text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Opportunity, Strengthen, and 
  Improve the Economy Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
  
      (a) Findings.--The Congress of the United States finds the 
  following:
              (1) The disappearance of good jobs, the shrinking of the 
          middle class, and growing income inequality are the greatest 
          domestic challenges confronting the Nation.
              (2) The United States Government is the largest purchaser 
          of goods and services in the Nation's private-sector economy, 
          spending over $1.5 trillion dollars annually at firms that 
          employ a quarter of American workers.
              (3)(A) Federal purchasing power is currently creating 
          millions of poverty-level jobs, subsidizing labor law-breakers, 
          and funding ballooning executive compensation.
              (B) The Federal Government is the Nation's leading creator 
          of low-wage jobs in the private sector, funding more than 
          2,000,000 jobs paying under $12 per hour.
              (C) The Federal Government awards taxpayer dollars to a 
          substantial number of firms that violate Federal labor, 
          employment, and occupational safety laws.
              (D) Federal Government purchasing subsidizes the excessive 
          salaries of private-sector executives who do business with the 
          American people.
              (4) When Federal purchasing power is used in such a manner, 
          workers have less to spend on the necessities of life and are 
          forced to rely on public assistance. Lack of working purchasing 
          power hurts job creation and undermines economic growth, 
          ultimately imposing significant costs on American taxpayers.
              (5)(A) Federal purchasing power should be used to create 
          good jobs, rebuild the middle class, and curb rising income 
          inequality.
              (B) Federal purchasing power should be used to create good 
          jobs for America. Good jobs allow workers and their families to 
          live in dignity without relying on public assistance or private 
          charity. Good jobs pay enough to provide for subsistence, 
          health care, education, housing, and savings, as well as enough 
          disposable income to allow workers to enjoy quality time off 
          with their loved ones.
              (C) Federal purchasing power should be used to rebuild the 
          middle class. A strong middle class stimulates the economy by 
          increasing consumer spending and job growth.
              (D) Federal purchasing power should be used to narrow the 
          growing gulf between the richest one percent of the population 
          and ordinary working families that is threatening the survival 
          of participatory democracy.
      (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are the following:
              (1) To use Federal purchasing power to incentivize private-
          sector firms.
              (2) To create good jobs for America's workers.
              (3) To rebuild America's middle class.
              (4) To address America's crisis of income inequality.
              (5) To invigorate the economy by increasing the purchasing 
          power of working Americans.
  
  SEC. 3. GOOD JOBS MODEL EMPLOYER STANDARDS.
  
      For purposes of this Act, a Good Jobs Model Employer is one which 
  meets the following standards:
              (1) Respects employees' rights to bargain collectively with 
          their employers without being forced to take strike action to 
          win better wages and working conditions.
              (2) Offers to each employee living wages, decent benefits 
          including health care, paid leave for sickness and caregiving, 
          and fair work schedules that are predictable and stable.
              (3) Affirmatively demonstrates an exemplary standard of 
          compliance with workplace protection laws, including laws 
          governing labor relations, wages and hours, and health and 
          safety, as well as other applicable labor laws.
              (4) Limits executive compensation to 50 times the median 
          salary paid to the company's workers.
              (5) Employs a workforce not less than 35 percent of which 
          reside within one or more Historically Underutilized Business 
          Zones.
              (6) Subcontracts only with other Good Jobs Model Employers.
  
  SEC. 4. APPLICATION TO FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND ASSISTANCE.
  
      (a) Eligibility for Award of Procurement Contracts.--In the award 
  of a contract for the acquisition of supplies or services, an executive 
  agency may not award the contract to a source that is not a Good Jobs 
  Model Employer, unless there is no offer from a source that is a Good 
  Jobs Model Employer.
      (b) Eligibility for Award of Financial and Nonfinancial 
  Assistance.--An executive agency may not provide other forms of 
  financial or nonfinancial assistance to entities that are not model 
  employers when there is a similarly situated Good Jobs Model Employer 
  that could receive the assistance, unless doing so would substantially 
  undermine the value of the assistance to the public good.
      (c) Incorporation Into Future Federal Contracts and Assistance 
  Agreements.--Beginning on January 1, 2015, executive agencies shall 
  incorporate into each new contract, contract-like instrument, or 
  assistance agreement a clause requiring the contractor or recipient to 
  conduct itself as a Good Jobs Model Employer for the duration of the 
  contract.
      (d) Exclusions.--None of the provisions of this section shall be 
  interpreted to apply to--
              (1) direct Federal statutory entitlements;
              (2) mandatory awards;
              (3) direct awards to foreign governments or public 
          international organizations;
              (4) benefits to an individual as a personal entitlement; or
              (5) Federal employment.
  
  SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION.
  
      (a) Good Jobs Model Employer Standards.--The Secretary of Labor 
  shall promulgate regulations implementing the Good Jobs Model Employer 
  Standards of section 3(a) so as to effect the policy and purposes of 
  this Act within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The 
  Secretary of Labor shall amend these regulations as necessary so that 
  they continue to effect the policy and purposes of this Act.
      (b) Procurement Policy.--The Administrator of General Services, the 
  Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
  and Space Administration, in coordination with the Office of Federal 
  Procurement Policy, shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
  within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act to effect the 
  policy and purposes of this Act, and subsequently as necessary to 
  continue to effect the policy and purposes of this Act.
      (c) Debarment or Suspension.--
              (1) An organization which acquires any form of financial or 
          nonfinancial benefit or a contract from an executive agency 
          through the operation of the procedure described in section 4 
          shall be placed on the Excluded Parties List enacted by 
          Executive Orders 12549 and 12689 for a period of at least 2 
          years if it fails to remain a model employer for the duration 
          of the benefit.
              (2) An organization which violates a Good Job Model 
          Employer clause in a contract or agreement required by section 
          4(c) shall be placed on the Excluded Parties List enacted by 
          Executive Orders 12549 and 12689 for a period of 3 years.
              (3) Parties which are suspended multiple times may be 
          debarred permanently.
  
  SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY.
  
      If any provision of this Act, or applying such provision to any 
  person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this 
  Act and the application of the provisions of such to any person or 
  circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
target: Restore Opportunity, Strengthen, and Improve the Economy Act - Prohibits an executive agency from awarding a contract for the acquisition of supplies or services to a source that is not a Good Jobs Model Employer, unless there is no offer from such an employer. Defines a &quot;Good Jobs Model Employer&quot; as one that:   respects employees' rights to bargain collectively with their employers without being forced to take strike action to win better wages and working conditions;  offers to each employee living wages, decent benefits including health care, paid leave for sickness and caregiving, and fair work schedules that are predictable and stable; affirmatively demonstrates an exemplary standard of compliance with workplace protection laws, including laws governing labor relations, wages and hours, and health and safety, as well as other applicable labor laws;  limits executive compensation to 50 times the median salary paid to the company's workers;   employs a workforce not less than 35% of which reside within one or more Historically Underutilized Business Zones; and  subcontracts only with other Good Jobs Model Employers.  Prohibits an executive agency from providing other forms of assistance to entities that are not model employers when there is a similarly situated Good Jobs Model Employer that could receive the assistance, unless doing so would substantially undermine the value of the assistance to the public good.  Requires executive agencies to incorporate into each new contract or assistance agreement a clause requiring the contractor or recipient to conduct itself as a Good Jobs Model Employer for the duration of the contract. Provides for the suspension of a contractor or assistance recipient that fails to do so and for debarment for multiple violations. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations implementing such Good Jobs Model Employer standards, and (2) specified officials to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to effect the policy and purposes of this Act. 
feat_title: Restore Opportunity, Strengthen, and Improve the Economy Act