Sec. 301. Job creation grants
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Climate Resilience shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, establish a Climate Resilience Job Creation grant program. The purpose of the grant program established under this section shall be to fund projects to be carried out by eligible entities for the purpose of— creating local jobs to build the nation’s climate resilience workforce; implementing the strategies, actions, and projects laid out in climate resilience action plans that meet the criteria specified in section 201(k) of this Act; and halving unemployment by creating 1,000,000 jobs annually that last not less than 4 years and provide benefits, pathways to family-sustaining careers, a living wage, worker safety and voice to United States workers.
An entity may be eligible for a grant under this section if such entity— is a State, Tribe, locality, regional group, nonprofit organization, labor organization and labor-management organization, or community group; and includes in the application a climate resilience action plan that— has been approved under section 201(k) of this Act; or meets the requirements for a plan in such section. An entity may be eligible under paragraph
(1)regardless of whether the entity received a grant under section 201 of this Act. The Director shall prioritize grant funding for any entity that— represents a frontline community; demonstrates a history of or commitment to hiring graduates of— the programs funded by the workforce development training grants in section 302; or any pre-apprenticeship or registered apprenticeship program; commits to ensuring that at least 40 percent of jobs created under a grant under this section will be held by individuals from— frontline communities; and populations facing barriers to employment; proposes a project that serves a frontline community; or demonstrates strong support from a frontline community. An entity carrying out a project funded under this section shall do the following: Support or create climate resilience jobs specified in local climate resilience action plans. Support or create jobs that meet the labor standards specified in title IV. Eliminate barriers to employment as specified in title V. The Director shall require an eligible entity to submit an application that includes— a description of the applicant’s plan to meet the requirements for priority under subsection (d); an attestation that the applicant will adhere to the minimum labor standards specified in section 401, and provide the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may reasonably require, to demonstrate compliance with the requirements under section 401(a)(3); a plan to report to the Office aggregate data on the sustainable jobs with community supporting wages supported by grant funding and demographic statistics of jobs created, disaggregated by gender, race, age, education level, and number of sustainable jobs with community supporting wages hired from frontline communities and populations facing barriers to employment; and a detailed budget for positions to be supported by the grant. Not later than 6 months after receipt of a grant under this section, and every 6 months thereafter until the termination of such grant, the recipient of such grant shall submit to the Director a report that includes— aggregate data on workers and demographic statistics of jobs created under this section, including— the number of workers hired; non-identifying data on the race, gender, and ZIP Code for workers hired; and the wages and benefits paid in those jobs including income broken out by race and gender, other benefits provided to persons employed in those jobs, broken out by race and gender, weekly hours worked by workers employed through jobs created, and, if jobs are time-limited, duration of employment; progress on the climate resilience projects, strategies and actions being implemented by workers in relation to timelines laid out in plan; expenditures to date; and plan for securing other funds to support the jobs supported or created by this grant. A grant under this section may be terminated with 30 days notice if the grantee— has failed to meet the labor and employment baseline requirements of this bill; or has had more than one substantiated complaint against them for a violation of a provision under the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor’s Climate Resilience Workers Commission or the Environmental Protection Agency. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Office shall publish a request for applications for grants under this section.