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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4583 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing 

workforce. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE 

2 DEVELOPMENT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 

4 Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prioritize edu5 cation and training for energy and manufacturing-related 

6 jobs in order to increase the number of skilled workers 

7 trained to work in energy and manufacturing-related fields 

8 when considering awards for existing grant programs, in9 cluding by— 

10 (1) encouraging State education agencies and 

11 local educational agencies to equip students with the 

12 skills, mentorships, training, and technical expertise 

13 necessary to fill the employment opportunities vital 

14 to managing and operating the Nation’s energy and 

15 manufacturing industries, in collaboration with rep16 resentatives from the energy and manufacturing in17 dustries (including the oil, gas, coal, nuclear, utility, 

18 pipeline, renewable, petrochemical, manufacturing, 

19 and electrical construction sectors) to identify the 

20 areas of highest need in each sector and the skills 

21 necessary for a high quality workforce in the fol22 lowing sectors of energy and manufacturing: 

23 (A) Energy efficiency industry, including 

24 work in energy efficiency, conservation, weath25 erization, or retrofitting, or as inspectors or 

26 auditors. 


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1 (B) Pipeline industry, including work in 

2 pipeline construction and maintenance or work 

3 as engineers or technical advisors. 

4 (C) Utility industry, including work in the 

5 generation, transmission, and distribution of 

6 electricity and natural gas, such as utility tech7 nicians, operators, lineworkers, engineers, sci8 entists, and information technology specialists. 

9 (D) Nuclear industry, including work as 

10 scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati11 cians, or security personnel. 

12 (E) Oil and gas industry, including work 

13 as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati14 cians, petrochemical engineers, or geologists. 

15 (F) Renewable industry, including work in 

16 the development, manufacturing, and produc17 tion of renewable energy sources (such as solar, 

18 hydropower, wind, or geothermal energy). 

19 (G) Coal industry, including work as coal 

20 miners, engineers, developers and manufactur21 ers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, technology 

22 vendors, coal transportation workers and opera23 tors, or mining equipment vendors. 

24 (H) Manufacturing industry, including 

25 work as operations technicians, operations and 


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1 design in additive manufacturing, 3–D printing, 

2 advanced composites, and advanced aluminum 

3 and other metal alloys, industrial energy effi4 ciency management systems, including power 

5 electronics, and other innovative technologies. 

6 (I) Chemical manufacturing industry, in7 cluding work in construction (such as welders, 

8 pipefitters, and tool and die makers) or as in9 strument and electrical technicians, machinists, 

10 chemical process operators, chemical engineers, 

11 quality and safety professionals, and reliability 

12 engineers; and 

13 (2) strengthening and more fully engaging De14 partment of Energy programs and labs in carrying 

15 out the Department’s workforce development initia16 tives including the Minorities in Energy Initiative. 

17 (b) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

18 construed to authorize the Secretary or any other officer 

19 or employee of the Federal Government to incentivize, re20 quire, or coerce a State, school district, or school to adopt 

21 curricula aligned to the skills described in subsection (a). 

22 (c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize the 

23 education and training of underrepresented groups in en24 ergy and manufacturing-related jobs. 


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1 (d) CLEARINGHOUSE.—In carrying out this section, 

2 the Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse to— 

3 (1) maintain and update information and re4 sources on training and workforce development pro5 grams for energy and manufacturing-related jobs, 

6 including job training and workforce development 

7 programs available to assist displaced and unem8 ployed energy and manufacturing workers 

9 transitioning to new employment; and 

10 (2) provide technical assistance for States, local 

11 educational agencies, schools, community colleges, 

12 universities (including minority serving institutions), 

13 workforce development programs, labor-management 

14 organizations, and industry organizations that would 

15 like to develop and implement energy and manufac16 turing-related training programs. 

17 (e) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out this section, 

18 the Secretary— 

19 (1) shall collaborate with States, local edu20 cational agencies, schools, community colleges, uni21 versities (including minority serving institutions), 

22 workforce-training organizations, national labora23 tories, State energy offices, workforce investment 

24 boards, and the energy and manufacturing indus25 tries; 


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1 (2) shall encourage and foster collaboration, 

2 mentorships, and partnerships among organizations 

3 (including industry, States, local educational agen4 cies, schools, community colleges, workforce-develop5 ment organizations, and colleges and universities) 

6 that currently provide effective job training pro7 grams in the energy and manufacturing fields and 

8 entities (including States, local educational agencies, 

9 schools, community colleges, workforce development 

10 programs, and colleges and universities) that seek to 

11 establish these types of programs in order to share 

12 best practices; and 

13 (3) shall collaborate with the Bureau of Labor 

14 Statistics, the Department of Commerce, the Bureau 

15 of the Census, States, and the energy and manufac16 turing industries to develop a comprehensive and de17 tailed understanding of the energy and manufac18 turing workforce needs and opportunities by State 

19 and by region. 

20 (f) OUTREACH TO MINORITY SERVING INSTITU21 TIONS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— 

22 (1) give special consideration to increasing out23 reach to minority serving institutions and Histori24 cally Black Colleges and Universities; 


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1 (2) make existing resources available through 

2 program cross-cutting to minority serving institu3 tions with the objective of increasing the number of 

4 skilled minorities and women trained to go into the 

5 energy and manufacturing sectors; 

6 (3) encourage industry to improve the opportu7 nities for students of minority serving institutions to 

8 participate in industry internships and cooperative 

9 work/study programs; and 

10 (4) partner with the Department of Energy lab11 oratories to increase underrepresented groups’ par12 ticipation in internships, fellowships, traineeships, 

13 and employment at all Department of Energy lab14 oratories. 

15 (g) OUTREACH TO DISLOCATED ENERGY AND MANU16 FACTURING WORKERS.—In carrying out this section, the 

17 Secretary shall— 

18 (1) give special consideration to increasing out19 reach to employers and job trainers preparing dis20 located energy and manufacturing workers for in-de21 mand sectors or occupations; 

22 (2) make existing resources available through 

23 program cross-cutting to institutions serving dis24 located energy and manufacturing workers with the 


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1 objective of training individuals to re-enter in-de2 mand sectors or occupations; 

3 (3) encourage the energy and manufacturing in4 dustries to improve opportunities for dislocated en5 ergy and manufacturing workers to participate in 

6 career pathways; and 

7 (4) work closely with the energy and manufac8 turing industries to identify energy and manufac9 turing operations, such as coal-fired power plants 

10 and coal mines, scheduled for closure and to provide 

11 early intervention assistance to workers employed at 

12 such energy and manufacturing operations by— 

13 (A) partnering with State and local work14 force development boards; 

15 (B) giving special consideration to employ16 ers and job trainers preparing such workers for 

17 in-demand sectors or occupations; 

18 (C) making existing resources available 

19 through program cross-cutting to institutions 

20 serving such workers with the objective of train21 ing them to re-enter in-demand sectors or occu22 pations; and 

23 (D) encouraging the energy and manufac24 turing industries to improve opportunities for 

25 such workers to participate in career pathways. 


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1 (h) ENROLLMENT IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

2 PROGRAMS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 

3 shall work with industry and community-based workforce 

4 organizations to help identify candidates, including from 

5 underrepresented communities such as minorities, women, 

6 and veterans, to enroll in workforce development programs 

7 for energy and manufacturing-related jobs. 

8 (i) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

9 construed as authorizing the creation of a new workforce 

10 development program. 

11 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) CAREER PATHWAYS; DISLOCATED WORKER; 

13 IN-DEMAND SECTORS OR OCCUPATIONS; LOCAL

14 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD; STATE WORK15 FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.—The terms ‘‘career 

16 pathways’’, ‘‘dislocated worker’’, ‘‘in-demand sectors 

17 or occupations’’, ‘‘local workforce development 

18 board’’, and ‘‘State workforce development board’’ 

19 have the meanings given the terms ‘‘career path20 ways’’, ‘‘dislocated worker’’, ‘‘in-demand sectors or 

21 occupations’’, ‘‘local board’’, and ‘‘State board’’, re22 spectively, in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation 

23 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

24 (2) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

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1 tution of higher education with a designation of one 

2 of the following: 

3 (A) Hispanic-serving institution (as de4 fined in 20 U.S.C.1101a(a)(5)). 

5 (B) Tribal College or University (as de6 fined in 20 U.S.C.1059c(b)). 

7 (C) Alaska Native-serving institution or a 

8 Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined 

9 in 20 U.S.C.1059d(b)). 

10 (D) Predominantly Black Institution (as 

11 defined in 20 U.S.C.1059e(b)). 

12 (E) Native American-serving nontribal in13 stitution (as defined in 20 U.S.C.1059f(b)). 

14 (F) Asian American and Native American 

15 Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined 

16 in 20 U.S.C.1059g(b)). 

17 SEC. 2. REPORT. 

18 Five years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary shall publish a comprehensive report to the 

20 Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 

21 on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate Energy and Natural Re23 sources Committee on the outlook for energy and manu24 facturing sectors nationally. The report shall also include 

25 a comprehensive summary of energy and manufacturing 


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1 job creation as a result of the enactment of this Act. The 

2 report shall include performance data regarding the num3 ber of program participants served, the percentage of par4 ticipants in competitive integrated employment two quar5 ters and four quarters after program completion, the me6 dian income of program participants two quarters and 

7 four quarters after program completion, and the percent8 age of program participants receiving industry-recognized 

9 credentials. 

10 SEC. 3. USE OF EXISTING FUNDS. 

11 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

12 requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car13 ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 29, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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