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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education,
and Training Stimulus Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

Congress finds that there is a serious and growing need for
employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth
(including young adults), as demonstrated by statistics from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics stating that, in December 2008--
(1) the unemployment rate increased to 7.2 percent, as
compared to 4.9 percent in December 2007;
(2) the unemployment rate for 16- to 19-year-olds rose to
20.8 percent, as compared to 16.9 percent in December 2007; and
(3) the unemployment rate for African-American 16- to 19-
year-olds increased to 33.7 percent, as compared to 28 percent
in December 2007.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to increase knowledge of the importance of building a
green economy;
(2) to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy
usage;
(3) to strengthen the protection of the environment;
(4) to decrease carbon emissions; and
(5) to increase the number of well-trained youth workers
who can obtain well-paying jobs in a range of green-collar
industries and other viable industries.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Green-collar industries.--In this section, the term
''green-collar industries'' means industries throughout the
economy of the United States--
(A) that promote energy efficiency, energy
conservation, and environmental protection, including
promoting renewable energy and clean technology;
(B) that offer jobs with substantial pay and
benefits; and
(C) that are industries in which there is likely to
be continued demand for workers.
(2) Local board, low-income individual, secretary.--The
terms ''local board'', ''low-income individual'', and
''Secretary'' have the meanings given the terms in section 101
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801).
(3) Registered apprenticeship program.--The term
''registered apprenticeship program'' means an industry skills
training program at the postsecondary level that combines
technical and theoretical training through structured on-the-
job learning with related instruction (in a classroom or
through distance learning) while an individual is employed,
working under the direction of qualified personnel or a mentor,
and earning incremental wage increases aligned to enhanced job
proficiency, resulting in the acquisition of a nationally
recognized and portable certificate, under a plan approved by
the Office of Apprenticeship or a State agency recognized by
the Department of Labor.

SEC. 5. GREEN JOB CORPS PROGRAM.

(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to encourage youth participating in the Job Corps to
become informed energy- and environmentally-conscious
consumers;
(2) to enable the youth to acquire and expand skills
related to green-collar industries; and
(3) to address Job Corps construction needs and energy
costs and to make Job Corps centers more energy efficient,
including retrofitting facilities and restoring campuses.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ''enrollee'',
''graduate'', and ''Job Corps Center'' have the meanings given the
terms in section 142 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2882).
(c) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve not
more than $500,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this Act to
provide work experiences and training described in subsection (d) in
green-collar industries. The Secretary shall provide the work
experiences and training, in conjunction with activities described in
section 148 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2888),
under subtitle C of title I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.)
(except that subsections (c) and (d) of section 159 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 2899) shall not apply to such experiences and training).
(d) Use of Funds.--
(1) Skill development program activities.--The Secretary
shall expand Job Corps skill development program activities by
updating occupational training programs (including making
changes in curriculum and equipment), including development of
necessary academic skills in green-collar industries (including
construction, facilities maintenance, and advanced
manufacturing).
(2) Paid work opportunities.--As part of Job Corps career
training, the Secretary shall provide paid work opportunities,
in green-collar industries, primarily located at Job Corps
centers, in order to address Job Corps construction needs and
make those centers more energy efficient, including
retrofitting facilities and restoring campuses. In carrying out
this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to projects
that help conserve, develop, or manage public natural resources
or public recreational areas, or support the public interest.
(3) Consumer and leadership activities.--As part of the Job
Corps life skills program, the Secretary shall offer consumer
and leadership activities, to create a corps of intelligent and
informed energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers,
including activities that educate Job Corps members about how
they can contribute to minimize the effects of climate change
and become future leaders in their local communities who
preserve and strengthen energy- and environmentally-conscious
practices.
(e) Report to Congress.--
(1) Indicator.--For purposes of the Green Job Corps program
carried out under this section, the indicators of performance
shall be--
(A) entry of graduates who participated in work
experiences described in subsection (d)(2) into
unsubsidized employment in a green-collar industry;
(B) average wages received by such graduates upon
entry into such employment; and
(C) number of such graduates who obtain an
occupational or education-related credential.
(2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall prepare an assessment
of the Green Job Corps program that--
(A) describes the use of funds made available under
this section to carry out the program and the progress
achieved through that program; and
(B) provides information on the performance of the
program on the indicators of performance.
(3) Report.--The Secretary shall include the assessment
described in paragraph (2) in the corresponding annual report
described in subsection (c) of section 159 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 2899), in lieu of submitting any of the information
described in subsection (c) or (d) of that section 159 with
respect to the Green Job Corps program.

SEC. 6. YOUTHBUILD BUILD GREEN GRANTS.

(a) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this Act to provide to
eligible youth education, work experiences (including service), and
training, in green-collar industries, especially concerning the
weatherization and energy retrofitting of homes of low-income
individuals. The Secretary shall provide the services described in this
subsection in conjunction with activities described in section 173A(c)
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a(c)), under the
YouthBuild program set forth in section 173A of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2918a) (except that paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (c), and
subsection (d), of such section shall not apply to such services).
(b) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to award from the reserved
funds, on a competitive basis, YouthBuild Build Green grants to
entities that are recipients of YouthBuild grants under section 173A of
such Act.
(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.
(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to entities who--
(1) demonstrate the ability to leverage additional
resources, which may include materials, personnel, and
supplies, from other public and private sources; and
(2) demonstrate the ability to build a foundation of
public-private partnerships in a green-collar industry, related
to construction, for future projects carried out by the
entities.
(e) Eligible Youth.--To be eligible to participate in the program
carried out under this section, a youth shall meet the requirements of
section 173A(e)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2918a(e)(1)).
(f) Use of Funds.--
(1) Skills development and training.--An entity that
receives a grant under this section shall use not less than 90
percent of the funds made available through the grant to
provide to participants in the program carried out under this
section a combination of classroom education and job skills
development, through onsite training and work experiences
(including construction or rehabilitation of facilities) in a
construction trade that makes efficient use of green
technologies. Such education and skills development shall be
designed to prepare the participants for jobs in green-collar
industries in their communities and States.
(2) Supervision and training.--The entity may use not more
than 10 percent of the grant funds for supervision and training
costs related to the activities described in paragraph (1).
(g) Report to Congress.--
(1) Indicators.--For purposes of the program carried out
under this section, the indicators of performance shall be--
(A) entry of individuals who completed their
participation in the program and who participated in
activities described in subsection (f)(1) into
registered apprenticeship programs in a construction
trade in a green-collar industry or a related trade;
and
(B) entry of such individuals, who participated in
such activities, into unsubsidized employment in a
green-collar industry.
(2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall prepare an assessment
of the program that--
(A) describes the use of funds made available under
this section to carry out the program and the progress
achieved through that program; and
(B) provides information on the performance of the
program on the indicators of performance.
(3) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to
Congress a report containing the assessment described in
paragraph (2).

SEC. 7. GREEN-COLLAR YOUTH OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.

(a) Definition.--The term ''community college'' means a 2-year
institution of higher education, as defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
(b) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve
$200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this Act for work
experiences and training in green-collar industries for eligible youth.
The Secretary shall provide the work experiences and training in
conjunction with activities described in section 169(b) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2914(b)), under the Youth
Opportunity Grants program described in section 169 of that Act (29
U.S.C. 2914) (except that subsections (a)(3), (b)(2), (d), (e)(2), (f),
and (g) of such section shall not apply to such work experiences and
training).
(c) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to award from the reserved
funds, on a competitive basis, Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to
eligible organizations.
(d) Eligible Organizations.--
(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, an organization shall be a local board described
in section 169(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2914(c)) an entity described in section 169(d) of such
Act (29 U.S.C. 2914(d)), or an entity acting of behalf of an
eligible strategic partnership.
(2) Eligible strategic partnership.--
(A) In general.--For purposes of this subsection,
an eligible strategic partnership shall be composed of
at least 1 representative of a local board serving a
community, and of each of the 8 types of organizations
described in subparagraph (B).
(B) Types of organizations.--The types of
organizations referred to in subparagraph (A) are
businesses, unions, labor-management partnerships,
schools (including community colleges), public agencies
including law enforcement, nonprofit community
organizations, economic development entities, and
philanthropic organizations, that are actively engaged
in providing learning, mentoring, and work
opportunities to eligible youth.
(3) Fiscal and administrative agent.--The strategic
partnership shall designate an entity, which shall be a member
of the partnership, as the strategic partnership's fiscal and
administrative entity for the implementation of activities
under the grant.
(e) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, an organization shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require.
(f) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to organizations located in communities described
in subsection (c) or (d)(2) of section 169 of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2914).
(g) Eligible Youth.--To be eligible to participate in a program
carried out under this section, a youth shall--
(1) be not less than age 14 and not more than age 24;
(2) reside in a community described in subsection (c) or
(d)(2) of section 169 of such Act; and
(3) have multiple barriers to education and career success,
as specified by the Secretary.
(h) Use of Funds.--An organization that receives a grant under this
section may use the funds made available through the grant to provide
programs of work experiences and training in green-collar industries
that include education and paid work experiences. The work experiences
shall involve retrofitting buildings (including facilities of small
businesses) to achieve energy savings, or enhancing, creating, or
preserving public space, within the communities served. In providing
the programs, the organization may provide any of the activities
described in subsection (b)(1) of that section 169.
(i) Report to Congress.--
(1) Indicators.--For purposes of the program carried out
under this section, the indicators of performance shall be--
(A) acquisition of a high school diploma or its
generally recognized equivalent by individuals who
completed their participation in the program and who
participated in training described in subsection (b);
(B) entry of such individuals, who participated in
work experiences described in subsection (b), into
postsecondary education linked to the green economy,
including registered apprenticeship programs in a
green-collar industry; and
(C) entry of such individuals, who participated in
work experiences described in subsection (b), into
unsubsidized employment in a green-collar industry.
(2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall prepare an assessment
of the program that--
(A) describes the use of funds made available under
this section to carry out the program and the progress
achieved through that program; and
(B) provides information on the performance of the
program, including on the indicators of performance.
(3) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to
Congress a report containing the assessment described in
paragraph (2).

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for
activities described in this Act $1,000,000,000, which shall be
available for the period of January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010.
Output:
Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.