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fair, stable, and efficient emission allowance 
transactions. 
SEC. 108. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THIS TITLE. 
Notwithstanding section 3304 and sections 3309 
through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, upon a de-
termination by the Administrator that there is a severe 
shortage of candidates or a critical hiring need for par-
ticular positions to carry out this title (including the 
amendments made by this title), may recruit and directly 
appoint highly qualified individuals into the competitive 
service. 
TITLE II—WORKER AND 
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADVERSELY AFFECTED COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘‘adversely affected community’’ means a unit 
of local government or an Indian Tribe (or a polit-
ical subdivision thereof) that has been, or is at risk 
to be, significantly disrupted by the United States 
transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions 
through the loss of a significant portion of locally 
generated tax revenue or employment due to the clo-
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sure, or risk of closure, of an impacted employer 
within its jurisdiction. 
(2) ADVERSELY
AFFECTED
WORKER.—The 
term ‘‘adversely affected worker’’ means an indi-
vidual who has been, or is at risk to be, totally sepa-
rated or partially separated from employment by an 
impacted employer. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Energy and Economic 
Transition. 
(4) IMPACTED
EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘im-
pacted employer’’ means a private entity that is pri-
marily engaged in business related to— 
(A) the extraction of fossil fuels; 
(B) the refinement of fossil fuels; 
(C) the generation of electricity from fossil 
fuels; 
(D) the production of energy-intensive in-
dustrial products; 
(E) the manufacture of light-, medium-, 
and heavy-duty vehicles that utilize an internal 
combustion engine and component parts for 
such vehicles; 
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(F) the construction, operation, and main-
tenance of infrastructure to deliver fossil fuels 
for domestic use; or 
(G) other industries significantly disrupted 
by the United States transition to net-zero 
greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the 
Director, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Secretary of Labor. 
(5) PARTIAL SEPARATION.—The terms ‘‘partial 
separation’’ and ‘‘partially separated’’ mean, with 
respect to an individual who has not been totally 
separated from employment, that— 
(A) the number of hours of work for such 
individual has been reduced by an impacted em-
ployer to 80 percent or less of the average num-
ber of hours per week such individual worked 
per week prior to any separation from employ-
ment; and 
(B) the wages for such individual have 
been reduced by an impacted employer to 80 
percent or less of the average wages per week 
while employed by the impacted employer prior 
to any separation. 
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(6) TOTAL
SEPARATION.—The terms ‘‘total 
separation’’ and ‘‘totally separated’’ mean the layoff 
or severance of an individual from employment by an 
impacted employer. 
SEC. 202. ENERGY AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION IMPACT 
STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Acad-
emy of Sciences under which the Academy agrees to con-
duct studies on matters concerning the potential impacts 
of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on workers 
and communities dependent on employment related to fos-
sil 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 Congress and the 
Secretary of Energy a report on the results of such 
study. 
(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 
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are likely to experience an energy-related transition 
should the United States achieve net-zero green-
house gas emissions by 2050, and submit to Con-
gress and the Secretary of Energy a report on the 
results of such study. 
(b) TIMING OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of En-
ergy 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 United States transition to achieving net-zero 
greenhouse gas emissions, and the effects of such 
trends on the social, economic, and other require-
ments of the United States; 
(2) identify types of occupations related to fos-
sil fuels that may be impacted by the United States 
transition to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emis-
sions, including— 
(A) occupations involved with— 
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(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 compo-
nent 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; 
(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; 
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(B) more than 50 percent of locally gen-
erated tax revenue or employment within that 
jurisdiction from such industries; 
(7) assess the status and condition of commu-
nities already affected by the transition to achieving 
net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, that have lost 
significant locally generated tax revenue or employ-
ment within the past 10 years; 
(8) assess economic development and alter-
native employment opportunities in communities 
identified in paragraphs (6) and (7), including an 
assessment of existing educational, workforce devel-
opment, and infrastructure assets, including trans-
portation, energy, and digital infrastructure, near 
identified communities; 
(9) identify commonly occurring municipal and 
county government services and programs funded by 
locally generated tax revenues in communities identi-
fied in paragraphs (6) and (7), including— 
(A) education; 
(B) public safety, including police and fire 
departments; 
(C) health care; 
(D) infrastructure; and 
(E) workforce development; and 
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(10) 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 
(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 paragraphs (6) and (7) 
of subsection (c), including employment and develop-
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ment opportunities associated with environmental re-
mediation; 
(4) financial assistance packages for commu-
nities identified in paragraphs (6) and (7) of sub-
section (c) to provide temporary replacement of lost 
locally generated tax revenue; 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. 203. OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Executive Office of the President an Office of Energy and 
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 
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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 United States; 
and 
(3) formulate and recommend national policies 
to assist workers and communities disrupted in the 
United States transition to achieving net-zero green-
house 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 
Federal Government affecting the United States 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-
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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 204; 
(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; 
(6) in accordance with section 205, 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-
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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 
206 or through Community-Based Transition Hubs 
pursuant to section 207; 
(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 
(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 
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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, any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal 
Government, or any State or local government for the rea-
sonable travel expenses incurred by the Director or an em-
ployee 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 2027, the 
President shall transmit to Congress a report, to be known 
as the Worker and Community Transition Report, not less 
than once every 2 years, which shall set forth— 
(1) the status and condition of workers and 
communities disrupted in the United States transi-
tion to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, 
with an emphasis on economic development and di-
versification activities in adversely affected commu-
nities; 
(2) current and foreseeable trends in worker 
and community disruptions associated with the 
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United States transition to achieving net-zero green-
house gas emissions, and the effects of such trends 
on the social, economic, and other requirements of 
the United States; 
(3) a review of the programs and activities (in-
cluding regulatory activities) of the Federal Govern-
ment, State, Tribal, and local governments, and non-
governmental entities or individuals that serve ad-
versely affected communities; 
(4) recommendations for remedying deficiencies 
of existing programs and activities described in 
paragraph (3), which may include recommendations 
for new programs and activities and legislation to 
authorize such programs; and 
(5) the expenditures of the Office in support of 
programs and activities authorized under this title. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as are necessary. 
SEC. 204. INTERAGENCY ENERGY AND ECONOMIC TRANSI-
TION TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall convene 
regularly a task force, to be known as the Interagency En-
ergy and Economic Transition Task Force, to enhance the 
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coordination of relevant programs and activities intended 
to support adversely affected workers and adversely af-
fected communities, with an emphasis on economic devel-
opment and diversification activities in adversely affected 
communities. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com-
prised of the following (or a designee): 
(1) The Secretary of Energy. 
(2) The Secretary of Labor. 
(3) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(4) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(5) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(6) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
(7) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(8) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(9) The Secretary of the Treasury. 
(10) The Secretary of Education. 
(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
(12) The Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration. 
(13) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
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(14) The Chair of the Council on Environ-
mental Quality. 
(15) The Chairman of the Appalachian Re-
gional Commission. 
(16) Such other Federal officials as determined 
appropriate by the Director. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force shall— 
(1) report to the President through the Direc-
tor; 
(2) seek to enhance coordination and implemen-
tation of programs and activities related to the du-
ties of the Office of Energy and Economic Transi-
tion in order to ensure that the administration of 
programs, activities, and policies across Federal de-
partments and agencies is carried out in a consistent 
and complementary manner; 
(3) utilize, to the fullest extent possible, the 
services, facilities, and information (including statis-
tical information) of public and private agencies and 
organizations, and individuals, in order that duplica-
tion of effort and expense may be avoided; and 
(4) identify, based in part on recommendations 
from the Stakeholder Advisory Committee estab-
lished under section 205 and the public, opportuni-
ties to improve support for adversely affected work-
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ers and adversely affected communities for relevant 
Federal departments and agencies to take into con-
sideration and address. 
(d) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The Task Force 
shall— 
(1) hold public meetings or otherwise solicit 
public participation for the purposes of developing 
and coordinating policies and programs of the Fed-
eral Government related to adversely affected work-
ers and adversely affected communities in the 
United States transition to achieving net-zero green-
house gas emissions; and 
(2) publish a summary of any comments and 
recommendations provided pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 205. STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish 
a committee, to be known as the Stakeholder Advisory 
Committee, to consult with representatives of adversely af-
fected communities, adversely affected workers, industry, 
labor unions, economic development experts, State, local, 
and Tribal governments, and other organizations and indi-
viduals, as determined appropriate by the Director, to ad-
dress the needs of workers and communities affected by 
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the United States energy transition to net-zero greenhouse 
gas emissions. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Stakeholder Advisory Com-
mittee shall be comprised of members who have knowledge 
of, or experience relating to, workers and communities ad-
versely affected by the United States energy transition to 
net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, with an emphasis on 
economic development and diversification activities in ad-
versely affected communities, and shall include— 
(1) representatives from labor unions, including 
at least one representative from— 
(A) the mining sector; 
(B) the electricity generation sector; 
(C) the manufacturing sector; and 
(D) the transportation sector; 
(2) community leaders from adversely affected 
communities, including community leaders from 
Tribal and Indigenous communities; 
(3) representatives from State, Tribal, and local 
governments; 
(4) experts in economic development; 
(5) experts in workforce development; 
(6) representatives from nongovernmental orga-
nizations, including environmental organizations; 
and 
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(7) representatives from the private sector. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Stakeholder Advisory 
Committee shall provide independent advice and rec-
ommendations to the Director with respect to issues relat-
ing to the duties of the Office of Energy and Economic 
Transition, including— 
(1) improving participation, cooperation, and 
communication between the Office and adversely af-
fected communities; 
(2) recommending lessons learned and best 
practices from communities, regions, and countries 
that have gone through, are going through, or are 
planning for an energy-related economic transition; 
(3) supporting community-based public meet-
ings, as described in subsection (f); 
(4) soliciting and receiving feedback from Com-
munity-Based Transition Hubs receiving grants pur-
suant to section 207; and 
(5) producing a report within 2 years of estab-
lishment, and every 2 years thereafter, and make 
recommendations, including actions that could be 
taken under executive authority and new legislation. 
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STAKEHOLDER 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Director shall provide a 
written response to each recommendation submitted in a 
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report under subsection (c) to the Director by the Stake-
holder Advisory Committee by not later than 180 days 
after the date of submission of such report. 
(e) COMMITTEE MEETINGS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Stakeholder Advisory 
Committee shall meet not less frequently than 3 
times each calendar year. 
(2) OPEN TO PUBLIC.—Each meeting of the 
Stakeholder Advisory Committee shall be held open 
to the public. 
(3) DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Director 
(or a designee) shall— 
(A) be present at each meeting of the 
Stakeholder Advisory Committee; 
(B) ensure that each meeting is conducted 
in accordance with an agenda approved in ad-
vance by the Director; 
(C) provide an opportunity for interested 
persons— 
(i) to file comments before or after 
each meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory 
Committee; or 
(ii) to make statements at such a 
meeting, to the extent that time permits; 
and 
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(D) ensure that a high-level representative 
from each department and agency from the 
Interagency Energy and Economic Transition 
Task Force convened pursuant to section 204 is 
invited to, and encouraged to attend, each 
meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory Com-
mittee. 
(f) PUBLIC MEETINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and each year 
thereafter, the Director, in coordination with the 
Stakeholder Advisory Committee, shall hold public 
meetings to gather input with respect to the duties 
of the Office of Energy and Economic Transition 
and implementation of this title. 
(2) OUTREACH TO ADVERSELY AFFECTED COM-
MUNITIES.—The Director, in advance of the meet-
ings described in subsection (a), shall hold meetings 
in multiple adversely affected communities to pro-
vide meaningful community involvement opportuni-
ties. 
(3) COORDINATION
WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED 
TRANSITION HUBS.—The Director, in advance of the 
meetings described in subsection (a), shall coordi-
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nate and solicit comments from entities receiving 
grants under section 207. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Stake-
holder Advisory Committee may be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at such 
rate as the Director determines to be appropriate while 
away from the home or regular place of business of the 
member in the performance of the duties of the Stake-
holder Advisory Committee, including participation in a 
public meeting pursuant to subsection (f). 
(h) DURATION.—The Stakeholder Advisory Com-
mittee shall remain in existence unless otherwise provided 
by law. 
SEC. 206. ASSISTANCE FOR ADVERSELY AFFECTED COMMU-
NITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a pro-
gram to provide assistance to eligible local government en-
tities, including making payments to temporarily replace 
eligible local revenues of such entities, using amounts 
made available to the Director in the Worker and Commu-
nity Assistance Fund. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In implementing the program 
in subsection (a), the Director shall— 
(1) identify problems of counties, regions, met-
ropolitan areas, Tribal Governments, and commu-
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nities that result from the cessation of operations by 
impacted employers; 
(2) use and maintain a uniform socioeconomic 
impact analysis; 
(3) apply consistent policies, practices, and pro-
cedures in the administration of Federal programs 
that are used to assist counties, Tribal Governments, 
regions, metropolitan areas, communities, and busi-
nesses; 
(4) encourage effective Federal, State, Tribal, 
county, regional, metropolitan, and community co-
operation and involvement of public interest groups, 
labor organizations, and private sector organizations 
in community adjustment activities; 
(5) serve as a clearinghouse to exchange infor-
mation among Federal, State, Tribal, county, re-
gional, metropolitan, and community officials in-
volved in community adjustment activities. Such in-
formation may include reports, studies, best prac-
tices, technical information, and sources of public 
and private financing; and 
(6) support planning activities of counties, 
Tribal Governments, regions, metropolitan areas, 
and communities to promote diversification of local 
economies. 
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(c) COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENTS TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.—The Director shall make an-
nual payments under this section to eligible local govern-
ment entities to replace eligible local revenues due to the 
cessation of operations by impacted employers located 
within the jurisdiction of such local government entities. 
(d) ORDER OF PAYMENT.—The date of submission 
of an eligible local government entity’s application for as-
sistance shall establish the order in which assistance is 
paid to program applicants, except that in no event shall 
assistance be paid to a local government entity until such 
time that an impacted employer has been closed. Any local 
government entity seeking assistance under this section 
shall submit an affidavit to the Director that an impacted 
employer has ceased operating and an estimation of eligi-
ble local revenues. After receipt of such an affidavit under 
this subsection, the Director shall confirm such informa-
tion. 
(e) CONDITIONS ON PAYMENTS AND ASSISTANCE.— 
An eligible local government entity shall— 
(1) be eligible for not more than one payment 
each fiscal year under this section; and 
(2) not receive payments under this section for 
more than 8 fiscal years. 
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(1) infrastructure; 
(2) telecommunications; 
(3) education; 
(4) health care; 
(5) public safety, including police, fire, emer-
gency response, or other community support serv-
ices; 
(6) drinking water and wastewater services; 
(7) economic development and diversification; 
(8) employment training, counseling, and place-
ment services for dislocated workers; and 
(9) counseling and other social services for dis-
located workers. 
(i) COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT, AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PLANNING.— 
The Director may make grants and supplement other Fed-
eral funds in order to assist a county, municipality, school 
district, special district, or Tribal Government in planning 
for community adjustments, economic development, and 
economic diversification even if such entity is not currently 
eligible for assistance under this section if the Director 
determines that there exists a reasonable likelihood that 
such entity may become eligible in the future. 
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(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary for carrying out this section. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY.— 
The term ‘‘eligible local government entity’’ means a 
county, municipality, school district, special district, 
or Tribal Government that has one or more im-
pacted employers located within the jurisdiction of 
such entity that have ceased operations within the 2 
years prior to submitting an application to the Di-
rector, resulting in at least a 25 percent reduction 
in total revenues from the real property tax collec-
tions, royalties, lease payments, transaction privilege 
taxes and sales taxes, or payments in lieu of taxes 
owed to such entity. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
REVENUES.—The term 
‘‘eligible local revenues’’ means the amount of real 
property taxes, royalty or lease payments, trans-
action privilege taxes and sales taxes, and payments 
in lieu of taxes owed by one or more impacted em-
ployers to a county, municipality, school district, 
special district, or Tribal Government, based on the 
average annual amount owed by such an impacted 
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employer for the 3 years prior to the cessation of op-
erations by such impacted employer. 
SEC. 207. COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSITION HUB PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a pro-
gram to award grants to entities described in subsection 
(b), to be known as Community-Based Transition Hubs, 
to carry out the activities described in subsection (d), 
using amounts made available to the Director in the 
Worker and Community Assistance Fund. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an entity shall demonstrate to the 
Director that the entity— 
(1) has existing relationships, or could readily 
establish relationships, with local employers and em-
ployees, county, municipal, and Tribal governments, 
local and regional economic development and plan-
ning organizations, workforce development, edu-
cational, and job training resources, economic devel-
opment organizations, community organizations that 
provide social services, and other organizations de-
termined appropriate by the Director; 
(2) is capable of carrying out the duties de-
scribed in subsection (d); 
(3) can meet the standards described in sub-
section (e); and 
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(4) can provide information consistent with the 
standards developed under subsection (f). 
(c) PRIORITIES.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Director shall prioritize grants to entities located 
in communities that— 
(1) receive assistance under section 206; or 
(2) the Director determines there is a reason-
able likelihood may receive assistance under section 
206 within 5 years. 
(d) DUTIES.—An entity that receives a grant under 
this section shall— 
(1) coordinate with the Office of Energy and 
Economic Transition and relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies regarding the latest information, 
financial and technical assistance opportunities, and 
best practices to support workers and communities 
adversely affected by the United States energy tran-
sition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions; 
(2) provide capacity-building support and tech-
nical assistance, including grant writing assistance, 
to local leaders and organizations, including elected 
officials, community leaders, business owners, and 
labor leaders, to facilitate community-driven plan-
ning processes and on-going program development 
and implementation related to assistance to dis-
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placed workers and economic development and diver-
sification; 
(3) advise communities that apply for assist-
ance under this title or under other Federal and 
State programs, including providing guidance on the 
procedures and deadlines for applying or petitioning 
for such assistance; 
(4) conduct public education activities, includ-
ing outreach to adversely affected workers with re-
spect to services and assistance available through 
local, State, and Federal programs; 
(5) provide information related to, and when 
appropriate, facilitate enrollment in— 
(A) training, employment counseling, em-
ployment opportunities, and placement services 
for adversely affected workers, available in local 
and regional areas, including information on 
how to apply for such training and services; 
(B) training programs and other services 
provided by a State pursuant to title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801 et seq.) and available in local and regional 
areas, including information on how to apply 
for such training; 
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(C) educational opportunities and informa-
tion related financial aid, including referring 
workers to educational opportunity centers de-
scribed in section 402F of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–16), 
where applicable; 
(D) short-term prevocational services, in-
cluding development of learning skills, commu-
nications skills, interviewing skills, personal 
maintenance skills, and professional conduct to 
prepare individuals for employment or training; 
and 
(E) support services in local and regional 
areas, including services related to childcare, 
personal counseling (including substance abuse 
treatment, suicide prevention, and mental 
health care), family counseling, bankruptcy and 
financial counseling, transportation, dependent 
care, housing assistance, and need-related pay-
ments; 
(6) provide individual employment counseling 
for adversely affected workers, including develop-
ment of an individual employment plan to identify 
employment goals and objectives, and appropriate 
training to achieve those goals and objectives, or in-
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formation to obtain such counseling in local and re-
gional areas; 
(7) provide employment statistics information, 
including the provision of accurate information relat-
ing to local, regional, and national labor market 
areas, including— 
(A) job vacancy listings in such labor mar-
ket areas; 
(B) information on jobs skills necessary to 
obtain jobs identified in job vacancy listings de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
(C) information relating to local occupa-
tions that are in demand and earnings potential 
of such occupations; and 
(D) skills requirements for local occupa-
tions described in subparagraph (C); and 
(8) provide information in a manner that is cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of 
the population being served. 
(e) STANDARDS.—The Director shall establish stand-
ards for grant recipients under this section, including pro-
visions to ensure that any entity that receives a grant is 
qualified to engage in the activities described in this sec-
tion. 
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(f) FAIR AND IMPARTIAL INFORMATION AND SERV-
ICES.—The Director, in consultation with States, Tribal 
Governments, and relevant Federal agencies, shall develop 
standards to ensure that information made available by 
grant recipients under this section is accurate and shall 
provide such entities with relevant information and tech-
nical assistance to enable grant recipients under this sec-
tion to better perform the duties in subsection (d). 
(g) LIMITATIONS ON GRANTS.— 
(1) PERIOD.—In carrying out this section, the 
Director shall ensure that the total period of a grant 
does not exceed 6 years. 
(2) AMOUNT.—In carrying out this section, the 
Director shall ensure that the total amount awarded 
to an entity during the total period of the grant does 
not exceed $12,000,000. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
for carrying out this section. 
SEC. 208. ASSISTANCE FOR ADVERSELY AFFECTED WORK-
ERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts made available to 
the Secretary of Labor in the Worker and Community As-
sistance Fund, the Secretary of Labor shall provide assist-
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ance to each eligible adversely affected worker in accord-
ance with this section. 
(b) PETITIONS.— 
(1) FILING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 
assistance under this section, a petition shall be 
filed with the Secretary and the Governor of the 
applicable State, simultaneously, by (or on be-
half of) an adversely affected worker or a group 
of adversely affected workers that meets the re-
quirements of subsection (c). 
(B) AUTHORIZED
ENTITIES.—A petition 
under subparagraph (A) may be filed on behalf 
of an individual adversely affected worker or a 
group of adversely affected workers by one of 
the following: 
(i) The certified or recognized union 
or other duly authorized representative of 
such worker or workers. 
(ii) An employer of such worker or 
workers. 
(iii) A one-stop operator or one-stop 
partners (as defined in section 3 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
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Act) including State employment security 
agencies. 
(iv) A State, or an entity designated 
by a State, carrying out rapid response ac-
tivities pursuant to title I of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 3111 et seq.). 
(C) APPLICABLE
GOVERNOR.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘applicable 
State’’, when used with respect to an adversely 
affected worker or a group of such workers, 
means the State in which the employment site 
of such worker or workers is located. 
(2) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.— 
Upon receipt of a petition filed under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of Labor shall promptly publish notice 
in the Federal Register and on the website of the 
Department of Labor that the Secretary has re-
ceived, and is reviewing, the petition. 
(3) ACTION BY GOVERNORS.—Upon receipt of a 
petition filed under paragraph (1), the Governor 
shall— 
(A) ensure that rapid response activities 
and appropriate career services (as described in 
section 134 of the Workforce Innovation and 
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Opportunity Act) authorized under other Fed-
eral laws are made available to each adversely 
affected worker covered by the petition to the 
extent authorized under such laws; and 
(B) assist the Secretary of Labor in the re-
view of the petition by verifying the information 
provided under the petition and providing such 
other assistance as the Secretary of Labor may 
request. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—An adversely affected worker who 
works or has worked at an employment site of an impacted 
employer or a group of adversely affected workers from 
the same employment site of an impacted employer shall 
be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to receive 
assistance under this section if the Secretary determines 
that the petition filed under subsection (b) by or on behalf 
of such individual or group demonstrates that— 
(1) such individual worker or each individual 
worker in such group is an adversely affected worker 
who has been (or who has been at risk to be) totally 
separated or partially separated from employment 
with such impacted employer for not longer than the 
1-year period ending on the date on which such peti-
tion is filed; 
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(2) a significant number or percentage of the 
workers at such employment site are adversely af-
fected workers; and 
(3) the sales, production, or delivery of goods or 
services at such employment site has decreased as a 
result of any requirement of title VII of the Clean 
Air Act, as added by this Act, which may be dem-
onstrated by evidence— 
(A) in the case of a facility of such em-
ployer that mines, produces, processes, or uti-
lizes fossil fuels to generate electricity, that the 
shift from reliance upon fossil fuels to other 
sources of energy has resulted in the closing of 
such facility or in the partial separation or total 
separation of a significant number or percent-
age of workers at such employment site; 
(B) in the case of a manufacturing facility, 
of a substantial increase in the cost of energy 
and other inputs required for such facility to 
produce items whose prices are competitive in 
the marketplace, and such cost increase is not 
significantly offset by emission allowance alloca-
tion to the facility pursuant to title VII of the 
Clean Air Act, as added by this Act; or 
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(C) of other documented occurrences of 
such decreases at such employment site that the 
Secretary of Labor determines are indicators of 
an adverse impact on the industry in which 
such employer is primarily engaged as a result 
of any requirement of title VII of the Clean Air 
Act, as added by this Act. 
(d) DETERMINATION
BY
THE
SECRETARY
OF 
LABOR.—As soon as possible after the date on which a 
petition is filed under subsection (b) and not later than 
60 days after that date, the Secretary of Labor, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, as necessary, shall— 
(1) determine whether the worker or group of 
workers who filed the petition or on whose behalf 
such a petition was filed meets the requirements of 
subsection (c); 
(2) upon reaching a determination with respect 
to a petition, promptly publish a summary of the de-
termination in the Federal Register and on the 
website of the Department of Labor, which shall in-
clude the first date of the total separation or partial 
separation (or the risk of total separation or partial 
separation) from employment with an impacted em-
ployer of each worker covered by the petition; and 
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(3) if the Secretary determines that such peti-
tion meets the requirements of subsection (c)— 
(A) publish a certification that such work-
er or workers are eligible for the assistance de-
scribed in subsections (e) and (f); and 
(B) notify the representatives of the indus-
try in which the worker or workers were em-
ployed, the employer or previous employer of 
such worker or workers, and any entity that 
filed the petition on behalf of the worker or 
workers, of— 
(i) the assistance described in sub-
sections (e) and (f); and 
(ii) an explanation of how to apply for 
such assistance. 
(e) WAGE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.—An adversely 
affected worker covered by a certification under sub-
section (d) may be eligible to receive the wage ad-
justment assistance described in this subsection— 
(A) if the worker is or was employed in a 
State with an agreement described in paragraph 
(2), by submitting to such State an application 
for such assistance; or 
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(B) if the worker is or was employed in a 
State with no such agreement, by complying 
with the regulations issued by the Secretary 
pursuant to paragraph (4). 
(2) STATE
AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of 
Labor may enter into an agreement with a State or 
State agency, which shall provide for each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) APPLICATIONS.—The State or State 
agency shall receive applications from adversely 
affected workers pursuant to paragraph (1)(A). 
(B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms 
and conditions for amending, suspending, or 
terminating such agreement. 
(C) RELATIONSHIP
TO
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE.—An adversely affected worker re-
ceiving wage adjustment assistance under this 
subsection shall not be eligible for unemploy-
ment insurance otherwise payable to such work-
er under the laws of the State. 
(D) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
COOPERATING 
AGENCIES.—The State or State agency shall 
perform outreach to adversely affected workers 
in the State covered by a certification under 
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subsection (d) with respect to the assistance 
available to such workers under this subsection. 
(E) STATE FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
provide funds to the State or State agency to 
provide the assistance described in this sub-
section, and in addition to such funds, the State 
shall receive a payment from the Secretary in 
an amount that is equal to 15 percent of the 
amount of such funds for administrative ex-
penses, including— 
(i) reviewing petitions under sub-
section (b)(3); 
(ii) collecting, validating, and report-
ing data required under this section; 
(iii) providing information and em-
ployment services; and 
(iv) administering wage adjustments 
under this subsection. 
(3) WAGE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) ELIGIBILITY.—Payment of a wage ad-
justment assistance shall be made to an ad-
versely affected worker covered by a certifi-
cation published by the Secretary of Labor pur-
suant to subsection (d) who files an application 
with a State or State agency under paragraph 
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(1) for such assistance for any month of total 
separation or partial separation from employ-
ment with an impacted employer, if the fol-
lowing conditions are met: 
(i) The first month of such total sepa-
ration or partial separation occurred dur-
ing the period beginning on the date that 
is 1 year before, and ending on the date 
that is 2 years after, the date of such cer-
tification. 
(ii) Such worker had, in the 52-week 
period ending with the week in which such 
total separation or partial separation first 
occurred, at least 26 weeks of full-time em-
ployment or 1,040 hours of part-time em-
ployment with an impacted employer, or, if 
data with respect to weeks of employment 
are not available, equivalent amounts of 
employment computed under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Labor. For 
the purposes of this clause, a week shall be 
treated as a week of employment in which 
such worker— 
(I) is on employer-authorized 
leave for purposes of vacation, sick-
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ness, injury, parental or family leave, 
or inactive duty or active duty mili-
tary service for training; 
(II) does not work because of a 
disability that is compensable under a 
workmen’s compensation law or plan 
of a State or the United States; 
(III) had employment interrupted 
in order to serve as a full-time rep-
resentative of a labor organization in 
such firm; or 
(IV) performs service in the uni-
formed services as such term is de-
fined in section 4303 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY
FOR
CERTAIN
OTHER 
BENEFITS.—An adversely affected worker re-
ceiving a payment under this subsection shall 
be ineligible to receive any other form of unem-
ployment insurance for the period in which such 
worker is receiving a wage adjustment assist-
ance under this section. 
(C) PAYMENTS.— 
(i) AMOUNTS.—Payments under this 
subsection shall be provided to an indi-
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vidual in an amount which, for each month 
during an applicable period, is equal to— 
(I) the average amount of month-
ly remuneration for employment paid 
to such individual during the 12- 
month period prior to the first month 
of total separation or partial separa-
tion identified in subparagraph (A)(i); 
minus 
(II) an amount equal to the sum 
of— 
(aa) any wages received by 
such individual with respect to 
employment during such month; 
plus 
(bb) any payments made to 
such individual pursuant to a 
Federal benefit program during 
such month. 
(ii) NOTIFICATION.—During the ap-
plicable period, an eligible individual shall 
notify the Secretary of Labor or cooper-
ating State agency, if applicable, with re-
spect to any wages, payments, or com-
pensation described in clause (i)(II)(aa). 
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(iii) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘‘applica-
ble period’’ means, with respect to an indi-
vidual receiving assistance under this sub-
section, the 36-month period subsequent to 
the first month of total separation or par-
tial separation identified in subparagraph 
(A)(i). 
(iv) FREQUENCY.—Any payment to 
an eligible individual under this subsection 
shall be provided on a basis which is not 
less frequent than once per month during 
the applicable period. 
(v) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
In the case of a calendar year beginning 
after the date that the employment of an 
eligible individual is terminated, the dollar 
amount of the payment determined under 
subsection (a) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to— 
(I) such dollar amount, multi-
plied by 
(II) the cost-of-living adjustment 
determined under section 1(f)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
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for such calendar year, determined by 
substituting ‘‘calendar year 2023’’ for 
‘‘calendar year 2016’’ in subpara-
graph (A)(ii) thereof. 
(vi) TAX TREATMENT.—For purposes 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the 
amount of any payment provided to a 
qualified individual under this subsection 
shall be included in gross income and 
treated as wages (as defined in section 
3121(a) of such Code). 
(4) ADMINISTRATION
ABSENT
STATE
AGREE-
MENT.—For any State where there is no agreement 
in force between a State or its agency under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall promulgate 
regulations for the performance of all necessary 
functions under this subsection. 
(f) OTHER ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUATION.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Secretary of Labor shall prescribe regu-
lations to provide, for a period of no longer than 36 
months, 80 percent of the monthly premium of any 
health insurance coverage that an adversely affected 
worker who is covered by a certification published 
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pursuant to subsection (d) was receiving through 
such worker’s employer prior to the separation from 
employment, to be paid to any health care insurance 
plan designated by the adversely affected worker re-
ceiving assistance under this section. 
(2) EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS.—The Secretary 
of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, shall carry out a program of educational as-
sistance for any eligible adversely affected worker 
who is covered by a certification published pursuant 
to subsection (d) and child of such worker that is 
comparable to the program of education assistance 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
under chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, ex-
cept that an eligible worker, and each child of such 
worker, may receive the educational assistance pro-
vided under the program. 
(3) EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND TRAINING.— 
The Secretary of Labor shall provide, directly or 
through agreements with the States similar to agree-
ments described in subsection (e), to adversely af-
fected workers covered by a certification under this 
section information related to, and, when appro-
priate, facilitate enrollment in— 
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(A) training, employment counseling, em-
ployment opportunities, and placement services 
for adversely affected workers, available in local 
and regional areas, including information on 
how to apply for such training and services; 
(B) training programs and other services 
provided by a State pursuant to title I of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) and available in local and 
regional areas, including information on how to 
apply for such training; 
(C) educational opportunities and informa-
tion related to financial aid, including referring 
workers to educational opportunity centers de-
scribed in section 402F of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–16); 
(D) short-term prevocational services, in-
cluding development of learning skills, commu-
nications skills, interviewing skills, personal 
maintenance skills, and professional conduct to 
prepare individuals for employment or training; 
and 
(E) support services in local and regional 
areas, including services related to childcare, 
personal counseling (including substance abuse 
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treatment, suicide prevention, and mental 
health care), family counseling, bankruptcy and 
financial counseling, transportation, dependent 
care, housing assistance, and need-related pay-
ments. 
(g) FRAUD AND RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.— 
(1) RECOVERY OF PAYMENTS TO WHICH AN IN-
DIVIDUAL WAS NOT ENTITLED.—If the Secretary of 
Labor or a court of competent jurisdiction deter-
mines that any person has received any payment 
under this section to which the individual was not 
entitled, such individual shall be liable to repay such 
amount to the Secretary of Labor or to the State 
that made such payment pursuant to an agreement 
under subsection (e), except that the Secretary of 
Labor or such State may waive such repayment if 
the Secretary or the State determines that— 
(A) the payment was made without fault 
on the part of such individual; and 
(B) requiring such repayment would cause 
a financial hardship for the individual (or the 
individual’s household, if applicable) when tak-
ing into consideration the income and resources 
reasonably available to the individual (or house-
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hold) and other ordinary living expenses of the 
individual (or household). 
(2) MEANS OF RECOVERY.—Unless an overpay-
ment is otherwise recovered, or waived under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall recover the 
overpayment by deductions from any sums payable 
to such person under this section, under any Federal 
unemployment compensation law, or other Federal 
law administered by the Secretary of Labor which 
provides for the payment of assistance with respect 
to unemployment. Any amount recovered under this 
section shall be returned to the Treasury of the 
United States. 
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