Sec. 102. Pipeline workforce development
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall— review the inspector training programs provided at the Inspector Training and Qualifications Division of the Administration in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and determine whether any of the programs referred to in paragraph (1), or any portions of the programs, could be provided online through teletraining or another type of distance learning. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and make publicly available on a website of the Department of Transportation a report containing a comprehensive workforce plan for the Administration.
The report under paragraph
(1)shall include— a description of the current staffing at the Administration; an identification of the staff needed to achieve the mission of the Administration over the next 10 years following the date of the report; an evaluation of whether the inspector training programs referred to in subsection (a)(1) provide appropriate exposure to pipeline operations and current pipeline safety technology; a summary of any gaps between the current workforce of the Administration and the future human capital needs of the Administration; and a description of how the Administration— uses the retention incentives defined by the Office of Personnel Management; and plans to use those retention incentives as part of the comprehensive workforce plan of the Administration.