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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7545 

To amend subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act to provide 

for grants to conduct demonstration projects designed to provide eligible 

individuals with the opportunity to obtain education and training for 

occupations in the fields of transportation and infrastructure that pay 

well and are expected to experience labor shortages or be in high demand. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2020 

Mr. LEWIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security 

Act to provide for grants to conduct demonstration 

projects designed to provide eligible individuals with the 

opportunity to obtain education and training for occupations in the fields of transportation and infrastructure 

that pay well and are expected to experience labor shortages or be in high demand. 

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 ‘‘Transportation and 

5 Infrastructure Profession Opportunity Grants Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROFES2 SION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. 

3 Subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

5 2008 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 2008A. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 

7 PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. 

8 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to in9 crease and improve opportunities and Federal supports for 

10 low-income people, especially women, racial or ethnic mi11 norities, and veterans, to enter, follow, and succeed in a 

12 career pathway in transportation and infrastructure pro13 fessions. By the enactment of this section, the Congress 

14 intends to enhance these opportunities through partner15 ships with organizations that specialize in serving these 

16 populations. 

17 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec18 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and 

19 the Secretary of Transportation, shall award grants to eli20 gible entities to conduct demonstration projects that are 

21 designed to provide eligible individuals with the oppor22 tunity to obtain education and training for transportation 

23 and infrastructure professions that pay at least 300 per24 cent of the Federal poverty level and are expected to expe25 rience labor shortages or be in high demand. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT OF LABOR SHORTAGE AND DE2 MAND.—In assessing whether a transportation and infra3 structure profession experiences labor shortages or is in 

4 high demand, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec5 retary of Labor and the Secretary of Transportation, 

6 using available Federal, State, and local data and other 

7 information as the Secretary may deem appropriate, shall 

8 consider, with respect to the geographic area proposed to 

9 be served by an applicant— 

10 ‘‘(1) relevant and updated employment and 

11 labor market trends to assess historic, current, and 

12 projected future trends for specific occupations; 

13 ‘‘(2) available occupational wage data to under14 stand earnings potential; 

15 ‘‘(3) local training capacity to fill current and 

16 future workforce needs; 

17 ‘‘(4) the workforce needs of transportation and 

18 infrastructure employers and agencies; and 

19 ‘‘(5) racial, gender, and economic disparities in 

20 pay or promotion rates that may exist in the trans21 portation and infrastructure profession for which the 

22 applicant proposes to train, as well as disparities in 

23 pay or promotion rates that may exist between vet24 erans and non-veterans in the profession. 

25 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible entity apply2 ing for a grant to carry out a demonstration project 

3 under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 

4 application for the grant that includes the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) A description of how the applicant 

6 will use a career pathways approach to train eli7 gible individuals for transportation and infra8 structure professions that pay, or will put eligi9 ble individuals on a career path to a related oc10 cupation that pays, at least 300 percent of the 

11 Federal poverty level. 

12 ‘‘(B) A description of the adult basic edu13 cation and literacy activities, work readiness ac14 tivities, training activities, and case manage15 ment and career coaching services that the ap16 plicant will use to assist eligible individuals to 

17 gain work experience, connection to employers, 

18 and job placement, and a description of the 

19 plan for recruiting, hiring, and training staff to 

20 provide the case management, mentoring, and 

21 career coaching services, under the project di22 rectly or through local governmental, appren23 ticeship, educational, or charitable institutions. 

24 ‘‘(C) A demonstration that the applicant 

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1 lations, or a description of the plan of the appli2 cant to work with a partner organization that 

3 has the experience. 

4 ‘‘(D) A plan for providing post-employment 

5 support and ongoing training as part of a ca6 reer pathway under the project. 

7 ‘‘(E) A description of the support services 

8 that the applicant will provide under the 

9 project, including a plan for how child care and 

10 transportation support services will be guaran11 teed and, if the applicant will provide a cash 

12 stipend or wage supplement, how the stipend or 

13 supplement would be calculated and distributed. 

14 ‘‘(F) A certification by the applicant that 

15 the project development included— 

16 ‘‘(i) consultation with a local work17 force development board established under 

18 section 107 of the Workforce Innovation 

19 and Opportunity Act; 

20 ‘‘(ii) consideration of apprenticeship 

21 and pre-apprenticeship models registered 

22 under the Act of August 16, 1937 (also 

23 known as the ‘National Apprenticeship 

24 Act’); 


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1 ‘‘(iii) consideration of career pathway 

2 programs in the State in which the project 

3 is to be conducted; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) a review of the State plan under 

5 section 102 or 103 of the Workforce Inno6 vation and Opportunity Act. 

7 ‘‘(G) A description of the availability and 

8 relevance of recent labor market information 

9 and other pertinent evidence of in-demand jobs 

10 or worker shortages. 

11 ‘‘(H) A certification that the applicant will 

12 directly provide or contract for the training 

13 services described in the application. 

14 ‘‘(I) A commitment by the applicant that, 

15 if the grant is made to the applicant, the appli16 cant will— 

17 ‘‘(i) during the planning period for 

18 the project, provide the Secretary with any 

19 information needed by the Secretary to es20 tablish adequate data reporting and ad21 ministrative structure for the project; 

22 ‘‘(ii) hire a person to direct the 

23 project not later than the end of the plan24 ning period applicable to the project; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) accept all technical assistance 

2 offered by the Secretary with respect to 

3 the grant; 

4 ‘‘(iv) participate in such in-person 

5 grantee conferences as are regularly sched6 uled by the Secretary; 

7 ‘‘(v) provide all data required by the 

8 Secretary under subsection (h); and 

9 ‘‘(vi) notify the local disabled vet10 erans’ outreach program specialists under 

11 section 4103A of title 38, United States 

12 Code, and the local veterans’ employment 

13 representatives under section 4104 of such 

14 title, of the grantee’s outreach plan for ad15 vertising training opportunities to potential 

16 participants in the project. 

17 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCES.—In considering applica18 tions for a grant for a demonstration project under 

19 this section, the Secretary— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall give preference to— 

21 ‘‘(i) applications submitted by appli22 cants who have business and community 

23 partners in each of the following cat24 egories: 


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1 ‘‘(I) State and local government 

2 agencies and social service providers, 

3 including a State or local entity that 

4 administers a State program funded 

5 under part A of title IV; 

6 ‘‘(II) institutions of higher edu7 cation, apprenticeship programs, and 

8 local workforce development boards 

9 established under section 107 of the 

10 Workforce Innovation and Oppor11 tunity Act; and 

12 ‘‘(III) transportation and infra13 structure employers, transportation 

14 and infrastructure industry or sector 

15 partnerships, labor unions, and labor16 management partnerships; 

17 ‘‘(ii) applications that include oppor18 tunities for mentoring or peer support, and 

19 make career coaching available, as part of 

20 the case management plan; 

21 ‘‘(iii) applications that include a com22 mitment to providing project participants 

23 with a cash stipend or wage supplement; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) applications which have an emer2 gency cash fund to assist project partici3 pants financially in emergency situations; 

4 ‘‘(v) applications submitted by, or in 

5 partnership with, an eligible entity with a 

6 history of providing specialized program7 ming or training to low-income women, ra8 cial or ethnic minorities, or veterans; and 

9 ‘‘(vi) applications submitted by eligible 

10 entities that include plans to provide one 

11 or more of the supports described in sub12 section (e)(2)(B); and 

13 ‘‘(B) may give preference to— 

14 ‘‘(i) applicants that will administer 

15 the training program through, or in part16 nership with, an institution of higher edu17 cation that is a Historically Black College 

18 or University or a minority-serving institu19 tion; 

20 ‘‘(ii) applicants that will administer 

21 the training program through, or in part22 nership with, institutions of higher edu23 cation at which at least 50 percent of stu24 dents receive Pell Grants under subpart 1 


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1 of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

2 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a); 

3 ‘‘(iii) applicants that will administer 

4 the training program through, or in part5 nership with, an Indian tribe or a tribal or6 ganization; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) applicants that will administer 

8 the training program through, or in part9 nership with, a territory or an eligible enti10 ty in a territory. 

11 ‘‘(e) USE OF GRANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity to which a grant 

13 for a demonstration project is made under this sec14 tion shall use the grant in accordance with the ap15 proved application for the grant. 

16 ‘‘(2) SUPPORT TO BE PROVIDED.— 

17 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED SUPPORT.—A project for 

18 which a grant for a demonstration project is 

19 made under this section shall include the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(i) An assessment for adult basic 

22 skill competency, and provision of adult 

23 basic skills education if necessary for 

24 lower-skilled eligible individuals to enroll in 

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1 plete post-secondary training, through 

2 means including the following: 

3 ‘‘(I) Establishing a network of 

4 partners that offer pre-training activi5 ties for project participants who need 

6 to improve basic academic skills or 

7 English language proficiency before 

8 entering a transportation and infra9 structure occupational training career 

10 pathway program. 

11 ‘‘(II) Offering resources to enable 

12 project participants to continue ad13 vancing adult basic skill proficiency 

14 while enrolled in a career pathway 

15 program. 

16 ‘‘(III) Embedding adult basic 

17 skill maintenance as part of ongoing 

18 post-graduation career coaching and 

19 mentoring. 

20 ‘‘(ii) A guarantee that child care is an 

21 available and affordable support service for 

22 project participants through means such as 

23 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(I) Referral to, and assistance 

2 with, enrollment in a subsidized child 

3 care program. 

4 ‘‘(II) Direct payment to a child 

5 care provider if a slot in a subsidized 

6 child care program is not available or 

7 reasonably accessible. 

8 ‘‘(III) Payment of co-payments 

9 or associated fees for child care. 

10 ‘‘(iii) Case management plans that in11 clude career coaching (with the option to 

12 offer appropriate peer support and men13 toring opportunities to help develop soft 

14 skills and social capital), which may be of15 fered on an ongoing basis before, during, 

16 and after initial training as part of a ca17 reer pathway model. 

18 ‘‘(iv) A plan to provide project partici19 pants with commuting costs through 

20 means such as the following: 

21 ‘‘(I) Referral to, and assistance 

22 with enrollment in, a subsidized trans23 portation program. 

24 ‘‘(II) If a subsidized transpor25 tation program is not reasonably 


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1 available, direct payments to subsidize 

2 commuting costs. 

3 ‘‘(v) Assistance with programs and ac4 tivities, including legal assistance, deemed 

5 necessary to address arrest or conviction 

6 records as an employment barrier. 

7 ‘‘(B) ALLOWED SUPPORT.—The goods and 

8 services provided under a project for which a 

9 grant for a demonstration project is made 

10 under this section may include the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) A cash stipend that is at least 

12 monthly. 

13 ‘‘(ii) A reserve fund for financial as14 sistance to project participants in emer15 gency situations. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Tuition, and training materials 

17 such as books, software, uniforms, shoes, 

18 helmets, eye goggles, and other personal 

19 protective equipment. 

20 ‘‘(iv) In-kind resource donations such 

21 as interview clothing and conference at22 tendance fees. 

23 ‘‘(v) Assistance with accessing and 

24 completing high school equivalency or adult 

25 basic education courses as necessary to 


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1 achieve success in the project and make 

2 progress toward career goals. 

3 ‘‘(vi) Licensing and examination fees 

4 needed for professional certification. 

5 ‘‘(vii) Other support services as 

6 deemed necessary for family well-being, 

7 success in the project, and progress toward 

8 career goals. 

9 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF SUPPORT FOR PUR10 POSES OF MEANS-TESTED PROGRAMS.—Any 

11 goods or services provided to an eligible indi12 vidual participating in a project for which a 

13 grant for a demonstration project is made 

14 under this section shall not be considered in15 come, and shall not be taken into account for 

16 purposes of determining the eligibility of the in17 dividual for, or amount of benefits to be pro18 vided to the individual, under any means-tested 

19 program. 

20 ‘‘(3) TRAINING.—The number of hours of train21 ing provided to an eligible individual under a project 

22 for which a grant for a demonstration project is 

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1 ment of measurable technical or occupational skills 

2 necessary to gain employment or advance within an 

3 occupation (including a certificate awarded by a 

4 local workforce development board established under 

5 section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act), shall be— 

7 ‘‘(A) not less than the number of hours of 

8 training required for certification in that level 

9 of skill by the State in which the project is con10 ducted; or 

11 ‘‘(B) if there is no such requirement, such 

12 number of hours of training as the Secretary 

13 finds is necessary to achieve that skill level. 

14 ‘‘(4) INCOME LIMITATION.—An entity to which 

15 a grant for a demonstration project is made under 

16 this section shall not use the grant to provide sup17 port to a person who is not an eligible individual. 

18 ‘‘(5) INCLUSION OF TANF RECIPIENTS.—In the 

19 case of a project for which a grant for a demonstra20 tion project is made under this section that is con21 ducted in a State that has a program funded under 

22 part A of title IV, at least 10 percent of the eligible 

23 individuals to whom support is provided under the 

24 project shall meet the income eligibility requirements 

25 under the program, without regard to whether the 


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1 individuals receive benefits or services directly under 

2 the program. 

3 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITION.—An entity to which a grant 

4 for a demonstration project is made under this sec5 tion shall not use the grant for purposes of enter6 tainment, except that case management and career 

7 coaching services may include celebrations of specific 

8 career-based milestones such as completing a semes9 ter, graduation, or job placement. 

10 ‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

11 provide technical assistance— 

12 ‘‘(1) to assist eligible entities in applying for 

13 grants for demonstration projects under this section; 

14 ‘‘(2) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 

15 of grantees at each stage of the administration of 

16 projects for which grants for demonstration projects 

17 are made under this section; 

18 ‘‘(3) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 

19 of eligible entities in carrying out demonstration 

20 projects for which a grant is made under this sec21 tion; and 

22 ‘‘(4) to facilitate the exchange of information 

23 among eligible entities regarding best practices and 

24 promising practices used in the projects. 

25 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by 

2 grant, contract, or interagency agreement, conduct 

3 evaluations of the demonstration projects for which 

4 a grant is made under this section. 

5 ‘‘(2) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—Evaluations 

6 conducted pursuant to this subsection may include a 

7 randomized controlled trial, but this subsection shall 

8 not be interpreted to require an evaluation to include 

9 such a trial. 

10 ‘‘(h) REPORTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) TO THE SECRETARY.—An eligible entity 

12 awarded a grant to conduct a project under this sec13 tion shall submit interim reports to the Secretary on 

14 the activities carried out under the project, and, on 

15 the conclusion of the project, a final report on the 

16 activities. Each such report shall include data on 

17 participant outcomes related to earnings, employ18 ment in transportation and infrastructure profes19 sions, graduation rate, graduation timeliness, cre20 dential attainment, participant demographics, and 

21 other data specified by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(2) TO THE CONGRESS.—During each Con23 gress, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 

24 on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 


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1 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a re2 port— 

3 ‘‘(A) on the demographics of the partici4 pants in the projects for which a grant is made 

5 under this section; 

6 ‘‘(B) on the rate of which project partici7 pants completed all activities under the 

8 projects; 

9 ‘‘(C) on the employment credentials ac10 quired by project participants; 

11 ‘‘(D) on the employment of project partici12 pants on completion of activities under the 

13 projects, and the earnings of project partici14 pants at entry into employment; 

15 ‘‘(E) on best practices and promising prac16 tices used in the projects; 

17 ‘‘(F) on the nature of any technical assist18 ance provided to grantees under this section; 

19 ‘‘(G) on, with respect to the period since 

20 the period covered in the most recent prior re21 port submitted under this paragraph— 

22 ‘‘(i) the number of applications sub23 mitted under this section, with a separate 

24 statement of the number of applications re25 ferred to in subsection (d)(2)(A)(iii); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of applications that 

2 were approved, with a separate statement 

3 of the number of such applications referred 

4 to in subsection (d)(2)(A)(iii); and 

5 ‘‘(iii) the 10 individual applications 

6 not approved for a grant for a demonstra7 tion project under this section that showed 

8 the greatest potential to meet the purpose 

9 of this section, including the estimated 

10 number of beneficiaries of each such appli11 cation; 

12 ‘‘(H) that includes an assessment of the ef13 fectiveness of the projects with respect to ad14 dressing transportation and infrastructure pro15 fessions workforce shortages or in-demand jobs; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(I) on the design, nature, and results of 

18 the evaluations required by subsection (g), in19 cluding whether a randomized controlled trial 

20 was used in the evaluation and, if so, the rea21 sons for doing so. 

22 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) CAREER PATHWAY.—The term ‘career 

24 pathway’ has the meaning given that term in section 


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1 3(7) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

2 Act. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMMUTING COSTS.—The term ‘com4 muting costs’ means the cost of public transit, ride5 sharing, or gasoline for a personal vehicle, for com6 muting between a project participant’s residence and 

7 any site at which the participant receives services 

8 under the project. 

9 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en10 tity’ means any of the following entities that dem11 onstrates in an application submitted under this sec12 tion that the entity has the capacity to fully develop 

13 and administer the project described in the applica14 tion: 

15 ‘‘(A) A local workforce development board 

16 established under section 107 of the Workforce 

17 Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

18 ‘‘(B) A State or territory, a political sub19 division of a State or territory, or an agency of 

20 a State, territory, or such a political subdivi21 sion, including a State, territory, or local entity 

22 that administers a State or territory program 

23 funded under part A of title IV. 

24 ‘‘(C) An Indian Tribe or a Tribal organiza25 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(D) An institution of higher education (as 

2 defined in section 101 or 102(a)(1)(B) of the 

3 Higher Education Act of 1965). 

4 ‘‘(E) A nonprofit organization described in 

5 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

6 of 1986, a labor organization, or an entity with 

7 shared labor-management oversight, that has a 

8 demonstrated history of providing transpor9 tation and infrastructure profession training to 

10 eligible individuals. 

11 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 

12 individual’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) an individual whose family income 

14 does not exceed 200 percent of the Federal pov15 erty level; or 

16 ‘‘(B) an individual who is receiving services 

17 under section 477. 

18 ‘‘(5) FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.—The term 

19 ‘Federal poverty level’ means the poverty line (as de20 fined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec21 onciliation Act of 1981, including any revision re22 quired by such section applicable to a family of the 

23 size involved). 

24 ‘‘(6) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI25 VERSITY.—The term ‘Historically Black College or 


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1 University’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 

2 institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 

4 ‘‘(7) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 

5 The terms ‘Indian Tribe’ and ‘Tribal organization’ 

6 have the meaning given the terms in section 4 of the 

7 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

8 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 

9 ‘‘(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

10 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

11 meaning given the term in section 101 or 

12 102(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

13 ‘‘(9) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

14 term ‘minority-serving institution’ has the meaning 

15 given the term— 

16 ‘‘(A) ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ in sec17 tion 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

18 (20 U.S.C. 1101a); 

19 ‘‘(B) ‘Tribal college or university’ in sec20 tion 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

21 (20 U.S.C. 1059c); 

22 ‘‘(C) ‘Alaska Native-serving Institution’ in 

23 section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 

24 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)); 


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1 ‘‘(D) ‘Native Hawaiian-serving institution’ 

2 in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act 

3 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)); 

4 ‘‘(E) ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ in 

5 section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 

6 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)); 

7 ‘‘(F) ‘Asian American and Native Amer8 ican Pacific Islander-serving institution’ in sec9 tion 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 

10 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)); and 

11 ‘‘(G) ‘Native American-serving nontribal 

12 institution’ in section 371(c) of the Higher 

13 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)). 

14 ‘‘(10) RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES.—The 

15 term ‘racial or ethnic minorities’ means persons of 

16 Black or African-American, American Indian, Alaska 

17 Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander 

18 descent, and Hispanic persons (including those of 

19 Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, 

20 or South American descent). 

21 ‘‘(11) RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.—The 

22 term ‘randomized controlled trial’ means an evalua23 tion that employs random assignment of eligible in24 dividuals to a treatment group that receives the 

25 project component under evaluation and a control 


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1 group that does not, in order to establish causal 

2 links between assistance and outcomes. 

3 ‘‘(12) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50 

4 States of the United States and the District of Co5 lumbia. 

6 ‘‘(13) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 

7 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 

8 States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of 

9 the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 

10 Samoa. 

11 ‘‘(14) TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

12 PROFESSION.—The term ‘transportation and infra13 structure profession’ means any profession requiring 

14 certification or training to construct, maintain, man15 age, operate, or repair roads, bridges, tunnels, rails, 

16 airports, seaports, water and sewage systems, utility 

17 systems, or public buildings, or to operate public 

18 transit. 

19 ‘‘(j) FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the 

21 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro22 priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary to 

23 carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fis24 cal years 2021 through 2025. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 

2 appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) 

3 of this subsection— 

4 ‘‘(A) 90 percent shall be available for dem5 onstration project grants under subsection 

6 (e)(1); 

7 ‘‘(B) 6 percent, plus all amounts referred 

8 to in subparagraph (A) that remain unused 

9 after all grant awards are made for the fiscal 

10 year, shall be available for the provision of tech11 nical assistance and associated staffing; and 

12 ‘‘(C) 4 percent shall be available for study13 ing the effects of the demonstration projects for 

14 which a grant is made under this section, and 

15 for associated staffing, for the purpose of sup16 porting the rigorous evaluation of the dem17 onstration projects, and supporting the contin18 ued study of the short-, medium-, and long19 term effects of all such projects. 

20 ‘‘(k) NONAPPLICABILITY OF PRECEDING SECTIONS

21 OF THIS SUBTITLE.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), the preceding sections of this subtitle 

24 shall not apply to a grant awarded under this sec25 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON

2 THE USE OF GRANTS.—Section 2005(a) (other than 

3 paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), and (8)) shall apply to 

4 a grant awarded under this section to the same ex5 tent and in the same manner as such section applies 

6 to payments to States under this subtitle.’’. 

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