Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of Labor, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare, Energy, and the Interior, to assess: (1) the adequacy of the current supply of manpower at all levels for the development and expansion of the nation's energy technologies and industries; and (2) the projected adequacy of such manpower for the five-year period beginning January 1, 1980. Directs that such assessment include recommendations concerning additional employment and training programs needed for such five-year period for the development of domestic energy sources.
Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to direct the Commissioner of Education, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Energy, Labor, and the Interior, to perform a similar manpower assessment. Requires the Commissioner to submit a report to the Congress concerning such assessment no later than March 1, 1980. Directs the Commissioner to recommend to State vocational education boards programs that are necessary to fulfill such manpower needs.
Directs the Secretaries of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a task force to coordinate the efforts of their agencies in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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