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while employed by the impacted employer prior 
to any separation. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(7) TOTAL
SEPARATION.—The terms ‘‘total 
separation’’ and ‘‘totally separated’’ mean the layoff 
or severance of an individual from employment by an 
impacted employer. 
SEC. 1002. ENERGY AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION IMPACT 
STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to enter 
into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences 
under which the Academy agrees to conduct studies on 
matters concerning the potential impacts of achieving net- 
zero greenhouse gas emissions on workers and commu-
nities dependent on employment related to fossil fuels as 
follows: 
(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of 
entry into such agreement, the Academy shall com-
plete a study focused on communities that have ex-
perienced an energy-related transition within the 
previous 10 years, including communities that were 
dependent on coal, and submit to the Congress and 
the Secretary a report on the results of such study. 
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(2) Not later than 3 years after the date of 
entry into such agreement, the Academy shall com-
plete a study focused on communities and industries 
not covered in the study under paragraph (1) that 
are likely to experience an energy-related transition 
should the United States achieve net-zero green-
house gas emissions by 2050, and submit to the 
Congress and the Secretary a report on the results 
of such study. 
(b) TIMING OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall 
seek to enter into the agreement described in subsection 
(a) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The study and report under 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a), with respect to commu-
nities described in such paragraph, and the study and re-
port under paragraph (2) of subsection (a), with respect 
to communities described in such paragraph, shall— 
(1) assess current and foreseeable trends in 
worker and community disruptions associated with 
the Nation’s transition to achieving net-zero green-
house gas emissions, and the effects of such trends 
on the social, economic, and other requirements of 
the Nation; 
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(2) identify types of occupations related to fos-
sil fuels that may be impacted by the Nation’s tran-
sition to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emis-
sions, including— 
(A) occupations involved with— 
(i) the extraction of fossil fuels; 
(ii) the refinement of fossil fuels; 
(iii) the generation of electricity from 
fossil fuels; 
(iv) the production of energy-intensive 
industrial products; 
(v) the manufacture of light-, me-
dium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that utilize 
an internal combustion engine and other 
component parts for such vehicles; and 
(vi) the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of infrastructure to deliver 
fossil fuels for domestic use; and 
(B) for each type of occupation identified 
under subparagraph (A), estimates of— 
(i) the number of employees serving in 
each type of occupation; 
(ii) the locations of employees for each 
type of occupation; 
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(iii) the average wages and benefits of 
employees for each type of occupation; and 
(iv) the average age of employees for 
each type of occupation, including an esti-
mate of the number of employees 55 years 
of age or older; 
(3) assess impacts and potential impacts associ-
ated with the Nation’s transition to achieving net- 
zero greenhouse gas emissions on workers in the 
types of occupations identified under paragraph (2); 
(4) identify skills, including professional certifi-
cations, typically associated with each type of occu-
pation identified under paragraph (2) and potential 
occupations utilizing the same or similar skills in in-
dustries not impacted by the Nation’s transition to 
achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, includ-
ing an estimate of average wages and benefits for 
each such potential occupation; 
(5) identify the ages and locations of, and exist-
ing debt burdens, including debt burdens resulting 
from Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities 
Service loans, related to existing fossil fuel-powered 
electricity generating units; 
(6) identify— 
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(A) municipal and county governments 
that derive— 
(i) more than 25 percent of locally 
generated tax revenue or employment with-
in the jurisdiction of the government from 
industries employing workers in types of 
occupations identified under paragraph 
(2); and 
(ii) more than 50 percent of locally 
generated tax revenue or employment with-
in that jurisdiction from such industries; 
and 
(B) and assess the status and condition of 
communities already affected by the transition 
to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, 
that have lost significant locally generated tax 
revenue or employment within the past 10 
years; 
(7) assess economic development and alter-
native employment opportunities in communities 
identified in paragraph (6), including an assessment 
of existing educational, workforce development, and 
infrastructure assets, including transportation, en-
ergy, and digital infrastructure, near identified com-
munities; 
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(8) identify commonly occurring municipal and 
county government services and programs funded by 
locally generated tax revenues in communities identi-
fied in paragraph (6), including— 
(A) education; 
(B) public safety, including police and fire 
departments; 
(C) health care; 
(D) infrastructure; and 
(E) workforce development; and 
(9) identify potential strategies, consistent with 
achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, to 
avoid future disruptions among businesses and work-
ers, including strategies to reskill workers to fill jobs 
in emerging and growing industries. 
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The studies and reports 
under subsection (a) shall identify actions that could be 
taken regarding worker and community transition to net- 
zero greenhouse gas emissions, including— 
(1) compensation packages for employees in 
types of occupations identified under subsection 
(c)(2), including— 
(A) transition adjustment assistance, po-
tentially including support for wages, pension, 
health care, and other benefits; and 
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(B) enabling early retirement for such em-
ployees over the age of 55; 
(2) training and further education for employ-
ees in occupations identified under subsection (c)(2), 
potentially including job placement and relocation 
assistance; 
(3) economic development and diversification of 
communities identified under subsection (c)(6), in-
cluding employment and development opportunities 
associated with environmental remediation; 
(4) financial assistance packages for commu-
nities identified in subsection (c)(6) to provide tem-
porary replacement of lost locally generated tax rev-
enue; and 
(5) recommendations for remedying deficiencies 
of existing programs and activities identified in sub-
section (c), which may include recommendations for 
Federal legislation and Executive action. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 1003. OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ECONOMIC TRANSI-
TION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Executive Office of the President an Office of Energy and 
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Economic Transition. The Office shall be led by a Director 
who shall be appointed by the President, to serve at the 
pleasure of the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. 
(b) DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall 
be a person who, as a result of training, experience, and 
attainments, is exceptionally well qualified to— 
(1) appraise programs and activities of the Fed-
eral Government in light of the challenges posed to 
adversely affected workers and adversely affected 
communities; 
(2) be conscious of and responsive to the sci-
entific, economic, social, cultural, and pollution re-
duction needs and interests of the Nation; and 
(3) formulate and recommend national policies 
to assist workers and communities disrupted in the 
Nation’s transition to achieving net-zero greenhouse 
gas emissions. 
(c) COMPENSATION
FOR DIRECTOR.—The annual 
rate of pay for the Director shall be fixed by the President 
at a rate that may not exceed the annual rate of pay for 
level II of the Executive Schedule. 
(d) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—The Director shall assist 
and advise the President on policies and programs of the 
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Federal Government affecting the Nation’s transition to 
achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by— 
(1) administering the programs and activities 
under this title; 
(2) assisting and advising the President in the 
preparation of the Worker and Community Transi-
tion Report required under subsection (g); 
(3) reviewing and appraising the various pro-
grams and activities of the Federal Government re-
lated to adversely affected workers and economic de-
velopment and diversification of adversely affected 
communities, and making recommendations to the 
President with respect to such programs and activi-
ties; 
(4) coordinating relevant programs and activi-
ties among the relevant Federal departments and 
agencies through the Interagency Energy and Eco-
nomic Transition Task Force convened pursuant to 
section 1004; 
(5) coordinating across Federal departments, 
agencies, and other initiatives to align energy-related 
transition strategies with other national economic 
development strategies, including national manufac-
turing, infrastructure, and environmental remedi-
ation strategies; 
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(6) in accordance with section 1005, being re-
sponsive to and coordinating with the Stakeholder 
Advisory Committee established under such section; 
(7) creating and maintaining a website to serve 
as an information clearinghouse containing informa-
tion on relevant programs and activities from rel-
evant departments and agencies across the Federal 
Government to increase awareness of Federal pro-
grams, grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other as-
sistance and resources the Director determines may 
assist economic development and diversification ac-
tivities in adversely affected communities and sup-
port adversely affected workers; 
(8) providing assistance to adversely affected 
communities, including technical and financial as-
sistance, and support for capacity building and plan-
ning capabilities by adversely affected communities 
and community-based leaders of such communities, 
including assistance provided pursuant to section 
1006 or through community-based transition hubs 
pursuant to section 1007; 
(9) collecting, collating, analyzing, and inter-
preting data and information on adversely affected 
workers and economic development and diversifica-
tion of adversely affected communities; and 
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(10) implementing grant programs or other 
forms of financial and technical assistance to sup-
port adversely affected workers and the economic de-
velopment and diversification of adversely affected 
communities as required by this title or after deter-
mining no such similar program or assistance is 
being provided by a Federal agency. 
(e) EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL, EXPERTS, AND 
CONSULTANTS.—The Office may employ such officers and 
employees as may be necessary to carry out its duties 
under this title. In addition, the Office may employ and 
fix the compensation of such experts and consultants as 
may be necessary for carrying out such duties, in accord-
ance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 
(f) REIMBURSEMENTS.—The Office may accept reim-
bursements from any private nonprofit organization or 
from any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
Federal Government, any State, or local government, for 
the reasonable travel expenses incurred by the Director 
or an employee of the Office in connection with attendance 
at any conference, seminar, or similar meeting conducted 
for the benefit of the Office. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning in 2023, the 
President shall transmit to Congress a report, to be known 
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