1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Main Street Manufacturing
Communities Reinvestment Act of 2009
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Economic Adjustment Assistance
Sec. 101. Enhancement of Economic Adjustment Assistance grant
program.
TITLE II—Emergency assistance to displaced workers
Sec. 201. National emergency grants for manufacturing
workers.
Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 203. Conforming amendments.
TITLE III—Increasing technological skills of automobile industry
workers in manufacturing new technologically advanced, energy efficient, and
renewable fuel powered motor vehicles
Sec. 301. Advanced training partnership grants to upgrade
automobile industry workers' skills concerning new technologically advanced,
energy efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor vehicles.
<enum>I</enum><header>Economic
Adjustment Assistance</header>
<section id="idA5FDB9C4C3664AD399132FDAD36B03C1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Enhancement of
Economic Adjustment Assistance grant program</header>
<subsection id="idC43A974270004A90911DE8858D9D8FD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 209(b) of the
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9F7F699329074E21B9B2D0B6AF9BC4AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id146149C340B14DD8AC3A33E160A70B96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id617D52F4B80C44569A83B89E078C1034"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB98414538054993BFD3697B46F45A30" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7C05D11CEC464FDAB8AD137896EAB955"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id254346A0714B44F39634CF15E1708197"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A358071EF6848AB9B8BB7E526E415FE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF230E86B3B324500A8F863D21B16BF98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waivers for
manufacturing industry sector</header><text>In the case of a request for a
grant to meet a special need described in paragraph (1)(A) that relates to an
industry classified under section 31, 32, or 33 of the North American
Industrial Classification System, the Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="id704CB17E16294E33A80C9F95A03CC750"><enum>(A)</enum><text>waive the
requirement under paragraph (1)(B) if the area in which the project is to be
carried out has a streamlined economic development strategy consisting of a
plan by the eligible recipient that has the written approval of the Governor of
the State in which the area is located; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id909A007EE6A045F5BA46784CCA911B41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
assistance with respect to economic dislocation described in subsection (a)
without regard to whether such economic dislocation was sudden or arose from an
event that occurred more than 24 months before the date the application for a
grant is filed by an eligible
recipient.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9414EBEC75F2466B8D4F2906311F691B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idA4A66B81E3D14FFB98E62B21A6F69724"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
of Commerce $2,000,000,000 to provide grants under section 209 of the Public
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149) for special needs
relating to the manufacturing industry sector under subsection (b)(2) of such
section, as added by subsection (a), with priority for special needs relating
to the automotive industry sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCEBFD33020A844AFB452D7E4B4BD3417"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Salaries and
expenses</header><text>The Secretary may expend up to 4 percent of the amount
appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for salaries and expenses in order to
expedite the provision of grants relating to the manufacturing industry sector
under such section 209.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id907E3ADCC1804674947F0E04C8A55765"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="idD2A2A5F658D4490499A25B70A53E22AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Automotive
industry sector</header><text>The term <term>automotive industry sector</term>
means the part of the manufacturing industry sector that includes the
industries classified under code numbers 3361, 3362, and 3363 of the North
American Industrial Classification System.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85FABA71FCA9410D8512158C29B29797"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Manufacturing
industry sector</header><text>The term <term>manufacturing industry
sector</term> means the industries classified under section 31, 32, and 33 of
the North American Industrial Classification System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Emergency
assistance to displaced workers</header>
<section id="id2E5B7A4D2F5E452DABB49820EB6C08C6"><enum>201.</enum><header>National
emergency grants for manufacturing workers</header>
<subsection id="id90899CE73B794A8B969F1775D25F4B7E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Redesignations</header><text>Section
173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1A64259A66404504991FFA4AEDE9A608"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (b) as subsection (h) and moving that subsection to the end of that
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6A7671EBF849492498204BE365B13125"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCA239043F01E48B8A2ADB0CCD52FF2D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of
national emergency grants</header><text>Section 173(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
2918(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5B945446099E49B2B240DD5EF26CFC8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id614975C2F9184BDFA55CC92409BA52E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)(A)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4157577D89324F32A6E152EE13EEFE9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9763527C500145D49671CD6C62E776E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBAD8631D976F4E609B8F257BC874CBDA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65A75765E144426CABFD595E2AA80DD8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id66FEE38CD133486580D318C799025985" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to an entity described in subsection
(c) to provide, in accordance with that subsection, employment and training
assistance to manufacturing workers who lost employment due to a plant closure,
or mass layoff, or experienced a change in employment status due to a plant
shutdown, that resulted in such an employment loss or change in employment
status at a single site of employment for 50 or more
workers;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC1D6E19FE7A43CAAEC1800CF430C8FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id629830E724B946B6995316D311C60894"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(A), by striking <quote>173(c)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting
<quote>173(b)(1)(B)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC60EF360D61841899A7AC26BA58DB78C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employment and
training assistance requirements</header><text>Subsection (b) (as redesignated
by subsection (a)(2) of this section) of section 173 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 is amended, in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A), by striking
<quote>subsection (a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)(1)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA069BD82728140E08B0070C41256759B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Employment and
training assistance for manufacturing workers</header><text>Section 173 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting before subsection (d)
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96BEE5338460463C82351C6A30C7B9AC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idEFD765790ADD4C8DAC17EB824233300F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employment and
training assistance for manufacturing workers</header>
<paragraph id="id10DB282DF49249DD96E0B7AEB15B8A4E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
subsection (a)(1)(B) and this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="id5D3E31E8DDED4D1482189E7AEB67A62A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Automobile
industry worker</header><text>The term <term>automobile industry worker</term>
means a worker in an automobile-related industry, classified under code number
3361, 3362, or 3363 of the North American Industrial Classification
System.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id829A8337981B4097AC0010F10D69C52D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
worker</header><text>The term <term>eligible worker</term> means a
manufacturing worker who lost employment due to a plant closure or mass layoff,
or experienced a change in employment status due to a plant shutdown, that
resulted in such an employment loss or change in employment status at a single
site of employment for 50 or more workers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B608A64A3404015AAC17EFBF5A09FE7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employment and
training assistance</header><text>The term <term>employment and training
assistance</term> means training activities, job search allowances, relocation
allowances, and needs-related payments, as specified in paragraphs (4) through
(7).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF0D4E28E15E645D9A863A4E12BD01A25"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Mass layoff;
plant closure</header><text>The terms <term>mass layoff</term> and <term>plant
closure</term> are defined as such terms, within the meaning of subsection
(a)(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0B64962DCE5D450A9910F602ED65378D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Manufacturing
worker</header><text>The term <term>manufacturing worker</term> means a worker
in an industry classified under section 31, 32, or 33 of the North American
Industrial Classification System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0816BAEEF30E4E31882A0236DD50A2B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant recipient
eligibility</header>
<subparagraph id="idD1BDF0A1D72849A3B08992C804992F96"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible
entity</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>entity</term> has the
meaning given the term in subsection (b)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id572B4BBC083F4CC09AE3C642C18495D1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1)(B), an entity shall
submit an application to the Secretary in such manner, and containing such
information, as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall accept
applications for such grants on an ongoing basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA6EEE5C4D3E41008AFFAC489159DA43"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall give priority
to—</text>
<clause id="idD2091F7B040F4791B80FF8B59EF2D40D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible entities
proposing projects to serve automobile industry workers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id31952F895F7547A7B8BD05B545AD4781"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible
entities proposing to serve areas with the greatest number of eligible
workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0730B6308B8043759DCF0F587E56226C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
awarding grants under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall take into
consideration the costs of the services to be provided and the reasonableness
of those costs. In determining reasonableness of costs for a grant to an
entity, the Secretary shall not take into account the amount of Federal
financial assistance provided to the entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id90AEE0D191ED4A8ABAC550D8204CC45C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Participant
eligibility</header><text>In order to be eligible to receive employment and
training assistance under a grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(B), an
individual shall be an eligible worker.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCC98989067204D8B92BF6263334F99B5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Training
activities</header>
<subparagraph id="idEF3BBED1A26A468683B1C718F08D1D00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A grant under subsection (a)(1)(B) may be used to provide
a training activity, consisting of any service that is a core service under
section 134(d)(2), an intensive service under section 134(d)(3)(C), or a
training service under section 134(d)(4)(D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B39AE7DCF6D4301984E10B6099D1848"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition on
additional eligibility requirements</header><text>None of the eligibility
requirements of paragraph (3)(A), or subparagraph (A), (B), or (E) of paragraph
(4), of section 134(d) shall apply to services described in subparagraph (A)
and provided under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8FD360B1FC304FCAB1131F9FB13D5790"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Job search
allowance</header>
<subparagraph id="idAC649266D7F648BEBA17CF82A1631308"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A grant under subsection (a)(1)(B) may be used to provide
a job search allowance to an eligible worker. Such allowance, if provided,
shall provide reimbursement to the worker of not more than 90 percent of the
cost of necessary job search expenses. Such allowance may not exceed $1,250
unless the need for a greater amount is justified in the application for the
grant submitted under paragraph (2)(B) and approved by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6bae7df13471418ebdf85e194bd4ba58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria for
granting job search allowances</header><text>Such a job search allowance may be
provided only—</text>
<clause id="ID57bd74d167c14f0f92eeea77700487f6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to assist an
eligible worker, in securing a job within the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0AE3273C8B824BA3980AFB8D07577699"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if an eligible
worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the
commuting area in which the worker resides.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDed7124afb3f540a1a38da6c53504c2db"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Relocation
allowance</header>
<subparagraph id="ID41969feff5cc45abbf8217776b8c02df"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A grant under subsection (a)(1)(B) may be used to provide
a relocation allowance to an eligible worker. Such an allowance may only be
provided to assist an eligible worker in relocating within the United States
and only if—</text>
<clause id="ID2bb4f45f53de4b2795efd72a9bca6834"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such worker
cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the commuting
area in which the worker resides; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID26e4cb9949444a91afd4528c5de67a93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such
worker—</text>
<subclause id="IDf3cf4570f95c4b5480aa3b80700ed6d9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has obtained
suitable employment affording a reasonable expectation of long-term employment
in the area in which the worker wishes to relocate; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id15EFF866E2784B76BB5861006E8059DB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has obtained a
bona fide offer of employment described in subclause (I).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5fd40c39fd5443c88a68900258ab6c04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of
relocation allowance</header><text>The amount of any relocation allowance for
any eligible worker may not exceed the amount that is equal to the sum
of—</text>
<clause id="ID38d94a4c12464a548107dd2b583a1c5a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>90 percent of the
reasonable and necessary expenses, as determined by the grant recipient,
incurred in transporting the worker and the worker's family, if any, and
household effects; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3a73656c1ceb4d58ba0dc82a9c68f246"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a lump sum
equivalent to 3 times the worker's average weekly wage (on the date of the
employment loss or change in employment status) described in paragraph (1)(A),
up to a maximum payment of $1,250, unless the need for a greater amount is
justified in the application for the grant submitted under paragraph (2)(B) and
approved by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDeacaf6aece8e4bd1a236ec0f3b1d116f"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Needs-related
payments</header><text>A grant under subsection (a)(1)(B) may be used in order
to provide needs-related payments to an eligible worker, if the grant
agreement—</text>
<subparagraph id="id622B9DE1E72F460E8A091EC84C218A2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>requires that
such payments shall be provided to an eligible worker only if such
worker—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="IDb7947327af5544be81ee55fad4a24011"><enum>(i)</enum><text>does not qualify
or has ceased to qualify for unemployment compensation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDb4b373165537438eb260a6b9adcb2695"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been
enrolled in a training activity described in paragraph (4) by the end of the
13th week of the worker's initial unemployment compensation benefit period, or,
if later, by the end of the 8th week after the worker is informed that a
short-term layoff will in fact exceed 6 months; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID96941863f9684deeaff58a35e5c21f67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is
participating in a training activity described in paragraph (4) except that no
worker shall be disqualified pursuant to this clause for a failure to
participate that is not the fault of the worker;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2f5a2ac37e6a45a4a2669eb1d242aaa1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides that to
qualify for such payments the worker shall currently receive, or be a member of
a family that currently receives, a total family income (exclusive of
unemployment compensation, child support payments, and cash payments under a
Federal, State, or local income-based public assistance program) that, in
relation to family size, is not in excess of the lower living standard income
level;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd8dafa58059e41b393f2eccdf6003ed3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides that the
levels of such payments shall be equal to the higher of—</text>
<clause id="ID834b4c801a0e4525b311e6995e83661f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicable
level of unemployment compensation, adjusted for the period involved; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb34e7d4bfaed4249a9b78c59444ea042"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal
to the poverty line, adjusted to the period involved;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56691beeecfa46ed9c9db782473ec142"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides for the
adjustment of payments to reflect changes in total family income; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc50c81e332654b76bd3fab49db48b7e9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provides that the
grant recipient shall obtain information with respect to such income, and
changes in such income, from the eligible worker.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id843D8BBF75F2445ABD8023C23B48E7BC"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Limit on
administrative expenses</header><text>Of the funds appropriated under section
137(c) and reserved for grants under subsection (a)(1)(B), not more than 10
percent may be used for administrative expenses associated with the grants
(including the provision of technical assistance for the preparation of grant
applications) or the activities carried out under those
grants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id7DE19D3B05104BBEB4E402D4D1E316F6"><enum>202.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="idB53B4F4640DA4893BBCD3AA32FA77092"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Separation from
other National emergency Grant Funds</header><text>Section 132(a)(2)(A) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2862(a)(2)(A)) is amended by
striking <quote>subsection (a)(4),</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections
(a)(1)(B), (a)(4), (c),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8A1450D0EB3E44C889906AAC32982723"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section
174 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2919) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621D2D5AC4F643ED9D4A970C0245CA6C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id0FD5AAB7412E42278A96A508BB2186BD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Employment and
training assistance for manufacturing workers</header><text>There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out section 173(a)(1)(B), $1,500,000,000 for fiscal
year
2009.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idDA4A3CDA690343FF8971ABBA3DDD47F9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection id="idD01E4C497E0441468932D2935C3F007C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Redesignations</header>
<paragraph id="idA5B5F3ACD311454CA59A1A1F16BAA8C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 170(b)(2) and 171(d) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2915(b)(2), 2916(d)) are amended by
striking <quote>section 173(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
173(h)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id09DD6F9FD6814350A5F95CA2192CA56D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 173(f)(6)
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(6)) is amended by
striking <quote>subsection (c)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(b)(1)(B)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE1390C7DDAFA46548E8FFB266D689113"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Heading</header><text>Section
174(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2919(c)) is amended
by striking all that precedes paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD71831174D4A47E9B8B97FCE7FC60567" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id28FEDA49068C4593AF7EF99F9297F7AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Health
Insurance and other assistance for eligible
workers</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Increasing
technological skills of automobile industry workers in manufacturing new
technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor
vehicles</header>
<section id="ID668321b994f547499354da5876009a6f"><enum>301.</enum><header>Advanced
training partnership grants to upgrade automobile industry workers' skills
concerning new technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable fuel
powered motor vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
171(e) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)), as added by
Public Law 110–140, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="id6E6206F0A0FA4F32889A356BFE797F58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6cacbb78ea5443acbdf68c14c7541b52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause
(i)(II), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, including
industries (which may be industries that supply equipment) engaged in the
integration of advanced technology equipment or processes for the design,
engineering, and manufacturing of new technologically advanced, energy
efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor vehicles</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF16CD7AC0FA0478CB6750037082C1CB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<clause id="ID95eb3b0cf88f4989be3a5e0ec23499c3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subclause (VI), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="idA8880F3A70E84E538CD0AB9CA9B6A480"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subclause (VII), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id425C3830EDF943478CAE565B48744D2C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id941EC4999E1740D28418DA9298484F13" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id4BF15A887B354B54A82D1FEEDE3D5786"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>industries
that design, engineer, manufacture, or supply equipment for, new
technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor
vehicles.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8CBEB7F832094E5E91EBDCF7D8E01450"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDFB0D012E3A74B95B5C5993EDD4D4D94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59309F292C2C41D0B7CFF0403FCD2823"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id715800DC40F54B2786F085E9065DB53E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID1ad9c32d71ba4bec86e9fc92dcbd6042"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Advanced
training partnership programs</header>
<clause id="id787A4DB4D3C44226A71458C939C7B18F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subparagraph, the term <term>institution of higher education</term> has
the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9e3dd9926fd54fc6a244541afb7de97b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>General
Authority</header><text>Under the program established under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall award advanced training partnership grants on a competitive
basis from funds available under paragraph (9). The Secretary shall award the
grants to institutions of higher education, in the United States, that have the
capacity, technical knowledge, and experience to administer advanced training
partnership programs for the design, engineering, manufacture, or supply of
equipment for, new technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable
fuel powered motor vehicles. In awarding grants under this subparagraph, the
Secretary shall give priority to institutions of higher education whose grant
applications specify that the institutions have established or will, by the
date grants are made to such institutions, establish partnerships under clause
(iii) that include new motor vehicle manufacturers, and suppliers of equipment
for new motor vehicles, in the United States, that have collective bargaining
relationships with 1 or more labor organizations.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID56a872c8a38d446cb69187070e553bf9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Partnerships</header>
<subclause id="id50EC37B470854905BB755EB4A1DBC6CA"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this
subparagraph, an institution of higher education shall specify in its grant
application that the institution has established or will, by the date a grant
is made to the institution, establish a partnership to carry out activities
under the grant.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4E515B36188E431186F828613689318F"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The
partnership shall—</text>
<item commented="no" id="id5BAD188B61FA4214B149FF9E03E85E80"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>include a
representative of the institution of higher education that applies for the
grant, of new motor vehicle manufacturers, of labor organizations, and, where
applicable, of industry and labor training centers; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="idA7F24CAB9D744D8EBCFA668F985D3F7B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>may include, as
appropriate, as determined by the institution of higher education, a
representative of suppliers of equipment for new motor vehicles, of local
governments, of other postsecondary technical institutions, and of other public
and private organizations, including veterans organizations.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id60EDAEE2C0F24D60995B4F5F26B74CF5"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
members of the partnership shall demonstrate capability and experience in
implementing and operating the activities described in clause (iv).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idE79CAFC6884842ADB7F21D737B2ECC14"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The
partnership shall coordinate its activities with the activities of engineering,
apprenticeship, and labor-management training programs, and other appropriate
training programs. The partnership shall implement an advanced training
partnership program that—</text>
<subclause id="id51F573FF9AAA4B0A86E7064984D51D2D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>leads to
educating and training workers in the creation, operation, and maintenance of
sophisticated and highly technical manufacturing equipment and processes used
in the design, engineering, manufacture, and supply of equipment for, as
appropriate, technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable fuel
powered motor vehicles; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idC5865C3377684C5B89DE3ABB62C4321F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>lead to economic
self-sufficiency and improved skills for such workers.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id97D286DF174D4724A032E3CBC0E50C00"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The partnership shall use not less than 90 percent of the
funds made available through the grant to pay for not more than 90 percent of
the costs of the advanced training partnership program, including the education
and training of trainees, the utilization of training centers, and, during the
training period, the applicable wages of the trainees, the trainers, and other
experts as provided by section 181(a)(1)(A). The institution of higher
education that receives the grant may use not more than 10 percent of the grant
funds to pay for the institution's administrative costs of carrying out the
program.</text>
</clause><clause id="id67E9EFE6D1884D18AA4F8C390CE7779D"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Main Street Manufacturing
Communities Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Secretary shall promulgate, as
interim final rules, such reasonable regulations as may be necessary to
implement the awarding of grants expeditiously under paragraph
(2)(E).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC33E8090F3B04B55A8E17AE45846C5AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF3C2E4FB90934AFFA84941D71A170095"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or (E)</quote> and inserting <quote>or (F)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DC71D3FB40347A5994C583E453F930A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>(F)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeced7c6a59f0419a8b4f83a8b8ba8872"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(8)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0A0FC136CFC4E34961FB6FCFC97C4D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(other than paragraph
(2)(E))</quote> after <quote>this subsection</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5C03087A8F3468CBF4292274236BFC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(2)(F)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID73dc840160d34914aaf0300d6d6b1ea8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EDF19F22623492D8D480D5C69335DB1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDb64c241dbbab49a08bb00ce36099c08c"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Advanced
training partnership programs</header><text>There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out paragraph (2)(E), $1,500,000,000
annually over 2 fiscal years, beginning with the first full fiscal year after
the date of enactment of the Main Street Manufacturing Communities Reinvestment
Act of 2009. Such funds shall remain available until expended for grants
awarded pursuant to such paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id246CA5629FD849E8858BB9D162738B2C"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="id07D4E3223A314199B804DEF27DDA9072"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Motor
vehicle</header><text>The term <term>motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given
the term in section 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1474F80876B64421874B65F857AB6790"><enum>(B)</enum><header>New</header><text>The
term <term>new</term>, used with respect to a motor vehicle, means a new
(within the meaning of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.))
motor vehicle.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCFC4E4B979AA46B2A4799367EDF404CD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>New
technologically advanced</header><text>The term <term>new technologically
advanced</term>, used with respect to a motor vehicle, includes a motor vehicle
with electric transportation technology, as that term is defined in section
131(a)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C.
17011(a)(3)) or advanced gasoline combustion technology, such as direct
injection engine technology.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDE81EE5159BF47858F59E2EF1699AAE8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>New
technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor
vehicle</header><text>The term <term>new technologically advanced, energy
efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor vehicle</term> includes a new
advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle, a new qualified fuel cell motor
vehicle, a new qualified hybrid motor vehicle, or a new qualified alternative
fuel motor vehicle, as those terms are defined in section 30B of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, or a mixed-fuel vehicle, as defined in such section, that
is
new.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section>