Green Jobs and Opportunity Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to address current and future workforce shortages within the clean energy technology sector. Labor must monitor trends and shortages within the sector, recommend ways to prepare the workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy economy, and provide grants to establish training programs for occupations or fields of work with such shortages. Labor must also establish a National Advisory Committee on the Clean Energy Technology Workforce to provide advice on preparing the workforce to transition to a clean energy economy.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Energy
Advisory bodiesAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisEconomic developmentEconomic performance and conditionsEducation programs fundingElectric power generation and transmissionElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental technologyGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborMinority employmentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVocational and technical education
Green Jobs and Opportunity Act
USA116th CongressHR-4148| House
| Updated: 8/2/2019
Green Jobs and Opportunity Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to address current and future workforce shortages within the clean energy technology sector. Labor must monitor trends and shortages within the sector, recommend ways to prepare the workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy economy, and provide grants to establish training programs for occupations or fields of work with such shortages. Labor must also establish a National Advisory Committee on the Clean Energy Technology Workforce to provide advice on preparing the workforce to transition to a clean energy economy.
Advisory bodiesAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisEconomic developmentEconomic performance and conditionsEducation programs fundingElectric power generation and transmissionElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental technologyGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborMinority employmentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVocational and technical education