The American Ownership and Resilience Act aims to enhance domestic ownership of businesses in the United States, particularly through employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and worker-owned cooperatives. By promoting employee ownership, the legislation seeks to empower workers, stabilize local economies, and preserve jobs, ultimately fostering economic resilience. To facilitate this transition, the Act establishes an ownership investment company that will provide capital to businesses looking to sell ownership interests to ESOPs or eligible cooperatives.