Embrace Fossil Fuel Recruitment Act

Bill: 118-hr-3001
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-04-28
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Embrace Fossil Fuel Recruitment Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive federal education funds to provide the same recruiter access to students for employers in the fossil fuel sector as provided to employers in other energy resource sectors. LEAs and IHEs that violate this requirement are subject to Department of Education enforcement actions, such as withholding of payments to an LEA or termination of an IHE's participation in federal student aid programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3001 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2023 Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Ms. Hageman , Mr. Carey , Mr. Jackson of Texas , and Mrs. Boebert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require the Secretary of Education to implement corrective measures for a local educational agency or institution of higher education that prohibits or constrains fossil fuel sector employment recruitment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Embrace Fossil Fuel Recruitment Act . 2. Fossil fuel industry workforce recruiter access to students (a) Secondary schools (1) In general Each local educational agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )) receiving financial assistance under such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) shall provide prospective employers doing business within the fossil fuel sector the same access to secondary school students for recruitment purposes as is provided to prospective employers doing business within other energy resource sectors. (2) Enforcement Paragraph (1) shall be subject to enforcement under part D of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1234 et seq. ). (b) Institutions of higher education (1) In general Each institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 )) receiving financial assistance under such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) shall provide prospective employers doing business within the fossil fuel sector the same access to students for recruitment purposes as is provided to prospective employers doing business within other energy resource sectors. (2) Enforcement For purposes of section 487(c)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B)(i)(I) ), a failure to comply with paragraph (1) shall be considered a failure to comply with a provision of title IV of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. ). In addition, the Secretary of Education shall have the authority to implement the same range of corrective measures for an institution that fails to comply with paragraph (1) as the Secretary has for an institution that fails to comply with a requirement in its program participation agreement under section 487 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1094 ), including termination of the institution's participation under title IV of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. ).