WILL Act

Summary: Workforce Investments through Local Libraries Act or WILL Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to define &quot;digital literacy skills&quot; to mean the skills associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information.  Revises requirements for member composition of state and local workforce investment boards to include heads of public libraries. Requires state workforce investment plans to include a description of the procedures states will take to assure coordination of and avoid duplication among employment and training activities, and adult education and literacy activities, provided by public libraries. Requires local workforce investment plans similarly to describe how local boards will coordinate investment activities carried out in the local area with such activities provided by public libraries. Allows a human resource program operated by a one-stop partner to include programs of employment and training activities, and adult education and literacy activities, provided by public libraries. Revises state allotment eligibility requirements to allow public libraries located in local areas to operate as one-stop centers to provide such activities. Allows public libraries, among other appropriate entities, to contract with the one-stop delivery system to deliver intensive services for employment and training for adults and dislocated workers supported by workforce investment funds. Includes development of digital literacy skills among the intensive short-term prevocational services of a one-stop delivery system. Allows demonstration and pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects of the Department of Labor for providing employment opportunities and training services to individuals to include the establishment of employment resource centers in public libraries to provide unemployed and underemployed individuals access to workforce investment services related to such opportunities and services. Directs the Secretary of Labor to collaborate on initiatives, materials, or technology to support workforce development activities with the heads of relevant federal departments and agencies, including the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), or their designees. Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to require an eligible provider receiving a grant or contract to develop, implement, and improve adult education and literacy activities to use the grant or contract to establish or operate one or more programs to promote digital literacy skills.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Investments through Local 
Libraries Act'' or the ``WILL Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(54) Digital literacy skills.--The term `digital literacy 
        skills' has the meaning given the term in section 202 of the 
        Museum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101).''.

SEC. 3. STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS.

    Section 111(b)(1)(C)(v) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2821(b)(1)(C)(v)) is amended by inserting ``, and heads of 
public libraries,'' after ``organizations''.

SEC. 4. STATE PLAN.

    Section 112(b)(8)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2822(b)(8)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ix), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(xi) employment and training activities, and 
                adult education and literacy activities (as defined in 
                section 203), provided by public libraries; and''.

SEC. 5. LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.

    Section 117(b)(2)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2832(b)(2)(A)(iv)) is amended by striking ``individuals with 
disabilities and'' and inserting ``public libraries, individuals with 
disabilities, and''.

SEC. 6. LOCAL PLAN.

    Section 118(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2833(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) a description of how the local board will coordinate 
        workforce investment activities carried out in the local area 
        with employment and training activities, and adult education 
        and literacy activities (as defined in section 203), provided 
        by public libraries;''.

SEC. 7. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES PROVIDERS.

    Section 121 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2841) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
                            ``(v) programs of employment and training 
                        activities, and adult education and literacy 
                        activities (as defined in section 203), 
                        provided by public libraries; and''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); 
                and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                            ``(vi) a public library; and''.

SEC. 8. USE OF FUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

    Section 134(d)(3) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2864(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``public, private 
        for-profit,'' and inserting ``public service providers, which 
        may include public libraries, private for-profit service 
        providers,''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(vi), by inserting ``digital 
        literacy skills,'' after ``learning skills,''.

SEC. 9. DEMONSTRATION, PILOT, MULTISERVICE, RESEARCH, AND MULTISTATE 
              PROJECTS.

    Section 171(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (H) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (I), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
                    ``(B) the establishment of employment resource 
                centers in public libraries to provide unemployed and 
                underemployed individuals access to workforce 
                investment activities and information related to 
                training services (as defined in section 134(d)(4)) and 
                employment opportunities, which activities may 
                include--
                            ``(i) resume development activities, job 
                        bank internet searches, and workshops on career 
                        information;
                            ``(ii) adult education and literacy 
                        activities (as defined in section 203); and
                            ``(iii) acquisition of database licenses to 
                        improve access to career certification 
                        activities and licensing practice tests, and to 
                        improve workforce skills;''.

SEC. 10. EVALUATIONS.

    Section 172(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2917(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) the effectiveness of interagency collaborations and 
        agreements as described in section 196 in expanding access to 
        and improving the quality of such programs and activities; 
        and''.

SEC. 11. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND AGREEMENTS.

    Subtitle E of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 196. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND AGREEMENTS.

    ``(a) Interagency Collaboration.--The Secretary shall collaborate 
with the heads of relevant Federal departments and agencies, including 
the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or the 
designees of such heads, on initiatives, materials, or technology to 
support workforce development activities.
    ``(b) Interagency Agreements.--The Secretary may--
            ``(1) enter into interagency agreements to promote or 
        assist with carrying out the workforce investment activities of 
        Federal agencies other than the Department of Labor, on either 
        a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis; and
            ``(2) use funds appropriated under this title for the costs 
        of such promotion and assistance.''.

SEC. 12. ADULT EDUCATION.

    Section 231(b) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 9241(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Programs to promote digital literacy skills, as 
        defined in section 101.''.