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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5065 
To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide 
grants for job guarantee programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself and Ms. OMAR) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot 
program to provide grants for job guarantee programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Jobs Guar-
antee Development Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. JOB GUARANTEE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is a political subdivision of a State, 
Tribal entity, or a combination of contiguous 
political subdivisions or Tribal entities; and 
(B) has an unemployment rate that is not 
less than 150 percent of the national unemploy-
ment rate, as determined by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (except in the case of Tribal 
entities which may submit their own employ-
ment data where no such Federal data is avail-
able for such entities) based on the most recent 
data available at the time the Secretary solicits 
applications for grants under this section. 
(2) JOB
GUARANTEE
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘job guarantee program’’ means a program that 
meets the requirements of subsection (c). 
(3) RURAL
AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 
means an area that is located outside of an urban 
area. 
(4) TRIBAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Tribal entity’’ 
means an Indian tribe or tribal organization as such 
terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De-
termination Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
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(5) URBAN
AREA.—The term ‘‘urban area’’ 
means an urbanized area (a region of 50,000 or 
more residents) and an urbanized cluster (and area 
encompassing between 2,500 and 50,000 residents), 
according to the Census Bureau’s urban-rural classi-
fication in the 2010 census. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
(7) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘adult 
education and literacy activities’’, ‘‘career planning’’, 
‘‘individual with a barrier to employment’’, ‘‘in-de-
mand industry sector or occupation’’, ‘‘local board’’, 
‘‘recognized 
postsecondary 
credential’’, 
‘‘State 
board’’, ‘‘supportive services’’, and ‘‘workplace learn-
ing advisor’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a pilot program to provide competitive grants to eli-
gible entities to establish programs to ensure that 
any individual within the area served by the entity 
who applies for a job through the program will be 
provided with employment as provided for in this 
section. 
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(2) TERMINATION.—Federal funding for a job 
guarantee program established under a grant under 
this section shall terminate on the earlier of— 
(A) the end of the 3-year period beginning 
on the date of the grant; or 
(B) the date of any revocation of the 
grantee as an eligible entity. 
(c) JOB GUARANTEE PROGRAMS.—A job guarantee 
program meets the requirements of this subsection if the 
jobs provided under such program— 
(1) are available to all individuals who— 
(A) are 18 years of age or older; and 
(B) reside in the area served under the 
program at the time the area became an eligible 
entity, 
except that participants in the program may be dis-
ciplined, released, or suspended from further partici-
pation in jobs under this program if they are found 
to be negligent, or generally disruptive to the work-
place involved under procedures established by the 
Secretary that provide for an opportunity for a re-
view of such determinations; 
(2) are, with respect to individual participants, 
included as part of an established bargaining unit 
and covered by any applicable collective bargaining 
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agreement in effect if similarly situated employees 
are part of such unit and represented by an exclu-
sive bargaining representative; 
(3) are available for the duration of the pilot 
program; 
(4) provide a wage of not less than the greater 
of— 
(A) the hourly wage provided for under the 
provisions of S. 2488 (118th Congress), if en-
acted, or the hourly wage otherwise required to 
be paid to employees in area to be served under 
the pilot program, whichever is greater; 
(B) the prevailing wage in the area in-
volved for a similar job as required by chapter 
67 of title 41, United States Code, and other 
related laws; or 
(C) the applicable wage under an applica-
ble collective bargaining agreement as provided 
for under paragraph (2); 
(5) provide for coverage of the worker under a 
health insurance program that is comparable to that 
offered to Federal employees under the Federal Em-
ployee Health Benefits Program; and 
(6) provide at a minimum— 
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(A) paid family leave consistent with the 
provisions of S. 1714 (118th Congress), if en-
acted, and applicable State law; and 
(B) paid sick leave consistent with the pro-
vision of S. 1664 (118th Congress), if enacted, 
and applicable State law. 
(d) OTHER USES.—Funds may be used to provide 
workers in a job guarantee program with— 
(1) supportive services, which can include trans-
portation, child care, dependent care, housing, and 
needs-related payments, that are necessary to enable 
an individual to participate in activities authorized 
under this Act; 
(2) access to a workplace learning advisor to 
support the education, skill development, job train-
ing, career panning, and credentials required to 
progress toward career goals of such employees in 
order to meet employer requirements related to job 
openings and career advancements that support eco-
nomic self-sufficiency; 
(3) adult education and literacy activities, in-
cluding those provided by public libraries; 
(4) activities that assist justice involved individ-
uals, formerly incarcerated individuals, and individ-
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uals with criminal records in reentering the work-
force; and 
(5) financial literacy activities including those 
described in section 129(b)(2)(D) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
(e) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity seeking a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require. Such ap-
plication shall include— 
(1) a description of the geographic area and 
population that the entity intends to serve under the 
job guarantee program established under the grant, 
including the area unemployment rate, underemploy-
ment rate, unemployment rate for individuals with 
disabilities, poverty rate, housing vacancy rate, crime 
rate, household income, home-ownership rate, labor 
force participation rate, and educational attainment; 
(2) to extent practicable, a description of the 
jobs that will be offered under the job guarantee 
program, including— 
(A) a description of supports provided to 
individuals with disabilities and accommoda-
tions required under the Americans with Dis-
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abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 
and 
(B) a description of supports and proce-
dures to ensure job access and opportunities for 
individuals with criminal records, including in-
formation on physical and programmatic acces-
sibility, in accordance with section 188 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, if 
applicable, and the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990, for individuals with disabilities; 
(3) the need in the area for jobs to be per-
formed, including for jobs designated as a high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or occupa-
tion by the Secretary, State board, or local board; 
(4) a description of State, local, or philan-
thropic funding, including through coordination and 
in-kind or non-financial support, if any, that will be 
provided to assist in carrying out the job guarantee 
program; 
(5) an assurance that the eligible entity will es-
tablish— 
(A) a public internet website, in conjunc-
tion with the Secretary, to post all available 
jobs under the job guarantee program; and 
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(B) a process for individuals to apply for 
such jobs; 
(6) a comprehensive plan to describe how the 
funding under the program will leverage existing or 
anticipated local, State, and Federal funding; 
(7) an assurance that necessary administrative 
data systems and information technology infrastruc-
ture are available, or will be available, to provide for 
full participation in the evaluation under subsection 
(m); 
(8) a description of how the eligible entity will 
comply with the requirements described in sub-
section (c)(6); 
(9) an assurance that the entity will enter into 
an allocation agreement with the Secretary under 
subsection (k)(2)(B); and 
(10) an assurance that energy and infrastruc-
ture jobs provided under the program will not exac-
erbate the impacts of climate change. 
(f) SELECTION.—The Secretary, after reviewing ap-
plications from eligible entities, shall award grants under 
this section to not more than 15 such eligible entities. In 
awarding such grants, the Secretary shall consider diver-
sity in geographic location, urban-rural composition, and 
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