(B) To help support the modification or re-
moval of State administrative policy barriers to 
implementation of job creation and lay-off aver-
sion interventions. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
(1) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—To receive an imple-
mentation grant under this title, a State shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and containing the infor-
mation described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) CONTENTS.—Subject to subparagraph 
(C), each application shall include the following: 
(i) A description of the interventions 
that will be carried out including a min-
imum of one layoff aversion intervention 
aimed at a particular industry sector or oc-
cupation or segment of the workforce, or 
that is workforce system-wide, and the 
plan for deploying such interventions. 
(ii) Projected performance goals for 
such interventions, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals. 
(iii) An analysis of the need for the 
grant, the particular problems that will be 
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addressed through such interventions, and 
the reasons for prioritizing such interven-
tions. 
(iv) A description of efforts already 
underway in the State and that have been 
previously implemented to create jobs or 
avert lay-offs, and a description of the suc-
cess elements and lessons learned that 
have informed each type of intervention 
that will be funded under the grant. 
(v) An identification of the State 
agency for fiscal and contract administra-
tion, and description of its management 
capacity. 
(vi) A description of how the State 
will collaborate with relevant State and 
local government agencies, non-profit enti-
ties, business and employer partners, and 
any other groups determined relevant by 
the State, and the roles and responsibilities 
of each such entity, which may include 
small business development entities, eco-
nomic development entities, job training 
entities, unemployment compensation enti-
ties, institutions of higher education (in-
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cluding 2-year public institutions of higher 
education), labor unions, business associa-
tions, community-based organizations, and 
American Job Centers and one-stop cen-
ters. 
(vii) How the State will leverage 
State, local, and private resources from 
partnering entities, including the entities 
described in clause (vi). 
(viii) A description of how the State 
will identify and prioritize individual work-
ers at-risk of layoffs and employers or in-
dustry sectors with the most significant 
risks for decline and individual workers at 
risk of layoffs. 
(ix) A list of in-demand industry sec-
tors or occupations that will be the target 
of the interventions, and the corresponding 
recognized postsecondary credentials nec-
essary for workers to obtain jobs in such 
sectors or occupations, and how underrep-
resented populations and individuals with 
education and employment barriers will be 
supported to succeed in such sectors or oc-
cupations. 
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(x) A description of the recognized 
postsecondary credentials necessary for 
workers to obtain in-demand high quality 
jobs within targeted sectors or occupations, 
the corresponding education and training 
resources currently available to be lever-
aged, new education and training resources 
that must be developed, and the role of 
employers in helping to create the appro-
priate and adequate pipeline of workers 
with those credentials. 
(xi) A list of individuals and organiza-
tions, including roles and responsibilities, 
of each member of the State advisory 
council under title III. 
(xii) A description of how the State 
will prioritize access to high-quality jobs by 
establishing the standards of job quality 
that an employer is required to meet as a 
condition of receiving funds under this 
title, which are consistent with the min-
imum standards established by the Inter-
agency Task Force under section 304, and 
a description of such standards. 
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(xiii) Any other information required 
by the Secretary. 
(C) SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION PROCESS.— 
The Secretary shall establish a simplified appli-
cation process for States that have received a 
planning grant under this title who are seeking 
to apply for an implementation grant. 
(2) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), an implementation grant under this 
title shall be made to a State in an amount that 
is not less than $5,000,000 and not more than 
$20,000,000. 
(B) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—A State that is 
awarded an implementation grant under this 
section for piloting the following models may re-
ceive up to $5,000,000 in additional funds: 
(i) Establishing a State or local public 
holding company that invests and acquires 
ownership in distressed businesses to allow 
them to continue operating or reopen later. 
(ii) Piloting a model that seeks to im-
prove individual economic security through 
every stage of career life, particularly for 
workers who are left out of traditional un-
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employment insurance, benefits, or worker 
training and retraining programs such as 
independent contractors, gig-workers, busi-
ness owners, and individuals who are car-
ing for dependents or otherwise not work-
ing outside of the home. This may include 
efforts to provide broader lifelong access to 
income support, access to pensions or re-
tirement savings accounts, health care ben-
efits, paid family leave, medical leave, and 
other fringe benefits. 
(iii) 
Establishing 
sector-based 
or 
labor-management governance boards with 
shared oversight over a worker support 
fund. Worker support funds may be used 
to provide ongoing training and retraining 
opportunities, income support during un-
employment, health insurance or other 
health and wellness benefits, flexible or 
compensation during alternative or flexible 
work schedules, paid sick leave or paid 
family leave, or other benefits as deter-
mined by the joint sector-based or worker- 
management governing body. 
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(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding implementation 
grants under this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Interagency Task Force, shall prioritize the 
following States: 
(A) States that demonstrate the greatest 
need. 
(B) States that have the most thorough 
plans for deploying interventions. 
(C) States that prioritize individuals with 
barriers to employment, people of color, immi-
grants, youth, justice impacted individuals, or 
people experiencing pandemic-related job dis-
placement. 
(D) States that are committed to forging 
career pathways with employers that provide 
high quality jobs (as defined by the State in 
section 102(b)(10)), or in a case in which the 
State does not submit a State plan under title 
I, as defined in accordance with the require-
ments of section 102(b)(10). 
(E) States that have the most thorough, 
actionable and achievable plans for deploying 
interventions, and present reliable and relevant 
evidence for the interventions chosen. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) STATES.—Each State shall submit annual 
performance reports to the Secretary that dem-
onstrate how the grant funded activities are per-
forming with respect to indicators of performance 
under section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innova-
tion 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(2)(A)), and the business satisfaction meas-
ures established by Interagency Task Force estab-
lished under title IV. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall submit 
to Congress, a report — 
(A) on an annual basis, containing a sum-
mary of the reports submitted under paragraph 
(1); and 
(B) at the conclusion of each implementa-
tion grant period, the results of a rigorous, 
independent evaluation of the grants awarded 
under this title. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title, 
$250,000,000— 
(1) of which up to 70 percent may be used to 
award the first round of grants under subsection 
(a)(2)(A); and 
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(2) of which any remaining funds shall be used 
to award a second round of grants under subsection 
(a)(2)(B). 
TITLE III—STATE GRANTEE 
ADVISORY COUNSEL 
SEC. 301. STATE GRANTEE ADVISOR COUNSEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives a grant 
under title I or title II shall establish a State grantee advi-
sory counsel. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State board shall serve 
as the State grantee advisory council and shall over-
see and assess the performance of the activities car-
ried out under the grant received under title I or II. 
(2) OTHER ENTITIES.—Representatives of the 
following entities shall be invited to serve as a mem-
ber of the State grantee advisory council, if not a 
member of the State board: 
(A) The State workforce system. 
(B) The State unemployment compensa-
tion agency. 
(C) The State higher education system, in-
cluding 2-year public institutions of higher edu-
cation. 
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(D) The State, local, or regional chambers 
of commerce. 
(E) Representatives of employer organiza-
tions. 
(F) Representatives of labor organizations 
or joint labor-management organizations. 
(G) Community-based organizations. 
(H) An established State-based employee 
ownership center that offers education and 
technical assistance to retiring business owners, 
worker groups, entrepreneurs, or declining 
firms, for the purpose of using broad-based em-
ployee share ownership in the form of employee 
stock ownership plans, worker cooperatives, or 
employee ownership trusts, to allow worker 
groups to buy out businesses. 
(I) Any other member relevant to the ac-
tivities carried out by the State under the grant 
awarded under title I or II. 
TITLE IV—INTERAGENCY TASK 
FORCE 
SEC. 401. PURPOSES. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor (in 
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this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretaries’’) shall, jointly, 
assemble a Federal interagency task force to— 
(1) identify any challenges that a State or local 
area receiving funds under this Act has had to over-
come; and 
(2) collect and disseminate best practices, and 
develop and recommend policies at the Federal level 
to support ongoing efforts to limit the impact of 
market disruptions on workers, employers, and in-
dustry sectors or occupations, particularly with re-
spect to individuals with barriers to employment, 
people of color, youth, immigrants, justice impacted 
individuals, and people experiencing pandemic-re-
lated job displacement; 
(3) establish a framework for a State receiving 
a grant under this Act to measure employer satisfac-
tion with respect to activities funded under this Act; 
and 
(4) establish the minimum standards of job 
quality that an employer is required to meet as a 
condition of receiving assistance under this Act, 
which shall consider the following: 
(A) Whether the employer provides wages 
at or above the minimum living wage standards 
for States and localities determined by research 
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centers at public or private non-profit institu-
tions of higher education or think tanks. Living 
wage models used by the Interagency Task 
Force must use a market-based approach that 
utilizes geographically specific expenditure data 
related to a household’s expected minimum 
food, child care, health insurance, housing, 
transportation, and other basic needs costs. 
(B) Whether the employer provides access 
to ongoing training and advancement opportu-
nities. 
(C) Whether the employer provides paid 
sick days, paid family leave, or paid medical 
leave or short-term disability leave. 
(D) Whether the employer provides ade-
quate hours and predictable schedules. 
SEC. 402. COMPOSITION. 
The Secretaries shall appoint the following individ-
uals to serve as members of the Task Force: 
(1) The Secretary of Labor. 
(2) The head of the Employment and Training 
Administration of the Department of Labor. 
(3) The Administrator of the Economic Devel-
opment Administration of the Department of Com-
merce. 
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(4) The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration. 
(5) The Director of the Community Develop-
ment Financial Institutions Fund. 
(6) The Administrator of the Office of Career, 
Technical, and Adult Education of the Department 
of Education. 
(7) The Administrator of the Office of Postsec-
ondary Education at the Department of Education. 
(8) A representative from the Employment and 
Training Administration. 
SEC. 403. MEETINGS. 
The Interagency Task Force shall meet at least on 
an annual basis until the date on which the Task Force 
is terminated to evaluate the activities being carried out 
by each State receiving a grant grantees under this Act 
and impact of those activities on employers, incumbent 
workers, and job-seekers, including the effectiveness of 
such activities— 
(1) in keeping workers employed in high quality 
jobs; 
(2) helping workers transition smoothly to high 
quality in-demand jobs during economic disruption; 
(3) improving firm resiliency during economic 
disruption; and 
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(4) expanding the number of jobs available in 
high-quality in-demand industry sectors and occupa-
tions. 
SEC. 404. REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the funds awarded under 
the final grant under this Act are expended, the Inter-
agency Task Force shall submit a report to Congress de-
tailing recommendations for a Federal program based on 
the most promising practices carried out with the funds 
awarded under titles I and II. 
SEC. 405. SUNSET. 
The Interagency Task Force shall terminate after 
submitting its final report under section 404. 
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