House Bill 4148
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Green Jobs and Opportunity Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Aug 2, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4148
Congress
116
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Green Jobs and Opportunity Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to address current and future workforce shortages within the clean energy technology sector.
Labor must monitor trends and shortages within the sector, recommend ways to prepare the workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy economy, and provide grants to establish training programs for occupations or fields of work with such shortages.
Labor must also establish a National Advisory Committee on the Clean Energy Technology Workforce to provide advice on preparing the workforce to transition to a clean energy economy.
August 2, 2019
08/02/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
08/02/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:11 PM