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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3001
To require the Secretary of Education to implement corrective measures
for a local educational agency or institution of higher education that
prohibits or constrains fossil fuel sector employment recruitment, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 2023
Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. CAREY,
Mr. JACKSON of Texas, and Mrs. BOEBERT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Education to implement correc-
tive measures for a local educational agency or institu-
tion of higher education that prohibits or constrains fos-
sil fuel sector employment recruitment, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Embrace Fossil Fuel
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Recruitment Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WORKFORCE RECRUITER
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ACCESS TO STUDENTS.
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(a) SECONDARY SCHOOLS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agen-
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cy (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary
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and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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7801)) receiving financial assistance under such Act
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(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall provide prospective
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employers doing business within the fossil fuel sector
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the same access to secondary school students for re-
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cruitment purposes as is provided to prospective em-
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ployers doing business within other energy resource
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sectors.
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(2) ENFORCEMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall be
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subject to enforcement under part D of the General
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Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234 et seq.).
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(b) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of higher
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education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher
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Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) receiving
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financial assistance under such Act (20 U.S.C. 1001
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et seq.) shall provide prospective employers doing
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business within the fossil fuel sector the same access
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to students for recruitment purposes as is provided
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to prospective employers doing business within other
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energy resource sectors.
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(2) ENFORCEMENT.—For purposes of section
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487(c)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Higher Education Act of
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1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(c)(3)(B)(i)(I)), a failure to
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comply with paragraph (1) shall be considered a fail-
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ure to comply with a provision of title IV of such
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Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). In addition, the Sec-
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retary of Education shall have the authority to im-
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plement the same range of corrective measures for
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an institution that fails to comply with paragraph
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(1) as the Secretary has for an institution that fails
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to comply with a requirement in its program partici-
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pation agreement under section 487 of such Act (20
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U.S.C. 1094), including termination of the institu-
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tion’s participation under title IV of such Act (20
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U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
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