SECTION 1. ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prioritize edu-
cation and training for energy and manufacturing-related 
jobs in order to increase the number of skilled workers 
trained to work in energy and manufacturing-related fields 
when considering awards for existing grant programs, in-
cluding by— 
(1) encouraging State education agencies and 
local educational agencies to equip students with the 
skills, mentorships, training, and technical expertise 
necessary to fill the employment opportunities vital 
to managing and operating the Nation’s energy and 
manufacturing industries, in collaboration with rep-
resentatives from the energy and manufacturing in-
dustries (including the oil, gas, coal, nuclear, utility, 
pipeline, renewable, petrochemical, manufacturing, 
and electrical construction sectors) to identify the 
areas of highest need in each sector and the skills 
necessary for a high-quality workforce in the fol-
lowing sectors of energy and manufacturing: 
(A) Energy efficiency industry, including 
work in energy efficiency, conservation, weath-
erization, or retrofitting, or as inspectors or 
auditors.
(B) Pipeline industry, including work in 
pipeline construction and maintenance or work 
as engineers or technical advisors. 
(C) Utility industry, including work in the 
generation, transmission, and distribution of 
electricity and natural gas, such as utility tech-
nicians, operators, lineworkers, engineers, sci-
entists, and information technology specialists. 
(D) Nuclear industry, including work as 
scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati-
cians, or security personnel. 
(E) Oil and gas industry, including work 
as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati-
cians, petrochemical engineers, or geologists. 
(F) Renewable industry, including work in 
the development, manufacturing, and produc-
tion of renewable energy sources (such as solar, 
hydropower, wind, or geothermal energy). 
(G) Coal industry, including work as coal 
miners, engineers, developers and manufactur-
ers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, technology 
vendors, coal transportation workers and opera-
tors, or mining equipment vendors. 
(H) Manufacturing industry, including 
work as operations technicians, operations and
design in additive manufacturing, 3–D printing, 
advanced composites, and advanced aluminum 
and other metal alloys, industrial energy effi-
ciency management systems, including power 
electronics, and other innovative technologies. 
(I) Chemical manufacturing industry, in-
cluding work in construction (such as welders, 
pipefitters, and tool and die makers) or as in-
strument and electrical technicians, machinists, 
chemical process operators, chemical engineers, 
quality and safety professionals, and reliability 
engineers; and 
(2) strengthening and more fully engaging De-
partment of Energy programs and labs in carrying 
out the Department’s workforce development initia-
tives including the Minorities in Energy Initiative. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to authorize the Secretary or any other officer 
or employee of the Federal Government to incentivize, re-
quire, or coerce a State, school district, or school to adopt 
curricula aligned to the skills described in subsection (a). 
(c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize the 
education and training of underrepresented groups in en-
ergy and manufacturing-related jobs.
(d) CLEARINGHOUSE.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse to— 
(1) maintain and update information and re-
sources on training and workforce development pro-
grams for energy and manufacturing-related jobs, 
including job training and workforce development 
programs available to assist displaced and unem-
ployed energy and manufacturing workers transi-
tioning to new employment; and 
(2) provide technical assistance for States, local 
educational agencies, schools, community colleges, 
universities (including minority-serving institutions), 
workforce development programs, labor-management 
organizations, and industry organizations that would 
like to develop and implement energy and manufac-
turing-related training programs. 
(e) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary— 
(1) shall collaborate with States, local edu-
cational agencies, schools, community colleges, uni-
versities (including minority-serving institutions), 
workforce-training organizations, national labora-
tories, State energy offices, workforce investment 
boards, and the energy and manufacturing indus-
tries;
(2) shall encourage and foster collaboration, 
mentorships, and partnerships among organizations 
(including industry, States, local educational agen-
cies, schools, community colleges, workforce-develop-
ment organizations, and colleges and universities) 
that currently provide effective job training pro-
grams in the energy and manufacturing fields and 
entities (including States, local educational agencies, 
schools, community colleges, workforce development 
programs, and colleges and universities) that seek to 
establish these types of programs in order to share 
best practices; and 
(3) shall collaborate with the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, the Department of Commerce, the Bureau 
of the Census, States, and the energy and manufac-
turing industries to develop a comprehensive and de-
tailed understanding of the energy and manufac-
turing workforce needs and opportunities by State 
and by region. 
(f) OUTREACH
TO
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) give special consideration to increasing out-
reach to minority-serving institutions and Histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities;
(2) make existing resources available through 
program cross-cutting to minority-serving institu-
tions with the objective of increasing the number of 
skilled minorities and women trained to go into the 
energy and manufacturing sectors; 
(3) encourage industry to improve the opportu-
nities for students of minority-serving institutions to 
participate in industry internships 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, 
and employment at all Department of Energy lab-
oratories. 
(g) OUTREACH TO DISLOCATED ENERGY AND MANU-
FACTURING WORKERS.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) give special consideration to increasing out-
reach to employers and job trainers preparing dis-
located energy and manufacturing workers for in-de-
mand sectors or occupations; 
(2) make existing resources available through 
program cross-cutting to institutions serving dis-
located energy and manufacturing workers with the
objective of training individuals to re-enter in-de-
mand sectors or occupations; 
(3) encourage the energy and manufacturing in-
dustries to improve opportunities for dislocated en-
ergy and manufacturing workers to participate in 
career pathways; and 
(4) work closely with the energy and manufac-
turing industries to identify energy and manufac-
turing operations, such as coal-fired power plants 
and coal mines, scheduled for closure and to provide 
early intervention assistance to workers employed at 
such energy and manufacturing operations by— 
(A) partnering with State and local work-
force development boards; 
(B) giving special consideration to employ-
ers and job trainers preparing such workers for 
in-demand sectors or occupations; 
(C) making existing resources available 
through program cross-cutting to institutions 
serving such workers with the objective of train-
ing them to re-enter in-demand sectors or occu-
pations; and 
(D) encouraging the energy and manufac-
turing industries to improve opportunities for 
such workers to participate in career pathways.
(h) ENROLLMENT IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall work with industry and community-based workforce 
organizations to help identify candidates, including from 
underrepresented communities such as minorities, women, 
and veterans, to enroll in workforce development programs 
for energy and manufacturing-related jobs. 
(i) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as authorizing the creation of a new workforce 
development program. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CAREER PATHWAYS; DISLOCATED WORKER; 
IN-DEMAND
SECTORS
OR
OCCUPATIONS; 
LOCAL 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD; STATE WORK-
FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.—The terms ‘‘career 
pathways’’, ‘‘dislocated worker’’, ‘‘in-demand sectors 
or occupations’’, ‘‘local workforce development 
board’’, and ‘‘State workforce development board’’ 
have the meanings given the terms ‘‘career path-
ways’’, ‘‘dislocated worker’’, ‘‘in-demand sectors or 
occupations’’, ‘‘local board’’, and ‘‘State board’’, re-
spectively, in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(2) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-
tution of higher education with a designation of one 
of the following: 
(A) Hispanic-serving institution (as de-
fined in 20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)). 
(B) Tribal College or University (as de-
fined in 20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 
(C) Alaska Native-serving institution or a 
Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined 
in 20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
(D) Predominantly Black Institution (as 
defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059e(b)). 
(E) Native American-serving nontribal in-
stitution (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 
(F) Asian American and Native American 
Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined 
in 20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)). 
SEC. 2. REPORT. 
Five years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall publish a comprehensive report to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate Energy and Natural Re-
sources Committee on the outlook for energy and manu-
facturing sectors nationally. The report shall also include 
a comprehensive summary of energy and manufacturing
job creation as a result of the enactment of this Act. The 
report shall include performance data regarding the num-
ber of program participants served, the percentage of par-
ticipants in competitive integrated employment two quar-
ters and four quarters after program completion, the me-
dian income of program participants two quarters and 
four quarters after program completion, and the percent-
age of program participants receiving industry-recognized 
credentials. 
SEC. 3. USE OF EXISTING FUNDS. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car-
ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 338 
AN ACT 
To promote a 21st century energy and 
manufacturing workforce.