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‘‘(B) satisfy industry demand for a skilled
workforce, to support economic growth, to boost
America’s global competitiveness in the expand-
ing energy efficiency and renewable energy in-
dustries, and to provide economic self-sufficiency
and family-sustaining jobs for America’s work-
ers, including low wage workers, through quality
training and placement in job opportunities in
the growing energy efficiency and renewable en-
ergy industries;
‘‘(C) provide grants for the safety, health,
and skills training and education of workers who
are, or may be engaged in, activities related to
the energy efficiency and renewable energy in-
dustries; and
‘‘(D) provide funds for national and State
industry-wide research, labor market informa-
tion and labor exchange programs, and the devel-
opment of nationally and State administered
training programs.
‘‘(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this sub-
section as the ‘Secretary’), in consultation with
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the Secretary of Energy, shall establish an en-
ergy efficiency and renewable energy worker
training program under which the Secretary
shall carry out the activities described in para-
graph (3) to achieve the purposes of this sub-
section.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of pro-
viding assistance and services under the program
established under this subsection—
‘‘(i) target populations of individuals
eligible for training and other services shall
include, but not be limited to—
‘‘(I) veterans, or past and present
members of the reserve components of
the Armed Forces;
‘‘(II) workers affected by national
energy and environmental policy;
‘‘(III) workers displaced by the
impacts of economic globalization;
‘‘(IV) individuals, including at-
risk youth, seeking employment path-
ways out of poverty and into economic
self-sufficiency;
‘‘(V) formerly incarcerated, adju-
dicated, non-violent offenders; and
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‘‘(VI) individuals in need of up-
dated training related to the energy ef-
ficiency and renewable energy indus-
tries; and
‘‘(ii) energy efficiency and renewable
energy industries eligible for such assistance
and services shall include—
‘‘(I) the energy-efficient building,
construction, and retrofits industries;
‘‘(II) the renewable electric power
industry;
‘‘(III) the energy efficient and ad-
vanced drive train vehicle industry;
‘‘(IV) the bio-fuels industry; and
‘‘(V) the deconstruction and mate-
rials use industries.
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(A) NATIONAL
RESEARCH
PROGRAM.—
Under the program established under paragraph
(2), the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, shall provide assistance to sup-
port national research to develop labor market
data and to track future workforce trends result-
ing from energy-related initiatives carried out
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under this section. Activities carried out under
this paragraph shall include—
‘‘(i) linking research and development
in renewable energy and energy efficiency
technology with the development of stand-
ards and curricula for current and future
jobs;
‘‘(ii) the tracking and documentation
of academic and occupational competencies
as well as future skill needs with respect to
renewable energy and energy efficiency tech-
nology;
‘‘(iii) tracking and documentation of
occupational information and workforce
training data with respect to renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency technology;
‘‘(iv) assessing new employment and
work practices including career ladder and
upgrade training as well as high perform-
ance work systems; and
‘‘(v) collaborating with State agencies,
industry, organized labor, and community
and nonprofit organizations to disseminate
successful innovations for labor market serv-
ices and worker training with respect to re-
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newable energy and energy efficiency tech-
nology.
‘‘(B) NATIONAL
ENERGY
TRAINING
PART-
NERSHIP GRANTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Under the program
established under paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary shall award National Energy Train-
ing Partnerships Grants on a competitive
basis to eligible entities to enable such enti-
ties to carry out national training that
leads to economic self-sufficiency and to de-
velop an energy efficiency and renewable
energy industries workforce. Grants shall be
awarded under this subparagraph so as to
ensure geographic diversity with at least 2
grants awarded to entities located in each of
the 4 Petroleum Administration for Defense
Districts with no subdistricts and at least 1
grant awarded to an entity located in each
of the subdistricts of the Petroleum Admin-
istration for Defense District with subdis-
tricts.
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to
receive a grant under clause (i), an entity
shall be a non-profit partnership that—
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‘‘(I) includes the equal participa-
tion of industry, including public or
private employers, and labor organiza-
tions, including joint labor-manage-
ment training programs, and may in-
clude community-based organizations,
educational institutions, small busi-
nesses, cooperatives, State and local
veterans agencies, and veterans service
organizations; and
‘‘(II) demonstrates—
‘‘(aa) experience in imple-
menting and operating worker
skills training and education pro-
grams;
‘‘(bb) the ability to identify
and involve in training programs
carried out under this grant, tar-
get populations of workers who
are, or will be engaged in, activi-
ties related to energy efficiency
and renewable energy industries;
and
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‘‘(II) The administration of skill
and aptitude testing and assessment
for workers.
‘‘(III) The counseling, case man-
agement, and referral of qualified job
seekers to openings and training pro-
grams, including energy efficiency and
renewable energy training programs.
‘‘(D) STATE
ENERGY
TRAINING
PARTNER-
SHIP PROGRAM.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Under the program
established under paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary shall award competitive grants to
States to enable such States to administer
renewable energy and energy efficiency
workforce development programs that in-
clude the implementation of the activities
described in clause (ii).
‘‘(ii) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A State shall
use amounts awarded under a grant
under this subparagraph to award
competitive grants to eligible State En-
ergy Sector Partnerships to enable such
Partnerships to coordinate with exist-
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ing apprenticeship and labor manage-
ment training programs and imple-
ment training programs that lead to
the economic self-sufficiency of train-
ees.
‘‘(II) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible
to receive a grant under this subpara-
graph, a State Energy Sector Partner-
ship shall—
‘‘(aa) consist of non-profit
organizations that include equal
participation from industry, in-
cluding public or private non-
profit employers, and labor orga-
nizations, including joint labor-
management training programs,
and may include representatives
from local governments, worker
investment agency one-stop career
centers, community based organi-
zations, community colleges, other
post-secondary institutions, small
businesses, cooperatives, State and
local veterans agencies, and vet-
erans service organizations;
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‘‘(bb) demonstrate experience
in implementing and operating
worker skills training and edu-
cation programs; and
‘‘(cc) demonstrate the ability
to identify and involve in train-
ing programs, target populations
of workers who are, or will be en-
gaged in, activities related to en-
ergy efficiency and renewable en-
ergy industries.
‘‘(iii) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants
under this subparagraph, the Secretary
shall give priority to States that dem-
onstrate linkages of activities under the
grant with—
‘‘(I) meeting national energy poli-
cies associated with energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and the reduction of
emissions of greenhouse gases; and
‘‘(II) meeting State energy poli-
cies associated with energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and the reduction of
emissions of greenhouse gases.
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‘‘(iv) 
COORDINATION.—A 
grantee
under this subparagraph shall coordinate
activities carried out under the grant with
existing apprenticeship and labor manage-
ment training programs and implement
training programs that lead to the economic
self-sufficiency 
of 
trainees, 
including
providing—
‘‘(I) outreach and recruitment
services, in coordination with the ap-
propriate State agency;
‘‘(II) occupational skills training,
including curriculum development, on-
the-job training, and classroom train-
ing;
‘‘(III) safety and health training;
‘‘(IV) basic skills, literacy, GED,
English as a second language, and job
readiness training;
‘‘(V) individual referral and tui-
tion assistance for a community college
training program;
‘‘(VI) customized training in con-
junction with an existing registered
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apprenticeship program or labor-man-
agement partnership;
‘‘(VII) career ladder and upgrade
training; and
‘‘(VIII) services under transi-
tional jobs strategies.
‘‘(4) 
WORKER
PROTECTIONS
AND
NON-
DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) APPLICATION OF WIA.—The provisions
of sections 181 and 188 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931 and 2938)
shall apply to all programs carried out with as-
sistance under this subsection.
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION WITH LABOR ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—If a labor organization represents a
substantial number of workers who are engaged
in similar work or training in an area that is
the same as the area that is proposed to be fund-
ed under this subsection, the labor organization
shall be provided an opportunity to be consulted
and to submit comments in regard to such a pro-
posal.
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
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this subsection, $100,000,000 for each fiscal year, of
which—
‘‘(A) not to exceed 20 percent of the amount
appropriated in each fiscal year shall be made
available for, and shall be equally divided be-
tween, national labor market research and infor-
mation under paragraph (3)(A) and State labor
market information and labor exchange research
under paragraph (3)(C); and
‘‘(B) the remainder shall be divided equally
between National Energy Partnership Training
Grants under paragraph (3)(B) and State en-
ergy training partnership grants under para-
graph (3)(D).
‘‘(6) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘renewable electric power’ has the meaning given the
term ‘renewable energy’ in section 203(b)(2) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58).’’.
SEC. 278. ASSISTANCE TO STATES TO REDUCE SCHOOL BUS
IDLING.
(a) STATEMENT
OF POLICY.—Congress encourages
each local educational agency (as defined in section
9101(26) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(26))) that receives Federal funds
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of