,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #f1 #bjag,mr4 
,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1    
,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,tonko1    
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,ms4 
,moore1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mrs4 
,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 and ,ms4    
,slaughter7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,energy1 in coordination  
with the ,secretary of ,labor1 to       
establish a program to provide for      
workforce training and education1 at    
community colleges1 in sustainable      
energy4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,community ,college    
,energy ,training ,act of #bjag4  #b4   
,sustainable energy training program for

 community colleges  7a7 ,workforce     
training and education in sustainable   
energy ,from funds made available under 
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary of       
,energy1 in coordination with the       
,secretary of ,labor and the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture1 shall carry out a joint
 sustainable energy workforce training  
and education program under which the   
,secretaries award grants to community  
colleges to provide workforce training  
and education in industries and         
practices such as--  7#a7 clean energy1 
including wind and solar energy2  7#b7  
high-performance green building         
construction1 design and redevelopment2 
7#c7 sustainable energy technologies1   
including chemical technology1          
nanotechnology1 and electrical          
technology2  7#d7 water1 energy1 and    
resource conservation2  7#e7 recycling  
and waste reduction2 and  7#f7          
sustainable agriculture and farming4    
7b7 ,award considerations ,in awarding  
grants under this section1 the          

,secretaries shall-- 7#a7 ensure that of
 the funds made available under         
subsection 7c7 for a fiscal year1 not   
less than one-half of such funds are    
awarded to community colleges with      
existing 7as of the date of the award7  
sustainability programs that lead to    
certificates1 credentials1 or degrees in
 one or more of the industries and      
practices described in paragraphs 7#a7  
through 7#f7 of subsection 7a72 and     
7#b7 give priority to community colleges
 that plan to use the grant to carry out
 programs that are developed and        
maintained through consultation with    
such industries and practices4  7c7     
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section #ajj1jjj1jjj for 
each of the fiscal years #bjah through  
#bjbb4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,community college ,the term       
community college means an institution  
of higher education1 as defined in      
section #aja7;a7 of the ,higher         

,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajja7;a771 that--  7,a7 provides a     
#b-year program of instruction for which
 the institution awards an associate    
degree2 and  7,b7 primarily awards      
associate degrees4  7#b7                
,high-performance green building ,the   
term high-performance green building has
 the meaning given the term in section  
#dja7ac7 of the ,energy ,independence   
and ,security ,act of #bjjg 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #agjfa7ac774  7#c7            
,secretaries ,the term ,secretaries     
means the ,secretary of ,energy1 in     
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,labor and the ,secretary of            
,agriculture4