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‘‘(C) monitoring; and 
‘‘(D) 
management 
of 
strategic, 
reputational, regulatory, operational, develop-
mental, environmental, social, and financial 
risks; and 
‘‘(4) developing the risk profile of the Accel-
erator, including— 
‘‘(A) a risk management and compliance 
framework; and 
‘‘(B) a governance structure to support 
that framework. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUDIT COM-
MITTEE.—Subject to the direction of the Board, the audit 
committee established under subsection (a) shall have 
oversight responsibility for— 
‘‘(1) the integrity of— 
‘‘(A) the financial reporting of the Accel-
erator; and 
‘‘(B) the systems of internal controls re-
garding finance and accounting; 
‘‘(2) the integrity of the financial statements of 
the Accelerator; 
‘‘(3) the performance of the internal audit func-
tion of the Accelerator; and 
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‘‘(4) compliance with the legal and regulatory 
requirements related to the finances of the Accel-
erator. 
‘‘SEC. 1632. OVERSIGHT. 
‘‘(a) EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT.—The inspector general 
of the Department of Energy shall have oversight respon-
sibilities over the Accelerator. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS AND AUDIT.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Accelerator shall 
publish an annual report which shall be transmitted 
by the Accelerator to the President and the Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.—The ac-
counts of the Accelerator shall be audited annually. 
Such audits shall be conducted in accordance with 
generally accepted auditing standards by inde-
pendent certified public accountants who are cer-
tified by a regulatory authority of the jurisdiction in 
which the audit is undertaken. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUDITS.—In addition to the 
annual audits under paragraph (2), the financial 
transactions of the Accelerator for any fiscal year 
during which Federal funds are available to finance 
any portion of its operations may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office in accordance with 
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such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States.’’. 
DIVISION 
N—DOMESTIC 
MARI-
TIME WORKFORCE TRAINING 
SEC. 18101. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR DOMESTIC 
MARITIME WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDU-
CATION. 
Section 54102 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of Transpor-
tation’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading, 
by striking ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘COOPERA-
TIVE AGREEMENTS’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); 
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation.’’; and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘eligible institution’ 
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means a postsecondary educational institution as 
such term is defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
(20 U.S.C. 2302) that offers a 2-year program of 
study, a 1-year program of training, or is a postsec-
ondary vocational institution. 
‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the Maritime Ad-
ministration Authorization and Improvement 
Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor and the Secretary of Education, 
may award maritime career training grants to 
eligible institutions for the purpose of devel-
oping, offering, or improving educational or ca-
reer training programs for American workers 
related to the maritime workforce. 
‘‘(B) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the Maritime Ad-
ministration Authorization and Improvement 
Act, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) promulgate guidelines for the 
submission of grant proposals under this 
subsection; and 
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‘‘(ii) publish and maintain such guide-
lines on the website of the Department of 
Transportation. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary may not 
award a grant under this subsection in an amount 
that is more than $20,000,000. 
‘‘(4) REQUIRED INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution 
that desires to receive a grant under this sub-
section shall submit to the Secretary a grant 
proposal that includes a detailed description 
of— 
‘‘(i) the specific project for which the 
grant proposal is submitted, including the 
manner in which the grant will be used to 
develop, offer, or improve an educational 
or career training program that is suited 
to maritime industry workers; 
‘‘(ii) the extent to which the project 
for which the grant proposal is submitted 
will meet the educational or career training 
needs of maritime workers in the commu-
nity served by the eligible institution; 
‘‘(iii) the extent to which the project 
for which the grant proposal is submitted 
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fits within any overall strategic plan devel-
oped by an eligible community; and 
‘‘(iv) any previous experience of the 
eligible institution in providing maritime 
educational or career training programs. 
‘‘(B) COMMUNITY OUTREACH REQUIRED.— 
In order to be considered by the Secretary, a 
grant proposal submitted by an eligible institu-
tion under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the eligible in-
stitution— 
‘‘(I) reached out to employers to 
identify— 
‘‘(aa) any shortcomings in 
existing 
maritime 
educational 
and career training opportunities 
available to workers in the com-
munity; and 
‘‘(bb) any future employ-
ment opportunities within the 
community and the educational 
and career training skills re-
quired for workers to meet the 
future maritime employment de-
mand; and 
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