I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4584 
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award grants for worker training, 
technology development, and applied research in the wind energy industry 
production and energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design 
industries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2010 
Mr. BRALEY of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award grants for 
worker training, technology development, and applied re-
search in the wind energy industry production and en-
ergy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design indus-
tries. 
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 ‘‘New Era Expansion 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NEW ERA RURAL WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
establish a program to be known as the ‘‘New Era Rural 
Workforce Training Program’’, to award grants for work-
er training, technology development, and applied research 
in the wind energy industry production and energy effi-
cient construction, retrofitting, and design industries. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To receive a grant under this Act, 
an entity shall— 
(1) be a community college located in a rural 
area and in existence on the date of the enactment 
of this section, that participates in wind energy 
workforce development, wind energy research, or en-
ergy efficient construction, retrofitting, or design 
workforce development; 
(2) have a proven record of development and 
implementation of programs to meet the needs of 
students, educators, and business and industry to 
supply the wind energy field or energy efficient con-
struction field with certified technicians, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; and 
(3) have the ability to leverage existing partner-
ships and occupational outreach and training pro-
grams for secondary schools, 4-year institutions, and 
relevant nonprofit organizations. 
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(c) DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘community college’’ means an institution 
of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that— 
(1) admits as regular students individuals who 
are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance 
in the State in which the institution is located; 
(2) does not provide an educational program for 
which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or 
an equivalent degree; and 
(3)(A) provides an educational program of not 
less than 2 years that is acceptable for full credit to-
ward such a degree; or 
(B) offers a 2-year program in engineering, 
technology, mathematics, applied sciences, renewable 
energy systems or wind turbine repair, or offers 
green building professional certification and train-
ing, designed to prepare a student to work as a tech-
nician or at the semiprofessional level in engineering, 
scientific, or other technological fields requiring the 
understanding and application of basic engineering, 
scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
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such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014. 
Æ 
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