Community College Energy Training Act of 2009

Community College Energy Training Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to create a program awarding grants to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in sustainable energy industries and practices, such as: (1) alternative energy; (2) energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design; (3) sustainable energy technologies; (4) water and energy conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.

Requires at least one-half of the grant funds to be awarded to community colleges with existing sustainability programs leading to certificates or degrees in one or more of the industries or practices listed above.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3731 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3731

To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Labor, to establish a program to provide for workforce training and 
        education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2009

 Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Sires, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Gonzalez, Mr. Wu, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Baca, 
 Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Olver, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
   Ms. Hirono, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
 Ortiz, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Teague, and Mr. Heinrich) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Labor, to establish a program to provide for workforce training and 
        education, at community colleges, in sustainable energy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community College Energy Training 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

    (a) Definition of Community College.--In this Act, the term 
``community college'' means an institution of higher education, as 
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001(a)), that--
            (1) provides a 2-year program of instruction for which the 
        institution awards an associate degree; and
            (2) primarily awards associate degrees.
    (b) Workforce Training and Education in Sustainable Energy.--From 
funds made available under subsection (d), the Secretary of Energy, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall carry out a joint 
sustainable energy workforce training and education program. In 
carrying out the program, the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants to community colleges to 
provide workforce training and education in industries and practices 
such as--
            (1) alternative energy, including wind and solar energy;
            (2) energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and 
        design;
            (3) sustainable energy technologies, including chemical 
        technology, nanotechnology, and electrical technology;
            (4) water and energy conservation;
            (5) recycling and waste reduction; and
            (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.
    (c) Award Considerations.--Of the funds made available under 
subsection (d) for a fiscal year, not less than one-half of such funds 
shall be awarded to community colleges with existing (as of the date of 
the award) sustainability programs that lead to certificates or degrees 
in 1 or more of the industries and practices described in paragraphs 
(1) through (6) of subsection (b).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2010 through 2015.
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