,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjag,mr4 ,jenkins of ,west ,virginia   
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,welch1 and ,mr4 
,ryan of ,ohio7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a  
grant program to assist dislocated      
miners in receiving additional training 
and education to enable them to find and
 secure new jobs4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,assisting ,america's ,dislocated       
,miners ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,multistate 
,dislocated ,miners ,assistance ,program
  7a7 ,establishment ,there is          
established within the ,employment and  
,training ,administration of the        
,department of ,labor a ,dislocated     
,miners ,assistance ,program that shall 
contract with comprehensive career      
centers to--  7#a7 identify miners who  

have been dislocated from their         
employment in mining jobs across the    
,united ,states2  7#b7 assess the needed
 skills1 training1 and education of such
 miners to enable them to find and hold 
new jobs2  7#c7 identify job training   
programs that would provide such        
training and education2 and  7#d7       
provide grants to eligible job training 
providers1 pursuant to subsection 7b71  
to recruit and train such miners and    
assist them in finding new employment4  
7b7 ,job training grants for dislocated 
workers  7#a7 ,in general ,from amounts 
appropriated pursuant to paragraph 7#c71
 the ,secretary of ,labor shall award   
grants to eligible job training         
providers and comprehensive career      
centers to recruit and train dislocated 
miners and assist them in finding new   
employment4  7#b7 ,eligible             
comprehensive career centers and job    
training providers ,a comprehensive     
career center or job training provider  
eligible to receive a grant under this  

,act shall be a nonprofit organization  
with demonstrated success coordinating  
or providing necessary training and     
education to workers dislocated from the
 mining industry1 to enable such workers
 to acquire marketable skills to find   
and hold jobs in the workforce in areas 
where such miners and their families    
live4  7#c7 ,authorization of           
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary of    
,labor for each of fiscal years #bjag   
through #bjba1 #bj1jjj1jjj to award     
grants pursuant to this ,act4