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provide lifelong learning and enrichment for 
people of all ages; 
(D) implementing community infrastruc-
ture and improvement projects that revitalize 
neighborhoods, including vacant and abandoned 
property cleanup, street and sidewalk repair, re-
modeling and modernization of schools and 
other public community-serving facilities, and 
maintenance and renovation of parks, play-
grounds, and public spaces; 
(E) expanding emergency preparedness, 
and relief and recovery from natural and com-
munity disasters, including public health, nat-
ural disasters, and environmental emergencies; 
(F) producing works of public art and doc-
umentation of United States history akin to the 
Works Project Administration’s Federal Art 
Project; 
(G) implementing environmental conserva-
tion, remediation, and sustainability initiatives, 
increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and 
our housing stock to address climate change, 
and building climate resistance through pro-
grams such as the Civilian Climate Corps; 
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(H) rehabilitating and retrofitting our ex-
isting affordable housing stock to ensure safe, 
affordable, quality, energy-efficient homes, and 
supporting the development of new affordable 
housing and social housing to address the Na-
tion’s housing crisis; 
(I) producing creative, scientific, artistic, 
or cultural works, which would then be made 
open and available for public use; and 
(J) supporting other projects that address 
public needs and can be implemented quickly; 
(5) job guarantee jobs would pay no less than 
$25 per hour, adjusted on a regular basis to ensure 
a rising standard of living, and would not replace 
any existing safety net programs or benefits, includ-
ing unemployment insurance; 
(6) job guarantee jobs would also offer benefits, 
including— 
(A) health insurance consistent with that 
provided to existing Federal Government em-
ployees; 
(B) paid sick days and family leave; 
(C) retirement benefits; and 
(D) paid vacation; 
(7) job guarantee workers would— 
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(A) be able to join public sector unions and 
bargain collectively for better working condi-
tions and compensation; 
(B) be protected against discrimination 
and harassment by Federal labor laws; 
(C) have their data protected and their pri-
vacy respected; and 
(D) be empowered to develop lasting skills 
through on-the-job training, as well as paid ap-
prenticeships, credentialing, and other career 
building opportunities; 
(8) job guarantee work would— 
(A) be made available— 
(i) on a full-time and part-time basis 
for adult residents age 18 and over, de-
pending on worker needs, including those 
with involvement in the criminal legal sys-
tem; 
(ii) on a part-time basis for young 
people ages 16 and 17; 
(iii) for short- or long-term periods, 
depending on worker needs; and 
(iv) to all people on a nondiscrim-
inatory basis, including people with disabil-
ities; 
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(B) include outreach and recruitment, con-
ducted in multiple languages; 
(C) provide workers and aspiring workers 
with support services, such as childcare and 
transportation assistance, and specific accom-
modations, as needed to access jobs and fulfill 
job responsibilities; and 
(D) meaningfully expand our social safety 
net and would not replace any existing safety 
net programs or benefits, including unemploy-
ment insurance; and 
(9) the job guarantee program would be admin-
istered by the Department of Labor and overseen by 
the Secretary of Labor in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, who would be responsible for 
dispersing funding, and in particular— 
(A) the Secretary of Labor would direct 
Treasury funds to local employment offices to 
manage job guarantee projects and match job 
seekers to projects, as well as cover any related 
capital and administrative costs, with funds tar-
geted during the initial 3-year startup period to 
areas of greatest employment need; and 
(B) State, county, and local governments, 
as well as territories and Tribal Nations, would 
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help administer the program, engaging resi-
dents 
in 
community 
assessments 
and 
participatory processes to identify job guarantee 
projects to go into a community job bank. 
Æ 
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