Sec. 3. Energy workforce grant program
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Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall establish and carry out a program to provide grants to eligible entities to pay the eligible wages of, and eligible payments for, individuals during the period that such individuals are receiving training to work for an eligible business. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and eligible businesses, shall establish guidelines that identify— criteria for determining— wages that are eligible for purposes of the program under paragraph (1); and payments that are eligible for purposes of the program under paragraph (1), including payments that cover— the costs of training that individuals receive under the program; and the costs of services that are necessary to enable the individuals to receive such training; and training that is eligible for purposes of the program under paragraph (1), which shall include any applicable training services described in section 134(c)(3)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(D) ).
An eligible entity receiving a grant under subsection
(a)that is (or includes) an eligible business with— 20 or fewer employees may use such grant to pay up to 45 percent of the eligible wages of individuals for the duration of the applicable training for such individuals; 21 to 99 employees may use such grant to pay up to 37.5 percent of the eligible wages of individuals for the duration of the applicable training for such individuals; and 100 employees or more may use such grant to pay up to 25 percent of the eligible wages of individuals for the duration of the applicable training for such individuals. An eligible entity may use a grant provided under the program established under subsection
(a)to pay up to 100 percent of the eligible payments for individuals for the duration of the applicable training for such individuals. In providing grants under the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall give priority to an eligible entity that— recruits or selects for training, or trains individuals, who are— from the community that the eligible entity serves; and from disadvantaged communities; individuals with barriers to employment; or unemployed energy workers; and will provide individuals receiving training with the opportunity to obtain or retain employment at an eligible business. An eligible entity may not receive more than $100,000 under the program established under subsection
(a)per fiscal year. The Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress, annually for each year the program established under subsection
(a)is carried out, a report on such program, including— an assessment of such program for the previous year, including the number of jobs filled by individuals trained pursuant to such program; and recommendations on how to improve such program. If the Secretary of the Interior has approved a plan for an Indian Tribe in accordance with section 8 of the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Act of 1992 ( 25 U.S.C. 3407 ), and such Indian Tribe is part of a Tribal consortium that receives a grant from the program established under subsection (a), such Indian Tribe may elect to integrate the grant, in whole or in part, in accordance with section 4 of the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Act of 1992 ( 25 U.S.C. 3403 ), if all Indian Tribes in such Tribal consortium agree to such integration and the Secretary determines that such integration will not produce an inequitable result for any Indian Tribe in such Tribal consortium. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
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