HR 330 111th Congress House

MEGA

Official title: To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation, and to establish the Metro Area Green Institute to produce and disseminate best practice information to economic and workforce development initiatives undertaken by metropolitan communities nationally.

Introduced: June 24, 2009 See on congress.gov

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EcologyEmployment and training programsEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental technologyMental healthMotor vehiclesPoverty and welfare assistancePublic transitPublic-private cooperationResidential rehabilitation and home repairSmall businessUnemploymentUrban and suburban affairs and developmentVocational and technical educationWages and earnings

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Jan 8, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Metro Economies Green Act or MEGA - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a metro area green zone grant program to make grants to local government units to support and establish green job programs that: (1) target low-income, difficult-to-employ, and formerly incarcerated persons; and (2) involve local business, academia, trade associations, nonprofits, and other stakeholders in energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation.

Authorizes the Secretary also to establish competitive programs to make grants to local government units to support and establish: (1) a similar mini-metro green program that engages smaller communities in green economic and workforce development; and (2) an alternative green academies program that provides green job training, employment opportunities, and other life skills to high school dropouts, formerly incarcerated youth, and individuals unable to attend traditional institutions of higher education.

Directs the Secretary to select one unit of general local government or nonprofit organization designated by such a unit to establish and operate a Metro Area Green Institute to serve as a national resource center to support municipally based, green economic and workforce development efforts.

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