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New Works Projects Administration
The Model New Works Projects Act of 2020,
Prepared for the Adoption of any Body Corporate or Politic,
by Antarah A. Crawley (newsyllabus.org).
IN THE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA. N.S. POLICY BUREAU. JUNE 28, 2020.
A MODEL ACT
For the relief of un- and underemployment through the performance of useful work.
Be it prescribed by Antarah A. Crawley, That for the purpose of relieving the acute condition of widespread distress, unemployment, and underemployment now existing in the United States as a result of COVID-19, civil unrest, and other reasons, and in order to provide for the development and dispensation of America’s human capital workforce, as well as the maintenance of a reserve of skilled labor through an orderly program of public and private works, the following language is hereby proffered to the consideration, deliberation, modification, and potential enactment of any body corporate or politic soever. Such a body, having for its government a President or Committee or officers of the general type described herein, may adapt this model language to their particular mission.
SEC. 2. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby established in the public and/or private sectors, under the direction of the President of a body corporate or politic or other such officer(s) as may best carry out the provisions of this Act, certain local, regional, and national work relief agencies as follows: (a) A new Works Projects Administration, which shall be responsible to the President or presiding officer(s) for the honest, efficient, speedy, and coordinated execution of the work relief program as a whole, and for the execution of that program in such manner as to move from the relief rolls to work on such projects or in private employment the maximum number of persons.
SEC. 3. For the purposes of establishing the new Works Projects Administration, the enacting body may adopt, modify, and pass any or all parts of the following model language.
SEC. 4. This Act may be cited as the “Model New Works Projects Act of 2020.”
Prescribed, June 28, 2020, 1 p.m.
