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

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1102 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 SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 Ms. HAALAND (for herself, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. OMAR, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CON- NOLLY, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BASS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. COHEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CRIST, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. KIL- DEE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HORSFORD, and Mr. TAKANO) 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 1102 IH 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; 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 180,000 United States residents; tens of millions of United States workers remain unemployed; rising economic inequality has made working families vulnerable; tens of millions of individuals do not get the health care they need; and in- tensifying 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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 1102 IH 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; 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 1102 IH ployment, a pandemic, and climate change with a 1 bold and holistic national mobilization, an Agenda to 2 Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vi- 3 brant Economy (‘‘THRIVE’’) (referred to in this re- 4 solving clause as the ‘‘Agenda’’), to build a society 5 that enables— 6 (A) greater racial, economic, and gender 7 justice; 8 (B) dignified work; 9 (C) healthy communities; and 10 (D) a stable climate; and 11 (2) such Agenda shall be assessed upon its abil- 12 ity to uphold its foundational pillars, including— 13 (A) creating millions of good, safe jobs 14 with access to unions by— 15 (i) investing in projects including— 16 (I) upgrading our broken infra- 17 structure to expand access to clean 18 and affordable energy, transportation, 19 high-speed broadband, and water, par- 20 ticularly for public systems; 21 (II) modernizing and retrofitting 22 millions of homes, schools, offices, and 23 industrial buildings to cut pollution 24 and costs; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 1102 IH (III) investing in public health 1 and care work, including by increasing 2 jobs, protections, wages, and benefits 3 for the historically unpaid and under- 4 valued work of caring for children, the 5 elderly, and the sick; 6 (IV) protecting and restoring 7 wetlands, forests, and public lands, 8 and cleaning up pollution in our com- 9 munities; 10 (V) creating opportunities for 11 family farmers and rural communities, 12 including by untangling the hyper- 13 consolidated food supply chain, bol- 14 stering regenerative agriculture, and 15 investing in local and regional food 16 systems that support farmers, agricul- 17 tural workers, healthy soil, and cli- 18 mate resilience; and 19 (VI) developing and transforming 20 the industrial base of the United 21 States, while creating high-skill, high- 22 wage manufacturing jobs across the 23 country, including by expanding man- 24 ufacturing of clean technologies, re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HRES 1102 IH ducing industrial pollution, and 1 prioritizing clean, domestic manufac- 2 turing for the aforementioned invest- 3 ments; 4 (ii) prioritizing the mobilization of di- 5 rect public investments, while excluding 6 false solutions that— 7 (I) increase inequality; 8 (II) privatize public lands, water, 9 or nature; 10 (III) violate human rights; 11 (IV) expedite the destruction of 12 ecosystems; or 13 (V) decrease union density or 14 membership; 15 (iii) driving investment toward real 16 full employment, where every individual 17 who wishes to work has a viable pathway 18 to a meaningful and dignified job with the 19 right to form a union, including by estab- 20 lishing new public employment programs, 21 as necessary; and 22 (iv) subjecting each job created under 23 this Agenda to high-road labor standards 24 that— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HRES 1102 IH (I) require family-sustaining 1 wages and benefits, including child 2 care support; 3 (II) ensure safe workplaces; 4 (III) protect the rights of work- 5 ers to organize; and 6 (IV) prioritize the hiring of local 7 workers to ensure wages stay within 8 communities to stimulate economic ac- 9 tivity; 10 (B) building the power of workers to fight 11 inequality by— 12 (i) reversing the corporate erosion of 13 workers’ organizing rights and bargaining 14 power so that millions of new clean energy 15 jobs, as well as millions of existing low- 16 wage jobs across the economy, become the 17 family-supporting union jobs that everyone 18 deserves, including by— 19 (I) passing the bipartisan Pro- 20 tecting the Right to Organize Act; 21 (II) repealing the ban on sec- 22 ondary boycotts; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HRES 1102 IH (III) requiring employer neu- 1 trality with regard to union orga- 2 nizing; 3 (IV) ensuring that ‘‘franchising’’ 4 and other corporate structures may 5 not be used to hinder collective bar- 6 gaining on a company-wide, regional, 7 or national basis; 8 (V) advancing sectoral bar- 9 gaining in certain economic sectors; 10 and 11 (VI) ensuring that no workers 12 are misclassified as ‘‘independent con- 13 tractors;’’ 14 (ii) expanding union representation 15 for all workers; and 16 (iii) creating ladders of opportunity, 17 particularly for women and people of color, 18 to access registered apprenticeship and 19 pre-apprenticeship programs in commu- 20 nities of all sizes across the country; 21 (C) investing in Black, Brown, and Indige- 22 nous communities to build power and counter- 23 act racial and gender injustice by— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HRES 1102 IH (i) directing at least 40 percent of in- 1 vestments to communities that have been 2 excluded, oppressed, and harmed by racist 3 and unjust practices, including— 4 (I) communities of color; 5 (II) low-income communities; 6 (III) deindustrialized commu- 7 nities; and 8 (IV) communities facing environ- 9 mental injustice; 10 (ii) ensuring that investments in these 11 communities enable— 12 (I) the creation of good jobs with 13 family-sustaining wages; 14 (II) economic ownership opportu- 15 nities that close the racial wealth gap; 16 (III) pollution reduction; 17 (IV) climate resilience; 18 (V) small business support; 19 (VI) economic opportunities for 20 independent family farmers and 21 ranchers; and 22 (VII) the expansion of public 23 services; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HRES 1102 IH (iii) ensuring that affected commu- 1 nities have the power to democratically 2 plan, implement, and administer these 3 projects; 4 (iv) prioritizing local and equitable 5 hiring and contracting that creates oppor- 6 tunities for— 7 (I) people of color; 8 (II) immigrants, regardless of 9 immigration status; 10 (III) formerly incarcerated indi- 11 viduals; 12 (IV) women; 13 (V) LGBTQIAP+ individuals; 14 (VI) disabled and chronically ill 15 individuals; and 16 (VII) marginalized communities; 17 and 18 (v) providing access to quality work- 19 force training, including through registered 20 apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships to 21 ensure real pathways to good careers, in- 22 cluding those that have historically been 23 inaccessible; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HRES 1102 IH (D) strengthening and healing the nation- 1 to-nation relationship with sovereign Native Na- 2 tions, including by— 3 (i) making systemic changes in Fed- 4 eral policies to honor the environmental 5 and social trust responsibilities to Native 6 Nations and their Peoples, which are es- 7 sential to tackling society’s economic, envi- 8 ronmental, and health crises; 9 (ii) strengthening Tribal sovereignty 10 and enforcing Indian treaty rights by mov- 11 ing towards greater recognition and sup- 12 port of the inherent self-governance and 13 sovereignty of these nations and their 14 members; and 15 (iii) promulgating specific initiatives 16 that reflect the nuanced relationships be- 17 tween the Native Nations, including— 18 (I) the confirmation by Congress 19 that Tribal nations can exercise their 20 full and inherent civil regulatory and 21 adjudicatory authority over their own 22 citizens, lands, and resources, and 23 over activities within their Tribal 24 lands; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1102.IH HR1102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HRES 1102 IH (II) the codification of Free, 1 Prior, and Informed Consent as it re- 2 lates to Tribal consultation; and 3 (III) the implementation of the 4 United Nations Declaration on the 5 Rights of Indigenous Peoples, without 6 qualification; 7 (E) combating environmental injustice and 8 ensuring healthy lives for all, including by— 9 (i) curtailing air, water, and land pol- 10 lution from all sources; 11 (ii) removing health hazards from 12 communities; 13 (iii) replacing lead pipes to ensure 14 clean water is available to all; 15 (iv) remediating the cumulative health 16 and environmental impacts of toxic pollu- 17 tion and climate change; 18 (v) ensuring that affected commu- 19 nities have equitable access to public 20 health resources that have been system- 21 ically denied, which includes— 22 (I) upgrading unhealthy and 23 overcrowded homes, public schools, 24 and public hospitals; 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