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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7743 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the ‘‘Department of Energy 

Experienced Worker Program’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2024 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself and Mr. FULCHER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the 

‘‘Department of Energy Experienced Worker Program’’. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy 

5 Experienced Worker Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EXPERIENCED WORKER 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall es9 tablish an experienced worker program, to be known as 

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1 gram’’, for the purpose of awarding grants and entering 

2 into multiyear cooperative agreements to use the talents 

3 of individuals in the United States who are age 55 or older 

4 and are not employees of the Department of Energy to 

5 provide technical, professional, and administrative services 

6 to support the mission of the Department of Energy. 

7 (b) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law relating to Federal grants and coop10 erative agreements, in carrying out the Department 

11 of Energy Experienced Worker Program established 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy may 

13 make grants to, or enter into multiyear cooperative 

14 agreements with, private national nonprofit organi15 zations eligible to receive grants under title V of the 

16 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et 

17 seq.) to use the talents of individuals in the United 

18 States who are age 55 or older and are not employ19 ees of the Department of Energy to provide tech20 nical, professional, and administrative services to 

21 support the mission of the Department of Energy. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Prior to awarding a 

23 grant or entering into a cooperative agreement 

24 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Energy shall 


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1 ensure that the grant or cooperative agreement 

2 would not— 

3 (A) result in the displacement of individ4 uals currently employed by the Department of 

5 Energy, including partial displacement through 

6 reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or em7 ployment benefits; 

8 (B) result in the use of an individual under 

9 the Department of Energy Experienced Worker 

10 Program for a job or function in a case in 

11 which a Federal employee is in a layoff status 

12 from the same or substantially equivalent job 

13 within the Department; 

14 (C) affect existing contracts for services; or 

15 (D) result in the conversion of enrollees in 

16 the Department of Energy Experienced Worker 

17 Program into employees of the Department. 

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