Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to implement an agenda to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy ("THRIVE").

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 104 Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to implement an agenda to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (‘‘THRIVE’’). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Ms. DELAURO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to imple- ment an agenda to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (‘‘THRIVE’’). Whereas families and communities throughout the United States share similar hopes and dreams of a good life that is free from worry about meeting basic needs, with reli- able and fulfilling work, a dignified and healthy standard of living, and the ability to enjoy time with loved ones; VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 104 IH Whereas the United States faces the stress of multiple, over- lapping crises—old and new—that prevent the achieve- ment of these fundamental human rights and needs, in which the COVID–19 pandemic has killed over 400,000 United States residents; more than 10,000,000 United States workers remain unemployed; rising economic in- equality has made working families vulnerable; tens of millions of individuals do not get the health care they need; and intensifying climate change increases the threats to our health, economy, and livelihoods; Whereas these health, economic, and climate crises have mag- nified centuries-old injustices, causing high rates of death and hardship among Black, Brown, and Indigenous com- munities due to long-standing systemic racism—a fact spotlighted by an emerging, multiracial movement to end violence against Black people; Whereas these crises are causing the inequitable workloads of women—particularly women of color—to grow, especially as women of color overwhelmingly make up the essential workforce, bearing the weight of the increased care needs of children, the elderly, and the sick; Whereas, even before the COVID–19 crisis, many rural com- munities and independent family farmers suffered from poverty, declining economic opportunity, and alarming rates of farm bankruptcy, including loss of land from Black farmers and the exploitation of Black, Brown, and Indigenous farmers caused by predatory and racist pub- lic, private, and governmental institutions and policies; Whereas the root of our interlocking economic and environ- mental crises is society’s historical willingness to treat some communities and workers as disposable; VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 104 IH Whereas it is necessary to counteract systemic injustice and value the dignity of all individuals in order to address un- employment, pandemics, or climate change and ensure the survival of the Nation and the planet; Whereas the choices made in response to these crises will shape the United States direction for the 21st century and beyond, offering an opportunity to reshape our soci- ety to provide a good life for each of us and for our chil- dren and grandchildren; and Whereas the United States has the means to support ful- filling livelihoods for millions of people—Black, Indige- nous, Brown, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, White, im- migrant, urban and rural, old and young, of many faiths, genders, abilities, and talents—while working to heal harms, protect communities, and invest in a future that fosters justice, not crisis: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that— 2 (1) it is the duty of the Federal Government to 3 respond to the crises of racial injustice, mass unem- 4 ployment, a pandemic, and climate change with a 5 bold and holistic national mobilization, an Agenda to 6 Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vi- 7 brant Economy (‘‘THRIVE’’) (referred to in this re- 8 solving clause as the ‘‘Agenda’’), to build a society 9 that enables— 10 (A) greater racial, economic, and gender 11 justice; 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 104 IH (B) dignified work; 1 (C) healthy communities; and 2 (D) a stable climate; and 3 (2) such Agenda shall be assessed upon its abil- 4 ity to uphold its foundational pillars, including— 5 (A) creating millions of good, safe jobs 6 with access to unions by— 7 (i) investing in projects including— 8 (I) upgrading our broken infra- 9 structure to expand access to clean 10 and affordable energy, transportation, 11 high-speed broadband, and water, par- 12 ticularly for public systems; 13 (II) modernizing and retrofitting 14 millions of homes, schools, offices, and 15 industrial buildings to cut pollution 16 and costs; 17 (III) investing in public health 18 and care work, including by increasing 19 jobs, protections, wages, and benefits 20 for the historically unpaid and under- 21 valued work of caring for children, the 22 elderly, and the sick; 23 (IV) protecting and restoring 24 wetlands, forests, and public lands, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 104 IH and cleaning up pollution in our com- 1 munities; 2 (V) creating opportunities for 3 family farmers and rural communities, 4 including by untangling the hyper- 5 consolidated food supply chain, bol- 6 stering regenerative agriculture, and 7 investing in local and regional food 8 systems that support farmers, agricul- 9 tural workers, healthy soil, and cli- 10 mate resilience; and 11 (VI) developing and transforming 12 the industrial base of the United 13 States, while creating high-skill, high- 14 wage manufacturing jobs across the 15 country, including by expanding man- 16 ufacturing of clean technologies, re- 17 ducing industrial pollution, and 18 prioritizing clean, domestic manufac- 19 turing for the aforementioned invest- 20 ments; 21 (ii) prioritizing the mobilization of di- 22 rect public investments, while excluding 23 false solutions that— 24 (I) increase inequality; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HRES 104 IH (II) privatize public lands, water, 1 or nature; 2 (III) violate human rights; 3 (IV) expedite the destruction of 4 ecosystems; or 5 (V) decrease union density or 6 membership; 7 (iii) driving investment toward real 8 full employment, where every individual 9 who wishes to work has a viable pathway 10 to a meaningful and dignified job with the 11 right to form a union, including by estab- 12 lishing new public employment programs, 13 as necessary; and 14 (iv) subjecting each job created under 15 this Agenda to high-road labor standards 16 that— 17 (I) require family-sustaining 18 wages and benefits, including child 19 care support; 20 (II) ensure safe workplaces; 21 (III) protect the rights of work- 22 ers to organize; and 23 (IV) prioritize the hiring of local 24 workers to ensure wages stay within 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HRES 104 IH communities to stimulate economic ac- 1 tivity; 2 (B) building the power of workers to fight 3 inequality by— 4 (i) reversing the corporate erosion of 5 workers’ organizing rights and bargaining 6 power so that millions of new clean energy 7 jobs, as well as millions of existing low- 8 wage jobs across the economy, become the 9 family-supporting union jobs that everyone 10 deserves, including by— 11 (I) passing the bipartisan Pro- 12 tecting the Right to Organize Act; 13 (II) repealing the ban on sec- 14 ondary boycotts; 15 (III) requiring employer neu- 16 trality with regard to union orga- 17 nizing; 18 (IV) ensuring that ‘‘franchising’’ 19 and other corporate structures may 20 not be used to hinder collective bar- 21 gaining on a company-wide, regional, 22 or national basis; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HRES 104 IH (V) advancing sectoral bar- 1 gaining in certain economic sectors; 2 and 3 (VI) ensuring that no workers 4 are misclassified as ‘‘independent con- 5 tractors;’’ 6 (ii) expanding union representation 7 for all workers; and 8 (iii) creating ladders of opportunity, 9 particularly for women and people of color, 10 to access registered apprenticeship and 11 pre-apprenticeship programs in commu- 12 nities of all sizes across the country; 13 (C) investing in Black, Brown, and Indige- 14 nous communities to build power and counter- 15 act racial and gender injustice by— 16 (i) directing at least 40 percent of in- 17 vestments to communities that have been 18 excluded, oppressed, and harmed by racist 19 and unjust practices, including— 20 (I) communities of color; 21 (II) low-income communities; 22 (III) deindustrialized commu- 23 nities; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HRES 104 IH (IV) communities facing environ- 1 mental injustice; 2 (ii) ensuring that investments in these 3 communities enable— 4 (I) the creation of good jobs with 5 family-sustaining wages; 6 (II) economic ownership opportu- 7 nities that close the racial wealth gap; 8 (III) pollution reduction; 9 (IV) climate resilience; 10 (V) small business support; 11 (VI) economic opportunities for 12 independent family farmers and 13 ranchers; and 14 (VII) the expansion of public 15 services; 16 (iii) ensuring that affected commu- 17 nities have the power to democratically 18 plan, implement, and administer these 19 projects; 20 (iv) prioritizing local and equitable 21 hiring and contracting that creates oppor- 22 tunities for— 23 (I) people of color; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HRES 104 IH (II) immigrants, regardless of 1 immigration status; 2 (III) formerly incarcerated indi- 3 viduals; 4 (IV) women; 5 (V) LGBTQIAP+ individuals; 6 (VI) disabled and chronically ill 7 individuals; and 8 (VII) marginalized communities; 9 and 10 (v) providing access to quality work- 11 force training, including through registered 12 apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships to 13 ensure real pathways to good careers, in- 14 cluding those that have historically been 15 inaccessible; 16 (D) strengthening and healing the nation- 17 to-nation relationship with sovereign Native Na- 18 tions, including by— 19 (i) making systemic changes in Fed- 20 eral policies to honor the environmental 21 and social trust responsibilities to Native 22 Nations and their Peoples, which are es- 23 sential to tackling society’s economic, envi- 24 ronmental, and health crises; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HRES 104 IH (ii) strengthening Tribal sovereignty 1 and enforcing Indian treaty rights by mov- 2 ing towards greater recognition and sup- 3 port of the inherent self-governance and 4 sovereignty of these nations and their 5 members; and 6 (iii) promulgating specific initiatives 7 that reflect the nuanced relationships be- 8 tween the Native Nations, including— 9 (I) the confirmation by Congress 10 that Tribal nations can exercise their 11 full and inherent civil regulatory and 12 adjudicatory authority over their own 13 citizens, lands, and resources, and 14 over activities within their Tribal 15 lands; 16 (II) the codification of Free, 17 Prior, and Informed Consent as it re- 18 lates to Tribal consultation; and 19 (III) the implementation of the 20 United Nations Declaration on the 21 Rights of Indigenous Peoples, without 22 qualification; 23 (E) combating environmental injustice and 24 ensuring healthy lives for all, including by— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HRES 104 IH (i) curtailing air, water, and land pol- 1 lution from all sources; 2 (ii) removing health hazards from 3 communities; 4 (iii) replacing lead pipes to ensure 5 clean water is available to all; 6 (iv) remediating the cumulative health 7 and environmental impacts of toxic pollu- 8 tion and climate change; 9 (v) ensuring that affected commu- 10 nities have equitable access to public 11 health resources that have been system- 12 ically denied, which includes— 13 (I) upgrading unhealthy and 14 overcrowded homes, public schools, 15 and public hospitals; 16 (II) ensuring access to healthy 17 food, mental health support, and re- 18 storative justice; and 19 (III) investing in universal 20 childcare, care for individuals with 21 disabilities, senior care, and a robust 22 care workforce; and 23 (vi) focusing these initiatives in Black, 24 Brown, and Indigenous communities that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Feb 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR104.IH HR104 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 13 •HRES 104 IH have endured disproportionately high death 1 rates from COVID–19 due to higher expo- 2 sure to air pollution and other cumulative 3 health hazards as a result of decades of en- 4 vironmental racism; 5 (F) averting climate and environmental ca- 6 tastrophe, including by— 7 (i) contributing to a livable climate 8 and environment for today and for future 9 generations, including by— 10 (I) staying below 1.5 degrees Cel- 11 sius of global warming; 12 (II) building climate resilience to 13 keep communities safe; and 14 (III) ensuring sustainable re- 15 source use; 16 (ii) deploying investments and stand- 17 ards in the electricity, transportation [Text truncated for display. 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