Sec. 606. Grants for community-based education, outreach, and enforcement with respect to the rights of workers in the cannabis industry
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In this section, the term eligible entity means— a public or private nonprofit organization with experience educating workers of their rights; or a partnership of organizations described in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to enable the eligible entities to carry out— one or more activities to— educate workers in the cannabis industry of their rights under Federal, State, and local civil rights, labor, and employment laws, with a focus on providing such education to such workers who are low-wage workers; educate persons hiring workers in the cannabis industry regarding their obligations under such laws; or connect and refer workers in the cannabis industry to additional services, as appropriate and available, to assist them in pursuing their rights under such laws; or any other activity the Secretary may reasonably prescribe for the purposes of supporting workers in the cannabis industry.
An eligible entity desiring 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. In the case of an eligible entity that is a partnership, the eligible entity may designate, in the application, a single organization in the partnership as the lead entity for purposes of receiving and disbursing funds. An application described in paragraph
(1)shall include— information on the training and education that will be provided through the grant to workers in the cannabis industry and persons hiring workers in the cannabis industry; information on any geographic area targeted by the activities supported through the grant; and the method by which the eligible entity will measure the results of the activities supported through the grant and a method by which the eligible entity will assess the demographics of the workers served by such activities. Each grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 3 years. Each grant awarded under this section shall be in an amount not to exceed $300,000. Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall, as determined by the Secretary, report to the Secretary the demographics of the workers served by the grant and the results of the activities supported by the grant as such demographics and results are measured by the methods described in the application submitted by the entity under subsection (c)(3)(C). In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.