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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1881 

To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of 

Labor, to establish a program to provide for workforce training and 

education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2011 

Mr. LUJA ́N (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. HASTINGS

of Florida, Mr. HOLT, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. WU, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. RICHARDSON, 

Ms. LEE of California, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 

JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. POLIS, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. RYAN of 

Ohio, and Mr. OLVER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with 

the Secretary of Labor, to establish a program to provide 

for workforce training and education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy. 

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 ‘‘Community College 

5 Energy Training Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 

2 COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 

3 (a) WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN SUS4 TAINABLE ENERGY.—From funds made available under 

5 subsection (c), the Secretary of Energy, in coordination 

6 with the Secretary of Labor, shall carry out a joint sus7 tainable energy workforce training and education pro8 gram. In carrying out the program, the Secretary of En9 ergy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

10 award grants to community colleges to provide workforce 

11 training and education in industries and practices such 

12 as— 

13 (1) alternative energy, including wind and solar 

14 energy; 

15 (2) high-performance green building construc16 tion, design and redevelopment; 

17 (3) sustainable energy technologies, including 

18 chemical technology, nanotechnology, and electrical 

19 technology; 

20 (4) water, energy and resource conservation; 

21 (5) recycling and waste reduction; and 

22 (6) sustainable agriculture and farming. 

23 (b) AWARD CONSIDERATIONS.—Of the funds made 

24 available under subsection (c) for a fiscal year, not less 

25 than one-half of such funds shall be awarded to commu26 nity colleges with existing (as of the date of the award) 


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1 sustainability programs that lead to certificates, creden2 tials, or degrees in 1 or more of the industries and prac3 tices described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection 

4 (a). 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

8 2016. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

10 (1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu11 nity college’’ means an institution of higher edu12 cation, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 

13 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), that— 

14 (A) provides a 2-year program of instruc15 tion for which the institution awards an asso16 ciate degree; and 

17 (B) primarily awards associate degrees. 

18 (2) HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDING.— 

19 The term ‘‘high-performance green building’’ has the 

20 meaning given the term in section 401(13) of the 

21 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

22 U.S.C. 17061). 

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