Sec. 7. Transition assistance for impacted communities
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In this section: The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term individual with a barrier to employment has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ). 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 local board has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ).
The term recognized postsecondary credential has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. The term State means— a State; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and any other territory or possession of the United States. The term State board has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ).
The term supportive services has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ). The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall provide grants to eligible entities for transition assistance to a low-carbon economy. An entity eligible to receive a grant under this section is a labor organization, an institution of higher education, a unit of State or local government, an Indian Tribe, an economic development organization, a nonprofit organization, community-based organization, or intermediary, or a State board or local board that serves or is located in a community that— as determined by the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, has been or will be impacted by economic changes in carbon-intensive industries, including job losses; as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been or is at risk of being impacted by extreme weather events, sea level rise, and natural disasters related to climate change; or as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has been impacted by harmful residuals from a fossil fuel or carbon-intensive industry.
An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant for— economic and workforce development activities, such as— job creation; providing reemployment and worker transition assistance, including registered apprenticeships, subsidized employment, job training, transitional jobs, and supportive services, with priority given to— workers impacted by changes in carbon-intensive industries; individuals with a barrier to employment; and programs that lead to a recognized postsecondary credential; local and regional investment, including commercial and industrial economic diversification; export promotion; and establishment of a monthly subsidy payment for workers who retire early due to economic changes in carbon-intensive industries; climate change resiliency, such as— building electrical, communications, utility, transportation, and other infrastructure in flood-prone areas above flood zone levels; building flood and stormproofing measures in flood-prone areas and erosion-prone areas; increasing the resilience of a surface transportation infrastructure asset to withstand extreme weather events and climate change impacts; improving stormwater infrastructure; increasing the resilience of agriculture to extreme weather; ecological restoration; increasing the resilience of forests to wildfires; increasing coastal resilience; and implementing heat island cooling strategies; environmental cleanup from fossil fuel industry facilities that are abandoned or retired, or closed due to bankruptcy, and residuals from carbon-intensive industries, such as— coal ash and petroleum coke cleanup; mine reclamation; reclamation and plugging of abandoned oil and natural gas wells on private and public land; and remediation of impaired waterways and drinking water resources; or other activities as the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, determines to be appropriate.
An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the funds in a manner consistent with sections 181 and 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3241 , 3248). All laborers and mechanics employed by eligible entities to carry out projects and activities funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by a grant under this section shall be paid at wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a similar character in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act ).
With respect to the labor standards specified in subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code. All iron, steel, and manufactured goods used for projects and activities carried out with a grant under this section shall be produced in the United States. The Secretary may waive the requirement in subparagraph
(A)if the Secretary finds that— enforcing the requirement would be inconsistent with the public interest; the iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States are not produced in a sufficient and reasonably available amount or are not of a satisfactory quality; or enforcing the requirement will increase the overall cost of the project or activity by more than 25 percent. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section is encouraged to collaborate or partner with other eligible entities in carrying out activities with that grant. Not later than 3 years after the date on which the Secretary establishes the grant program under this section, the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the grant program, including— the number of individuals that have received reemployment or worker transition assistance under this section; a description of any job creation activities carried out with a grant under this section and the number of jobs created from those activities; the percentage of individuals that have received reemployment or worker transition assistance under this section who are, during the second and fourth quarters after exiting the program— in education or training activities; or employed; the average wages of individuals that have received reemployment or worker transition assistance under this section during the second and fourth quarters after exit from the program; a description of any regional investment activities carried out with a grant under this section; a description of any export promotion activities carried out with a grant under this section, including— a description of the products promoted; and an analysis of any increase in exports as a result of the promotion; a description of any resilience activities carried out with a grant under this section; a description of any cleanup activities from fossil fuel industry facilities or carbon-intensive industries carried out with a grant under this section; and the distribution of funding among geographic and socioeconomic groups, including urban and rural communities, low-income communities, communities of color, and Indian Tribes. There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. The Secretary shall carry out this section using amounts made available from the America's Clean Future Fund under section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 4).
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Transition assistance for impacted communities
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