§18841 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Create an Energy Jobs Council. The Secretary must set it up and appoint members from the Energy Information Administration, a State energy office that sits on the State Energy Advisory Board, the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau (appointed by the Commerce Secretary), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (appointed by the Labor Secretary), and any other federal agencies needed. The Council must survey employers in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors and analyze job counts and worker demographics, including the average hours workers spend on regulatory compliance. The survey must use the 2016 OMB-approved method (OMB Control Number 1910–5179), use representative, stratified sampling, and aim to get similar response patterns by State and NAICS codes as the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. The Council must consult federal agency leaders (for example, Commerce, Transportation, Census, BLS, and EPA), States, the State Energy Advisory Board, and industry trade groups. By 1 year after November 15, 2021, and every year after, the Secretary must post a "U.S. Energy and Employment Report" and the data on the Department website (subject to the rules in subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44). The report must cover the energy sector (including electric power generation and fuels, and transmission, storage, and distribution), the energy efficiency sector, and the motor vehicle sector, and must break down data by technology, subtechnology, fuel type, each State, territory, the District of Columbia, and each county, while following the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347).

Title 42, §18841

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(a)(1)The Secretary shall establish a council, to be known as the “Energy Jobs Council” (referred to in this section as the “Council”).

(2)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;

(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)(1)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)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)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.

(c)(1)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)(A)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)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.

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References in Text

The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B)(ii), is title V of Pub. L. 107–347, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2962, which is set out as a note under section 3501 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

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§18841 Survey, analysis, and report on employment and demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the United States