Embrace Fossil Fuel Recruitment Act

Subjects: Education


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3001 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3001

To require the Secretary of Education to implement corrective measures 
for a local educational agency or institution of higher education that 
prohibits or constrains fossil fuel sector employment recruitment, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2023

 Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Carey, 
Mr. Jackson of Texas, and Mrs. Boebert) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Education to implement corrective measures 
for a local educational agency or institution of higher education that 
prohibits or constrains fossil fuel sector employment recruitment, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Embrace Fossil Fuel Recruitment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WORKFORCE RECRUITER ACCESS TO STUDENTS.

    (a) Secondary Schools.--
            (1) In general.--Each local educational agency (as defined 
        in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) receiving financial assistance under 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall provide prospective 
        employers doing business within the fossil fuel sector the same 
        access to secondary school students for recruitment purposes as 
        is provided to prospective employers doing business within 
        other energy resource sectors.
            (2) Enforcement.--Paragraph (1) shall be subject to 
        enforcement under part D of the General Education Provisions 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1234 et seq.).
    (b) Institutions of Higher Education.--
            (1) In general.--Each institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002)) receiving financial assistance under such Act (20 
        U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall provide prospective employers doing 
        business within the fossil fuel sector the same access to 
        students for recruitment purposes as is provided to prospective 
        employers doing business within other energy resource sectors.
            (2) Enforcement.--For purposes of section 
        487(c)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B)(i)(I)), a failure to comply with paragraph 
        (1) shall be considered a failure to comply with a provision of 
        title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). In addition, the 
        Secretary of Education shall have the authority to implement 
        the same range of corrective measures for an institution that 
        fails to comply with paragraph (1) as the Secretary has for an 
        institution that fails to comply with a requirement in its 
        program participation agreement under section 487 of such Act 
        (20 U.S.C. 1094), including termination of the institution's 
        participation under title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et 
        seq.).
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