(A) the renewable, clean, and low-carbon 
electric power energy generation sector; 
(B) the electric transmission sector; 
(C) the energy storage sector; and 
(D) the energy efficiency sector. 
(4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Labor. 
(5) DISTANCE LEARNING.—The term ‘‘distance 
learning’’ means the transmission of educational or 
instructional programming to geographically dis-
persed individuals and groups via telecommuni-
cations. 
(6) FRONTLINE
AND
VULNERABLE
COMMU-
NITIES.—The term ‘‘frontline and vulnerable com-
munities’’ means deindustrialized communities, de-
populated rural communities, and communities 
where indigenous people, people of color, migrants, 
low-income workers, women, the elderly, people with 
disabilities, and the youth are disproportionately im-
pacted. 
(7) HIGH
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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(8) IPCC REPORT.—The term ‘‘IPCC Report’’ 
means the report entitled ‘‘IPCC, 2018: Global 
warming of 1.5 °C. An IPCC Special Report on the 
impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-in-
dustrial levels and related global greenhouse gas 
emission pathways, in the context of strengthening 
the global response to the threat of climate change, 
sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate 
poverty’’ published by the Intergovernmental Panel 
on Climate Change on October 8, 2018. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
(10) SHORTAGES.—The term ‘‘shortages’’ re-
fers to when workforce demand exceeds supply with-
in an occupation or field of work. 
(11) SKILLED
TECHNICAL
PERSONNEL.—The 
term ‘‘skilled technical personnel’’ means— 
(A) journey- and apprentice-level workers 
(including such workers who work in full supply 
chain and manufacturing, and operation and 
maintenance), who are enrolled in, or have com-
pleted, a registered apprenticeship program 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 
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50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et 
seq.); and 
(B) other skilled workers in the clean en-
ergy technology industry, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(12) TREND.—The term ‘‘trend’’ refers to jobs 
being created, jobs being eliminated, lifespan of jobs, 
required competencies of jobs, skill gaps of jobs, geo-
graphical locations of jobs, ongoing training for jobs, 
cleanliness of jobs (based on greenhouse gas reduc-
tions), current job openings, projected job openings, 
current wages of jobs, projected wages of jobs, 
unionization rates of jobs, and other information the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
(13) 
UNDERREPRESENTED
POPULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘underrepresented populations’’ is a group 
of individuals (such as a group of individuals from 
the same gender or race) that comprises less than 
25 percent of the individuals employed in each occu-
pation or field of work within the clean-energy tech-
nology industry. 
Æ 
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