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Union Calendar No. 543 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3068 

[Report No. 116–659, Part I] 

To establish an offshore wind career training grant program, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2019 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. NORCROSS, 

and Mr. MCEACHIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 

on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 16, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 

KIM, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. TONKO, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. LURIA, 

Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 

TLAIB, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

HIMES, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. SIRES, Mr. NEAL, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. SOTO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, and Ms. PINGREE

DECEMBER 16, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

DECEMBER 16, 2020 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 3, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To establish an offshore wind career training grant program, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Offshore Wind Jobs and 

5 Opportunity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OFFSHORE WIND CAREER TRAINING GRANT PRO7 GRAM. 

8 The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

9 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 33. OFFSHORE WIND CAREER TRAINING GRANT PRO11 GRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Beginning 360 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 

14 may award offshore wind career training grants to eligible 

15 entities for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving 

16 educational or career training programs that provide indi17 viduals in such programs skills necessary for employment 

18 in the offshore wind industry. 

19 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON GRANT QUANTITY AND

21 SIZE.—An eligible entity may not be awarded— 

22 ‘‘(A) more than one grant under this section 

23 for which the eligible entity is the lead applicant; 

24 or 


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1 ‘‘(B) a grant under this section in excess of 

2 $2,500,000. 

3 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES.— 

4 Not less than 25 percent of the total amount awarded 

5 under this section for a fiscal year shall be awarded 

6 to eligible entities that are community colleges. 

7 ‘‘(c) PARTNERSHIPS.—An eligible entity seeking to re8 ceive a grant under this section may partner with one or 

9 more of the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) Another eligible entity (including an eligible 

11 entity that is a community college). 

12 ‘‘(2) A State or local government. 

13 ‘‘(3) A nonprofit organization. 

14 ‘‘(d) USE OF GRANT.—An eligible entity may use a 

15 grant awarded under this section for the following activi16 ties: 

17 ‘‘(1) Occupational skills training, including cur18 riculum development, on-the-job training, and class19 room training. 

20 ‘‘(2) Safety and health training. 

21 ‘‘(3) The provision of basic skills, English as a 

22 second language, and job readiness training. 

23 ‘‘(4) Individual referral and tuition assistance 

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1 profit organization leading to a recognized postsec2 ondary credential (as such term is defined in section 

3 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

4 (29 U.S.C. 3102)). 

5 ‘‘(5) Internship programs in a field related to 

6 offshore wind energy. 

7 ‘‘(6) Customized training in conjunction with an 

8 existing registered apprenticeship program or labor9 management partnership. 

10 ‘‘(7) Incumbent worker and career ladder train11 ing and skill upgrading and retraining. 

12 ‘‘(8) The implementation of transitional jobs 

13 strategies. 

14 ‘‘(9) Curriculum development at the under15 graduate and postgraduate levels. 

16 ‘‘(10) Development and support of offshore wind 

17 energy major, minor, or certificate programs. 

18 ‘‘(11) Such other activities, as determined by the 

19 Secretary, to meet the purposes of this section. 

20 ‘‘(e) GRANT PROPOSALS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION PROCEDURE FOR GRANT PRO22 POSALS.—An eligible entity seeking to receive a grant 

23 under this section shall submit a grant proposal to 

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1 taining such information as the Secretary may re2 quire. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENT OF GRANT PROPOSALS.—A grant 

4 proposal submitted to the Secretary under this section 

5 shall include a detailed description of— 

6 ‘‘(A) the specific project for which the grant 

7 proposal is submitted, including the manner in 

8 which the grant will be used to develop, offer, or 

9 improve an educational or career training pro10 gram that will provide individuals in such pro11 gram skills necessary for employment in the off12 shore wind industry; 

13 ‘‘(B) any previous experience of the eligible 

14 entity in providing such educational or career 

15 training programs; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the extent to which such project will 

17 meet the educational or career training needs 

18 identified under subsection (i). 

19 ‘‘(f) CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF GRANTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to appropriations, 

21 the Secretary shall award grants under this section 

22 based on an evaluation of— 

23 ‘‘(A) the merits of the grant proposal; 

24 ‘‘(B) the likely employment opportunities 

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1 cational or career training program that the eli2 gible entity proposes to develop, offer, or im3 prove; 

4 ‘‘(C) prior demand for such educational or 

5 career training programs in the community 

6 served by the eligible entity; and 

7 ‘‘(D) the availability and capacity of exist8 ing educational or career training programs in 

9 the community to meet future demand for such 

10 programs. 

11 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—Priority in awarding grants 

12 under this section shall be given to an eligible entity 

13 that— 

14 ‘‘(A) is— 

15 ‘‘(i) an institute of higher education 

16 that has formed a partnership with a labor 

17 organization; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) a labor organization that has 

19 formed a partnership with an institute of 

20 higher education; 

21 ‘‘(B) has entered into a memorandum of 

22 understanding with an employer in the offshore 

23 wind industry to foster workforce development; 

24 ‘‘(C) is located in an economically dis25 tressed area; 


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1 ‘‘(D) focuses on individuals who are— 

2 ‘‘(i) displaced workers (particularly 

3 workers displaced from the offshore oil and 

4 gas, onshore fossil fuel, nuclear energy, or 

5 fishing industries); 

6 ‘‘(ii) veterans, members of the reserve 

7 components of the Armed Forces, or former 

8 members of such reserve components; 

9 ‘‘(iii) unemployed; 

10 ‘‘(iv) seeking employment pathways 

11 out of poverty and into economic self-suffi12 ciency; 

13 ‘‘(v) at-risk youth; or 

14 ‘‘(vi) formerly incarcerated, adju15 dicated, nonviolent offenders; or 

16 ‘‘(E) with respect to an eligible entity that 

17 is an institution of higher education, has a high 

18 percentage or number of low-income or minority 

19 students. 

20 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec21 retary shall, to the extent practicable, award grants 

22 under this section in a manner that provides for a 

23 reasonable geographic distribution, except that the 

24 Secretary shall not be required to award grants equal25 ly among different regions of the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(g) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—A grant awarded 

2 under this section may not be used to satisfy any non-Fed3 eral funds matching requirement under any other provision 

4 of law. 

5 ‘‘(h) GRANTEE DATA COLLECTION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee, with respect to 

7 the educational or career training program for which 

8 the grantee received a grant under this section, shall 

9 collect and report to the Secretary on an annual basis 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) The number of participants enrolled in 

12 the educational or career training program. 

13 ‘‘(B) The number of participants that have 

14 completed the educational or career training pro15 gram. 

16 ‘‘(C) The services received by such partici17 pants, including a description of training, edu18 cation, and supportive services. 

19 ‘‘(D) The amount spent by the grantee per 

20 participant. 

21 ‘‘(E) The rate of job placement of partici22 pants in the offshore wind industry or related 

23 fields. 

24 ‘‘(F) The rate of employment retention— 


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1 ‘‘(i) if the eligible entity is not an in2 stitution of higher education, 1 year after 

3 completion of the educational or career 

4 training program; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) if the eligible entity is an institu6 tion of higher education, 1 year after com7 pletion of the educational or career training 

8 program or 1 year after the participant is 

9 no longer enrolled in such institution of 

10 higher education, whichever is later. 

11 ‘‘(2) DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.—The data col12 lected and reported under this subsection shall be 

13 disaggregated by— 

14 ‘‘(A) race; 

15 ‘‘(B) low-income status; 

16 ‘‘(C) disability; and 

17 ‘‘(D) English language proficiency. 

18 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY.—The Sec19 retary shall assist grantees in the collection of data 

20 under this subsection by making available, where 

21 practicable, low-cost means of tracking the labor mar22 ket outcomes of participants and by providing stand23 ardized reporting forms, where appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(i) IDENTIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER

25 TRAINING NEEDS.—Not later than 120 days after the date 


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1 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consulta2 tion with the offshore wind industry, eligible entities, in3 cluding eligible entities that are community colleges, State 

4 and local governments, labor organizations, and nonprofit 

5 organizations, shall identify the educational and career 

6 training needs of such industry, including needs related to 

7 construction and installation, engineering, manufacturing, 

8 operation, and maintenance activities relevant to the off9 shore wind industry. 

10 ‘‘(j) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 240 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) promulgate guidelines for the submission of 

13 grant proposals under this section, including a list of 

14 the educational and career training needs identified 

15 under subsection (i); and 

16 ‘‘(2) publish and maintain such guidelines on a 

17 public website of the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(k) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 18 

19 months after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

20 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report 

21 to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep22 resentatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Re23 sources of the Senate, the Committee on Education and 

24 Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

25 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 


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1 on the grant program established by this section. The report 

2 shall include a description of the grantees and the activities 

3 for which grantees used a grant awarded under this section. 

4 ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

5 authorized to be appropriated for purposes of this section 

6 $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

7 ‘‘(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘commu9 nity college’ has the meaning given the term ‘junior 

10 or community college’ in section 312(f) of the Higher 

11 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 

12 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti13 ty’ means an entity that is— 

14 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education, as 

15 such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); or 

17 ‘‘(B) a labor organization. 

18 ‘‘(3) GRANTEE.—The term ‘grantee’ means an el19 igible entity that has received a grant under this sec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(4) LEAD APPLICANT.—The term ‘lead appli22 cant’ means the eligible entity that is primarily re23 sponsible for the preparation, conduct, and adminis24 tration of the project for which the grant was award25 ed. 


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1 ‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 

3 Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Education, and 

4 the Secretary of Labor.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 543 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3068 

[Report No. 116–659, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish an offshore wind career training grant 

program, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 16, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

DECEMBER 16, 2020 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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