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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1323

To provide demonstration grants to institutions of higher education for the

purpose of providing education and training in environmental restoration

to dislocated defense workers and young adults.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 11, 1993

Ms. PELOSI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Education and Labor

A BILL

To provide demonstration grants to institutions of higher

education for the purpose of providing education and

training in environmental restoration to dislocated defense workers and young adults.

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 ‘‘National Economic

5 Conversion and Environmental Restoration Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor shall,

8 from amounts appropriated pursuant to section 9(a), pro-
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1 vide demonstration grants to institutions of higher edu2 cation for the purpose of providing education and training

3 in environmental restoration to dislocated defense workers

4 and young adults.

5 (b) PERIOD OF GRANTS.—A grant received under

6 subsection (a) may extend for a period of not more than

7 3 fiscal years. The payments under such grant shall be

8 subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject

9 to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year.

10 SEC. 3. APPLICATION.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a

12 grant to an institution of higher education under section

13 2(a) only if such institution submits to the Secretary an

14 application which contains such information as the

15 Secretary may reasonably require.

16 (b) ASSURANCES.—Such application shall include as17 surances that the institution of higher education will use

18 Federal funds received from a grant under section 2(a)

19 to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds that

20 would otherwise be available for activities funded under

21 such section.

22 SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher edu25 cation shall use amounts received from a grant
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1 under section 2(a) to establish a consortium consist2 ing of the institution and the entities described in

3 paragraph (2) for the purpose of establishing a pro4 gram to provide education and training in environ5 mental restoration to the eligible individuals de6 scribed in subsection (b).

7 (2) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—The entities de8 scribed in this paragraph are 1 or more of each of

9 the following:

10 (A) Representatives of appropriate State

11 and local agencies.

12 (B) Private industry councils (described in

13 section 102 of the Job Training Partnership

14 Act (29 U.S.C. 1512)).

15 (C) Community-based organizations.

16 (D) Businesses.

17 (E) Labor organizations.

18 (F) Other appropriate educational institu19 tions.

20 (b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—

21 (1) DISLOCATED DEFENSE WORKERS.—An in22 dividual who has been terminated or laid off from

23 employment, or has received notice of termination or

24 lay off, as a consequence of reductions in expendi25 tures by the United States for defense or by closures
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1 of United States military facilities, as determined in

2 accordance with regulations developed by the Sec3 retary, shall be eligible for education and training in

4 environmental restoration under this section.

5 (2) YOUNG ADULTS.—An individual who has at6 tained the age of 16 but not the age of 25 shall be

7 eligible for education and training in environmental

8 restoration under this section.

9 (c) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In conducting the pro10 gram established under subsection (a)(1), the consortium

11 shall meet the following requirements:

12 (1) PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

13 IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.—

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The consortium shall

15 establish and provide a work-based learning

16 system consisting of education and training in

17 environmental restoration, which may include

18 basic educational courses, on-site basic skills

19 training, and mentor assistance to eligible indi20 viduals described in subsection (b), which may

21 lead to the awarding of a certificate of comple22 tion or advanced degree at the institution of

23 higher education.

24 (B) USE OF CLOSED MILITARY INSTALLA25 TION.—To the extent practicable, the consor-
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1 tium shall utilize a military installation closed

2 or selected to be closed under a base closure law

3 in providing on-site basic skills training to eligi4 ble individuals described in subsection (b).

5 (2) OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT.—The con6 sortium shall undertake outreach and recruitment

7 efforts to encourage participation by eligible individ8 uals in the program established under subsection

9 (a)(1).

10 (3) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—

11 The consortium shall—

12 (A) to the extent practicable, select eligible

13 individuals described in each of paragraphs (1)

14 and (2) of subsection (b) for the program estab15 lished under subsection (a)(1); and

16 (B) give priority in the selection of young

17 adults described in subsection (b)(2) to those

18 young adults who—

19 (i) have not attended and do not plan

20 to attend a postsecondary educational in21 stitution; or

22 (ii) have, or are members of families

23 who have, received a total family income

24 that, in relation to family size, is not in

25 excess of the higher of—
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1 (I) the official poverty line (as

2 defined by the Office of Management

3 and Budget, and revised annually in

4 accordance with section 673(2) of the

5 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

6 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)); or

7 (II) 70 percent of the lower living

8 standard income level.

9 (4) INSTRUCTORS.—The consortium shall, to

10 the extent practicable, select instructors for the pro11 gram established under subsection (a)(1) from insti12 tutions of higher education, appropriate community

13 programs, and industry and labor.

14 (5) JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES.—The consor15 tium shall provide job placement services to each eli16 gible individual who receives a certificate of comple17 tion or advanced degree under paragraph (1)(A).

18 (6) COORDINATION.—To the extent practicable,

19 the consortium shall consult with appropriate Fed20 eral, State, and local agencies carrying out environ21 mental restoration programs for the purpose of

22 achieving coordination between such programs and

23 the program established by the consortium under

24 subsection (a)(1).
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1 SEC. 5. SELECTION.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent practicable, the Sec3 retary shall provide grants to institutions of higher edu4 cation under section 2(a) in a manner which will equitably

5 distribute such grants among the various regions of the

6 United States.

7 (b) PRIORITY.—In providing grants to institutions of

8 higher education under section 2(a), the Secretary shall

9 give priority to institutions of higher education located in

10 urban areas.

11 SEC. 6. ALLOCATION.

12 The Secretary shall provide grants under section 2(a)

13 in a fiscal year to each institution of higher education in

an amount totaling not more than 1 14 ⁄3 of amounts appro15 priated pursuant to section 9(a) for that fiscal year.

16 SEC. 7. REPORTS.

17 (a) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—The Secretary may

18 provide a grant to an institution of higher education under

19 section 2(a) only if such institution agrees to submit to

20 the Secretary, in each fiscal year in which the Secretary

21 makes payments under such grant to such institution, a

22 report containing—

23 (1) a description and evaluation of the program

24 established by such consortium under section

25 4(a)(1); and
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1 (2) any other information as the Secretary may

2 reasonably require.

3 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—

4 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 18

5 months after the date of the enactment of this Act,

6 the Secretary shall submit to the President and the

7 Congress an interim report containing—

8 (A) a compilation of the information con9 tained in the reports received by the Secretary

10 from each institution of higher education under

11 subsection (a); and

12 (B) an evaluation of the effectiveness of

13 the demonstration grants authorized under sec14 tion 2(a).

15 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than January 1,

16 1997, the Secretary shall submit to the President

17 and the Congress a final report containing—

18 (A) a compilation of the information de19 scribed in paragraph (1)(A); and

20 (B) a final evaluation of the effectiveness

21 of the demonstration grants authorized under

22 section 2(a), including a recommendation as to

23 the feasibility of reauthorizing such grants.
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1 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

2 For purposes of this Act, the following definitions

3 apply:

4 (1) BASE CLOSURE LAW.—The term ‘‘base clo5 sure law’’ means the following:

6 (A) The Defense Base Closure and Re7 alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of

8 Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1808; 10

9 U.S.C. 2687 note).

10 (B) Title II of the Defense Authorization

11 Amendments and Base Closure and Realign12 ment Act (Public Law 100–526; 102 Stat.

13 2627; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).

14 (C) Section 2687 of title 10, United States

15 Code.

16 (D) Any other similar law enacted after

17 the date of the enactment of this Act.

18 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.—The term

19 ‘‘environmental restoration’’ means actions taken

20 consistent with a permanent remedy to prevent or

21 minimize the release of hazardous substances into

22 the environment so that such substances do not mi23 grate to cause substantial danger to present or

24 future public health or welfare or the environment.

25 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The

26 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the
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1 meaning given such term in section 1201(a) of the

2 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).

3 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

4 the Secretary of Labor.

5 (5) URBAN AREA.—The term ‘‘urban area’’

6 means—

7 (A) a metropolitan statistical area having a

8 population of not less than 500,000 individuals;

9 or

10 (B) a State which does not contain a

11 standard metropolitan statistical area but has a

12 population of not less than 500,000 individuals.

13 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994

16 through 1996 to carry out this Act.

17 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro18 priated under subsection (a) shall remain available until

19 expended.

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