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(2) PRIORITY TO FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS.—In 
distributing funds under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall give priority to assisting displaced work-
ers dislocated from fossil fuel mining and extraction 
industries. 
(f) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a competitive grant program to provide funds to eli-
gible entities for the purposes described in para-
graph (3). 
(2) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a local, 
State, or Tribal government, local development dis-
trict (as defined in section 382E(a) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2009aa–4(a))), a nonprofit organization, labor 
union, economic development agency, or institution 
of higher education (including a community college). 
(3) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may award grants from amounts in the Fund made 
available under subsection (d)(3) for— 
(A) the purposes described in subsection 
(e)(1); 
(B)(i) existing job retraining and appren-
ticeship programs for displaced workers; or 
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(ii) programs designed to promote eco-
nomic development in communities affected by 
a downturn in fossil fuel extraction and mining; 
(C) developing projects that— 
(i) diversify local and regional econo-
mies; 
(ii) create jobs in new or existing non- 
fossil fuel industries; 
(iii) attract new sources of job-cre-
ating investment; or 
(iv) provide a range of workforce serv-
ices and skills training; 
(D) internship programs in a field related 
to clean energy; and 
(E) the development and support of— 
(i) a clean energy certificate program 
at a labor organization; or 
(ii) a clean energy major or minor 
program at an institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)). 
(g) JUST TRANSITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall establish an advisory committee, to be 
known as the ‘‘Just Transition Advisory Com-
mittee’’. 
(2) CHAIR.—The President shall appoint a 
Chair of the Advisory Committee. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall— 
(A) advise, assist, and support the Sec-
retary in— 
(i) the management and allocation of 
funds available under subsection (d); and 
(ii) the establishment and administra-
tion of the competitive grant program 
under subsection (f); and 
(B) develop procedures to ensure that 
States and applicants eligible to participate in 
the competitive grant program established 
under subsection (f) are notified of the avail-
ability of Federal funds pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The total number of 
members of the Advisory Committee shall not 
exceed 20 members. 
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(B) COMPOSITION.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall be composed of the following mem-
bers appointed by the Chair: 
(i) A representative of the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Economic De-
velopment. 
(ii) A representative of the Secretary 
of Labor. 
(iii) A representative of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development. 
(iv) 2 individuals with professional 
economic development or workforce re-
training experience. 
(v) An equal number of representa-
tives from each of the following: 
(I) Labor unions. 
(II) Nonprofit environmental or-
ganizations. 
(III) Environmental justice orga-
nizations. 
(IV) Fossil fuel transition com-
munities. 
(V) Public interest groups. 
(VI) Tribal and Indigenous com-
munities. 
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(5) TERMINATION.—The Advisory Committee 
shall not terminate except by an Act of Congress. 
(h) LIMIT ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 7 
percent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for 
administrative costs incurred in implementing this 
section. 
(2) LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO A SINGLE ENTI-
TY.—Not more than 5 percent of the amounts in the 
Fund may be awarded to a single eligible entity. 
(3) CALENDAR
YEAR
LIMITATION.—Not less 
than 15 percent of the amounts in the Fund shall 
be spent in each calendar year. 
(i) USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC-
TURED GOODS.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this section may be used for a 
project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or 
repair of a public building or public work unless all of the 
iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project 
are produced in the United States, unless the manufac-
tured good is not produced in the United States. 
(j) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees 
on Appropriations and Natural Resources of the House 
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of Representatives, with the annual budget submission of 
the President, a list of projects, including a description 
of each project, that received funding under this section 
in the previous calendar year. 
SEC. 30. EVALUATION BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committees on En-
vironment and Public Works and Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate, a report that contains an evaluation 
of the effectiveness of each activity carried out under this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
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