Sec. 5307. Surface transportation workforce retraining grant program
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The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a program to make grants to eligible entities to develop a curriculum for and establish transportation workforce training programs in urban and rural areas to train, upskill, and prepare surface transportation workers, whose jobs may be changed or worsened by automation, who have been separated from their jobs, or who have received notice of impending job loss, as a result of being replaced by automated driving systems. The following entities shall be eligible to receive grants under this section:
Institutions of higher education. Consortia of institutions of higher education. Trade associations. Nongovernmental stakeholders. Organizations with a demonstrated capacity to develop and provide career ladder programs through labor-management partnerships and apprenticeships on a nationwide basis. An entity may only receive one grant per fiscal year under this section for an amount determined appropriate by the Secretary. A recipient of a grant under this section may only use grant amounts for developing and carrying out direct surface transportation workforce retraining programs, including— testing of new roles for existing jobs, including mechanical work, diagnostic work, and fleet operations management; coursework or curricula through which participants may pursue a degree or certification; direct worker training or train-the-trainer type programs in support of surface transportation workers displaced by automated vehicles; or training and upskilling workers, including current drivers and maintenance technicians, for positions directly related to automated vehicle operations.
Funds made available under this section may not be used in support of programs to evaluate the effectiveness of automated vehicle technologies. The Secretary shall select recipients of grants under this section based on the following criteria: Demonstrated research resources available to the applicant for carrying out this section. Capability of the applicant to develop curricula in the training or retraining of individuals described in subsection
(a)as a result of automated vehicles. Demonstrated commitment of the recipient to carry out a surface transportation workforce development program through degree-granting programs or programs that provide other industry-recognized credentials. The ability of the applicant to fulfill the purposes under subsection (a). An applicant is only eligible for a grant under this section if such applicant— has an established surface transportation workforce development program; has expertise in solving surface transportation problems through research, training, education, and technology; actively shares information and results with other surface transportation workforce development programs with similar objectives; has experience in establishing, developing and administering a surface transportation-related apprenticeship or training program with at least 5 years of demonstrable results; and agrees to make all curricula, research findings, or other materials developed using grant funding under this section publicly available. The Federal share of a grant under this section shall be a dollar for dollar match of the costs of establishing and administering the retraining program and related activities carried out by the grant recipient or consortium of grant recipients. For a recipient of a grant under this section carrying out activities under such grant in partnership with a public transportation agency that is receiving funds under sections 5307, 5337, or 5339 of title 49, United States Code, not more than 0.5 percent of amounts made available under any such section may qualify as the non-Federal share under paragraph (1). Not later than 60 days after grants are awarded in any fiscal year under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly available, a report describing the activities and effectiveness of the program under this section. The report under this subsection shall include the following information on activities carried out under this section: A list of all grant recipients under this section. An explanation of why each recipient was chosen in accordance with the selection criteria under subsection
(e)and the eligibility requirements under subsection (f). A summary of activities carried out by each recipient and an analysis of the progress of such activities toward achieving the purposes under subsection (a). An accounting for the use of Federal funds expended in carrying out this section. An analysis of outcomes of the program under this section. The report shall include the following data on surface transportation workforce training: The sectors of the surface transportation system from which workers are being displaced. The skills and professions for which workers are being retrained. How many workers have benefitted from the grant award. Relevant demographic information of impacted workers. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). The term automated vehicle means a motor vehicle that— is capable of performing the entire task of driving (including steering, accelerating, and decelerating, and reacting to external stimulus) without human intervention; and is designed to be operated exclusively by a Level 4 or Level 5 automated driving system for all trips according to the recommended practice standards published on June 15, 2018, by the Society of Automotive Engineers International (J3016_201806) or equivalent standards adopted by the Secretary with respect to automated motor vehicles. The term public transportation has the meaning given such term in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code. There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 to carry out this section. Amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out this section shall remain available for a period of 3 years after the last day of the fiscal year for which the amounts are authorized.
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