[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1323 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1323
To provide demonstration grants to institutions of higher education for
the purpose of providing education and training in environmental
restoration to dislocated defense workers and young adults.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 11, 1993
Ms. Pelosi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To provide demonstration grants to institutions of higher education for
the purpose of providing education and training in environmental
restoration to dislocated defense workers and young adults.
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 ``National Economic Conversion and
Environmental Restoration Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor shall, from amounts
appropriated pursuant to section 9(a), provide demonstration grants to
institutions of higher education for the purpose of providing education
and training in environmental restoration to dislocated defense workers
and young adults.
(b) Period of Grants.--A grant received under subsection (a) may
extend for a period of not more than 3 fiscal years. The payments under
such grant shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and
subject to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary may provide a grant to an
institution of higher education under section 2(a) only if such
institution submits to the Secretary an application which contains such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
(b) Assurances.--Such application shall include assurances that the
institution of higher education will use Federal funds received from a
grant under section 2(a) to supplement and not supplant non-Federal
funds that would otherwise be available for activities funded under
such section.
SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.
(a) Establishment of Program.--
(1) In general.--An institution of higher education shall
use amounts received from a grant under section 2(a) to
establish a consortium consisting of the institution and the
entities described in paragraph (2) for the purpose of
establishing a program to provide education and training in
environmental restoration to the eligible individuals described
in subsection (b).
(2) Entities described.--The entities described in this
paragraph are 1 or more of each of the following:
(A) Representatives of appropriate State and local
agencies.
(B) Private industry councils (described in section
102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1512)).
(C) Community-based organizations.
(D) Businesses.
(E) Labor organizations.
(F) Other appropriate educational institutions.
(b) Eligible Individuals.--
(1) Dislocated defense workers.--An individual who has been
terminated or laid off from employment, or has received notice
of termination or lay off, as a consequence of reductions in
expenditures by the United States for defense or by closures of
United States military facilities, as determined in accordance
with regulations developed by the Secretary, shall be eligible
for education and training in environmental restoration under
this section.
(2) Young adults.--An individual who has attained the age
of 16 but not the age of 25 shall be eligible for education and
training in environmental restoration under this section.
(c) Conduct of Program.--In conducting the program established
under subsection (a)(1), the consortium shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Provision of education and training in environmental
restoration.--
(A) In general.--The consortium shall establish and
provide a work-based learning system consisting of
education and training in environmental restoration,
which may include basic educational courses, on-site
basic skills training, and mentor assistance to
eligible individuals described in subsection (b), which
may lead to the awarding of a certificate of completion
or advanced degree at the institution of higher
education.
(B) Use of closed military installation.--To the
extent practicable, the consortium shall utilize a
military installation closed or selected to be closed
under a base closure law in providing on-site basic
skills training to eligible individuals described in
subsection (b).
(2) Outreach and recruitment.--The consortium shall
undertake outreach and recruitment efforts to encourage
participation by eligible individuals in the program
established under subsection (a)(1).
(3) Selection of eligible individuals.--The consortium
shall--
(A) to the extent practicable, select eligible
individuals described in each of paragraphs (1) and (2)
of subsection (b) for the program established under
subsection (a)(1); and
(B) give priority in the selection of young adults
described in subsection (b)(2) to those young adults
who--
(i) have not attended and do not plan to
attend a postsecondary educational institution;
or
(ii) have, or are members of families who
have, received a total family income that, in
relation to family size, is not in excess of
the higher of--
(I) the official poverty line (as
defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, and revised annually in
accordance with section 673(2) of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)); or
(II) 70 percent of the lower living
standard income level.
(4) Instructors.--The consortium shall, to the extent
practicable, select instructors for the program established
under subsection (a)(1) from institutions of higher education,
appropriate community programs, and industry and labor.
(5) Job placement services.--The consortium shall provide
job placement services to each eligible individual who receives
a certificate of completion or advanced degree under paragraph
(1)(A).
(6) Coordination.--To the extent practicable, the
consortium shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, and
local agencies carrying out environmental restoration programs
for the purpose of achieving coordination between such programs
and the program established by the consortium under subsection
(a)(1).
SEC. 5. SELECTION.
(a) In General.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall
provide grants to institutions of higher education under section 2(a)
in a manner which will equitably distribute such grants among the
various regions of the United States.
(b) Priority.--In providing grants to institutions of higher
education under section 2(a), the Secretary shall give priority to
institutions of higher education located in urban areas.
SEC. 6. ALLOCATION.
The Secretary shall provide grants under section 2(a) in a fiscal
year to each institution of higher education in an amount totaling not
more than \1/3\ of amounts appropriated pursuant to section 9(a) for
that fiscal year.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
(a) Reports to Secretary.--The Secretary may provide a grant to an
institution of higher education under section 2(a) only if such
institution agrees to submit to the Secretary, in each fiscal year in
which the Secretary makes payments under such grant to such
institution, a report containing--
(1) a description and evaluation of the program established
by such consortium under section 4(a)(1); and
(2) any other information as the Secretary may reasonably
require.
(b) Reports to Congress.--
(1) Interim report.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
to the President and the Congress an interim report
containing--
(A) a compilation of the information contained in
the reports received by the Secretary from each
institution of higher education under subsection (a);
and
(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
demonstration grants authorized under section 2(a).
(2) Final report.--Not later than January 1, 1997, the
Secretary shall submit to the President and the Congress a
final report containing--
(A) a compilation of the information described in
paragraph (1)(A); and
(B) a final evaluation of the effectiveness of the
demonstration grants authorized under section 2(a),
including a recommendation as to the feasibility of
reauthorizing such grants.
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Base closure law.--The term ``base closure law'' means
the following:
(A) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of
1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 104
Stat. 1808; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(B) Title II of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public
Law 100-526; 102 Stat. 2627; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(C) Section 2687 of title 10, United States Code.
(D) Any other similar law enacted after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) Environmental restoration.--The term ``environmental
restoration'' means actions taken consistent with a permanent
remedy to prevent or minimize the release of hazardous
substances into the environment so that such substances do not
migrate to cause substantial danger to present or future public
health or welfare or the environment.
(3) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such
term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1141(a)).
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Labor.
(5) Urban area.--The term ``urban area'' means--
(A) a metropolitan statistical area having a
population of not less than 500,000 individuals; or
(B) a State which does not contain a standard
metropolitan statistical area but has a population of
not less than 500,000 individuals.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996 to carry out
this Act.
(b) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
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