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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5604 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish demonstration and pilot projects to facilitate education and training programs 

in the field of advanced manufacturing. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2020 

Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself and Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to establish demonstration and pilot projects to facilitate 

education and training programs in the field of advanced 

manufacturing. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Manufac5 turing Jobs in America Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION AND PILOT PROJECTS TO SUP2 PORT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING WORK3 FORCE DEVELOPMENT. 

4 Section 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224) is amended— 

6 (1) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) ADVANCED MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE DE8 VELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under a plan published 

10 under subsection (b), the Secretary shall, through 

11 grants or contracts, carry out demonstration and 

12 pilot projects for the purpose of facilitating edu13 cation and training programs in the field of ad14 vanced manufacturing, which projects shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) target skills and competency develop16 ment in communities with expected growth in 

17 advanced manufacturing; 

18 ‘‘(B) provide education and training, for 

19 available jobs or job openings that are antici20 pated in advanced manufacturing, which result 

21 in a covered skill set and corresponding covered 

22 credential; 

23 ‘‘(C) educate individuals about opportuni24 ties for career advancement within advanced 

25 manufacturing; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) be carried out in a way that gives 

2 priority to incumbent workers, dislocated work3 ers, and unemployed individuals. 

4 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re6 ceive a grant or contract under this subsection 

7 for a project under paragraph (1), an entity 

8 shall be one of the following entities in any of 

9 the several States or territories, in partnership 

10 with a manufacturer who employs individuals 

11 with advanced manufacturing skills (or a con12 sortium of such partnerships): 

13 ‘‘(i) A technical college that offers a 

14 2-year degree or program of study or an 

15 individual community college, such as a 

16 public or nonprofit community college, or a 

17 community college that is a tribally con18 trolled college or university (as defined in 

19 section 2(a) of the Tribally Controlled Col20 leges and Universities Assistance Act of 

21 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a))). 

22 ‘‘(ii) A community college district sys23 tem. 

24 ‘‘(iii) A State community college sys25 tem. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) A local board, in partnership 

2 with one or more one-stop centers, that 

3 specifies one or more community colleges 

4 where education and training activities will 

5 occur. 

6 ‘‘(v) A manufacturing extension cen7 ter established under section 25(b) of the 

8 National Institute of Standards and Tech9 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k). 

10 ‘‘(vi) A local educational agency. 

11 ‘‘(vii) Another entity, such as a pub12 lic-private partnership, or the collection of 

13 entities and individuals carrying out an ad14 vanced manufacturing forum, that would 

15 serve educationally underserved commu16 nities. 

17 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give 

18 priority to any consortium of the partnerships 

19 described in subparagraph (A) that leverages 

20 substantial non-Federal funding for the project 

21 involved. 

22 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

23 grant or contract under this subsection, an entity 

24 shall submit an application at such time and in such 


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1 form and manner as the Secretary shall determine, 

2 including the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) A description of the eligible entity, 

4 evidence of the eligible entity’s capacity to carry 

5 out activities in support of the strategic objec6 tives described in the subparagraphs of para7 graph (1), and a description of the expected 

8 participation and responsibilities of the eligible 

9 entity, or each partnership in the eligible entity 

10 in the case of a consortium. 

11 ‘‘(B) A description of education and train12 ing activities to be provided that will— 

13 ‘‘(i) develop skills and competencies 

14 demanded by advanced manufacturing 

15 businesses; 

16 ‘‘(ii) lead to a covered skill set and a 

17 corresponding covered credential; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) educate individuals about oppor19 tunities for career advancement and wage 

20 growth within advanced manufacturing. 

21 ‘‘(C) A description of how the economy 

22 where the entity is located would benefit, in23 cluding— 


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1 ‘‘(i) evidence of the growth of ad2 vanced manufacturing in the State or lo3 cality involved; 

4 ‘‘(ii) information on the potential for 

5 additional job growth with investments in 

6 advanced manufacturing; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) information on how the activities 

8 will expose incumbent or dislocated work9 ers, or unemployed individuals, to new ad10 vanced manufacturing technology skill sets. 

11 ‘‘(D) A description of how the eligible enti12 ty will employ evidence-based training models 

13 that integrate academic instruction with train14 ing, including on-the-job training in advanced 

15 manufacturing, to meet performance goals de16 scribed in paragraph (5). 

17 ‘‘(E) A description of how the eligible enti18 ty will coordinate activities with State boards or 

19 local boards, and State or local economic devel20 opment officials. 

21 ‘‘(F) In the case of education and training 

22 activities that lead to a covered credential, a de23 scription of those activities leading to that cre24 dential. 


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1 ‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES.—Activities to be carried out 

2 under a project funded under paragraph (1) may in3 clude— 

4 ‘‘(A) classroom and onsite experiential 

5 learning; 

6 ‘‘(B) on-the-job training; 

7 ‘‘(C) training which fits into an industry8 recognized competency model for advanced 

9 manufacturing; 

10 ‘‘(D) development and implementation of 

11 registered apprenticeship and pre-apprentice12 ship programs; 

13 ‘‘(E) coordination with local boards in 

14 order to implement and utilize existing (as of 

15 the first date of such coordination) articulation 

16 agreements with universities and other edu17 cational partners; 

18 ‘‘(F) distance learning; and 

19 ‘‘(G) any other activity the Secretary con20 siders appropriate for providing education or 

21 training in advanced manufacturing. 

22 ‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE GOALS AND MEASURES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) GOALS.—The performance goals for 

24 the activities provided through a project under 

25 this subsection shall be to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) enhance the skill sets of incum2 bent and dislocated workers, and unem3 ployed individuals, who live in communities 

4 with expected growth in advanced manu5 facturing and enable such workers to ob6 tain a covered skill set and a corresponding 

7 covered credential; 

8 ‘‘(ii) develop competencies of individ9 uals with limited experience in advanced 

10 manufacturing; 

11 ‘‘(iii) strengthen community college 

12 partnerships with manufacturing extension 

13 centers described in paragraph (2)(A)(v) 

14 and advanced manufacturing businesses in 

15 an effort to meet the needs of the busi16 nesses for adaptability in training of in17 cumbent and dislocated workers, and un18 employed individuals; 

19 ‘‘(iv) more fully utilize the capabilities 

20 of such manufacturing extension centers 

21 within the State involved; 

22 ‘‘(v) strengthen partnerships of ad23 vanced manufacturing businesses with local 

24 boards and, if applicable, local educational 

25 agencies; and 


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1 ‘‘(vi) help incumbent and dislocated 

2 workers, and unemployed individuals, de3 velop skills which lead to greater earnings. 

4 ‘‘(B) MEASURES.—The Secretary shall ne5 gotiate and reach agreement with each eligible 

6 entity that receives a grant or contract under 

7 this subsection, on performance measures that 

8 will be used to evaluate the performance of the 

9 eligible entity in carrying out the activities pro10 vided through a project under this subsection. 

11 Each performance measure shall be designed to 

12 enable the eligible entity to meet the perform13 ance goals described in subparagraph (A) and 

14 shall include an indicator of performance, which 

15 may include— 

16 ‘‘(i) the number of incumbent and dis17 located workers, and unemployed individ18 uals, receiving a covered credential for ad19 vanced manufacturing; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the number of incumbent and 

21 dislocated workers, and unemployed indi22 viduals, attaining basic skills, as described 

23 in a covered skill set for advanced manu24 facturing; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the number of incumbent work2 ers whose education and training, provided 

3 through a project, enables them to meet 

4 the needs of their employers for skilled 

5 workers to enhance operations; 

6 ‘‘(iv) the earnings growth of a manu7 facturer as a result of education and train8 ing provided through a project; and 

9 ‘‘(v) another indicator the Secretary 

10 determines to be necessary to meet per11 formance goals described in subparagraph 

12 (A). 

13 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—Beginning not later than 1 

14 year after the date of the first disbursement of 

15 funds under this subsection, the Secretary shall pro16 vide for the continuing evaluation of the projects de17 scribed in this subsection and funded under section 

18 172, and shall transmit a report of the evaluation to 

19 Congress not later than 2 years after such date. 

20 ‘‘(7) DEFINITION.—In this subsection: 

21 ‘‘(A) COVERED CREDENTIAL.—The term 

22 ‘covered credential’ means— 

23 ‘‘(i) an industry-recognized and na24 tionally portable credential, such as an 

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1 pational license, an industry-sponsored cer2 tificate or certification, and a registered 

3 apprenticeship certificate or degree; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) an employer-recognized creden5 tial. 

6 ‘‘(B) COVERED SKILL SET.—The term 

7 ‘covered skill set’ means an industry-recognized 

8 or employer-recognized skill set.’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after the 

10 first sentence the following: ‘‘The plan shall describe 

11 the projects described in subsection (d), to be car12 ried out in accordance with that subsection.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

15 as if enacted as part of the Workforce Innovation and Op16 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 

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