IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4592 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 24, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment of a pilot program to encourage the employment of veterans in energy-related 

positions. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be referred to as the ‘‘Energy Jobs for 

3 Veterans Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. VETERANS ENERGY-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRO5 GRAM. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—To en7 courage the employment of eligible veterans in the energy 

8 industry, the Secretary of Labor, as part of the Veteran’s 

9 Workforce Investment Program, shall carry out a pilot 

10 program to be known as the ‘‘Veterans Energy-Related 

11 Employment Program’’. Under the pilot program, the Sec12 retary shall award competitive grants to three States for 

13 the establishment and administration of a State program 

14 to make grants to energy employers and labor-manage15 ment organizations that provide covered training, on-job 

16 training, apprenticeships, and certification classes to eligi17 ble veterans. Such a program shall be known as a ‘‘State 

18 Energy-Related Employment Program’’. 

19 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—To be eligible to re20 ceive a grant under the pilot program, a State shall submit 

21 to the Secretary an application that includes each of the 

22 following: 

23 (1) A proposal for the expenditure of grant 

24 funds to establish and administer a public-private 

25 partnership program designed to provide covered 

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1 tification classes to a significant number of eligible 

2 veterans and ensure lasting and sustainable employ3 ment in well-paying jobs in the energy industry. 

4 (2) Evidence that the State has— 

5 (A) a population of eligible veterans of an 

6 appropriate size to carry out the State program; 

7 (B) a robust and diverse energy industry; 

8 and 

9 (C) the ability to carry out the State pro10 gram described in the proposal under para11 graph (1). 

12 (3) Such other information and assurances as 

13 the Secretary may require. 

14 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that is the recipient 

15 of a grant under this section shall use the grant for the 

16 following purposes: 

17 (1) Making grants to energy employers and 

18 labor-management organizations to reimburse such 

19 employers and organizations for the cost of pro20 viding covered training, on-job training, apprentice21 ships, and certification classes to eligible veterans. 

22 (2) Conducting outreach to inform energy em23 ployers, labor-management organizations, and vet24 erans, including veterans in rural areas, of their eliVerDate Nov 24 2008 21:22 Mar 25, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4592.RFS H4592

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1 gibility or potential eligibility for participation in the 

2 State program. 

3 (d) CONDITIONS.—Under the pilot program, each 

4 grant to a State shall be subject to the following condi5 tions: 

6 (1) The State shall repay to the Secretary, on 

7 such date as shall be determined by the Secretary, 

8 any amount received under the pilot program that is 

9 not used for the purposes described in subsection 

10 (c). 

11 (2) The State shall submit to the Secretary, at 

12 such times and containing such information as the 

13 Secretary shall require, reports on the use of grant 

14 funds. 

15 (e) EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS.—In order to receive 

16 a grant made by a State under the pilot program, an en17 ergy employer shall— 

18 (1) submit to the administrator of the State 

19 Energy-Related Employment Program an applica20 tion that includes— 

21 (A) the rate of pay for each eligible vet22 eran proposed to be trained using grant funds; 

23 (B) the average rate of pay for an indi24 vidual employed by the energy employer in a 


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1 similar position who is not an eligible veteran; 

2 and 

3 (C) such other information and assurances 

4 as the administrator may require; and 

5 (2) agree to submit to the administrator, for 

6 each quarter, a report containing such information 

7 as the Secretary may specify. 

8 (f) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 

9 to an energy employer through a grant under the pilot 

10 program may be used to provide training of any kind to 

11 a person who is not an eligible veteran. 

12 (g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Together with the re13 port required to be submitted annually under section 

14 4107(c) of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary 

15 shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program 

16 for the year covered by such report. The report on the 

17 pilot program shall include a detailed description of activi18 ties carried out under this section and an evaluation of 

19 the program. 

20 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE AND REPORTING COSTS.—Of 

21 the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 

22 of appropriations under subsection (j), 2 percent shall be 

23 made available to the Secretary for administrative costs 

24 associated with implementing and evaluating the pilot pro25 gram under this section and for preparing and submitting 


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1 the report required under subsection (f). The Secretary 

2 shall determine the appropriate maximum amount of each 

3 grant awarded under this section that may be used by the 

4 recipient for administrative and reporting costs. 

5 (i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘covered training, on-job training, 

7 apprenticeships, and certification classes’’ means 

8 training, on-job training, apprenticeships, and cer9 tification classes that are— 

10 (A) designed to provide the veteran with 

11 skills that are particular to an energy industry 

12 and not directly transferable to employment in 

13 another industry; and 

14 (B) approved as provided in paragraph (1) 

15 or (2), as appropriate, of subsection (a) of sec16 tion 3687 of title 38, United States Code. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘eligible veteran’’ means a vet18 eran, as that term is defined in section 101(3) of 

19 title 38, United States Code, who is employed by an 

20 energy employer and enrolled or participating in a 

21 covered training, on-job training, apprenticeship, or 

22 certification class. 

23 (3) The term ‘‘energy employer’’ means an enti24 ty that employs individuals in a trade or business in 

25 an energy industry. 


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1 (4) The term ‘‘energy industry’’ means any of 

2 the following industries: 

3 (A) The energy-efficient building, construc4 tion, or retrofits industry. 

5 (B) The renewable electric power industry, 

6 including the wind and solar energy industries. 

7 (C) The biofuels industry. 

8 (D) The energy efficiency assessment in9 dustry that serves the residential, commercial, 

10 or industrial sectors. 

11 (E) The oil and natural gas industry. 

12 (F) The nuclear industry. 

13 (j) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap14 propriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 

15 years 2011 through 2015, for the purpose of carrying out 

16 the pilot program. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 23, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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