Exact Language: How the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act Funds Green Job Training
Below is the exact language from discussion draft of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act related to funding for the Green Jobs Act of 2007, which provides workers with training for jobs in the clean energy economy.
§771 ALLOCATION OF EMISSION ALLOWANCES.
(b) AUCTIONS.—The Administrator shall auction, pursuant to section 778, emission allowances for the following purposes:
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(4) For the program for energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training under section 208 of division B of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act--
(A) for each of calendar years 2012 and 2013, 1.0 percent of the emission allowances; and
(B) for each of calendar years 2014 and 2015, 0.05 percent of the emission allowances.
§209. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY WORKER TRAINING
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. There is established in the Treasury a separate account, to be known as the ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training Fund’’.
(b) AUCTION PROCEEDS. The Administrator shall deposit the proceeds of the auction conducted pursuant to section 771(b)(4) of the Clean Air Act in the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training Fund.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS. The Secretary of Energy shall use the amounts deposited in the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training Fund under subsection (b) to carry out section 171(e)(8) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)(8)) without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation.
