Sec. 5305. 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, retrain, or upgrade the skills of surface transportation workers— whose employment may be changed or worsened by automation; who have been separated from employment; or who have received notice of impending employment loss as a result of being replaced by the use of automated vehicles.
The following entities shall be eligible to receive grants under this section: Institutions of higher education. Consortia of institutions of higher education. Nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated capacity to develop and provide career pathway programs through labor-management partnerships, pre-apprenticeships, or registered apprenticeships on a nationwide basis. Local governments. An entity may only receive one grant in a fiscal year under this section. A recipient of a grant under this section may only use grant amounts for developing and carrying out training programs, including— identifying and testing new duties for existing jobs impacted by the use of automated vehicles, including mechanical work, diagnostic work, and fleet operations management; educational programs, including— coursework or curricula through which participants may pursue a degree or certification; and tuition and direct education expenses, excluding salaries, in connection with the education and training of surface transportation workers whose jobs have been affected by the use of automated vehicles; and employee professional development, including worker training or retraining, including train-the-trainer programs, to upgrade the skills of surface transportation workers whose jobs have been affected by the use of automated vehicles.
A recipient of a grant under this section shall report to the Secretary the following information: 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 a grant awarded under this section. Relevant demographic information of impacted workers. Funds made available under this section may not be used to evaluate the effectiveness of automated vehicle technologies.
In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which an applicant— demonstrates the capability to develop curricula and provide training, provide retraining, or upgrade the skills of individuals described in subsection (a); will provide program participants with practical experience and on-the-job training; and demonstrates a commitment to carry out a surface transportation workforce development program through degree-granting programs or programs that provide other industry-recognized credentials.
The Federal share of the cost of a grant under this section shall be 100 percent. 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 section 5307, 5337, or 5339 of title 49, United States Code, up to 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 a 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 that includes— a list of all grant recipients for such fiscal year; an explanation of why each recipient was chosen in accordance with the selection criteria under subsection (e); a summary of activities planned to be carried out by each recipient and how such activities relate to the goals established under subsection (a); the grant amount awarded to each recipient; and the information required to be provided to the Secretary under subsection (d)(2).
In this section: The term automated vehicle means a motor vehicle that is designed to be operated by a level 3 or level 4 automated driving system for trips within its operational design domain or a level 5 automated driving system for all trips according to the recommended standards published in April 2021, by the Society of Automotive Engineers International (J3016l9 202104) or, when adopted, equivalent standards established by the Secretary under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to automated motor vehicles.
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 public transportation has the meaning given such term in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code. The term pre-apprenticeship means a training model or program that prepares individuals for acceptance into a registered apprenticeship and has a demonstrated partnership with one or more registered apprenticeships. The term registered apprenticeship means an apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 ( 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq. ; commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act ), that satisfies the requirements of parts 29 and 30 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2020).
There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026 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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