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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 
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. 
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(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 
(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 
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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-
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). 
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(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-
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; 
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(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. 
(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 
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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. 
(f) DETERMINATION OF PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a payment under this section shall be deter-
mined by the Director based on the eligible local revenues 
from one or more impacted employers to an eligible local 
government entity equal to— 
(1) 90 percent of eligible local revenues in the 
first and second years; 
(2) 75 percent of eligible local revenues in the 
third and fourth years; 
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(3) 50 percent of eligible local revenues in the 
fifth and sixth years; and 
(4) 25 percent of eligible local revenues in the 
seventh and eighth years. 
(g) ADJUSTMENT
OF PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (f), if the Director determines 
that the total amount of payments to eligible local govern-
ment entities in any year would exceed the amount of 
funding made available to carry out this section for that 
year, the Director may reduce each eligible local govern-
ment entity’s payment on a pro rata basis. 
(h) REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR.—An eligible local 
government entity receiving payment under this section 
shall be required to submit an annual report to the Direc-
tor explaining the use of payments, including a description 
of funding used for— 
(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; 
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(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. 
(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-
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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 
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— 
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(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 
(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— 
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(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-
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; 
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(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; 
(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 
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(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-
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); 
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(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. 
(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. 
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(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-
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 
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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 
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’’ applicable State, when used with respect 
to an adversely affected worker or a group of 
such workers, means the State in which the em-
ployment site of such worker or workers is lo-
cated. 
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(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 
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 
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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; 
(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 
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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 
(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 
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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 
(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. 
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(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 
(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-
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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 
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 
Labor of Education, shall carry out a program of 
educational assistance for any eligible adversely af-
fected worker who is covered by a certification pub-
lished pursuant to subsection (d) and child of such 
worker that is comparable to the program of edu-
cation assistance administered by the Secretary of 
Labor of Veterans Affairs under chapter 33 of title 
38, United States Code, except that an eligible work-
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