II 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 341 

To amend the Economic Adjustment Assistance grant program to improve 

assistance for areas affected by long-term economic deterioration and 

severe economic dislocation relating to the manufacturing industry sector, 

to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to expand the national 

emergency grants program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2009 

Ms. STABENOW introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Economic Adjustment Assistance grant program to improve assistance for areas affected by longterm economic deterioration and severe economic dislocation relating to the manufacturing industry sector, to 

amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to expand 

the national emergency grants program, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Main Street Manufacturing Communities Reinvestment 

4 Act of 2009’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 101. Enhancement of Economic Adjustment Assistance grant program. 

TITLE II—EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED WORKERS 

Sec. 201. National emergency grants for manufacturing workers. 

Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 203. Conforming amendments. 

TITLE III—INCREASING TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING NEW TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND RENEWABLE FUEL POWERED MOTOR VEHICLES 

Sec. 301. Advanced training partnership grants to upgrade automobile industry 

workers’ skills concerning new technologically advanced, energy 

efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor vehicles. 

7 TITLE I—ECONOMIC 

8 ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 

9 SEC. 101. ENHANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT AS10 SISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 209(b) of the Public 

12 Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 

13 U.S.C. 3149(b)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subpara15 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec16 tively; 


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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

3 (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

4 as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The 

5 Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), the Secretary’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) WAIVERS FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

10 SECTOR.—In the case of a request for a grant to 

11 meet a special need described in paragraph (1)(A) 

12 that relates to an industry classified under section 

13 31, 32, or 33 of the North American Industrial 

14 Classification System, the Secretary may— 

15 ‘‘(A) waive the requirement under para16 graph (1)(B) if the area in which the project is 

17 to be carried out has a streamlined economic 

18 development strategy consisting of a plan by 

19 the eligible recipient that has the written ap20 proval of the Governor of the State in which the 

21 area is located; and 

22 ‘‘(B) provide assistance with respect to 

23 economic dislocation described in subsection (a) 

24 without regard to whether such economic dis25 location was sudden or arose from an event that 


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1 occurred more than 24 months before the date 

2 the application for a grant is filed by an eligible 

3 recipient.’’. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

6 appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 

7 $2,000,000,000 to provide grants under section 209 

8 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 

9 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149) for special needs relating 

10 to the manufacturing industry sector under sub11 section (b)(2) of such section, as added by sub12 section (a), with priority for special needs relating to 

13 the automotive industry sector. 

14 (2) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—The Secretary 

15 may expend up to 4 percent of the amount appro16 priated pursuant to paragraph (1) for salaries and 

17 expenses in order to expedite the provision of grants 

18 relating to the manufacturing industry sector under 

19 such section 209. 

20 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

21 (A) AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY SECTOR.— 

22 The term ‘‘automotive industry sector’’ means 

23 the part of the manufacturing industry sector 

24 that includes the industries classified under 

25 code numbers 3361, 3362, and 3363 of the 


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1 North American Industrial Classification Sys2 tem. 

3 (B) MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY SEC4 TOR.—The term ‘‘manufacturing industry sec5 tor’’ means the industries classified under sec6 tion 31, 32, and 33 of the North American In7 dustrial Classification System. 

8 TITLE II—EMERGENCY ASSIST9 ANCE TO DISPLACED WORK10 ERS 

11 SEC. 201. NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR MANUFAC12 TURING WORKERS. 

13 (a) REDESIGNATIONS.—Section 173 of the Workforce 

14 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub16 section (h) and moving that subsection to the end of 

17 that section; and 

18 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub19 section (b). 

20 (b) TYPES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS.— 

21 Section 173(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘(1)(A)’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 

3 (C) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

4 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) to an entity described in subsection (c) to 

6 provide, in accordance with that subsection, employ7 ment and training assistance to manufacturing 

8 workers who lost employment due to a plant closure, 

9 or mass layoff, or experienced a change in employ10 ment status due to a plant shutdown, that resulted 

11 in such an employment loss or change in employ12 ment status at a single site of employment for 50 or 

13 more workers;’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

15 (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and 

16 (2)’’; and 

17 (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 

18 ‘‘173(c)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘173(b)(1)(B)’’. 

19 (c) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE RE20 QUIREMENTS.—Subsection (b) (as redesignated by sub21 section (a)(2) of this section) of section 173 of the Work22 force Investment Act of 1998 is amended, in paragraphs 

23 (1)(A) and (2)(A), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and in24 serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’. 


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1 (d) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE FOR

2 MANUFACTURING WORKERS.—Section 173 of the Work3 force Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting be4 fore subsection (d) the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE FOR

6 MANUFACTURING WORKERS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In subsection (a)(1)(B) 

8 and this subsection: 

9 ‘‘(A) AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORKER.— 

10 The term ‘automobile industry worker’ means a 

11 worker in an automobile-related industry, clas12 sified under code number 3361, 3362, or 3363 

13 of the North American Industrial Classification 

14 System. 

15 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE WORKER.—The term ‘eligi16 ble worker’ means a manufacturing worker who 

17 lost employment due to a plant closure or mass 

18 layoff, or experienced a change in employment 

19 status due to a plant shutdown, that resulted in 

20 such an employment loss or change in employ21 ment status at a single site of employment for 

22 50 or more workers. 

23 ‘‘(C) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSIST24 ANCE.—The term ‘employment and training as25 sistance’ means training activities, job search 


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1 allowances, relocation allowances, and needs-re2 lated payments, as specified in paragraphs (4) 

3 through (7). 

4 ‘‘(D) MASS LAYOFF; PLANT CLOSURE.— 

5 The terms ‘mass layoff’ and ‘plant closure’ are 

6 defined as such terms, within the meaning of 

7 subsection (a)(1)(A). 

8 ‘‘(E) MANUFACTURING WORKER.—The 

9 term ‘manufacturing worker’ means a worker in 

10 an industry classified under section 31, 32, or 

11 33 of the North American Industrial Classifica12 tion System. 

13 ‘‘(2) GRANT RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 

14 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this para15 graph, the term ‘entity’ has the meaning given 

16 the term in subsection (b)(1)(B). 

17 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re18 ceive a grant under subsection (a)(1)(B), an en19 tity shall submit an application to the Secretary 

20 in such manner, and containing such informa21 tion, as the Secretary may require. The Sec22 retary shall accept applications for such grants 

23 on an ongoing basis. 


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1 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

2 under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall 

3 give priority to— 

4 ‘‘(i) eligible entities proposing projects 

5 to serve automobile industry workers; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) eligible entities proposing to 

7 serve areas with the greatest number of el8 igible workers. 

9 ‘‘(D) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding 

10 grants under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Sec11 retary shall take into consideration the costs of 

12 the services to be provided and the reasonable13 ness of those costs. In determining reasonable14 ness of costs for a grant to an entity, the Sec15 retary shall not take into account the amount 

16 of Federal financial assistance provided to the 

17 entity. 

18 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—In order to 

19 be eligible to receive employment and training assist20 ance under a grant awarded under subsection 

21 (a)(1)(B), an individual shall be an eligible worker. 

22 ‘‘(4) TRAINING ACTIVITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant under sub24 section (a)(1)(B) may be used to provide a 

25 training activity, consisting of any service that 


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1 is a core service under section 134(d)(2), an in2 tensive service under section 134(d)(3)(C), or a 

3 training service under section 134(d)(4)(D). 

4 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL ELIGI5 BILITY REQUIREMENTS.—None of the eligibility 

6 requirements of paragraph (3)(A), or subpara7 graph (A), (B), or (E) of paragraph (4), of sec8 tion 134(d) shall apply to services described in 

9 subparagraph (A) and provided under this sub10 section. 

11 ‘‘(5) JOB SEARCH ALLOWANCE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant under sub13 section (a)(1)(B) may be used to provide a job 

14 search allowance to an eligible worker. Such al15 lowance, if provided, shall provide reimburse16 ment to the worker of not more than 90 percent 

17 of the cost of necessary job search expenses. 

18 Such allowance may not exceed $1,250 unless 

19 the need for a greater amount is justified in the 

20 application for the grant submitted under para21 graph (2)(B) and approved by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(B) CRITERIA FOR GRANTING JOB

23 SEARCH ALLOWANCES.—Such a job search al24 lowance may be provided only— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to assist an eligible worker, in se2 curing a job within the United States; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) if an eligible worker cannot rea4 sonably be expected to secure suitable em5 ployment in the commuting area in which 

6 the worker resides. 

7 ‘‘(6) RELOCATION ALLOWANCE.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant under sub9 section (a)(1)(B) may be used to provide a relo10 cation allowance to an eligible worker. Such an 

11 allowance may only be provided to assist an eli12 gible worker in relocating within the United 

13 States and only if— 

14 ‘‘(i) such worker cannot reasonably be 

15 expected to secure suitable employment in 

16 the commuting area in which the worker 

17 resides; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) such worker— 

19 ‘‘(I) has obtained suitable em20 ployment affording a reasonable ex21 pectation of long-term employment in 

22 the area in which the worker wishes 

23 to relocate; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) has obtained a bona fide 

2 offer of employment described in sub3 clause (I). 

4 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF RELOCATION ALLOW5 ANCE.—The amount of any relocation allowance 

6 for any eligible worker may not exceed the 

7 amount that is equal to the sum of— 

8 ‘‘(i) 90 percent of the reasonable and 

9 necessary expenses, as determined by the 

10 grant recipient, incurred in transporting 

11 the worker and the worker’s family, if any, 

12 and household effects; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) a lump sum equivalent to 3 times 

14 the worker’s average weekly wage (on the 

15 date of the employment loss or change in 

16 employment status) described in paragraph 

17 (1)(A), up to a maximum payment of 

18 $1,250, unless the need for a greater 

19 amount is justified in the application for 

20 the grant submitted under paragraph 

21 (2)(B) and approved by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(7) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS.—A grant 

23 under subsection (a)(1)(B) may be used in order to 

24 provide needs-related payments to an eligible worker, 

25 if the grant agreement— 


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1 ‘‘(A) requires that such payments shall be 

2 provided to an eligible worker only if such work3 er— 

4 ‘‘(i) does not qualify or has ceased to 

5 qualify for unemployment compensation; 

6 ‘‘(ii) has been enrolled in a training 

7 activity described in paragraph (4) by the 

8 end of the 13th week of the worker’s initial 

9 unemployment compensation benefit pe10 riod, or, if later, by the end of the 8th 

11 week after the worker is informed that a 

12 short-term layoff will in fact exceed 6 

13 months; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) is participating in a training ac15 tivity described in paragraph (4) except 

16 that no worker shall be disqualified pursu17 ant to this clause for a failure to partici18 pate that is not the fault of the worker; 

19 ‘‘(B) provides that to qualify for such pay20 ments the worker shall currently receive, or be 

21 a member of a family that currently receives, a 

22 total family income (exclusive of unemployment 

23 compensation, child support payments, and 

24 cash payments under a Federal, State, or local 

25 income-based public assistance program) that, 


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1 in relation to family size, is not in excess of the 

2 lower living standard income level; 

3 ‘‘(C) provides that the levels of such pay4 ments shall be equal to the higher of— 

5 ‘‘(i) the applicable level of unemploy6 ment compensation, adjusted for the period 

7 involved; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to the poverty 

9 line, adjusted to the period involved; 

10 ‘‘(D) provides for the adjustment of pay11 ments to reflect changes in total family income; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(E) provides that the grant recipient shall 

14 obtain information with respect to such income, 

15 and changes in such income, from the eligible 

16 worker. 

17 ‘‘(8) LIMIT ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

18 Of the funds appropriated under section 137(c) and 

19 reserved for grants under subsection (a)(1)(B), not 

20 more than 10 percent may be used for administra21 tive expenses associated with the grants (including 

22 the provision of technical assistance for the prepara23 tion of grant applications) or the activities carried 

24 out under those grants.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) SEPARATION FROM OTHER NATIONAL EMER3 GENCY GRANT FUNDS.—Section 132(a)(2)(A) of the 

4 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

5 2862(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 

6 (a)(4),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a)(1)(B), (a)(4), 

7 (c),’’. 

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 174 of the Workforce 

9 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2919) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(d) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE FOR

12 MANUFACTURING WORKERS.—There is authorized to be 

13 appropriated to carry out section 173(a)(1)(B), 

14 $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

15 SEC. 203. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

16 (a) REDESIGNATIONS.— 

17 (1) Sections 170(b)(2) and 171(d) of the Work18 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

19 2915(b)(2), 2916(d)) are amended by striking ‘‘sec20 tion 173(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 173(h)’’. 

21 (2) Section 173(f)(6) of the Workforce Invest22 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(6)) is amend23 ed by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)(B)’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(B)’’. 

25 (b) HEADING.—Section 174(c) of the Workforce In26 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2919(c)) is amended by 


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1 striking all that precedes paragraph (1) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(c) HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE

4 FOR ELIGIBLE WORKERS.—’’. 

5 TITLE III—INCREASING TECHNO6 LOGICAL SKILLS OF AUTO7 MOBILE INDUSTRY WORKERS 

8 IN MANUFACTURING NEW 

9 TECHNOLOGICALLY AD10 VANCED, ENERGY EFFICIENT, 

11 AND RENEWABLE FUEL POW12 ERED MOTOR VEHICLES 

13 SEC. 301. ADVANCED TRAINING PARTNERSHIP GRANTS TO 

14 UPGRADE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORK15 ERS’ SKILLS CONCERNING NEW TECHNO16 LOGICALLY ADVANCED, ENERGY EFFICIENT, 

17 AND RENEWABLE FUEL POWERED MOTOR 

18 VEHICLES. 

19 Section 171(e) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

20 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)), as added by Public Law 110– 

21 140, is amended by— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

23 (A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting before 

24 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including indus25 tries (which may be industries that supply 


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1 equipment) engaged in the integration of ad2 vanced technology equipment or processes for 

3 the design, engineering, and manufacturing of 

4 new technologically advanced, energy efficient, 

5 and renewable fuel powered motor vehicles’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) in clause (ii)— 

8 (i) in subclause (VI), by striking 

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (ii) in subclause (VII), by striking the 

11 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(VIII) industries that design, 

15 engineer, manufacture, or supply 

16 equipment for, new technologically ad17 vanced, energy efficient, and renew18 able fuel powered motor vehicles.’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

21 subparagraph (F); and 

22 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(E) ADVANCED TRAINING PARTNERSHIP

25 PROGRAMS.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this subpara2 graph, the term ‘institution of higher edu3 cation’ has the meaning given the term in 

4 section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

5 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

6 ‘‘(ii) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Under 

7 the program established under paragraph 

8 (1), the Secretary shall award advanced 

9 training partnership grants on a competi10 tive basis from funds available under para11 graph (9). The Secretary shall award the 

12 grants to institutions of higher education, 

13 in the United States, that have the capac14 ity, technical knowledge, and experience to 

15 administer advanced training partnership 

16 programs for the design, engineering, man17 ufacture, or supply of equipment for, new 

18 technologically advanced, energy efficient, 

19 and renewable fuel powered motor vehicles. 

20 In awarding grants under this subpara21 graph, the Secretary shall give priority to 

22 institutions of higher education whose 

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1 tablish partnerships under clause (iii) that 

2 include new motor vehicle manufacturers, 

3 and suppliers of equipment for new motor 

4 vehicles, in the United States, that have 

5 collective bargaining relationships with 1 

6 or more labor organizations. 

7 ‘‘(iii) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

8 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible 

9 to receive a grant under this subpara10 graph, an institution of higher edu11 cation shall specify in its grant appli12 cation that the institution has estab13 lished or will, by the date a grant is 

14 made to the institution, establish a 

15 partnership to carry out activities 

16 under the grant. 

17 ‘‘(II) MEMBERS.—The partner18 ship shall— 

19 ‘‘(aa) include a representa20 tive of the institution of higher 

21 education that applies for the 

22 grant, of new motor vehicle man23 ufacturers, of labor organiza24 tions, and, where applicable, of 


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1 industry and labor training cen2 ters; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) may include, as appro4 priate, as determined by the in5 stitution of higher education, a 

6 representative of suppliers of 

7 equipment for new motor vehi8 cles, of local governments, of 

9 other postsecondary technical in10 stitutions, and of other public 

11 and private organizations, includ12 ing veterans organizations. 

13 ‘‘(III) QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

14 members of the partnership shall 

15 demonstrate capability and experience 

16 in implementing and operating the ac17 tivities described in clause (iv). 

18 ‘‘(iv) ACTIVITIES.—The partnership 

19 shall coordinate its activities with the ac20 tivities of engineering, apprenticeship, and 

21 labor-management training programs, and 

22 other appropriate training programs. The 

23 partnership shall implement an advanced 

24 training partnership program that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) leads to educating and train2 ing workers in the creation, operation, 

3 and maintenance of sophisticated and 

4 highly technical manufacturing equip5 ment and processes used in the de6 sign, engineering, manufacture, and 

7 supply of equipment for, as appro8 priate, technologically advanced, en9 ergy efficient, and renewable fuel pow10 ered motor vehicles; and 

11 ‘‘(II) lead to economic self-suffi12 ciency and improved skills for such 

13 workers. 

14 ‘‘(v) USE OF FUNDS.—The partner15 ship shall use not less than 90 percent of 

16 the funds made available through the 

17 grant to pay for not more than 90 percent 

18 of the costs of the advanced training part19 nership program, including the education 

20 and training of trainees, the utilization of 

21 training centers, and, during the training 

22 period, the applicable wages of the train23 ees, the trainers, and other experts as pro24 vided by section 181(a)(1)(A). The institu25 tion of higher education that receives the 


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1 grant may use not more than 10 percent 

2 of the grant funds to pay for the institu3 tion’s administrative costs of carrying out 

4 the program. 

5 ‘‘(vi) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 

6 90 days after the date of enactment of the 

7 Main Street Manufacturing Communities 

8 Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Secretary 

9 shall promulgate, as interim final rules, 

10 such reasonable regulations as may be nec11 essary to implement the awarding of 

12 grants expeditiously under paragraph 

13 (2)(E).’’; 

14 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or 

16 (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (F)’’; and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(F)’’; 

19 (4) in paragraph (8)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A), by inserting ‘‘(other than paragraph 

22 (2)(E))’’ after ‘‘this subsection’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

24 ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

25 (2)(F)’’; and 


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1 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(9) ADVANCED TRAINING PARTNERSHIP PRO3 GRAMS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to 

4 the Secretary to carry out paragraph (2)(E), 

5 $1,500,000,000 annually over 2 fiscal years, begin6 ning with the first full fiscal year after the date of 

7 enactment of the Main Street Manufacturing Com8 munities Reinvestment Act of 2009. Such funds 

9 shall remain available until expended for grants 

10 awarded pursuant to such paragraph. 

11 ‘‘(10) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

12 ‘‘(A) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor 

13 vehicle’ has the meaning given the term in sec14 tion 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 7550). 

16 ‘‘(B) NEW.—The term ‘new’, used with re17 spect to a motor vehicle, means a new (within 

18 the meaning of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.)) motor vehicle. 

20 ‘‘(C) NEW TECHNOLOGICALLY AD21 VANCED.—The term ‘new technologically ad22 vanced’, used with respect to a motor vehicle, 

23 includes a motor vehicle with electric transpor24 tation technology, as that term is defined in 

25 section 131(a)(3) of the Energy Independence 


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1 and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

2 17011(a)(3)) or advanced gasoline combustion 

3 technology, such as direct injection engine tech4 nology. 

5 ‘‘(D) NEW TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, 

6 ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND RENEWABLE FUEL

7 POWERED MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘new 

8 technologically advanced, energy efficient, and 

9 renewable fuel powered motor vehicle’ includes 

10 a new advanced lean burn technology motor ve11 hicle, a new qualified fuel cell motor vehicle, a 

12 new qualified hybrid motor vehicle, or a new 

13 qualified alternative fuel motor vehicle, as those 

14 terms are defined in section 30B of the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986, or a mixed-fuel vehicle, 

16 as defined in such section, that is new.’’. 

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