SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Today’s American Dream Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT 
Sec. 101. Job skills training for older individuals. 
Sec. 102. Extension of work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups. 
Sec. 103. Youth and summer jobs. 
Sec. 104. YouthBuild program. 
Sec. 105. Tax credit for providing programs for students that promote eco-
nomic and financial literacy. 
Sec. 106. Teacher recruiting. 
Sec. 107. Recidivism reduction working group. 
Sec. 108. Commendable release program. 
Sec. 109. Increase in Work Opportunity Tax Credit for hiring qualified ex-fel-
ons. 
Sec. 110. Extension of work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups. 
Sec. 111. Entrepreneurship apprenticeships. 
Sec. 112. Expansion of eligible programs. 
TITLE II—COMMUNITY INVESTMENT 
Subtitle A—Housing 
Sec. 201. Housing and commercial development. 
Subtitle B—Retail Redlining and Food Deserts 
Sec. 221. Economic growth, retention, and recruitment of commercial invest-
ment in economically underserved communities. 
Sec. 222. Producer discretion to plant additional fruits and vegetables on base 
acres to alleviate food deserts without a resulting reduction in 
payment acres. 
Subtitle C—Digital Infrastructure 
Sec. 231. GAO report on Federal efforts to expand broadband service. 
Subtitle D—Direct Lending 
Sec. 241. Direct loans to small business concerns. 
TITLE III—NEW ECONOMY AND INNOVATION INVESTMENT 
Sec. 301. Commission on Innovation. 
Sec. 302. Pilot program to fund local incubators. 
Sec. 303. Extension and improvement of new markets tax credit. 
Sec. 304. Race to the Shop. 
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TITLE IV—EXPANDED ACCESS TO CARE 
Sec. 401. Study on the uninsured. 
Sec. 402. Volunteer dental projects and action for dental health program. 
Sec. 403. Critical access hospital improvements. 
Sec. 404. Community health center collaborative access expansion. 
TITLE I—WORKFORCE 
INVESTMENT 
SEC. 101. JOB SKILLS TRAINING FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) TARGETED PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall establish a pilot program pursuant to section 
169(b) of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3224(b)) to provide grants to entities eligible 
under such section to provide job skills training to and 
specific for older individuals, particularly in the areas of 
computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and re-
sume writing. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of the program es-
tablished under subsection (a), the term ‘‘older individual’’ 
means an individual who is older than 45 years of age. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT 
FOR CERTAIN TARGETED GROUPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
51(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by inserting ‘‘(December 31, 2024, in the case of any 
member of a targeted group described in subparagraph 
(B), (C), (E), (F), or (G))’’ before the period at the end. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2019. 
SEC. 103. YOUTH AND SUMMER JOBS. 
(a) INTERN WAGE CREDIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of 
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 45S. INTERN WAGE CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, in 
the case of an eligible small business employer, the intern 
wage credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 
10 percent of the wages paid by the taxpayer during such 
taxable year to qualified interns for whom an election is 
in effect under this section. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CREDIT.—The credit allowed under sub-
section (a) with respect to any taxpayer for any tax-
able year shall not exceed an amount equal to the 
excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(A) $3,000, over 
‘‘(B) the credit allowed under subsection 
(a) with respect to such taxpayer for all pre-
ceding taxable years. 
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‘‘(2) INTERNS.—An election may not be made 
under this section with respect to more than 5 quali-
fied interns for any taxable year. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE SMALL EMPLOYER.—The term 
‘eligible small employer’ means any person which 
employed not more than 500 employees during the 
preceding taxable year. Rules similar to the rules of 
section 448(c)(3) shall apply. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
WAGES.—The term ‘eligible 
wages’ means any remuneration paid by the tax-
payer to an individual for services rendered as an 
employee. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED INTERN.—The term ‘qualified 
intern’ means any individual who, during the period 
for which wages are taken into account under sub-
section (a), is— 
‘‘(A) enrolled at an eligible educational in-
stitution (as defined in section 25A(f)(2)), 
‘‘(B) seeking a degree at such institution 
in a field of study closely related to the work 
performed for the taxpayer, and 
‘‘(C) supervised and evaluated by the tax-
payer. 
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‘‘(4) CONTROLLED GROUP.—All persons treated 
as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 52 shall be treated as a single employer for 
purposes of this section. 
‘‘(5) RELATED
INDIVIDUALS
INELIGIBLE.— 
Rules similar to the rules of section 51(i)(1) shall 
apply for purposes of this section.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph 
(35), by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (36) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(37) the intern wage credit under section 
45S(a).’’. 
(B) The table of sections for subpart D of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45S. Intern wage credit.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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