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Calendar No. 355 

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 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting American 

3 Energy Jobs Act of 2019’’. 

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

5 AND DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE ENERGY, EN6 ERGY EFFICIENCY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE 

7 SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

8 (a) ENERGY JOBS COUNCIL.— 

9 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of En10 ergy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

11 shall establish a council, to be known as the ‘‘En12 ergy Jobs Council’’ (referred to in this section as the 

13 ‘‘Council’’). 

14 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall be com15 prised of— 

16 (A) to be appointed by the Secretary— 

17 (i) one or more representatives of the 

18 Energy Information Administration; and 

19 (ii) one or more representatives of a 

20 State energy office that are serving as 

21 members of the State Energy Advisory 

22 Board established by section 365(g) of the 

23 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

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

25 (B) to be appointed by the Secretary of 

26 Commerce— 


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1 (i) one or more representatives of the 

2 Department of Commerce; and 

3 (ii) one or more representatives of the 

4 Bureau of the Census; 

5 (C) one or more representatives of the Bu6 reau of Labor Statistics, to be appointed by the 

7 Secretary of Labor; and 

8 (D) one or more representatives of any 

9 other Federal agency the assistance of which is 

10 required to carry out this Act, as determined by 

11 the Secretary, to be appointed by the head of 

12 the applicable agency. 

13 (b) SURVEY AND ANALYSIS.— 

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

15 (A) conduct a survey of employers in the 

16 energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sec17 tors of the economy of the United States; and 

18 (B) perform an analysis of the employment 

19 figures and demographics in those sectors. 

20 (B) perform an analysis of the employment 

21 figures and demographics in those sectors, in22 cluding the number of personnel in each sector 

23 who devote a substantial portion of working 

24 hours, as determined by the Secretary, to compli25 ance matters. 


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1 (2) METHODOLOGY.—In conducting the survey 

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

3 employ a methodology that— 

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

5 Management and Budget for use in the docu6 ment entitled ‘‘OMB Control Number 1910– 

7 5179’’; 

8 (B) uses a representative, stratified sam9 pling of businesses in the United States; and 

10 (C) is designed to elicit a comparable num11 ber of responses from businesses in each State 

12 and with the same North American Industry 

13 Classification System codes as were received for 

14 the 2016 and 2017 reports entitled ‘‘U.S. En15 ergy and Employment Report’’. 

16 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the survey 

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

18 consult with key stakeholders, including— 

19 (A) as the Council determines to be appro20 priate, the heads of relevant Federal agencies 

21 and offices, including— 

22 (i) the Secretary of Commerce; 

23 (ii) the Secretary of Transportation; 

24 (iii) the Director of the Bureau of the 

25 Census; 


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1 (iv) the Commissioner of the Bureau 

2 of Labor Statistics; and 

3 (v) the Administrator of the Environ4 mental Protection Agency; 

5 (B) States; 

6 (C) the State Energy Advisory Board es7 tablished by section 365(g) of the Energy Pol8 icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(g)); 

9 and 

10 (D) energy industry trade associations. 

11 (c) REPORT.— 

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

13 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

14 thereafter, the Secretary shall— 

15 (A) make publicly available on the website 

16 of the Department of Energy a report, to be en17 titled the ‘‘U.S. Energy and Employment Re18 port’’, describing the employment figures and 

19 demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, 

20 and motor vehicle sectors of the United States 

21 based on the survey and analysis conducted 

22 under subsection (b); and 

23 (B) subject to the requirements of the 

24 Confidential Information Protection and Statis25 tical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 


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1 note; Public Law 107–347), make the data col2 lected by the Council publicly available on the 

3 website of the Department of Energy. 

4 (2) CONTENTS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The report under para6 graph (1) shall include employment figures and 

7 demographic data for— 

8 (i) the energy sector of the economy 

9 of the United States, including— 

10 (I) the electric power generation 

11 and fuels sector; and 

12 (II) the transmission, storage, 

13 and distribution sector; 

14 (ii) the energy efficiency sector of the 

15 economy of the United States; and 

16 (iii) the motor vehicle sector of the 

17 economy of the United States. 

18 (B) INCLUSION.—With respect to each sec19 tor described in subparagraph (A), the report 

20 under paragraph (1) shall include employment 

21 figures and demographic data sorted by— 

22 (i) each technology, subtechnology, 

23 and fuel type of those sectors; and 

24 (ii) subject to the requirements of the 

25 Confidential Information Protection and 


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1 Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 

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

3 (I) each State; 

4 (II) each territory of the United 

5 States; 

6 (III) the District of Columbia; 

7 and 

8 (IV) each county (or equivalent 

9 jurisdiction) in the United States. 


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Calendar No. 355 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2508 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a 

of the United States, and for other purposes. ergy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors employment figures and demographics in the encouncil to conduct a survey and analysis of the 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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