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Foundation, shall develop voluntary guidelines or 
best practices for educational institutions to help 
provide students with the skills necessary for jobs in 
energy-related industries, including jobs in— 
(A) the energy efficiency industry, includ-
ing jobs in energy efficiency (including architec-
ture, design, and construction of new energy ef-
ficient buildings), conservation, weatherization, 
retrofitting, inspecting, auditing, and software 
development; 
(B) the renewable energy industry, includ-
ing jobs in the development, engineering, manu-
facturing, and production of energy from re-
newable energy sources (such as solar, hydro-
power, wind, and geothermal energy); 
(C) the community energy resiliency indus-
try, including jobs in the installation of rooftop 
solar, in battery storage, and in microgrid tech-
nologies; 
(D) the fuel cell and hydrogen energy in-
dustry; 
(E) the advanced automotive technology 
industry, including jobs relating to electric vehi-
cle batteries, connectivity and automation, and 
advanced combustion engines;
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(F) the manufacturing industry, including 
jobs as operations technicians, in operations 
and design in additive manufacturing, 3–D 
printing, and advanced composites and ad-
vanced aluminum and other metal alloys, and in 
industrial energy efficiency management sys-
tems, including power electronics, and other in-
novative technologies; 
(G) the chemical manufacturing industry, 
including jobs in construction (such as welders, 
pipefitters, and tool and die makers), as instru-
ment and electrical technicians, machinists, 
chemical process operators, engineers, quality 
and safety professionals, and reliability engi-
neers; 
(H) the utility industry, including jobs in 
smart grid technology, cybersecurity manage-
ment, and the generation, transmission, and 
distribution of electricity and natural gas, such 
as electricians and utility dispatchers, techni-
cians, operators, lineworkers, engineers, sci-
entists, and information technology specialists; 
(I) the alternative fuels industry, including 
jobs in biofuel and bioproducts development and 
production;
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(J) the pipeline industry, including jobs in 
pipeline construction and maintenance and jobs 
as engineers and technical advisors; 
(K) the nuclear energy industry, including 
jobs as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathe-
maticians, and security personnel; 
(L) the oil and gas industry, including jobs 
as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati-
cians, petrochemical engineers, and geologists; 
and 
(M) the coal industry, including jobs as 
coal miners, engineers, developers and manufac-
turers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, tech-
nology vendors, coal transportation workers and 
operators, and mining equipment vendors. 
(2) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION 
INITIATIVES.—The guidelines or best practices devel-
oped under paragraph (1) shall include grade-spe-
cific guidelines for elementary schools and secondary 
schools for teaching energy efficiency technology, ar-
chitecture, design, and construction of new energy- 
efficient buildings and building energy retrofits, 
manufacturing efficiency technology, community en-
ergy resiliency, and conservation initiatives.
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(3) STEM EDUCATION.—The guidelines or best 
practices developed under paragraph (1) shall pro-
mote STEM education and energy related programs 
of study in educational institutions as it relates to 
job opportunities in energy-related industries listed 
under such paragraph. 
(g) OUTREACH
TO MINORITY SERVING INSTITU-
TIONS.—In carrying out the program established under 
subsection (a), the Secretaries shall— 
(1) give special consideration to increasing out-
reach to minority-serving institutions; 
(2) make resources available to minority-serving 
institutions with the objective of increasing the num-
ber of skilled minorities and women trained for jobs 
in energy-related industries, including manufac-
turing, engineering, construction, and retrofitting 
jobs in such energy-related industries; 
(3) encourage energy-related industries to im-
prove the opportunities for students of minority- 
serving institutions to participate in industry intern-
ships, apprenticeships, and cooperative work-study 
programs; and 
(4) partner with the Department of Energy lab-
oratories to increase underrepresented groups’ par-
ticipation in internships, fellowships, traineeships,
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and employment at all Department of Energy lab-
oratories. 
(h) OUTREACH TO DISPLACED, UNEMPLOYED AND 
UNDEREMPLOYED ENERGYWORKERS.—In carrying out 
the program established under subsection (a), the Secre-
taries shall— 
(1) give special consideration to increasing out-
reach to employers and job trainers preparing dis-
placed, unemployed, and underemployed energy 
workers for emerging jobs in energy-related indus-
tries, including manufacturing, engineering, con-
struction, and retrofitting jobs in such energy-re-
lated industries; 
(2) make resources available to institutions 
serving displaced and unemployed energy workers 
with the objective of increasing the number of indi-
viduals trained for jobs in energy-related industries, 
including manufacturing, engineering, construction, 
and retrofitting jobs in such energy-related indus-
tries; and 
(3) encourage energy-related industries to im-
prove opportunities for displaced and unemployed 
energy workers to participate in industry intern-
ships, apprenticeships, and work-study programs.
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(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
SEC. 12112. ENERGY WORKFORCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec-
retary of Labor and the Secretary of Energy, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Economic Im-
pact, Diversity, and Employment, shall jointly estab-
lish and carry out a program to provide grants to 
eligible entities to pay the eligible wages of, or eligi-
ble stipends for, individuals during the time period 
that such individuals are receiving training to work 
in the renewable energy sector, energy efficiency sec-
tor, or grid modernization sector. 
(2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, 
in consultation with stakeholders, contractors, and 
organizations that work to advance existing residen-
tial energy efficiency, shall establish guidelines to 
identify training that is eligible for purposes of the 
program established pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under the program established under sub-
section (a), an eligible entity shall be directly in-
volved with energy efficiency or renewable energy 
technology and provide services related to— 
(A) renewable electric energy generation, 
including solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, 
and other renewable electric energy generation 
technologies; 
(B) energy efficiency, including energy-effi-
cient lighting, heating, ventilation, and air con-
ditioning, air source heat pumps, advanced 
building materials, insulation and air sealing, 
and other high-efficiency products and services, 
including auditing and inspection, architecture, 
design, and construction of new energy efficient 
buildings and building energy retrofits; 
(C) grid modernization or energy storage, 
including smart grid, microgrid and other dis-
tributed energy solutions, demand response 
management, and home energy management 
technology; or 
(D) fuel cell and hybrid fuel cell genera-
tion.
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing terms apply: 
(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
entity’’ means— 
(i) an employer in an industry de-
scribed in paragraph (1); or 
(ii) a labor organization, a joint-labor 
management organization, a State or local 
workforce board, or a training program or 
provider that provides training to individ-
uals to work for an employer described in 
clause (i), or works on behalf of any such 
employers. 
(B) ELIGIBLE STIPEND.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble stipend’’ means a stipend that meets the 
criteria identified pursuant to the guidelines es-
tablished under subsection (a)(2). 
(C) ELIGIBLE WAGES.—The term ‘‘eligible 
wages’’ means wages that meet the criteria 
identified pursuant to the guidelines established 
under subsection (a)(2). 
(c) USE OF GRANTS.— 
(1) 
ELIGIBLE
WAGES.—An 
eligible 
entity 
with—
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(A) 20 or fewer employees may use a grant 
provided under the program established under 
subsection (a) to pay up to— 
(i) 45 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by the eligible entity; and 
(ii) 90 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by an entity other than the eli-
gible entity; 
(B) 21 to 99 employees may use a grant 
provided under the program established under 
subsection (a) to pay up to— 
(i) 37.5 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by the eligible entity; and 
(ii) 75 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by an entity other than the eli-
gible entity; and
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(C) 100 employees or more may use a 
grant provided under the program established 
under subsection (a) to pay up to— 
(i) 25 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by the eligible entity; and 
(ii) 50 percent of an employee’s eligi-
ble wages for the duration of the applicable 
training for such employee, if the training 
is provided by an entity other than the eli-
gible entity. 
(2) STIPEND.—An eligible entity may use a 
grant provided under the program established under 
subsection (a) to pay up to 100 percent of an eligi-
ble stipend for an individual for the duration of the 
applicable training for such individual. 
(d) PRIORITY
FOR TARGETED COMMUNITIES.—In 
providing grants under the program established under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to an eligi-
ble entity that— 
(1) recruits or trains individuals who are— 
(A) from the community that the eligible 
entity serves; and
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(B)(i) from underrepresented populations; 
or 
(ii) unemployed or underemployed energy 
workers; and 
(2) will provide individuals receiving training 
with the opportunity to obtain or retain employment 
at an eligible entities. 
(e) LIMIT.—An eligible entity may not receive more 
than $100,000 under the program established under sub-
section (a) per fiscal year. 
(f) REPORT.—The Secretaries shall submit to Con-
gress, annually for each year the program established 
under subsection (a) is carried out, a report on such pro-
gram, including— 
(1) an assessment of such program for the pre-
vious year, including the number of jobs filled by in-
dividuals trained pursuant to such program; and 
(2) recommendations on how to improve such 
program. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
(h) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Labor, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall collect data 
to monitor current and future trends and shortages within