THRIVE Act

Bill: 117-s-1525
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Alternative and renewable resources
Budget process
Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Indian social and development programs
Industrial policy and productivity
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor-management relations
Land use and conservation
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Minority health
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public housing
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy Act or the THRIVE Act

 
This bill establishes a program to address the economy, racial justice, and climate change.
 
The President must establish a board to advise the President and the heads of federal departments and agencies regarding the implementation of this bill. The President, in consultation with the board, must establish a 10-year plan to create a society that enables and supports
 
 
greater racial, Indigenous, gender, environmental, and economic justice; 
 
 work opportunities; 
 
healthy communities; 
 
a stable climate; and 
 
 healthy ecosystems.
 
 
In addition, the President, in consultation with the board, must implement a program that provides support to public or private entities that carry out qualified programs. The programs must meet certain labor, equity, and environmental conditions and support
 
 
infrastructure, including to expand access to pollution-free, renewable, and affordable energy;
 
care workers and social infrastructure (e.g., health care infrastructure);
 
expanded access to housing;
 
efforts to protect and restore biodiversity or natural habitats and efforts to remediate pollution in communities harmed by environmental, economic, or socioeconomic injustice;
 
agriculture, including agricultural workers; or 
 
the development and transformation of the U.S. industrial base, including by expanding manufacturing of clean technologies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate