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119-hres-1554119th CongressWALLET

Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Federal job guarantee.

Sponsored By: Representative Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would declare a right to employment and create a Federal job guarantee to deliver public jobs that aim for full employment while advancing a Workers' Bill of Rights and ecological justice.

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  • Families and caregivers: Creates jobs and services focused on high-quality care for children and seniors and expands early childhood and afterschool programs to reduce care gaps and support working families.
  • Workers and jobseekers: Makes jobs available to adults 18 and over and part-time to ages 16 and 17, sets a wage floor of $25.00 per hour, and requires benefits like federal-style health coverage, paid leave, retirement, training, and collective bargaining rights.
  • Communities and local governments: Funds a wide range of public-need projects from affordable housing rehabilitation to climate resilience and public art, with local, state, Tribal, and community input and a community job bank; Treasury would direct startup funds during an initial 3-year period.

*Funding is described as permanent and nondiscretionary and would be administered by the Department of Labor with Treasury disbursing startup funds.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Federal job guarantee for workers

If adopted, this resolution would create a federal job guarantee run by the Department of Labor. The Treasury would fund the program and send money to local employment offices, with an initial 3-year startup focused on high-unemployment areas. Adults 18 and older would be eligible for full- or part-time jobs; ages 16–17 could work part time. Jobs would pay at least $25.00 per hour, adjusted over time, and offer benefits like federal-employee health insurance, paid sick days, paid family leave, retirement, and paid vacation. The program would provide childcare, transportation help, training, and allow collective bargaining. It would not replace existing safety-net programs or be used to displace current public employees.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

MA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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