or near-zero emissions intensity iron with buy-
ers of such near-zero emissions intensity steel 
or near-zero emissions intensity iron; 
(K) to eligible entities that commit, and 
provide a plan, to source at least 30 percent of 
electricity for use at the project site from zero- 
carbon sources within 2 years of receiving the 
covered financial assistance, and use 100 per-
cent zero-carbon electricity by 2035, with the 
Secretary of Energy determining the rate at 
which such zero-carbon electricity use should 
scale to 100 percent; and 
(L) to projects that would result in an in-
creased supply of iron or steel products that are 
needed by current and prospective end users as 
identified through a request for information 
issued not later than 2 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act by the Department of 
Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstra-
tions; and 
(2) in awarding covered financial assistance for 
over $50,000,000 under this section, give priority to 
eligible entities that commit to— 
(A) employing local individuals and individ-
uals from frontline communities, and providing 
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robust training, workforce development oppor-
tunities, mentorship programs and career ad-
vancement opportunities to these individuals; 
(B) and provide a plan for— 
(i) contracting with an objective and 
independent third party to conduct a re-
port to forecast the impact of the applica-
ble proposed project on pollution and 
health of individuals in the project area; 
and 
(ii) contracting with an objective and 
independent third party to conduct air 
quality monitoring before any construction 
associated with the proposed project begins 
and continuing until 6 months after such 
construction ends, in frontline communities 
that are exposed to persistent air pollution 
and within 25 miles of the metropolitan 
area where which such construction will 
occur; and 
(C) building new zero-carbon electricity 
generation capacity, hydrogen generation capac-
ity, or energy storage capacity. 
(f) COST SHARE AND AMOUNTS.— 
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(1) COST SHARE.—The non-Federal cost share 
of a project for which covered financial assistance is 
provided under this section shall be not less than 50 
percent, as determined by the Secretary of Energy. 
(2) ALIGNMENT WITH EMISSIONS INTENSITY.— 
The Secretary of Energy shall determine the cost- 
share and amount of covered financial assistance 
awarded to an eligible entity under this section 
based on the final emissions intensity of the near- 
zero emissions intensity steel or near-zero emissions 
intensity iron to be produced. 
(3) TOTAL AMOUNT.—The amount of covered 
financial assistance provided under this section shall 
not exceed $500,000,000 per project. 
(4) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any cal-
endar year beginning after 2024, there shall be 
substituted for any dollar amount described in 
subparagraph (B), an amount equal to the 
product of— 
(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
(ii) the inflation adjustment factor for 
such calendar year determined under sec-
tion 43(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for such calendar year, de-
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termined by substituting ‘‘2023’’ for 
‘‘1990’’. 
(B) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—Subparagraph 
(A) shall apply with respect to each dollar 
amount in— 
(i) subsection (c)(1)(J); 
(ii) subsection (e)(2); 
(iii) paragraph (3) of this subsection; 
(iv) subsection (g)(1); and 
(v) section 201. 
(g) SUPPORTING GOOD CAREERS.— 
(1) TRAINING REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 
that an eligible entity receives any amount of 
covered financial assistance under this Act in 
excess of $50,000,000, and ending on the date 
that is 5 years after the date the eligible entity 
received such covered financial assistance, an 
eligible entity shall— 
(i) carry out a training program de-
scribed in subparagraph (B); 
(ii) reserve 5 percent of the labor 
costs of the eligible entity to carry out 
such training program; and 
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(iii) not later than 12 months after 
any such receipt, certify to the Secretary 
that the eligible entity is carrying out such 
training program. 
(B) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible entity 
required to carry out a training program 
required under subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
satisfy the following requirements: 
(I) Participants in the training 
program shall be trained to learn 
skills or knowledge that are related to 
the production of near-zero emissions 
intensity iron or near-zero emissions 
intensity steel. 
(II) Such participants shall be 
existing employees, new hires, or pro-
spective employees of the eligible enti-
ty. 
(III) The participants shall be 
paid at a rate equivalent to that of an 
individual working full-time in the po-
sition for which they are training. 
(IV) If a participant is not guar-
anteed full-time employment with the 
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eligible entity after the completion of 
the training program, such a partici-
pant shall be provided a stipend (as 
described in clause (ii)) on a weekly 
basis. 
(V) An eligible entity shall pro-
vide to each individual who completes 
the training program a certificate of 
completion that states the skills and 
knowledge taught during the program. 
(ii) STIPEND.— 
(I) AMOUNT.—The Federal share 
of a stipend provided to an individual 
described in clause (i)(IV) shall be— 
(aa) equal to $500 for each 
month; and 
(bb) not more than $2500 in 
aggregate. 
(II) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER 
PROGRAMS.—A stipend provided to an 
individual described in clause (i)(IV) 
shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the need or eligibility of 
such individual for any Federal, State, 
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for each instance of covered financial as-
sistance provided to the eligible entity. 
(D) LABOR-MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE.— 
An eligible entity described in subparagraph (A) 
shall establish a labor-management committee 
that— 
(i) oversees the training program re-
quired under subparagraph (A)(i); 
(ii) regularly raises safety concerns to 
the eligible entity for the eligible entity to 
address; and 
(iii) provides to the eligible entity a 
reasonable process and time line to address 
such concerns to mitigate injuries at the 
workplace. 
(2) LABOR REPRESENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the em-
ployees employed by an eligible entity at an eli-
gible facility that is supported by covered finan-
cial assistance provided under this Act, the eli-
gible entity that employs such employees, and 
any labor organization that seeks to represent 
such employees, this paragraph shall supersede 
the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
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151 et seq.) to the extent that such Act con-
flicts with this paragraph. 
(B) RECOGNITION.—An eligible entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall recognize, for 
purposes of collective bargaining, a labor orga-
nization that demonstrates that a majority of 
the employees at an eligible facility described in 
subparagraph (A), in a unit appropriate for col-
lective bargaining, have signed valid authoriza-
tions designating the labor organization as their 
collective bargaining representative and that no 
other labor organization is certified or recog-
nized pursuant to section 9 of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159) as the ex-
clusive representative of any of the employees in 
such unit who perform or will perform such 
work. Upon demonstrating that a majority of 
the employees in the unit have designated a 
labor organization as their collective bargaining 
representative, the eligible entity shall notify 
the labor organization and the National Labor 
Relations Board that the eligible entity— 
(i) has determined that the labor or-
ganization represents a majority of the em-
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ployees in such unit who perform or will 
perform such work; and 
(ii) recognizes such labor organization 
as the exclusive representative of the em-
ployees in such unit. 
(C) DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND UNIT CER-
TIFICATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If a dispute over 
majority status or the appropriateness of 
the unit described in subparagraph (B) 
arises between the eligible entity and the 
labor organization, either party may re-
quest that the National Labor Relations 
Board investigate and resolve the dispute. 
(ii) FINDING OF MAJORITY STATUS.— 
If the Board finds that a majority of the 
employees in a unit appropriate for pur-
poses of collective bargaining who perform 
or will perform work funded under this 
section has signed valid authorizations des-
ignating the labor organization as their 
representative for such purposes and that 
no other individual or labor organization is 
certified or recognized as the exclusive rep-
resentative of any of the employees in the 
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unit who perform or will perform such 
work for such purposes, the Board shall 
not direct an election but shall certify the 
labor organization as the representative de-
scribed in section 9(a) of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)). 
(D) MEETINGS
AND
COLLECTIVE
BAR-
GAINING
AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 10 
days after an eligible entity described in sub-
paragraph (A) receives a written request for 
collective bargaining from a labor organization 
representing the employees of the entity who 
perform or will perform work at an eligible fa-
cility that is supported by funds provided pur-
suant to this Act, or within such period as the 
parties may agree upon, the labor organization 
and eligible entity shall meet to begin bar-
gaining and shall make every reasonable effort 
to conclude and sign a collective bargaining 
agreement. 
(E) MEDIATION
AND
CONCILIATION.—If, 
after the expiration of the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date on which collective bargaining 
is commenced under subparagraph (D), or such 
additional period as the parties may agree 
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upon, the parties have failed to reach an agree-
ment, either party may notify the Federal Medi-
ation and Conciliation Service (referred to in 
this paragraph as the ‘‘Service’’) of the exist-
ence of a dispute and request mediation. When-
ever such a request is received, it shall be the 
duty of the Service promptly to communicate 
with the parties and to use its best efforts, by 
mediation and conciliation, to bring them to 
agreement. 
(F) TRIPARTITE ARBITRATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If, after the expira-
tion of the 30-day period beginning on the 
date on which the request for mediation is 
made under subparagraph (E), or such ad-
ditional period as the parties may agree 
upon, the Service is not able to bring the 
parties to agreement by mediation and 
conciliation, the Service shall refer the dis-
pute to a tripartite arbitration panel estab-
lished in accordance with such regulations 
as may the Service may prescribe. 
(ii) MEMBERS.—A tripartite arbitra-
tion panel established under this subpara-
graph with respect to a dispute shall be 
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composed of 1 member selected by the 
labor organization, 1 member selected by 
the eligible entity, and 1 neutral member 
mutually agreed to by the labor organiza-
tion and the eligible entity. Each such 
member shall be selected not later than 14 
days after the expiration of the 30-day pe-
riod described in clause (i) with respect to 
such dispute. Any member not so selected 
by the date that is 14 days after the expi-
ration of such period shall be selected by 
the Service. 
(iii) DECISIONS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—A majority of 
a tripartite arbitration panel estab-
lished under this subparagraph with 
respect to a dispute shall render a de-
cision settling the dispute as soon as 
practicable and (absent extraordinary 
circumstances or by agreement of the 
parties) the panel shall render such 
decision not later than 120 days after 
the establishment of the panel. 
(II) LENGTH
OF
DECISION.— 
Such a decision shall be binding upon 
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the parties for a period of 2 years, un-
less amended during such period by 
written consent of the parties. 
(III) 
DECISION
CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—The panel shall consider the 
following when making a decision: 
(aa) The financial status 
and future financial status of the 
eligible entity. 
(bb) The size and type of 
the operation and business of the 
eligible entity. 
(cc) The cost of living of the 
employees employed by the eligi-
ble entity. 
(dd) The ability of such em-
ployees to sustain themselves, 
their families, and their depend-
ents on the wages and benefits 
earned from the eligible entity. 
(ee) The wages and benefits 
other employees earn in the same 
or a similar industry. 
(G) CONTRACTORS
AND
SUBCONTRAC-
TORS.—An eligible entity described in subpara-
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graph (A) may only procure goods or services 
from a contractor or subcontractor, whose em-
ployees perform or will perform work funded 
under this section, if the contractor or subcon-
tractor comply with the requirements set forth 
in subparagraphs (A) through (F). 
(H) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, the 
terms ‘‘employee’’ and ‘‘labor organization’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 2 
of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
152). 
(I) LIMITATION
OF
FUNDS.—An eligible 
entity may not assist, promote, or deter orga-
nizing of labor organizations. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(A) the United States must tap into all our 
Nation’s talent in order to successfully usher in 
an industrial renaissance in the United States; 
(B) building a factory is not enough, it is 
necessary to build the infrastructure and eco-
system to power such factory; 
(C) the United States must make sure jobs 
in the iron and steel industries, and in all in-
dustries, are good jobs, that all workers have 
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quality, affordable childcare and healthcare, and 
that all jobs pay a family-sustaining wage; 
(D) child care is critical to expanding em-
ployment opportunities for economically dis-
advantaged individuals, especially for economi-
cally disadvantaged women and children; and 
(E) to meet families’ needs and expand 
employment opportunity, child care should be— 
(i) affordable, with costs in reach for 
low- and medium-income households; 
(ii) accessible, at a convenient location 
with hours that meet workers’ needs; 
(iii) reliable, giving workers confidence 
that they will not need to miss work for 
unexpected child care issues; and 
(iv) high-quality, providing a safe and 
healthy environment that families can trust 
and that nurtures the healthy growth and 
development of children. 
(h) COMMUNITY BENEFITS.— 
(1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Energy and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, in consulta-
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tion with, and written approval from, the 
White House Environmental Justice Advi-
sory Council, shall jointly establish an ad-
visory council (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘advisory council’’) to— 
(I) not later than 5 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, 
submit to the Secretary of Energy 
guidance on— 
(aa) information to be in-
cluded in a community benefits 
plan under this section; and 
(bb) criteria for weighing 
the strength of a community ben-
efits plan submitted under this 
section; 
(II) not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, 
submit to the Secretary of Energy 
guidance on information to be in-
cluded in a community benefits agree-
ment under this section; and 
(III) act as a liaison to commu-
nities described in paragraph (3)(A) 
by sharing— 
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(aa) information and re-
sources developed by the Depart-
ment of Energy or eligible entity 
applicants about the proposed 
projects and their environmental, 
public health, and jobs impacts; 
and 
(bb) community input with 
eligible entity applicants and the 
Secretary of Energy in order to 
facilitate the drafting of commu-
nity benefits plans. 
(ii) FORMATION.—In establishing the 
advisory council, the Secretary of Energy 
and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall jointly— 
(I) publish in the Federal Reg-
ister an announcement about its for-
mation; and 
(II) conduct targeted outreach 
and recruiting to ensure there is ade-
quate stakeholder representation on 
the advisory council. 
(B) REPRESENTATIVES.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—The advisory coun-
cil shall consist of representatives from ex-
isting or legacy iron or steel-making com-
munities, communities that will be signifi-
cantly affected by the steel supply chain, 
labor organizations, civil society and public 
interest advocates who represent the inter-
ests of such communities, membership- 
based nonprofit organizations with mem-
bers in the community, constituencies of 
such communities, and individuals who 
have experience negotiating workforce and 
community benefits agreements. 
(ii) 
ADDITIONAL
REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—The Secretary of Energy may add 
additional members to the advisory council 
who represent communities described in 
paragraph (3)(A), as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(iii) COMPENSATION.—Frontline com-
munity members who serve on the advisory 
council shall be compensated for their time 
using funds made available to carry out 
this Act. 
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