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                                                          Councilmember Eliss{Silverman

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                                                  ABILL

                         IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

     To amend the First Source Employment Agreement Act of 1984 to require the Department of

            Employment Services (DOES) to permit organizations to provide the Department with

            qualified candidates for inclusion in the First Source Register, to require DOES to

            proactively identify individuals who are hard to serve, to repeal the requirement for

            beneficiaries to submit their monthly direct and indirect labor costs, to permit those

            beneficiaries subject to the 51% new hires requirement to receive credit for advancing

            existing District-resident employees into higher-skilled positions, to require DOESs

            Office of Talent & Client Services to develop standard operating procedures for its role in

            First Source, and to require that the workforce intermediary program be used exclusively

            for First Source projects or contracts.

            BE IT      ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

     act may be cited as the First Source Resident Employment Amendment Act of2019.

             Sec. 2. The First Source Employment Agreement Act of 1984, effective June 29, 1984

     (D.C. Law 5-93; D.C. Official Code  2-219.01 er seq.), is amended as follows:

37          (a) Section 3 (D.C. Official Code  2-219.02) is amended by adding new subsections (c)

38   and (d) to read as follows:

39          (c) The entities listed in subsection (b)ofthis section shall be permitted to identify, vet,

40   and refer candidates to the Department of Employment Services (DOES or the Department)

4    for inclusion in the First Source Register.

42          (d) Upon an individual's addition to the First Source Register, DOES shall certify

43   whether the individual is hard to employ and indicate the individuals hard to employ status so it

44   is viewable to all beneficiaries.

45          (b) Section 4 (D.C. Official Code  2-219.03) is amended as follows:

46                  (1) Subsection (e) is amended as follows:

47                          (A) Paragraph (1) is amended as follows:

48                                  (i) Subparagraph (C)(vi) is repealed;

49                                  (ii) A new subparagraph (E) is added to read as follows:

50                          (E) For the purpose of calculating the total number of new District

51   residents hired pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, beneficiaries covered by this

52   paragraph may count existing District-resident employees of the beneficiary's company who are

53   advanced to a higher-skilled position created by the project or contract as new hires..

54                          (B) Paragraph (1A) is amended as follows:

55                                  (i) Subparagraph (D) is amended by striking the phrase , as well

56   as a report of the total monthly direct and indirect labor costs associated with the project or

37   contract;

58                                  (ii) Subparagraph (H) is amended to read as follows:

59                          (H) For the purposeofcalculating hours worked by District residents, the

60   Department of Employment Services shall count for beneficiaries covered by this paragraph any

61   hours worked by District residents on other completed projects or contracts subject to and in

62   excessof the Workforce Acts hiring requirements that are certified by the Mayor..

                            (C) A new paragraph (1) is added to read as follows:

                            (1D) Within 120 days afier the applicability dateofthe First Source

     Resident Employment Amendment Act of 2019, introduced on December 3, 2019 (Bill __), the

66   Department of Employment Services shall develop and transmit to the Council standard

67   operating procedures for the Departments Office of Talent & Client Services regarding how the

68   Office will assist beneficiaries in finding qualified District-resident employees..

69          () Section 5b(a)(2) (D.C. Official Code  2-219.04b(a)(2)) is amended by striking the

70   word employers both times it appears and inserting the word beneficiaries in its place.

7           Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.

72          The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal

73   impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,

74   approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code  1-301.47a).

75          Sec. 4. Effective date.

76          This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event ofa veto by

77   the Mayor, action by Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as

7B   provided in section 602(c)(1)ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December

79   24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code

                                               1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of

80   Columbia Register.