42 U.S.C. § 18841 — Survey, analysis, and report on employment and demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the United States

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The Secretary must create an Energy Jobs Council to survey employers and publish yearly employment and demographic data for energy, energy efficiency, and motor-vehicle sectors.

(a) The Secretary must establish the Energy Jobs Council. It includes EIA representatives appointed by the Secretary and representatives of a State energy office who are serving as members of the State Energy Advisory Board established by section 6325(g) of this title, also appointed by the Secretary; Commerce Department and Census Bureau representatives appointed by the Commerce Secretary; Labor Statistics representatives appointed by the Labor Secretary; and representatives of other needed Federal agencies appointed by those agencies’ heads. (b) The Council must survey U.S. employers in the energy, energy-efficiency, and motor-vehicle sectors and analyze employment and demographics, including personnel spending a substantial Secretary-determined share of work time on regulatory compliance. It must use the 2016 OMB-approved methodology identified as OMB Control Number 1910–5179, representative stratified business sampling, and a design seeking comparable response counts by State and NAICS code to the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Reports. It must consult appropriate Federal officials, States, the State Energy Advisory Board, and energy trade associations. (c) Within 1 year after November 15, 2021, and annually afterward, the Secretary must publish a U.S. Energy and Employment Report and, subject to title 44 chapter 35 subchapter III, publish the Council’s data. The report must cover employment and demographic data for electric generation and fuels; transmission, storage, and distribution; energy efficiency; and motor vehicles. For each sector it must sort data by technology, subtechnology, and fuel, and, subject to the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act, by each State, U.S. territory, District of Columbia, and U.S. county or equivalent.

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(a) Energy Jobs Council

(1) Establishment

The Secretary shall establish a council, to be known as the “Energy Jobs Council” (referred to in this section as the “Council”).

(2) Membership

The Council shall be comprised of—

(A)

to be appointed by the Secretary—

(i)

1 or more representatives of the Energy Information Administration; and

(ii)

1 or more representatives of a State energy office that are serving as members of the State Energy Advisory Board established by section 6325(g) of this title;

(B)

to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce—

(i)

1 or more representatives of the Department of Commerce; and

(ii)

1 or more representatives of the Bureau of the Census;

(C)

1 or more representatives of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to be appointed by the Secretary of Labor; and

(D)

1 or more representatives of any other Federal agency the assistance of which is required to carry out this section, as determined by the Secretary, to be appointed by the head of the applicable agency.

(b) Survey and analysis

(1) In general

The Council shall—

(A)

conduct a survey of employers in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the economy of the United States; and

(B)

perform an analysis of the employment figures and demographics in those sectors, including the number of personnel in each sector who devote a substantial portion of working hours, as determined by the Secretary, to regulatory compliance matters.

(2) Methodology

In conducting the survey and analysis under paragraph (1), the Council shall employ a methodology that—

(A)

was approved in 2016 by the Office of Management and Budget for use in the document entitled “OMB Control Number 1910–5179”;

(B)

uses a representative, stratified sampling of businesses in the United States; and

(C)

is designed to elicit a comparable number of responses from businesses in each State and with the same North American Industry Classification System codes as were received for the 2016 and 2017 reports entitled “U.S. Energy and Employment Report”.

(3) Consultation

In conducting the survey and analysis under paragraph (1), the Council shall consult with key stakeholders, including—

(A)

as the Council determines to be appropriate, the heads of relevant Federal agencies and offices, including—

(i)

the Secretary of Commerce;

(ii)

the Secretary of Transportation;

(iii)

the Director of the Bureau of the Census;

(iv)

the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and

(v)

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(B)

States;

(C)

the State Energy Advisory Board established by section 6325(g) of this title; and

(D)

energy industry trade associations.

(1) In general

Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall—

(A)

make publicly available on the website of the Department a report, to be entitled the “U.S. Energy and Employment Report”, describing the employment figures and demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the United States, and the average number of hours devoted to regulatory compliance, based on the survey and analysis conducted under subsection (b); and

(B)

subject to the requirements of subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, make the data collected by the Council publicly available on the website of the Department.

(2) Contents

(A) In general

The report under paragraph (1) shall include employment figures and demographic data for—

(i)

the energy sector of the economy of the United States, including—

(I)

the electric power generation and fuels sector; and

(II)

the transmission, storage, and distribution sector;

(ii)

the energy efficiency sector of the economy of the United States; and

(iii)

the motor vehicle sector of the economy of the United States.

(B) Inclusion

With respect to each sector described in subparagraph (A), the report under paragraph (1) shall include employment figures and demographic data sorted by—

(i)

each technology, subtechnology, and fuel type of those sectors; and

(ii)

subject to the requirements of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347)—

(I)

each State;

(II)

each territory of the United States;

(III)

the District of Columbia; and

(IV)

each county (or equivalent jurisdiction) in the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title V, § 40553, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1076.)

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2021Enacted · Pub. L. 117-58 · 135 Stat. 1076

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