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On the recordJune 21, 2012
I do rise as the designee for the gentlewoman from Texas, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION SEC. _01. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish an Office of Energy Employment and Training, which shall oversee the efforts of the Department of the Interior's energy planning, permitting, and regulatory activities to carry out the purposes, objectives, and requirements of this Act. (b) Director.-- (1) In general.--The Office shall be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training, who shall report directly to the Secretary and shall be fully employed to carry out the functions of the Office. (2) Duties.--The Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training shall perform the following functions: (A) Develop and implement systems to track the Department's compliance with the purposes, objectives, and requirements of the Act.…
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Karen Bass
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