American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2021
Summary
American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2021 This bill establishes the Office of American Energy Workers in the Department of the Treasury to provide displaced coal workers with wage replacement, health care premiums, retirement savings contributions, and educational assistance. The bill also provides educational assistance for the children of displaced coal workers and provides an incentive for clean energy employers to hire displaced coal workers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 7, 2021
Last action Oct 7, 2021
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Oct 7, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Oct 7, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Michael F. Bennet
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
Co
Tammy Baldwin
DDemocratic
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