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care providers and all Americans can 

see the benefit of health information 

technology. Widespread diffusion of 

HIT is a critical step in health care reform and making sure every American 

has the most efficient, optimal quality 

care. 

By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and 

Ms. STABENOW): 

S. 267. A bill to provide funding for 

summer and year-round youth jobs and 

training programs; to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be placed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

S. 267 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Summer and 

Year-Round Jobs for Youth Stimulus Act of 

2009’’. 

SEC. 2. SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND YOUTH JOBS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

(1) a $1,000,000,000 investment in summer 

and year-round employment for youth, 

through the program supported under this 

section, can create up to 1,000,000 jobs for 

economically disadvantaged youth and stimulate local economies; 

(2) there is a serious and growing need for 

employment opportunities for economically 

disadvantaged youth (including young 

adults), as demonstrated by statistics from 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics stating that, 

in December 2008— 

(A) the unemployment rate increased to 7.2 

percent, as compared to 4.9 percent in December 2007; 

(B) the unemployment rate for 16- to 19- 

year-olds rose to 20.8 percent, as compared to 

16.9 percent in December 2007; and 

(C) the unemployment rate for AfricanAmerican 16- to 19-year-olds increased to 33.7 

percent, as compared to 28 percent in December 2007; 

(3) research from Northwestern University 

has shown that every $1 a youth earns has an 

accelerator effect of $3 on the local economy; 

(4) summer and year-round jobs for youth 

help supplement the income of families living in poverty; 

(5) summer and year-round jobs for youth 

provide valuable work experience for economically disadvantaged youth; 

(6) often, a summer job provided under the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is an economically disadvantaged youth’s introduction to the world of work; 

(7) according to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, 

early work experience is a very powerful predictor of success and earnings in the labor 

market, and early work experience raises 

earnings over a lifetime by 10 to 20 percent; 

(8) participation in a youth jobs program 

can contribute to a reduction in criminal 

and high-risk behavior for youth; and 

(9)(A) youth jobs programs benefit both 

youth and communities when designed 

around principles that promote mutually 

beneficial programs; 

(B) youth benefit from jobs that provide 

them with work readiness skills and that 

help them make the connection between responsibility on the job and success in adulthood; and 

(C) communities benefit when youth are 

engaged productively, providing much-needed services that meet real community needs. 

(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

‘‘green-collar industries’’ means industries 

throughout the economy of the United 

States— 

(1) that promote energy efficiency, energy 

conservation, and environmental protection, 

including promoting renewable energy and 

clean technology; 

(2) that offer jobs with substantial pay and 

benefits; and 

(3) that are industries in which there is 

likely to be continued demand for workers. 

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

There is authorized to be appropriated to the 

Secretary of Labor for youth activities under 

the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), $1,000,000,000, which shall 

be available for the period of January 1, 2009 

through December 31, 2010, under the conditions described in subsection (d). 

(d) CONDITIONS.— 

(1) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds appropriated 

under subsection (c) shall be used for youth 

jobs and training programs, to provide opportunities referred to in subparagraphs (C), 

(D), (E), and (F) of section 129(c)(2) of such 

Act (29 U.S.C. 2854(c)(2)) and, as appropriate, 

opportunities referred to in subparagraphs 

(A) and (G) of such section, except that no 

such funds shall be spent on unpaid work experiences. 

(2) LIMITATION.—Such funds shall be distributed in accordance with sections 127 and 

128 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2852, 2853), except 

that no portion of such funds shall be reserved to carry out 128(a) or 169 of such Act 

(29 U.S.C. 2853(a), 2914). 

(3) PRIORITY.—In using funds made available under this section, a local area (as defined in section 101 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

2801)) shall give priority to providing— 

(A) work experiences in public and nonprofit sector green-collar industries; 

(B) work experiences in other viable industries, including health care; and 

(C) job referral services for youth to work 

experiences in green-collar industries in the 

private sector or work experiences in other 

viable industries in the private sector, for 

which the employer involved agrees to pay 

the wages and benefits, consistent with Federal and State child labor laws. 

(4) MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The effectiveness of the activities carried out with 

such funds shall be measured, under section 

136 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2871), only with performance measures based on the core indicators of performance described in section 

136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

2871(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)), applied to all youth 

served through the activities. 

(e) AGE-RELATED.—As used in this Act, and 

in the provisions referred to in subsections 

(c) and (d) for purposes of this Act— 

(1) a reference to a youth refers to an individual who is not younger than age 14 and 

not older than age 24, and meets any other 

requirements for that type of youth; and 

(2) a reference to a youth activity refers to 

an activity covered in subsection (d)(1) that 

is carried out for a youth described in paragraph (1). 

By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and 

Ms. STABENOW): 

S. 268. A bill to provide funding for a 

Green Job Corps program, YouthBuild 

Build Green Grants, and Green-Collar 

Youth Opportunity Grants, and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be placed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

S. 268 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green-Collar 

Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDING. 

Congress finds that there is a serious and 

growing need for employment opportunities 

for economically disadvantaged youth (including young adults), as demonstrated by 

statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stating that, in December 2008— 

(1) the unemployment rate increased to 7.2 

percent, as compared to 4.9 percent in December 2007; 

(2) the unemployment rate for 16- to 19- 

year-olds rose to 20.8 percent, as compared to 

16.9 percent in December 2007; and 

(3) the unemployment rate for AfricanAmerican 16- to 19-year-olds increased to 33.7 

percent, as compared to 28 percent in December 2007. 

SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

The purposes of this Act are— 

(1) to increase knowledge of the importance of building a green economy; 

(2) to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy usage; 

(3) to strengthen the protection of the environment; 

(4) to decrease carbon emissions; and 

(5) to increase the number of well-trained 

youth workers who can obtain well-paying 

jobs in a range of green-collar industries and 

other viable industries. 

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) GREEN-COLLAR INDUSTRIES.—In this section, the term ‘‘green-collar industries’’ 

means industries throughout the economy of 

the United States— 

(A) that promote energy efficiency, energy 

conservation, and environmental protection, 

including promoting renewable energy and 

clean technology; 

(B) that offer jobs with substantial pay and 

benefits; and 

(C) that are industries in which there is 

likely to be continued demand for workers. 

(2) LOCAL BOARD, LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL, 

SECRETARY.—The terms ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘lowincome individual’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have 

the meanings given the terms in section 101 

of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

U.S.C. 2801). 

(3) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 

The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ means an industry skills training program at the postsecondary level that combines technical and theoretical training 

through structured on-the-job learning with 

related instruction (in a classroom or 

through distance learning) while an individual is employed, working under the direction of qualified personnel or a mentor, and 

earning incremental wage increases aligned 

to enhanced job proficiency, resulting in the 

acquisition of a nationally recognized and 

portable certificate, under a plan approved 

by the Office of Apprenticeship or a State 

agency recognized by the Department of 

Labor. 

SEC. 5. GREEN JOB CORPS PROGRAM. 

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section 

are— 

(1) to encourage youth participating in the 

Job Corps to become informed energy- and 

environmentally-conscious consumers; 


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(2) to enable the youth to acquire and expand skills related to green-collar industries; 

and 

(3) to address Job Corps construction needs 

and energy costs and to make Job Corps centers more energy efficient, including retrofitting facilities and restoring campuses. 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms 

‘‘enrollee’’, ‘‘graduate’’, and ‘‘Job Corps Center’’ have the meanings given the terms in 

section 142 of the Workforce Investment Act 

of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2882). 

(c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is 

authorized to reserve not more than 

$500,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

this Act to provide work experiences and 

training described in subsection (d) in greencollar industries. The Secretary shall provide the work experiences and training, in 

conjunction with activities described in section 148 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

1998 (29 U.S.C. 2888), under subtitle C of title 

I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.) (except 

that subsections (c) and (d) of section 159 of 

such Act (29 U.S.C. 2899) shall not apply to 

such experiences and training). 

(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

(1) SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall expand Job Corps 

skill development program activities by updating occupational training programs (including making changes in curriculum and 

equipment), including development of necessary academic skills in green-collar industries (including construction, facilities 

maintenance, and advanced manufacturing). 

(2) PAID WORK OPPORTUNITIES.—As part of 

Job Corps career training, the Secretary 

shall provide paid work opportunities, in 

green-collar industries, primarily located at 

Job Corps centers, in order to address Job 

Corps construction needs and make those 

centers more energy efficient, including retrofitting facilities and restoring campuses. 

In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that 

help conserve, develop, or manage public 

natural resources or public recreational 

areas, or support the public interest. 

(3) CONSUMER AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.— 

As part of the Job Corps life skills program, 

the Secretary shall offer consumer and leadership activities, to create a corps of intelligent and informed energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers, including activities that educate Job Corps members 

about how they can contribute to minimize 

the effects of climate change and become future leaders in their local communities who 

preserve and strengthen energy- and environmentally-conscious practices. 

(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

(1) INDICATOR.—For purposes of the Green 

Job Corps program carried out under this 

section, the indicators of performance shall 

be— 

(A) entry of graduates who participated in 

work experiences described in subsection 

(d)(2) into unsubsidized employment in a 

green-collar industry; 

(B) average wages received by such graduates upon entry into such employment; and 

(C) number of such graduates who obtain 

an occupational or education-related credential. 

(2) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall prepare an assessment of the Green Job Corps 

program that— 

(A) describes the use of funds made available under this section to carry out the program and the progress achieved through that 

program; and 

(B) provides information on the performance of the program on the indicators of performance. 

(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include 

the assessment described in paragraph (2) in 

the corresponding annual report described in 

subsection (c) of section 159 of such Act (29 

U.S.C. 2899), in lieu of submitting any of the 

information described in subsection (c) or (d) 

of that section 159 with respect to the Green 

Job Corps program. 

SEC. 6. YOUTHBUILD BUILD GREEN GRANTS. 

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is 

authorized to reserve $300,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this Act to provide to eligible youth education, work experiences (including service), and training, in green-collar industries, especially concerning the 

weatherization and energy retrofitting of 

homes of low-income individuals. The Secretary shall provide the services described in 

this subsection in conjunction with activities described in section 173A(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

2918a(c)), under the YouthBuild program set 

forth in section 173A of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

2918a) (except that paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) 

of subsection (c), and subsection (d), of such 

section shall not apply to such services). 

(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized 

to award from the reserved funds, on a competitive basis, YouthBuild Build Green 

grants to entities that are recipients of 

YouthBuild grants under section 173A of 

such Act. 

(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive 

a grant under this section, an entity shall 

submit an application to the Secretary at 

such time, in such manner, and containing 

such information as the Secretary may require. 

(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

this section, the Secretary shall give priority to entities who— 

(1) demonstrate the ability to leverage additional resources, which may include materials, personnel, and supplies, from other 

public and private sources; and 

(2) demonstrate the ability to build a foundation of public-private partnerships in a 

green-collar industry, related to construction, for future projects carried out by the 

entities. 

(e) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—To be eligible to participate in the program carried out under 

this section, a youth shall meet the requirements of section 173A(e)(1) of the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a(e)(1)). 

(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 

(1) SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING.—An 

entity that receives a grant under this section shall use not less than 90 percent of the 

funds made available through the grant to 

provide to participants in the program carried out under this section a combination of 

classroom education and job skills development, through onsite training and work experiences (including construction or rehabilitation of facilities) in a construction 

trade that makes efficient use of green technologies. Such education and skills development shall be designed to prepare the participants for jobs in green-collar industries 

in their communities and States. 

(2) SUPERVISION AND TRAINING.—The entity 

may use not more than 10 percent of the 

grant funds for supervision and training 

costs related to the activities described in 

paragraph (1). 

(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

(1) INDICATORS.—For purposes of the program carried out under this section, the indicators of performance shall be— 

(A) entry of individuals who completed 

their participation in the program and who 

participated in activities described in subsection (f)(1) into registered apprenticeship 

programs in a construction trade in a greencollar industry or a related trade; and 

(B) entry of such individuals, who participated in such activities, into unsubsidized 

employment in a green-collar industry. 

(2) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall prepare an assessment of the program that— 

(A) describes the use of funds made available under this section to carry out the program and the progress achieved through that 

program; and 

(B) provides information on the performance of the program on the indicators of performance. 

(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 

submit to Congress a report containing the 

assessment described in paragraph (2). 

SEC. 7. GREEN-COLLAR YOUTH OPPORTUNITY 

GRANTS. 

(a) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘community 

college’’ means a 2-year institution of higher 

education, as defined in section 101 of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is 

authorized to reserve $200,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this Act for work experiences and training in green-collar industries 

for eligible youth. The Secretary shall provide the work experiences and training in 

conjunction with activities described in section 169(b) of the Workforce Investment Act 

of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2914(b)), under the Youth 

Opportunity Grants program described in 

section 169 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 2914) (except that subsections (a)(3), (b)(2), (d), (e)(2), 

(f), and (g) of such section shall not apply to 

such work experiences and training). 

(c) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized 

to award from the reserved funds, on a competitive basis, Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible organizations. 

(d) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

grant under this section, an organization 

shall be a local board described in section 

169(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

1998 (29 U.S.C. 2914(c)) an entity described in 

section 169(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2914(d)), 

or an entity acting of behalf of an eligible 

strategic partnership. 

(2) ELIGIBLE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, an eligible strategic partnership 

shall be composed of at least 1 representative 

of a local board serving a community, and of 

each of the 8 types of organizations described 

in subparagraph (B). 

(B) TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS.—The types of 

organizations referred to in subparagraph (A) 

are businesses, unions, labor-management 

partnerships, schools (including community 

colleges), public agencies including law enforcement, nonprofit community organizations, economic development entities, and 

philanthropic organizations, that are actively engaged in providing learning, mentoring, and work opportunities to eligible 

youth. 

(3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.— 

The strategic partnership shall designate an 

entity, which shall be a member of the partnership, as the strategic partnership’s fiscal 

and administrative entity for the implementation of activities under the grant. 

(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive 

a grant under this section, an organization 

shall submit an application to the Secretary 

at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

may require. 

(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 

section, the Secretary shall give priority to 

organizations located in communities described in subsection (c) or (d)(2) of section 

169 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(29 U.S.C. 2914). 

(g) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—To be eligible to participate in a program carried out under this 

section, a youth shall— 

(1) be not less than age 14 and not more 

than age 24; 

(2) reside in a community described in subsection (c) or (d)(2) of section 169 of such Act; 

and 

(3) have multiple barriers to education and 

career success, as specified by the Secretary. 


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(h) USE OF FUNDS.—An organization that 

receives a grant under this section may use 

the funds made available through the grant 

to provide programs of work experiences and 

training in green-collar industries that include education and paid work experiences. 

The work experiences shall involve retrofitting buildings (including facilities of small 

businesses) to achieve energy savings, or enhancing, creating, or preserving public 

space, within the communities served. In 

providing the programs, the organization 

may provide any of the activities described 

in subsection (b)(1) of that section 169. 

(i) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

(1) INDICATORS.—For purposes of the program carried out under this section, the indicators of performance shall be— 

(A) acquisition of a high school diploma or 

its generally recognized equivalent by individuals who completed their participation in 

the program and who participated in training described in subsection (b); 

(B) entry of such individuals, who participated in work experiences described in subsection (b), into postsecondary education 

linked to the green economy, including registered apprenticeship programs in a greencollar industry; and 

(C) entry of such individuals, who participated in work experiences described in subsection (b), into unsubsidized employment in 

a green-collar industry. 

(2) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall prepare an assessment of the program that— 

(A) describes the use of funds made available under this section to carry out the program and the progress achieved through that 

program; and 

(B) provides information on the performance of the program, including on the indicators of performance. 

(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 

submit to Congress a report containing the 

assessment described in paragraph (2). 

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

There is authorized to be appropriated to 

the Secretary for activities described in this 

Act $1,000,000,000, which shall be available for 

the period of January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. 

By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, 

Mr. BROWN, and Ms. STABENOW): 

S. 269. A bill to provide funding for 

unemployment and training activities 

for dislocated workers and adults, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be placed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

S. 269 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retooling 

America’s Workers for a Green Economy 

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds the following: 

(1) In October 2008, the numbers of mass 

layoffs (involving over 50 workers at one 

time) and initial unemployment claims 

reached their highest levels since 2001. According to the National Renewable Energy 

Laboratory, however, a major barrier to 

more rapid adoption of clean and renewable 

energy and energy efficiency measures is the 

lack of sufficient workers skilled in green 

technology. 

(2) In December 2008, unemployment figures showed a sharp deterioration in the 

economy. The unemployment rate rose from 

6.8 percent in November, to 7.2 percent in December, of 2008. Employers shed 524,000 jobs 

in December 2008, and 1,900,000 jobs were lost 

over just the last 4 months of 2008. These job 

losses were widespread across most major industry sectors. 

(3) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 11,100,000 people were unemployed in 

December 2008, an increase of 3,600,000 people 

since the recession started in December 2007. 

In December 2008, the number of workers 

who wanted to work full-time but worked 

part-time because their hours were cut or 

they could not find full-time jobs reached 

8,000,000, up 3,400,000 since December 2007. 

(4) Analysts say that the Nation has yet to 

see the worst of the economic fallout. The 

latest prediction from HIS Global Insight 

forecasts that unemployment will be an estimated 8.6 percent by the end of 2009. 

(5) The reality of climate change and a 

shared desire to protect the environment for 

future generations have the potential to spur 

economic growth in green-collar jobs across 

the industrial spectrum. In order to prepare 

United States workers to build greener communities in both urban and rural settings, 

the Nation will need to make an investment 

in skills development for jobs in the current 

and future economies. 

SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

The purpose of this Act is to retool America’s workers—including dislocated workers, 

those who are long-term unemployed individuals, and those who are low-skilled individuals, limited English proficient individuals, individuals with disabilities, or older 

workers—for green-collar industries, for existing viable industries, and for new and 

emerging industries so that the workers described in this section can contribute to the 

long-term competitiveness of the United 

States and its quality of life. 

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘adult’’, ‘‘chief 

elected official’’, ‘‘dislocated worker’’, ‘‘employment and training activities’’, ‘‘individual with a disability’’, ‘‘local area’’, 

‘‘local board’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, ‘‘rapid response activities’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, 

and ‘‘State board’’ have the meanings given 

the terms in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801). 

(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘community college’’ means a 2-year institution 

of higher education, as defined in section 101 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1001). 

(3) GREEN-COLLAR INDUSTRIES.—The term 

‘‘green-collar industries’’ means industries 

throughout the economy of the United 

States— 

(A) that promote energy efficiency, energy 

conservation, and environmental protection, 

including promoting renewable energy and 

clean technology; 

(B) that offer jobs with substantial pay and 

benefits; and 

(C) that are industries in which there is 

likely to be continued demand for workers. 

SEC. 5. ACTIVITIES FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS. 

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is 

authorized to reserve $2,000,000,000 of the 

funds appropriated under this Act for rapid 

response activities, for dislocated worker 

employment and training activities under 

chapter 5 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2861 et 

seq.), or for employment and training assistance and additional assistance under section 

173(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)). 

(b) NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS.—Of the 

reserved funds, the Secretary may use not 

more than $500,000,000 to award national 

emergency grants— 

(1) to provide employment and training assistance to workers affected by major economic dislocations under section 173(a)(1) of 

such Act (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)(1)); and 

(2) to provide additional assistance under 

section 173(a)(3) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

2918(a)(3)) to a State or local board that 

meets the requirements of that section (in a 

case in which the expended funds involved 

were expended for assistance described in 

paragraph (1)). 

(c) STATE ACTIVITIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—After determining an 

amount from the reserved funds to be used 

under subsection (b), the Secretary may use 

the remaining funds to make allotments to 

States, and outlying areas, consistent with 

the allotment formula under section 132(b)(2) 

of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2862(b)(2)). Each State 

or outlying area may use 25 percent of the 

State’s or outlying area’s allotment for 

statewide rapid response activities for permanent closures or mass layoffs described in 

section 101(38) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2801(38)) 

and efforts to avert future permanent closures or mass layoffs described in such section. 

(2) USE OF DISLOCATED WORKERS TO PROVIDE

ACTIVITIES.—In providing statewide rapid response activities, States or entities designated by States (and outlying areas or entities designated by outlying areas), working 

in conjunction with local boards and chief 

elected officials, may enhance their services 

by employing dislocated workers to provide 

outreach, informal coaching, counseling or 

mentoring support, and information to other 

dislocated workers or unemployed persons. 

(d) LOCAL ACTIVITIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or outlying 

area shall use 75 percent of the State’s or 

outlying area’s allotment to make allocations directly to local boards, for local areas, 

using the formula under section 133(b)(2)(B) 

of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2863(b)(2)(B)). 

(2) PRIORITY.—A local board that receives 

an allocation under paragraph (1) shall use 

the funds made available through the allocation for dislocated worker employment and 

training activities. In providing the activities the local board shall give priority to 

providing the employment and training activities, including on-the-job training, in 

viable industries identified at the regional or 

local levels, including green-collar industries. 

(e) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Each State, in 

submitting an annual report under section 

136(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2871(d)), shall include information on entry of individuals 

who participated in employment and training activities in green-collar industries and 

other viable industries under this section 

into unsubsidized employment in a greencollar industry or other viable industry. 

(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

shall annually prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress information on entry of individuals who received 

services under subsection (b) into unsubsidized employment in a green-collar industry or other viable industry. 

SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS WITH MULTIPLE 

BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT. 

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section 

is to fully utilize the Nation’s human capital 

by— 

(1) helping adults with multiple barriers to 

employment acquire the skills to obtain jobs 

in viable industries, by providing intensive 

services, training services, and other employment and training activities; and 

(2) in particular, by providing employment 

and training activities in green-collar industries and other viable industries. 

(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘adult with 

multiple barriers to employment’’ means an 


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