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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4584 

To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award grants for worker training, 

technology development, and applied research in the wind energy industry 

production and energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design 

industries. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2010 

Mr. BRALEY of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award grants for 

worker training, technology development, and applied research in the wind energy industry production and energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design industries. 

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 ‘‘New Era Expansion 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NEW ERA RURAL WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Labor shall 

3 establish a program to be known as the ‘‘New Era Rural 

4 Workforce Training Program’’, to award grants for work5 er training, technology development, and applied research 

6 in the wind energy industry production and energy effi7 cient construction, retrofitting, and design industries. 

8 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To receive a grant under this Act, 

9 an entity shall— 

10 (1) be a community college located in a rural 

11 area and in existence on the date of the enactment 

12 of this section, that participates in wind energy 

13 workforce development, wind energy research, or en14 ergy efficient construction, retrofitting, or design 

15 workforce development; 

16 (2) have a proven record of development and 

17 implementation of programs to meet the needs of 

18 students, educators, and business and industry to 

19 supply the wind energy field or energy efficient con20 struction field with certified technicians, as deter21 mined by the Secretary; and 

22 (3) have the ability to leverage existing partner23 ships and occupational outreach and training pro24 grams for secondary schools, 4-year institutions, and 

25 relevant nonprofit organizations. 


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1 (c) DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—In this 

2 Act, the term ‘‘community college’’ means an institution 

3 of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the High4 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that— 

5 (1) admits as regular students individuals who 

6 are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance 

7 in the State in which the institution is located; 

8 (2) does not provide an educational program for 

9 which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or 

10 an equivalent degree; and 

11 (3)(A) provides an educational program of not 

12 less than 2 years that is acceptable for full credit to13 ward such a degree; or 

14 (B) offers a 2-year program in engineering, 

15 technology, mathematics, applied sciences, renewable 

16 energy systems or wind turbine repair, or offers 

17 green building professional certification and train18 ing, designed to prepare a student to work as a tech19 nician or at the semiprofessional level in engineering, 

20 scientific, or other technological fields requiring the 

21 understanding and application of basic engineering, 

22 scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge. 

23 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 


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1 such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

2 through 2014. 

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