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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 286 

To direct the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce to create 

a job training program and an economic stability program to stabilize 

the workforce and promote economic growth in the Johnson Space Center 

region. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 12, 2011 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. OLSON) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Financial Services, 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 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce to create a job training program and an economic 

stability program to stabilize the workforce and promote 

economic growth in the Johnson Space Center region. 

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 ‘‘Johnson Space Center 

5 Workforce Stability Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. JOB TRAINING. 

2 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Not later than 180 

3 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec4 retary of Labor shall create a job training program to as5 sist any affected worker in the Johnson Space Center re6 gion to transition to a new job. Such program may include 

7 a one-stop career center tailored to the needs of affected 

8 workers in the Johnson Space Center region. 

9 (b) DURATION.—The job training program created 

10 under this section shall terminate 2 years after its cre11 ation. 

12 SEC. 3. ECONOMIC STABILITY. 

13 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Not 

14 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

15 this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the 

16 Economic Development Administration of the Department 

17 of Commerce (referred to in this section as the ‘‘EDA’’), 

18 shall enter into cooperative agreements with eligible recipi19 ents in the Johnson Space Center region to help stabilize 

20 the workforce in such region and to promote economic 

21 growth. 

22 (b) APPLICATION.—An eligible recipient that desires 

23 to receive funds under this section shall submit an applica24 tion that contains a comprehensive economic adjustment 

25 strategy to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, 


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1 and accompanied by such additional information as the 

2 Secretary may reasonably require. 

3 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—The EDA, acting through a 

4 cooperative agreement with an eligible recipient, shall use 

5 funds authorized to carry out this section for activities to 

6 help stabilize the workforce and promote economic growth 

7 in the Johnson Space Center region, which may include— 

8 (1) providing financial and technical assistance 

9 to eligible recipients to help implement the com10 prehensive economic adjustment strategy, which may 

11 include efforts such as infrastructure upgrades, es12 tablishing entrepreneurial networks, and establishing 

13 skill training facilities; and 

14 (2) analyzing whether other methods for eco15 nomic adjustment that have been successful in simi16 lar situations may be effective in the Johnson Space 

17 Center region, and if so, implementing such meth18 ods, which may include— 

19 (A) supporting efforts to start new tech20 nology ventures based on the specific skills of 

21 dislocated engineers; 

22 (B) providing technical assistance to guide 

23 public officials, management, and affected 

24 workers; and 


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1 (C) providing additional oversight through 

2 visits to the Johnson Space Center region. 

3 (d) DURATION.—The cooperative agreements entered 

4 into under this section shall be for a 2-year period. 

5 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

6 (a) JOHNSON SPACE CENTER REGION.—The term 

7 ‘‘Johnson Space Center region’’ means the locality sur8 rounding the Johnson Space Center that contains affected 

9 workers. 

10 (b) AFFECTED WORKER.—The term ‘‘affected work11 er’’ means any employee of the Johnson Space Center or 

12 any individual who works for a contractor of the Johnson 

13 Space Center whose job stability is impacted by the pro14 grammatic changes to the space exploration program of 

15 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

16 (c) ONE-STOP CAREER CENTER.—The term ‘‘one17 stop career center’’ means a comprehensive office dedi18 cated to helping individuals who are unemployed find new 

19 employment that offers training referrals, career coun20 seling, job listings, and similar employment-related serv21 ices. 

22 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘cooper23 ative agreement’’ has the meaning given the term in chap24 ter 63 of title 31, United States Code. 


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1 (e) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT AND COMPREHENSIVE

2 ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT STRATEGY.—The terms ‘‘eligi3 ble recipient’’ and ‘‘comprehensive economic adjustment 

4 strategy’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

5 3 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 

6 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3122). 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro9 priated to carry out this Act— 

10 (1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

11 (2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

12 (b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts appropriated to 

13 carry out this Act for each fiscal year— 

14 (1) the Secretary of Labor may use not more 

15 than $10,000,000 for the job training program; and 

16 (2) the Secretary of Commerce may use not 

17 more than $30,000,000 for the economic stability 

18 program. 

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