Sec. 201. Office of Economic Development at the Department of Energy
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Title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term coal community means a community that has a coal power plant or coal mine that closed not earlier than January 1, 2010, and has not been repurposed. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, there shall be established within the Department an Office of Economic Development (referred to in this section as the Office ).
The mission of the Office shall be to use the technical expertise and financial resources of the Department to assist a wide group of external stakeholders, including State and local governments, private sector energy and manufacturing businesses, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and labor unions, with— implementing Federal programs aimed at helping coal communities; developing and deploying clean energy in coal communities; and carrying out workforce training in coal communities.
The Office shall be headed by a Director (referred to in this section as the Director ), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall— collaborate with National Laboratories to establish partnerships between the Department and coal communities for the purpose of matching skilled workers to fill current and future energy jobs in the energy sectors described in subsection (e); engage stakeholders about assessment and analysis of the skills necessary to fill those jobs; and carry out any other activity in support of the mission of the Office described in subsection (c).
The energy sectors referred to in subsections (d)(2)(A) and (g)(1) are— the electric power generation and fuel sector; the transmission, distribution, and storage sector; the energy efficiency sector; the motor vehicle and component parts manufacturing sector; and any other energy sector determined by the Secretary. The Director shall establish within the Office a team of grant specialists (referred to in this subsection as the team ) that shall— assist with soliciting applications from coal communities for grants administered by the Department or any other relevant Federal agency that are for the purpose of helping coal communities, including grants made available under the Marshall Plan for Coal Country Act of 2020 or by the amendments made by that Act; provide technical assistance to coal communities with applications for the grants described in subparagraph (A); and oversee the implementation of grant programs authorized by the Marshall Plan for Coal Country Act of 2020 or by the amendments made by that Act.
Each specialist on the team shall— work with only 1 coal community at a time; and to the maximum extent practicable, reside in that coal community for the duration of the work. Each specialist on the team shall work with a coal community for a period of not less than 10 years. If a Federal office building exists in the coal community with which a specialist on the team shall work, the Director may consider locating the specialist in that office building. The Director shall ensure that the team comprises the number of grant specialists necessary to assist coal communities.
A vacant position on the team shall be filled not later than 90 days after the date on which the position becomes vacant. The team shall collaborate with other Federal and State agencies that implement programs aimed at supporting coal communities. The Director shall publish and make publicly available an annual report, to be entitled the U.S. Energy and Employment Report , that— provides consistent, usable data measuring job growth throughout each energy sector described in subsection (e); compiles analyses of the job skills necessary for entry-level jobs in each of those energy sectors; identifies barriers to entry (such as education, training, and physical demands) to jobs in those energy sectors; designs strategies to eliminate or minimize the barriers identified under paragraph (3); and completes career pathway analysis ladders for each of those energy sectors. .
The table of contents for the Department of Energy Organization Act ( Public Law 95–91 ; 91 Stat. 565) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 217 the following: Sec. 218. Office of Economic Development. .
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