[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2439. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        In section 40211(a) of division D, strike paragraphs (3) 
     through (6) and insert the following:
       (3) identifies areas in which the Department can 
     effectively utilize the technical expertise of the Department 
     to support the workforce activities of other Federal 
     agencies; and
       (4) develops plans to support and retrain displaced and 
     unemployed energy sector workers.
       In section 40211(b) of division D, strike paragraph (2) and 
     insert the following:
       (2) Requirement.--The Board shall include not more than 2 
     representatives of a labor organization with significant 
     energy experience, each of whom shall be nominated by a 
     national labor federation.
       In section 40211(b)(3) of division D, strike subparagraphs 
     (D) through (F) and insert the following:
       (D) energy workforce development or apprenticeship programs 
     of States or units of local government; or
       (E) relevant organized labor organizations.
       In section 40211(c)(1), strike subparagraph (C) and insert 
     the following:
       (C) identify ways in which the Department and National 
     Laboratories can--
       (i) increase outreach to institutions of higher education;
       (ii) increase outreach to displaced and unemployed energy 
     sector workers; and
       (iii) make resources available to provide training to 
     displaced and unemployed energy sector workers to reenter the 
     energy workforce; and
       In section 40211, strike subsection (e) and insert the 
     following:
       (e) Outreach to Veterans and Displaced and Unemployed 
     Energy Workers.--In developing the strategy under subsection 
     (a), the Board shall--
       (1) give special consideration to increasing outreach to 
     institutions of higher education, veterans, and displaced and 
     unemployed energy workers;
       (2) make resources available to--
       (A) institutions that serve veterans, with the objective of 
     increasing the number veterans in the energy industry by 
     ensuring that veterans have the credentials and training 
     necessary to secure careers in the energy industry; and
       (B) institutions that serve displaced and unemployed energy 
     workers to increase the number of individuals trained for 
     jobs in the energy industry;
       (3) encourage the energy industry to improve the 
     opportunities for students of higher education institutions, 
     veterans, and displaced and unemployed energy workers to 
     participate in internships, preapprenticeships, 
     apprenticeships, and cooperative work-study programs in the 
     energy industry; and
       (4) work with the National Laboratories to increase the 
     participation of students, veterans, and displaced and 
     unemployed energy workers in internships, fellowships, 
     training programs, and employment at the National 
     Laboratories.
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