under this section shall be determined by the 
Secretary of Treasury. 
(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of 
an annual payment under this section shall be 
not more than the applicable percentage of the 
average annual covered net revenues received by 
the applicable unit of local government or In-
dian Tribe from the applicable covered electric 
generation station for the 5-year period that 
ends with the fiscal year that immediately pre-
cedes the last fiscal year in which such covered 
electric generating station operated, as specified 
in the following table for an award year: 
Award Year 
Applicable Percentage 
80 percent 
70 percent 
60 percent 
50 percent 
40 percent 
30 percent 
20 percent 
(3) CONDITIONS OF PAYMENTS.—An economi-
cally distressed community— 
(A) shall be eligible for not more than 1 
payment under this section each fiscal year; and 
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(B) may not receive payments under this 
section for more than 7 fiscal years. 
(4) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall not 
provide any payment under this section to an eco-
nomically distressed community until such time as 
the economically distressed community completes an 
application including such information in such form 
as the Secretary may require, including an affidavit 
that a covered electric generating station located in 
such community has, on or after January 1, 2010, 
closed (or is no longer generating electricity), and 
that such community has been significantly impacted 
by such closure. 
(5) ORDER OF PAYMENT.—The date of submis-
sion of an economically distressed community’s ap-
plication for assistance shall establish the order in 
which the Secretary of Treasury provides assistance 
under this section. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for each fiscal year during which amounts in the Mitiga-
tion Fund are available, an economically distressed com-
munity receiving payment under this section shall submit 
to the Secretary a report that— 
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(1) describes how amounts from the Mitigation 
Fund support such economically distressed commu-
nity in— 
(A) maintaining essential community serv-
ices in such economically distressed community; 
and 
(B) fulfilling the objectives described in 
any applicable economic development transition 
plan; and 
(2) includes any additional information that the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to deposit into the Mitigation Fund 
and to carry out this section $250,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2022, to remain available until expended. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 
percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be used for administrative pur-
poses. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-
ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to as 
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the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 
chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives; 
(F) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(G) the Committee on Way and Means of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
White House Council on Energy Transitions estab-
lished by section 2. 
(4) COVERED
ELECTRIC
GENERATING
STA-
TION.—The term ‘‘covered electric generating sta-
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tion’’ means an electric generating station that pri-
marily consumes coal as a fuel source. 
(5) COVERED NET REVENUE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered net revenue’’ means revenue derived by a unit 
of local government or Indian Tribe in a fiscal year 
from a covered electric generating station in the 
form of annual real property taxes, royalty or lease 
payments, transaction privilege taxes, sales taxes, or 
payments in lieu of taxes imposed upon the covered 
electric generating station, exclusive of interest and 
penalties. 
(6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the White House Council on Energy 
Transitions. 
(7) DISLOCATED
WORKER.—The term ‘‘dis-
located worker’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(8) ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘economic development agency’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(9) 
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
TRANSITION 
PLAN.—The term ‘‘economic development transition 
plan’’ means a plan developed by a Regional Transi-
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tion Advisory Committee in accordance with section 
3. 
(10) 
ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘economically distressed commu-
nity’’ means a unit of local government or Indian 
Tribe that is located within a 75-mile radius of a 
covered electric generating station and that is sig-
nificantly impacted by the closure of such covered 
electric generating station occurring on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2010, including by, as a result of such clo-
sure experiencing— 
(A) a net labor loss of at least 50 workers 
who lost employment directly from or associated 
with the covered electric generating station, in-
cluding an associated mine; 
(B) a covered net revenue loss of over 25 
percent compared to the previous fiscal year; or 
(C) at least a 10-percent increase in the 
cost of electricity for applicable electric con-
sumers compared to the previous calendar year. 
(11) ELECTRIC CONSUMER.—The term ‘‘electric 
consumer’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 3(5) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602(5)). 
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(12) EMPLOYMENT LOSS.—The term ‘‘employ-
ment loss’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 2(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101(a)). 
(13) ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICES.—The 
term ‘‘essential community services’’ means infra-
structure located entirely or partially within an eco-
nomically distressed community and services that 
provide direct support to residents of a community, 
including services related to— 
(A) health care; 
(B) transportation; 
(C) energy; 
(D) telecommunications; 
(E) public education; 
(F) public safety; and 
(G) housing. 
(14) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), except 
that such term does not include institutions de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) or (C) of subsection 
(a)(1) of such section 102. 
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(15) JOBS IN ENERGY-RELATED INDUSTRIES.— 
The term ‘‘jobs in energy-related industries’’ in-
cludes manufacturing, engineering, installation, con-
struction, and retrofitting jobs in energy-related in-
dustries. 
(16) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 
organization’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 7103 of title 5, United States Code. 
(17) 
LOCAL
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘local workforce development 
board’’ means a local board, as defined in section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(18) REGIONAL
TRANSITION
ADVISORY
COM-
MITTEE.—The term ‘‘Regional Transition Advisory 
Committee’’ means a committee described in section 
3 that is established by an economically distressed 
community. 
(19) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agen-
cy’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3306 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(20) 
STATE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce development 
board’’ means a State board, as defined in section 
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3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(21) UNEMPLOYMENT FUND.—The term ‘‘un-
employment fund’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 3306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. 
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