I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7545 
To amend subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act to provide 
for grants to conduct demonstration projects designed to provide eligible 
individuals with the opportunity to obtain education and training for 
occupations in the fields of transportation and infrastructure that pay 
well and are expected to experience labor shortages or be in high demand. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2020 
Mr. LEWIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security 
Act to provide for grants to conduct demonstration 
projects designed to provide eligible individuals with the 
opportunity to obtain education and training for occupa-
tions in the fields of transportation and infrastructure 
that pay well and are expected to experience labor short-
ages or be in high demand. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation and 
Infrastructure Profession Opportunity Grants Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROFES-
SION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. 
Subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
2008 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2008A. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to in-
crease and improve opportunities and Federal supports for 
low-income people, especially women, racial or ethnic mi-
norities, and veterans, to enter, follow, and succeed in a 
career pathway in transportation and infrastructure pro-
fessions. By the enactment of this section, the Congress 
intends to enhance these opportunities through partner-
ships with organizations that specialize in serving these 
populations. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and 
the Secretary of Transportation, shall award grants to eli-
gible entities to conduct demonstration projects that are 
designed to provide eligible individuals with the oppor-
tunity to obtain education and training for transportation 
and infrastructure professions that pay at least 300 per-
cent of the Federal poverty level and are expected to expe-
rience labor shortages or be in high demand. 
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‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT OF LABOR SHORTAGE AND DE-
MAND.—In assessing whether a transportation and infra-
structure profession experiences labor shortages or is in 
high demand, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor and the Secretary of Transportation, 
using available Federal, State, and local data and other 
information as the Secretary may deem appropriate, shall 
consider, with respect to the geographic area proposed to 
be served by an applicant— 
‘‘(1) relevant and updated employment and 
labor market trends to assess historic, current, and 
projected future trends for specific occupations; 
‘‘(2) available occupational wage data to under-
stand earnings potential; 
‘‘(3) local training capacity to fill current and 
future workforce needs; 
‘‘(4) the workforce needs of transportation and 
infrastructure employers and agencies; and 
‘‘(5) racial, gender, and economic disparities in 
pay or promotion rates that may exist in the trans-
portation and infrastructure profession for which the 
applicant proposes to train, as well as disparities in 
pay or promotion rates that may exist between vet-
erans and non-veterans in the profession. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 
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‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible entity apply-
ing for a grant to carry out a demonstration project 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 
application for the grant that includes the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of how the applicant 
will use a career pathways approach to train eli-
gible individuals for transportation and infra-
structure professions that pay, or will put eligi-
ble individuals on a career path to a related oc-
cupation that pays, at least 300 percent of the 
Federal poverty level. 
‘‘(B) A description of the adult basic edu-
cation and literacy activities, work readiness ac-
tivities, training activities, and case manage-
ment and career coaching services that the ap-
plicant will use to assist eligible individuals to 
gain work experience, connection to employers, 
and job placement, and a description of the 
plan for recruiting, hiring, and training staff to 
provide the case management, mentoring, and 
career coaching services, under the project di-
rectly or through local governmental, appren-
ticeship, educational, or charitable institutions. 
‘‘(C) A demonstration that the applicant 
has experience working with low-income popu-
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lations, or a description of the plan of the appli-
cant to work with a partner organization that 
has the experience. 
‘‘(D) A plan for providing post-employment 
support and ongoing training as part of a ca-
reer pathway under the project. 
‘‘(E) A description of the support services 
that the applicant will provide under the 
project, including a plan for how child care and 
transportation support services will be guaran-
teed and, if the applicant will provide a cash 
stipend or wage supplement, how the stipend or 
supplement would be calculated and distributed. 
‘‘(F) A certification by the applicant that 
the project development included— 
‘‘(i) consultation with a local work-
force development board established under 
section 107 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(ii) consideration of apprenticeship 
and pre-apprenticeship models registered 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (also 
known as the ‘National Apprenticeship 
Act’); 
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‘‘(iii) consideration of career pathway 
programs in the State in which the project 
is to be conducted; and 
‘‘(iv) a review of the State plan under 
section 102 or 103 of the Workforce Inno-
vation and Opportunity Act. 
‘‘(G) A description of the availability and 
relevance of recent labor market information 
and other pertinent evidence of in-demand jobs 
or worker shortages. 
‘‘(H) A certification that the applicant will 
directly provide or contract for the training 
services described in the application. 
‘‘(I) A commitment by the applicant that, 
if the grant is made to the applicant, the appli-
cant will— 
‘‘(i) during the planning period for 
the project, provide the Secretary with any 
information needed by the Secretary to es-
tablish adequate data reporting and ad-
ministrative structure for the project; 
‘‘(ii) hire a person to direct the 
project not later than the end of the plan-
ning period applicable to the project; 
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‘‘(iii) accept all technical assistance 
offered by the Secretary with respect to 
the grant; 
‘‘(iv) participate in such in-person 
grantee conferences as are regularly sched-
uled by the Secretary; 
‘‘(v) provide all data required by the 
Secretary under subsection (h); and 
‘‘(vi) notify the local disabled vet-
erans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of title 38, United States 
Code, and the local veterans’ employment 
representatives under section 4104 of such 
title, of the grantee’s outreach plan for ad-
vertising training opportunities to potential 
participants in the project. 
‘‘(2) PREFERENCES.—In considering applica-
tions for a grant for a demonstration project under 
this section, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall give preference to— 
‘‘(i) applications submitted by appli-
cants who have business and community 
partners in each of the following cat-
egories: 
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‘‘(I) State and local government 
agencies and social service providers, 
including a State or local entity that 
administers a State program funded 
under part A of title IV; 
‘‘(II) institutions of higher edu-
cation, apprenticeship programs, and 
local workforce development boards 
established under section 107 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act; and 
‘‘(III) transportation and infra-
structure employers, transportation 
and infrastructure industry or sector 
partnerships, labor unions, and labor- 
management partnerships; 
‘‘(ii) applications that include oppor-
tunities for mentoring or peer support, and 
make career coaching available, as part of 
the case management plan; 
‘‘(iii) applications that include a com-
mitment to providing project participants 
with a cash stipend or wage supplement; 
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‘‘(iv) applications which have an emer-
gency cash fund to assist project partici-
pants financially in emergency situations; 
‘‘(v) applications submitted by, or in 
partnership with, an eligible entity with a 
history of providing specialized program-
ming or training to low-income women, ra-
cial or ethnic minorities, or veterans; and 
‘‘(vi) applications submitted by eligible 
entities that include plans to provide one 
or more of the supports described in sub-
section (e)(2)(B); and 
‘‘(B) may give preference to— 
‘‘(i) applicants that will administer 
the training program through, or in part-
nership with, an institution of higher edu-
cation that is a Historically Black College 
or University or a minority-serving institu-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) applicants that will administer 
the training program through, or in part-
nership with, institutions of higher edu-
cation at which at least 50 percent of stu-
dents receive Pell Grants under subpart 1 
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of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a); 
‘‘(iii) applicants that will administer 
the training program through, or in part-
nership with, an Indian tribe or a tribal or-
ganization; and 
‘‘(iv) applicants that will administer 
the training program through, or in part-
nership with, a territory or an eligible enti-
ty in a territory. 
‘‘(e) USE OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity to which a grant 
for a demonstration project is made under this sec-
tion shall use the grant in accordance with the ap-
proved application for the grant. 
‘‘(2) SUPPORT TO BE PROVIDED.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIRED SUPPORT.—A project for 
which a grant for a demonstration project is 
made under this section shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) An assessment for adult basic 
skill competency, and provision of adult 
basic skills education if necessary for 
lower-skilled eligible individuals to enroll in 
the project and go on to enter and com-
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plete 
post-secondary 
training, 
through 
means including the following: 
‘‘(I) Establishing a network of 
partners that offer pre-training activi-
ties for project participants who need 
to improve basic academic skills or 
English language proficiency before 
entering a transportation and infra-
structure occupational training career 
pathway program. 
‘‘(II) Offering resources to enable 
project participants to continue ad-
vancing adult basic skill proficiency 
while enrolled in a career pathway 
program. 
‘‘(III) Embedding adult basic 
skill maintenance as part of ongoing 
post-graduation career coaching and 
mentoring. 
‘‘(ii) A guarantee that child care is an 
available and affordable support service for 
project participants through means such as 
the following: 
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‘‘(I) Referral to, and assistance 
with, enrollment in a subsidized child 
care program. 
‘‘(II) Direct payment to a child 
care provider if a slot in a subsidized 
child care program is not available or 
reasonably accessible. 
‘‘(III) Payment of co-payments 
or associated fees for child care. 
‘‘(iii) Case management plans that in-
clude career coaching (with the option to 
offer appropriate peer support and men-
toring opportunities to help develop soft 
skills and social capital), which may be of-
fered on an ongoing basis before, during, 
and after initial training as part of a ca-
reer pathway model. 
‘‘(iv) A plan to provide project partici-
pants with commuting costs through 
means such as the following: 
‘‘(I) Referral to, and assistance 
with enrollment in, a subsidized trans-
portation program. 
‘‘(II) If a subsidized transpor-
tation program is not reasonably 
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available, direct payments to subsidize 
commuting costs. 
‘‘(v) Assistance with programs and ac-
tivities, including legal assistance, deemed 
necessary to address arrest or conviction 
records as an employment barrier. 
‘‘(B) ALLOWED SUPPORT.—The goods and 
services provided under a project for which a 
grant for a demonstration project is made 
under this section may include the following: 
‘‘(i) A cash stipend that is at least 
monthly. 
‘‘(ii) A reserve fund for financial as-
sistance to project participants in emer-
gency situations. 
‘‘(iii) Tuition, and training materials 
such as books, software, uniforms, shoes, 
helmets, eye goggles, and other personal 
protective equipment. 
‘‘(iv) In-kind resource donations such 
as interview clothing and conference at-
tendance fees. 
‘‘(v) Assistance with accessing and 
completing high school equivalency or adult 
basic education courses as necessary to 
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achieve success in the project and make 
progress toward career goals. 
‘‘(vi) Licensing and examination fees 
needed for professional certification. 
‘‘(vii) 
Other 
support 
services 
as 
deemed necessary for family well-being, 
success in the project, and progress toward 
career goals. 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF SUPPORT FOR PUR-
POSES
OF
MEANS-TESTED
PROGRAMS.—Any 
goods or services provided to an eligible indi-
vidual participating in a project for which a 
grant for a demonstration project is made 
under this section shall not be considered in-
come, and shall not be taken into account for 
purposes of determining the eligibility of the in-
dividual for, or amount of benefits to be pro-
vided to the individual, under any means-tested 
program. 
‘‘(3) TRAINING.—The number of hours of train-
ing provided to an eligible individual under a project 
for which a grant for a demonstration project is 
made under this section, for a recognized postsec-
ondary credential, including an industry-recognized 
credential, which is awarded in recognition of attain-
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ment of measurable technical or occupational skills 
necessary to gain employment or advance within an 
occupation (including a certificate awarded by a 
local workforce development board established under 
section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act), shall be— 
‘‘(A) not less than the number of hours of 
training required for certification in that level 
of skill by the State in which the project is con-
ducted; or 
‘‘(B) if there is no such requirement, such 
number of hours of training as the Secretary 
finds is necessary to achieve that skill level. 
‘‘(4) INCOME LIMITATION.—An entity to which 
a grant for a demonstration project is made under 
this section shall not use the grant to provide sup-
port to a person who is not an eligible individual. 
‘‘(5) INCLUSION OF TANF RECIPIENTS.—In the 
case of a project for which a grant for a demonstra-
tion project is made under this section that is con-
ducted in a State that has a program funded under 
part A of title IV, at least 10 percent of the eligible 
individuals to whom support is provided under the 
project shall meet the income eligibility requirements 
under the program, without regard to whether the 
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individuals receive benefits or services directly under 
the program. 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION.—An entity to which a grant 
for a demonstration project is made under this sec-
tion shall not use the grant for purposes of enter-
tainment, except that case management and career 
coaching services may include celebrations of specific 
career-based milestones such as completing a semes-
ter, graduation, or job placement. 
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance— 
‘‘(1) to assist eligible entities in applying for 
grants for demonstration projects under this section; 
‘‘(2) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 
of grantees at each stage of the administration of 
projects for which grants for demonstration projects 
are made under this section; 
‘‘(3) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 
of eligible entities in carrying out demonstration 
projects for which a grant is made under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(4) to facilitate the exchange of information 
among eligible entities regarding best practices and 
promising practices used in the projects. 
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by 
grant, contract, or interagency agreement, conduct 
evaluations of the demonstration projects for which 
a grant is made under this section. 
‘‘(2) RULE OF INTERPRETATION.—Evaluations 
conducted pursuant to this subsection may include a 
randomized controlled trial, but this subsection shall 
not be interpreted to require an evaluation to include 
such a trial. 
‘‘(h) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) TO THE SECRETARY.—An eligible entity 
awarded a grant to conduct a project under this sec-
tion shall submit interim reports to the Secretary on 
the activities carried out under the project, and, on 
the conclusion of the project, a final report on the 
activities. Each such report shall include data on 
participant outcomes related to earnings, employ-
ment in transportation and infrastructure profes-
sions, graduation rate, graduation timeliness, cre-
dential attainment, participant demographics, and 
other data specified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) TO THE CONGRESS.—During each Con-
gress, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
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and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a re-
port— 
‘‘(A) on the demographics of the partici-
pants in the projects for which a grant is made 
under this section; 
‘‘(B) on the rate of which project partici-
pants 
completed 
all 
activities 
under 
the 
projects; 
‘‘(C) on the employment credentials ac-
quired by project participants; 
‘‘(D) on the employment of project partici-
pants on completion of activities under the 
projects, and the earnings of project partici-
pants at entry into employment; 
‘‘(E) on best practices and promising prac-
tices used in the projects; 
‘‘(F) on the nature of any technical assist-
ance provided to grantees under this section; 
‘‘(G) on, with respect to the period since 
the period covered in the most recent prior re-
port submitted under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the number of applications sub-
mitted under this section, with a separate 
statement of the number of applications re-
ferred to in subsection (d)(2)(A)(iii); 
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‘‘(ii) the number of applications that 
were approved, with a separate statement 
of the number of such applications referred 
to in subsection (d)(2)(A)(iii); and 
‘‘(iii) the 10 individual applications 
not approved for a grant for a demonstra-
tion project under this section that showed 
the greatest potential to meet the purpose 
of this section, including the estimated 
number of beneficiaries of each such appli-
cation; 
‘‘(H) that includes an assessment of the ef-
fectiveness of the projects with respect to ad-
dressing transportation and infrastructure pro-
fessions workforce shortages or in-demand jobs; 
and 
‘‘(I) on the design, nature, and results of 
the evaluations required by subsection (g), in-
cluding whether a randomized controlled trial 
was used in the evaluation and, if so, the rea-
sons for doing so. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CAREER
PATHWAY.—The term ‘career 
pathway’ has the meaning given that term in section 
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3(7) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act. 
‘‘(2) COMMUTING
COSTS.—The term ‘com-
muting costs’ means the cost of public transit, ride- 
sharing, or gasoline for a personal vehicle, for com-
muting between a project participant’s residence and 
any site at which the participant receives services 
under the project. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means any of the following entities that dem-
onstrates in an application submitted under this sec-
tion that the entity has the capacity to fully develop 
and administer the project described in the applica-
tion: 
‘‘(A) A local workforce development board 
established under section 107 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
‘‘(B) A State or territory, a political sub-
division of a State or territory, or an agency of 
a State, territory, or such a political subdivi-
sion, including a State, territory, or local entity 
that administers a State or territory program 
funded under part A of title IV. 
‘‘(C) An Indian Tribe or a Tribal organiza-
tion. 
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‘‘(D) An institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101 or 102(a)(1)(B) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965). 
‘‘(E) A nonprofit organization described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, a labor organization, or an entity with 
shared labor-management oversight, that has a 
demonstrated history of providing transpor-
tation and infrastructure profession training to 
eligible individuals. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual whose family income 
does not exceed 200 percent of the Federal pov-
erty level; or 
‘‘(B) an individual who is receiving services 
under section 477. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL
POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term 
‘Federal poverty level’ means the poverty line (as de-
fined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1981, including any revision re-
quired by such section applicable to a family of the 
size involved). 
‘‘(6) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘Historically Black College or 
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University’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 
institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
‘‘(7) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 
The terms ‘Indian Tribe’ and ‘Tribal organization’ 
have the meaning given the terms in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
‘‘(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 or 
102(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(9) MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘minority-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given the term— 
‘‘(A) ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ in sec-
tion 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1101a); 
‘‘(B) ‘Tribal college or university’ in sec-
tion 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059c); 
‘‘(C) ‘Alaska Native-serving Institution’ in 
section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)); 
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‘‘(D) ‘Native Hawaiian-serving institution’ 
in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)); 
‘‘(E) ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ in 
section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)); 
‘‘(F) ‘Asian American and Native Amer-
ican Pacific Islander-serving institution’ in sec-
tion 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)); and 
‘‘(G) ‘Native American-serving nontribal 
institution’ in section 371(c) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)). 
‘‘(10) RACIAL
OR
ETHNIC
MINORITIES.—The 
term ‘racial or ethnic minorities’ means persons of 
Black or African-American, American Indian, Alaska 
Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander 
descent, and Hispanic persons (including those of 
Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, 
or South American descent). 
‘‘(11) RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.—The 
term ‘randomized controlled trial’ means an evalua-
tion that employs random assignment of eligible in-
dividuals to a treatment group that receives the 
project component under evaluation and a control 
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group that does not, in order to establish causal 
links between assistance and outcomes. 
‘‘(12) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50 
States of the United States and the District of Co-
lumbia. 
‘‘(13) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa. 
‘‘(14) TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROFESSION.—The term ‘transportation and infra-
structure profession’ means any profession requiring 
certification or training to construct, maintain, man-
age, operate, or repair roads, bridges, tunnels, rails, 
airports, seaports, water and sewage systems, utility 
systems, or public buildings, or to operate public 
transit. 
‘‘(j) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary to 
carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2021 through 2025. 
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‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 
appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) 
of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) 90 percent shall be available for dem-
onstration project grants under subsection 
(e)(1); 
‘‘(B) 6 percent, plus all amounts referred 
to in subparagraph (A) that remain unused 
after all grant awards are made for the fiscal 
year, shall be available for the provision of tech-
nical assistance and associated staffing; and 
‘‘(C) 4 percent shall be available for study-
ing the effects of the demonstration projects for 
which a grant is made under this section, and 
for associated staffing, for the purpose of sup-
porting the rigorous evaluation of the dem-
onstration projects, and supporting the contin-
ued study of the short-, medium-, and long- 
term effects of all such projects. 
‘‘(k) NONAPPLICABILITY OF PRECEDING SECTIONS 
OF THIS SUBTITLE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the preceding sections of this subtitle 
shall not apply to a grant awarded under this sec-
tion. 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON 
THE USE OF GRANTS.—Section 2005(a) (other than 
paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), and (8)) shall apply to 
a grant awarded under this section to the same ex-
tent and in the same manner as such section applies 
to payments to States under this subtitle.’’. 
Æ 
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