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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2508 

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a council to conduct a 

survey and analysis of the employment figures and demographics in 

the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a council 

to conduct a survey and analysis of the employment 

figures and demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Promoting American 

5 Energy Jobs Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SURVEY, ANALYSIS, AND REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT 

2 AND DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE ENERGY, EN3 ERGY EFFICIENCY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE 

4 SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

5 (a) ENERGY JOBS COUNCIL.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of En7 ergy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

8 shall establish a council, to be known as the ‘‘En9 ergy Jobs Council’’ (referred to in this section as the 

10 ‘‘Council’’). 

11 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall be com12 prised of— 

13 (A) to be appointed by the Secretary— 

14 (i) one or more representatives of the 

15 Energy Information Administration; and 

16 (ii) one or more representatives of a 

17 State energy office that are serving as 

18 members of the State Energy Advisory 

19 Board established by section 365(g) of the 

20 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 6325(g)); 

22 (B) to be appointed by the Secretary of 

23 Commerce— 

24 (i) one or more representatives of the 

25 Department of Commerce; and 


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1 (ii) one or more representatives of the 

2 Bureau of the Census; 

3 (C) one or more representatives of the Bu4 reau of Labor Statistics, to be appointed by the 

5 Secretary of Labor; and 

6 (D) one or more representatives of any 

7 other Federal agency the assistance of which is 

8 required to carry out this Act, as determined by 

9 the Secretary, to be appointed by the head of 

10 the applicable agency. 

11 (b) SURVEY AND ANALYSIS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall— 

13 (A) conduct a survey of employers in the 

14 energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sec15 tors of the economy of the United States; and 

16 (B) perform an analysis of the employment 

17 figures and demographics in those sectors. 

18 (2) METHODOLOGY.—In conducting the survey 

19 and analysis under paragraph (1), the Council shall 

20 employ a methodology that— 

21 (A) was approved in 2016 by the Office of 

22 Management and Budget for use in the docu23 ment entitled ‘‘OMB Control Number 1910– 

24 5179’’; 


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1 (B) uses a representative, stratified sam2 pling of businesses in the United States; and 

3 (C) is designed to elicit a comparable num4 ber of responses from businesses in each State 

5 and with the same North American Industry 

6 Classification System codes as were received for 

7 the 2016 and 2017 reports entitled ‘‘U.S. En8 ergy and Employment Report’’. 

9 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the survey 

10 and analysis under paragraph (1), the Council shall 

11 consult with key stakeholders, including— 

12 (A) as the Council determines to be appro13 priate, the heads of relevant Federal agencies 

14 and offices, including— 

15 (i) the Secretary of Commerce; 

16 (ii) the Secretary of Transportation; 

17 (iii) the Director of the Bureau of the 

18 Census; 

19 (iv) the Commissioner of the Bureau 

20 of Labor Statistics; and 

21 (v) the Administrator of the Environ22 mental Protection Agency; 

23 (B) States; 

24 (C) the State Energy Advisory Board es25 tablished by section 365(g) of the Energy PolVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Sep 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2508.IS S2508

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1 icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(g)); 

2 and 

3 (D) energy industry trade associations. 

4 (c) REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

7 thereafter, the Secretary shall— 

8 (A) make publicly available on the website 

9 of the Department of Energy a report, to be en10 titled the ‘‘U.S. Energy and Employment Re11 port’’, describing the employment figures and 

12 demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, 

13 and motor vehicle sectors of the United States 

14 based on the survey and analysis conducted 

15 under subsection (b); and 

16 (B) subject to the requirements of the 

17 Confidential Information Protection and Statis18 tical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

19 note; Public Law 107–347), make the data col20 lected by the Council publicly available on the 

21 website of the Department of Energy. 

22 (2) CONTENTS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The report under para24 graph (1) shall include employment figures and 

25 demographic data for— 


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1 (i) the energy sector of the economy 

2 of the United States, including— 

3 (I) the electric power generation 

4 and fuels sector; and 

5 (II) the transmission, storage, 

6 and distribution sector; 

7 (ii) the energy efficiency sector of the 

8 economy of the United States; and 

9 (iii) the motor vehicle sector of the 

10 economy of the United States. 

11 (B) INCLUSION.—With respect to each sec12 tor described in subparagraph (A), the report 

13 under paragraph (1) shall include employment 

14 figures and demographic data sorted by— 

15 (i) each technology, subtechnology, 

16 and fuel type of those sectors; and 

17 (ii) subject to the requirements of the 

18 Confidential Information Protection and 

19 Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 

20 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347)— 

21 (I) each State; 

22 (II) each territory of the United 

23 States; 

24 (III) the District of Columbia; 

25 and 


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1 (IV) each county (or equivalent 

2 jurisdiction) in the United States. 

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