employ-
ees, in order to provide early childhood, elementary, 
or secondary educational and related services. 
(8) DEADLINE
FOR
AWARD.—The Secretary 
shall award funds appropriated under this section 
not later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act to States that have submitted ap-
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plications meeting the requirements applicable to 
funds under this section. The Secretary shall not re-
quire information in applications beyond what is 
necessary to determine compliance with applicable 
provisions of law. 
(9) ALTERNATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—If, 
within 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, a Governor has not submitted an approv-
able application, the Secretary shall provide for 
funds allocated to that State to be distributed to an-
other entity or other entities in the State (notwith-
standing section 14001(e) of division A of Public 
Law 111–5) for support of elementary and sec-
ondary education, under such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may establish, provided that all 
terms and conditions that apply to funds appro-
priated under this section shall apply to such funds 
distributed to such entity or entities. No distribution 
shall be made to a State under this paragraph, how-
ever, unless the Secretary has determined (on the 
basis of such information as may be available) that 
the requirements of paragraph (11) are likely to be 
met, notwithstanding the lack of an application from 
the Governor of that State. 
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(10) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
APPLICA-
TION.—Section 442 of the General Education Provi-
sions Act shall not apply to a local educational agen-
cy that has previously submitted an application to 
the State under title XIV of division A of Public 
Law 111–5. The assurances provided under that ap-
plication shall continue to apply to funds awarded 
under this section. 
(11) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), a local educational agency may re-
ceive a grant under this title for any fiscal year 
only if either the combined fiscal effort per stu-
dent or the aggregate expenditures of the agen-
cy and the State involved with respect to the 
provision of free public education by the agency 
for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 
90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or ag-
gregate expenditures for the second preceding 
fiscal year. 
(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall waive 
the requirements of this section if the Secretary 
determines that a waiver would be equitable due 
to— 
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(i) exceptional or uncontrollable cir-
cumstances, such as a natural disaster; or 
(ii) a precipitous decline in the finan-
cial resources of the local educational agen-
cy. 
(C) ARRA PROVISION NOT APPLICABLE.— 
Section 
14005(d)(1) 
and 
subsections 
(a) 
through (c) of section 14012 of division A of 
Public Law 111–5 shall not apply to funds ap-
propriated under this section. 
SEC. 402. APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for the hiring and rehiring of an additional 40,000 
State, local, and tribal career law enforcement officers 
through the Community Oriented Policing Services pro-
gram under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION OF ADDI-
TIONAL AMOUNTS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated, and there are hereby appropriated, out of 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to 
the Attorney General $5,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013 for grants under section 1701(b)(1) 
and (2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
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Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)(1) and (2)) for 
hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement 
officers under part Q of such title, notwithstanding sub-
section (i) of such section. 
(c) RELATION
TO OTHER FUNDS
FOR COPS.— 
Amounts appropriated by subsection (b) are in addition 
to amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 1001(a)(11) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3793(a)(11)) and amounts otherwise made available for 
grants under section 1701 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) 
by any other Act. 
(d) EXPEDITED OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall commence obligation of the 
funds appropriated by subsection (b) for fiscal year 2012 
by utilizing the pool of applicants who submitted applica-
tions for fiscal year 2011 grants under part Q of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) but did not receive fund-
ing under such part for such fiscal year for hiring and 
rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers. If 
the number of such fiscal year 2011 applicants is insuffi-
cient to use the entire amount of the additional funds ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2012, the Attorney General shall 
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announce an open solicitation process for new applications 
for grants, to be submitted in accordance with the require-
ments of section 1702 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd– 
1). 
(e) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, subsection (g) of sec-
tion 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(g)) and subsection (c) of 
section 1704 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c)) shall 
not apply with respect to grants awarded using any funds 
made available under this section. 
SEC. 403. FIREFIGHTERS CORPS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
provide for the hiring and rehiring of an additional 12,000 
firefighters through section 34 of the Federal Fire Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
(b) AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING FUNDS.—Section 
34(i) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(i)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 
‘‘(9) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.’’. 
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(c) APPROPRIATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated $1,200,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013 to carry out section 34 
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 
available under paragraph (1) of this Act may be 
used to enforce the requirements of subparagraphs 
(A), (B), or (E) of subsection (a)(1) or paragraphs 
(1), (2), or (4)(A) of subsection (c) of such section 
34. 
(d) EXPEDITED OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall commence obli-
gation of the funds appropriated by subsection (c) for fis-
cal year 2012 by utilizing the pool of applicants who sub-
mitted applications for fiscal year 2011 grants under sec-
tion 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 but did not receive funding under such section 
for such fiscal year for hiring and rehiring of additional 
firefighters. If the number of such fiscal year 2011 appli-
cants is insufficient to use the entire amount of the addi-
tional funds appropriated for fiscal year 2012, the Sec-
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retary of Homeland Security shall announce an open solic-
itation process for new applications for grants, to be sub-
mitted in accordance with the requirements of such section 
34. 
TITLE V—HEALTH CARE CORPS 
SEC. 501. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this title to provide for the cre-
ation of a grant to hire at least 40,000 health care and 
long-term care professionals to expand access to care. 
SEC. 502. HEALTH CARE AND LONG-TERM CARE PRO-
VIDERS. 
Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
is amended by inserting after subpart III (42 U.S.C. 254l 
et seq.) the following: 
‘‘Subpart IV—Hiring and Retaining Additional 
Health Care and Long-Term Care Professionals 
‘‘SEC. 338N. HIRING AND RETAINING ADDITIONAL HEALTH 
CARE 
AND 
LONG-TERM 
CARE 
PROFES-
SIONALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide fi-
nancial assistance to health care or long-term care pro-
viders to pay all or part of the costs of hiring and retaining 
health care or long-term care professionals in addition to 
the professionals who, but for such assistance, would be 
hired and retained. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.—Health 
care and long-term care providers eligible for assistance 
under subsection (a) include the following: 
‘‘(1) A health care or long-term care provider 
serving a health professional shortage area des-
ignated under section 332. 
‘‘(2) A Federally qualified health center (as de-
fined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act). 
‘‘(3) A rural health clinic. 
‘‘(4) A health care or long-term care provider 
that receives payment under title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act or under a State plan or State child 
health plan under title XIX or XXI, respectively, of 
such Act. 
‘‘(5) A public hospital. 
‘‘(6) A public health agency. 
‘‘(7) A nursing home or long-term care facility. 
‘‘(8) An intermediate care or developmentally 
disabled facility. 
‘‘(9) A critical access hospital. 
‘‘(10) A school-based health center. 
‘‘(11) A university or college mental health fa-
cility. 
‘‘(12) An Indian health program or facility op-
erated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. 
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‘‘(13) A correctional facility. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.—Health 
care and long-term care professionals who may be hired 
or retained using assistance provided under this section 
include the following: 
‘‘(1) Dentists. 
‘‘(2) Certified nurse midwives. 
‘‘(3) Psychologists. 
‘‘(4) Licensed clinical social workers. 
‘‘(5) Licensed professional counselors. 
‘‘(6) Marriage and family therapists. 
‘‘(7) Nurse practitioners, including those spe-
cializing in psychiatry. 
‘‘(8) 
Nurses, 
including 
advanced 
practice 
nurses. 
‘‘(9) Physicians, including osteopathic physi-
cians. 
‘‘(10) Physician assistants, including those spe-
cializing in psychiatry. 
‘‘(11) Psychiatric nurse specialists. 
‘‘(12) Registered dental hygienists. 
‘‘(13) Community health workers. 
‘‘(14) Occupational and physical therapists. 
‘‘(15) Optometrists. 
‘‘(16) Certified nursing assistants. 
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‘‘(17) Direct care workers. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, solicit applica-
tions for financial assistance under this section; 
‘‘(B) require that any such application be 
submitted— 
‘‘(i) not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section; and 
‘‘(ii) in such manner and containing 
such information as the Secretary may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, determine 
which such applications will be approved and 
provide notice of such determination to the ap-
plicants. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
LABOR
AND
WORK-
PLACE LAWS.—As a condition on eligibility for fi-
nancial assistance under this section, an application 
under paragraph (1) shall demonstrate to the Sec-
retary’s satisfaction that the applicant has a record 
of compliance, and is currently in compliance, with 
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