; and (bb) who, in carrying out this subclause, shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code; (III) be a party to a project labor agreement or require contractors and subcontractors receiving grant funds to consent to a project labor agreement; (IV) require all project labor agreements to be in compliance with the hiring and contracting requirements described in subsections (c) and (d) of section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701u ); (V) prohibit all contractors and subcontractors receiving grant funds from hiring employees through a temporary staffing agency unless the relevant State workforce agency certifies that temporary employees are necessary to address an acute, short-term labor demand; (VI) require all contractors and subcontractors receiving grant funds to have an explicit neutrality policy on any issue involving the organization of employees of the contractor or subcontractor, and all contractors and subcontractors, for purposes of collective bargaining; (VII) for each skilled craft employed to rehabilitate, upgrade, innovate and transition public housing developments, demonstrate an ability to use and to commit to use individuals enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program who shall, to the greatest extent practicable, constitute not less than 20 percent of the individuals working on the project; and (VIII) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure that contractors and subcontractors provide preferential treatment in hiring laborers and mechanics that are— (aa) public housing residents; (bb) hired from within 50 miles of their official residence; (cc) veterans or active or retired military; (dd) highly skilled union workers; or (ee) returning citizens who were formerly incarcerated individuals