Green Jobs Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2847
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2007-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Armed Forces and National Security
Case management
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Community organization
Congressional reporting requirements
Discrimination in employment
Employee rights
Employment tests
Energy efficiency
Energy industries
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Nonprofit organizations
Occupational retraining
Poverty
Social Welfare
Veterans' employment
Vocational guidance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: 
Green Jobs Act of 2007 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program; (2) collect and analyze labor market data to track workforce trends resulting from energy-related initiatives under this Act; and (3) award National Energy Training Partnerships Grants to community based nonprofit organizations to carry out national training programs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and develop an energy efficiency and renewable energy industries workforce. 

action_date: 2007-07-27
text: 
Green Jobs Act of 2007 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to: (1) establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program that targets certain persons (including individuals in need of updated training related to the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, veterans, unemployed workers, and at-risk youth) and sectors of the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries; and (2) establish a national research program to collect and analyze labor market data to track workforce trends resulting from energy-related initiatives under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to award: (1) National Energy Training Partnerships Grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit partnerships to carry out training programs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and develop an energy efficiency and renewable energy industries workforce; (2) grants to states to administer, in coordination with a one-stop delivery system, labor market and labor exchange programs that include funding to state agencies to identify job openings, administer skill and aptitude testing, and provide counseling and case management services; (3) energy training partnership program grants to states to administer renewable energy and energy efficiency workforce development programs; and (4) at least 10 Pathways Out of Poverty Demonstration Program competitive grants to community based nonprofit organizations to carry out training that leads to impoverished families gaining economic self-sufficiency.
 
Applies certain worker protection and nondiscrimination requirements to the programs carried out in this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the training program established by this Act.
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 167.
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-262.
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-262.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 18.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Introduced in House