Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2026

This bill would require the Secretary of Labor to create a pilot program giving competitive grants to up to 15 local governments, Tribal entities, or groups of them whose unemployment rate is at least 150 percent of the national rate. Each grantee would run a job guarantee program for up to three years, offering a job to any resident age 18 or older who applies. Jobs would have to pay at least the highest of several set wage rates and include health coverage comparable to federal employees' plans, plus paid family leave and paid sick time. Grant funds could also pay for services such as child care, transportation, training, and adult education, and federal agencies could offer jobs through the programs and be reimbursed. The bill would also add job guarantee participants to the groups that qualify employers for the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit, and it would appropriate such sums as necessary.

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Sponsors

• Cory A. Booker Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors