Title: Community College Energy Training Act of 2017
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Community College Energy Training Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the Departments of Labor and Agriculture (USDA), to create a joint program under which the Departments award grants to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in sustainable energy industries and practices, such as: (1) clean energy; (2) high-performance green building construction, design, and redevelopment; (3) sustainable energy technologies; (4) water, energy, and resource conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.
DOE, Labor, and USDA must:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2045 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2045

To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Labor, to establish a program to provide for workforce training and 
        education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

 Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Loebsack, 
  Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Tonko, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Moore, 
    Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. 
  Lawrence, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. Slaughter) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Labor, to establish a program to provide for workforce training and 
        education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community College Energy Training 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

    (a) Workforce Training and Education in Sustainable Energy.--From 
funds made available under subsection (c), the Secretary of Energy, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Agriculture, shall carry out a joint sustainable energy workforce 
training and education program under which the Secretaries award grants 
to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in 
industries and practices such as--
            (1) clean energy, including wind and solar energy;
            (2) high-performance green building construction, design 
        and redevelopment;
            (3) sustainable energy technologies, including chemical 
        technology, nanotechnology, and electrical technology;
            (4) water, energy, and resource conservation;
            (5) recycling and waste reduction; and
            (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.
    (b) Award Considerations.--In awarding grants under this section, 
the Secretaries shall--
            (1) ensure that of the funds made available under 
        subsection (c) for a fiscal year, not less than one-half of 
        such funds are awarded to community colleges with existing (as 
        of the date of the award) sustainability programs that lead to 
        certificates, credentials, or degrees in one or more of the 
        industries and practices described in paragraphs (1) through 
        (6) of subsection (a); and
            (2) give priority to community colleges that plan to use 
        the grant to carry out programs that are developed and 
        maintained through consultation with such industries and 
        practices.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022.
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Community college.--The term ``community college'' 
        means an institution of higher education, as defined in section 
        101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), 
        that--
                    (A) provides a 2-year program of instruction for 
                which the institution awards an associate degree; and
                    (B) primarily awards associate degrees.
            (2) High-performance green building.--The term ``high-
        performance green building'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 401(13) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
        2007 (42 U.S.C. 17061(13)).
            (3) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of 
        Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture.
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