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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10425 

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

and the Older Americans Act of 1965. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Ms. FOXX (for herself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act and the Older Americans Act of 1965. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REFERENCES. 

4 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

5 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

6 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi7 sion. 


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1 DIVISION A—A STRONGER 

2 WORKFORCE FOR AMERICA ACT 

3 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘A Stronger Workforce for America Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this division is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 

Subtitle A—General Provisions 

Sec. 101. Purposes. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Table of contents amendments. 

Subtitle B—System Alignment 

CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS

Sec. 111. State workforce development board. 

Sec. 112. Unified State plan. 

CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 115. Workforce development areas. 

Sec. 116. Local workforce development boards. 

Sec. 117. Local plan. 

CHAPTER 3—PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

Sec. 119. Performance accountability system. 

Subtitle C—Workforce Investment Activities and Providers 

CHAPTER 1—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDERS

Sec. 121. Establishment of one-stop delivery systems. 

Sec. 122. Identification of eligible providers of training services. 

Sec. 123. Eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities. 

CHAPTER 2—YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES

Sec. 131. Reservations; Reallocation. 

Sec. 132. Use of funds for youth workforce investment activities. 

CHAPTER 3—ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND

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Sec. 141. State allotments. 

Sec. 142. Reservations for State activities; within State allocations; Reallocation. 

Sec. 143. Use of funds for employment and training activities. 

CHAPTER 4—GENERAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROVISIONS

Sec. 145. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle D—Job Corps 

Sec. 151. Purposes. 

Sec. 152. Definitions. 

Sec. 153. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps. 

Sec. 154. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees. 

Sec. 155. Job Corps Campuses. 

Sec. 156. Program activities. 

Sec. 157. Counseling and job placement. 

Sec. 158. Support. 

Sec. 159. Operations. 

Sec. 160. Standards of conduct. 

Sec. 161. Community participation. 

Sec. 162. Workforce councils. 

Sec. 163. Advisory committees. 

Sec. 164. Experimental projects and technical assistance. 

Sec. 165. Special provisions. 

Sec. 166. Management information. 

Sec. 167. Job Corps oversight and reporting. 

Sec. 168. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 169. Conforming amendments. 

Subtitle E—National Programs 

Sec. 171. Native American programs. 

Sec. 172. Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. 

Sec. 173. Technical assistance. 

Sec. 174. Evaluations and research. 

Sec. 175. National dislocated worker grants. 

Sec. 176. YouthBuild Program. 

Sec. 177. Reentry employment opportunities. 

Sec. 178. Youth apprenticeship readiness grant program. 

Sec. 179. Strengthening community colleges grant program. 

Sec. 180. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle F—Administration 

Sec. 191. Requirements and restrictions. 

Sec. 192. Monitoring. 

Sec. 193. Fiscal controls; sanctions. 

Sec. 194. Administrative adjudication. 

Sec. 195. Judicial review. 

Sec. 196. General waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements. 

Sec. 197. State flexibility pilot authority. 

Sec. 198. General program requirements. 

TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY 


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Sec. 201. Purpose. 

Sec. 202. Definitions. 

Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 204. Special rule. 

Sec. 205. Performance accountability system. 

Sec. 206. Matching requirement. 

Sec. 207. State leadership activities. 

Sec. 208. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals. 

Sec. 209. Grants and contracts for eligible providers. 

Sec. 210. Local application. 

Sec. 211. Local administrative cost limits. 

Sec. 212. National leadership activities. 

Sec. 213. Integrated English literacy and civics education. 

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 301. Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act. 

Sec. 302. Job training grants. 

Sec. 303. Access to National Directory of New Hires. 

Sec. 304. References to other laws. 

TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 401. Technical assistance for transforming to competitive integrated employment. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. Report on data capability and interoperability of Federal and State 

databases and data exchange agreements. 

Sec. 502. Effective dates; transition authority. 

1 TITLE I—WORKFORCE 

2 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 

3 Subtitle A—General Provisions 

4 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

5 Section 2 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘support serv8 ices’’ and inserting ‘‘supportive services’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, for youth 

10 and adults,’’ after ‘‘economic development systems’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘of the work2 force, reduce welfare dependency,’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

3 the workforce, provide economic mobility, reduce de4 pendency on public assistance programs,’’; and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(7) To prepare a globally competitive work7 force by developing robust education and skills devel8 opment programs for youth to access career path9 ways that will lead such youth into in-demand indus10 try sectors and occupations.’’. 

11 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

12 (a) FOUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS.—Section 3(5) of 

13 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

14 3102(5)) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(5) FOUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS.—The term 

16 ‘foundational skill needs’ means, with respect to an 

17 individual who is a youth or adult, that the indi18 vidual— 

19 ‘‘(A) has English reading, writing, or com20 puting skills at or below the 8th grade level on 

21 a generally accepted standardized test; or 

22 ‘‘(B) is unable to compute or solve prob23 lems, is unable to read, write, or speak English, 

24 or does not possess digital literacy skills, at a 

25 level necessary to function in the individual’s 


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1 education or occupation, in the individual’s 

2 family, or in society.’’. 

3 (b) CAREER PATHWAY.—Section 3(7)(F) of the 

4 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

5 3102(7)(F)) is amended by striking ‘‘secondary school di6 ploma’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school diploma’’. 

7 (c) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.— 

8 Section 3(14) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor9 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(14)) is amended to read as 

10 follows: 

11 ‘‘(14) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOP12 MENT.—The term ‘employer-directed skills develop13 ment’ means skills development provided through a 

14 program— 

15 ‘‘(A) that is selected or designed to meet 

16 the specific skill demands of an employer (in17 cluding a group of employers); 

18 ‘‘(B) that is conducted pursuant to the 

19 terms and conditions established under an em20 ployer-directed skills agreement described in 

21 section 134(c)(3)(I), including a commitment 

22 by the employer to employ an individual upon 

23 successful completion of the program; and 

24 ‘‘(C) for which the employer pays a portion 

25 of the cost of the program, as determined by 


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1 the local board involved, which shall not be less 

2 than— 

3 ‘‘(i) 10 percent of the cost, in the case 

4 of an employer with 50 or fewer employees; 

5 ‘‘(ii) 25 percent of the cost, in the 

6 case of an employer with more than 50 but 

7 not more than 100 employees; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) 50 percent of the cost, in the 

9 case of an employer with more than 100 

10 employees.’’. 

11 (d) DISLOCATED WORKER.—Section 3(15)(B) of the 

12 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

13 3102(15)(B)) is amended— 

14 (1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, including such 

15 a closure or layoff due to advances in automation 

16 technology’’ before the semicolon; and 

17 (2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘section 

18 134(c)(2)(A)(xii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

19 134(c)(2)(B)(vii)’’. 

20 (e) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER.—Section 3(16) of the 

21 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

22 3102(16)) is amended, in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A), by striking ‘‘family members’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

24 family member’’. 


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1 (f) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—Section 3(18) of the Work2 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

3 3102(18)) is amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ and in4 serting ‘‘opportunity’’. 

5 (g) ENGLISH LEARNER.—Section 3 of the Workforce 

6 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur7 ther amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (21)— 

9 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LAN10 GUAGE’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘language’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (24)(I), by striking ‘‘lan13 guage’’. 

14 (h) INDIVIDUAL WITH A BARRIER TO EMPLOY15 MENT.—Section 3(24) of the Workforce Innovation and 

16 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(24)) is amended— 

17 (1) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(F) Justice-involved individuals.’’; 

20 (2) in subparagraph (G)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Homeless individuals (as’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘Individuals experiencing home23 lessness (meaning homeless individuals’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e2 2(6)))’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6)))’’; 

3 and 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘homeless children’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘defined’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘youth experiencing homelessness (meaning 

7 homeless children or youths, as defined’’; 

8 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through 

9 (N) as subparagraphs (J) through (O), respectively; 

10 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(I) Opportunity youth.’’; and 

13 (5) in subparagraph (K), as so redesignated, by 

14 striking ‘‘section 167(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘167(j)’’. 

15 (i) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.—Section 

16 3(26) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

17 (29 U.S.C. 3102(26)) is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘or an19 other labor representative, as appropriate;’’ and in20 serting ‘‘and, to the extent practicable, another labor 

21 representative;’’; and 

22 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (A) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

24 (xi) as clauses (viii) through (xiii), respectively; 

25 and 


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1 (B) by striking clause (v) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(v) State educational agencies or 

4 local educational agencies; 

5 ‘‘(vi) State higher education agencies, 

6 as defined in section 103 of the Higher 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003), 

8 or State systems of higher education; 

9 ‘‘(vii) other State or local agencies;’’. 

10 (j) LOCAL AREA.—Section 3(32) of the Workforce 

11 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(32)) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘sections 106(c)(3)(A)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘sections 106(c)(4)(A)’’. 

14 (k) EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—Section 3(34) of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3102(34)) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY; STATE

18 EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The terms ‘local edu19 cational agency’ and ‘State educational agency’ have 

20 the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the 

21 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.’’. 

22 (l) LOCAL PLAN.—Section 3(35) of the Workforce 

23 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(32)) is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘section 106(c)(3)(B)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘section 106(c)(4)(B)’’. 


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1 (m) LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL.—Section 

2 3(36)(A)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(36)(A)(iii)) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘is a homeless individual (as’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘is an individual experiencing home6 lessness (meaning a homeless individual as’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e-2(6)))’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6)))’’; and 

9 (3) by striking ‘‘homeless child’’ and all that 

10 follows through ‘‘defined’’ and inserting ‘‘youth ex11 periencing homelessness (meaning a homeless child 

12 or youth, as defined’’. 

13 (n) JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL.—Section 3(38) 

14 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

15 U.S.C. 3102(38)) is amended— 

16 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFENDER’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

20 by striking ‘‘offender’’ and inserting ‘‘justice-in21 volved individual’’. 

22 (o) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—Section 3(46) of the 

23 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

24 3102(46)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OUT-OF2 SCHOOL’’ and inserting ‘‘OPPORTUNITY’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘opportunity’’. 

5 (p) PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACT STRAT6 EGY.—Section 3(47) of the Workforce Innovation and Op7 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(47)) is amended to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(47) PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACT

10 STRATEGY.—The term ‘pay-for-performance contract 

11 strategy’ means a performance-based contract strat12 egy that uses pay-for-performance contracts in the 

13 provision of services described in paragraph (2) or 

14 (3) of section 134(c) or activities described in sec15 tion 129(c)(2), and includes— 

16 ‘‘(A) contracts, each of which— 

17 ‘‘(i) shall specify a fixed amount that 

18 will be paid to an eligible service provider 

19 (which may include a local or national 

20 community-based organization or inter21 mediary, community college, or other pro22 vider) based on the achievement of speci23 fied levels of performance on the primary 

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1 identified by the local board and which 

2 shall identify a specific target for the num3 ber or percentage of individuals to be 

4 served that will be individuals with barriers 

5 to employment, within a defined timetable; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) may provide for bonus payments 

8 to such service provider to expand capacity 

9 to provide effective training and other serv10 ices, including bonus payments for exceed11 ing the identified target for serving individ12 uals with barriers to employment; 

13 ‘‘(B) a strategy for validating the achieve14 ment of the performance described in subpara15 graph (A); and 

16 ‘‘(C) a description of how the State or 

17 local area will reallocate funds not paid to a 

18 provider because the achievement of the per19 formance described in subparagraph (A) did not 

20 occur, for further activities related to such a 

21 contract strategy, subject to section 

22 189(g)(2)(D).’’. 

23 (q) RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVITY.—Section 3(51) of 

24 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

25 3102(51)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

2 by inserting ‘‘, through a rapid response unit’’ after 

3 ‘‘designated by a State’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before 

5 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including 

6 access through individual training accounts for eligi7 ble dislocated workers under section 414(c) of the 

8 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve9 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3224a)’’; 

10 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub13 paragraph (F); 

14 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol15 lowing new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(E) assistance in identifying workers eli17 gible for assistance, including workers who work 

18 a majority of their time offsite or remotely;’’; 

19 (6) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by 

20 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

21 and 

22 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(G) the provision of business engagement 

24 or layoff aversion strategies and other activities 


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1 designed to prevent or minimize the duration of 

2 unemployment, such as— 

3 ‘‘(i) connecting employers to short4 term compensation or other programs de5 signed to prevent layoffs; 

6 ‘‘(ii) conducting worker skill assess7 ment, and programs to match workers to 

8 different occupations; 

9 ‘‘(iii) establishing incumbent worker 

10 training or other upskilling approaches, in11 cluding through incumbent worker 

12 upskilling accounts described in section 

13 134(d)(4)(E); 

14 ‘‘(iv) facilitating business support ac15 tivities, such as connecting employers to 

16 programs that offer access to credit, finan17 cial support, and business consulting; and 

18 ‘‘(v) partnering or contracting with 

19 business-focused organizations to assess 

20 risks to companies, and to propose, imple21 ment, and measure the impact of strategies 

22 and services to address such risks.’’. 

23 (r) SCHOOL DROPOUT.—Section 3(54) of the Work24 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 


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1 3102(54)) is amended by striking ‘‘secondary school di2 ploma’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school diploma’’. 

3 (s) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—Section 3(59) of the 

4 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

5 3102(59)) is amended by striking ‘‘housing,’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘assistive technology, housing, food assistance,’’. 

7 (t) NEW DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Workforce 

8 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur9 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(72) CO-ENROLLMENT.—The term ‘co-enroll11 ment’ means simultaneous enrollment in more than 

12 one of the programs or activities carried out by a 

13 one-stop partner specified in section 121(b)(1)(B). 

14 ‘‘(73) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.—The term 

15 ‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 

16 term in section 203. 

17 ‘‘(74) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence18 based’, when used with respect to an activity, serv19 ice, strategy, or intervention, or content of materials, 

20 means an activity, service, strategy, or intervention, 

21 or content of materials that— 

22 ‘‘(A) demonstrates a statistically signifi23 cant effect on improving participant outcomes 

24 or other relevant outcomes based on— 


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1 ‘‘(i) strong evidence from at least 1 

2 well-designed and well-implemented experi3 mental study; 

4 ‘‘(ii) moderate evidence from at least 

5 1 well-designed and well-implemented 

6 quasi-experimental study; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) promising evidence from at least 

8 1 well-designed and well-implemented cor9 relational study with statistical controls for 

10 selection bias; or 

11 ‘‘(B)(i) demonstrates a rationale based on 

12 high-quality research findings or positive eval13 uation that such activity, service, strategy, or 

14 intervention is likely to improve student out15 comes or other relevant outcomes; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) includes ongoing efforts to examine 

17 the effects of such activity, service, strategy, or 

18 intervention. 

19 ‘‘(75) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘labor 

20 organization’ means a labor organization, as defined 

21 in section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act 

22 (29 U.S.C. 152(5)), and an organization rep23 resenting public sector employees. 

24 ‘‘(76) REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.—The 

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1 given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 

2 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

3 7801). 

4 ‘‘(77) UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.— 

5 The term ‘universal design for learning’ has the 

6 meaning given the term in section 103 of the Higher 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 

8 ‘‘(78) WORK-BASED LEARNING.—The term 

9 ‘work-based learning’ has the meaning given the 

10 term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

11 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

12 2302).’’. 

13 (u) REDESIGNATIONS.—Section 3 of the Workforce 

14 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is fur15 ther amended by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), 

16 (8), (9), (14), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), 

17 (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), (34), (35), (36), 

18 (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), 

19 (47), (48), (49), (50), (51), (52), (53), (54), (55), (56), 

20 (57), (58), (59), (60), (61), (62), (63), (64), (65), (66), 

21 (67), (68), (69), (70), (71), (72), (73), (74), (75), (76), 

22 (77), and (78), as paragraphs (24), (5), (6), (7), (8), (19), 

23 (20), (21), (22), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), 

24 (32), (34), (36), (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (33), 

25 (43), (44), (45), (46), (47), (48), (50), (49), (51), (52), 


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1 (53), (54), (55), (56), (57), (59), (60), (61), (62), (63), 

2 (64), (65), (66), (67), (69), (70), (72), (73), (74), (75), 

3 (76), (77), (78), (9), (14), (23), (35), (58), (68), and (71), 

4 respectively. 

5 SEC. 103. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS. 

6 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Workforce 

7 Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating the item relating to section 

9 172 as section 175; 

10 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec11 tion 171, the following: 

‘‘Sec. 172. Reentry employment opportunities. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Youth apprenticeship readiness grant program. 

‘‘Sec. 174. Strengthening community colleges workforce development grants 

program.’’; and 

12 (3) by striking the item relating to section 190 

13 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 190. State flexibility pilot authority.’’. 

14 Subtitle B—System Alignment 

15 CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS 

16 SEC. 111. STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. 

17 Section 101 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor18 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV), by striking 

20 ‘‘out-of-school youth’’ and inserting ‘‘opportunity 

21 youth’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘low2 skilled adults’’ and inserting ‘‘adults with 

3 foundational skill needs’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after 

5 ‘‘including strategies’’ the following: ‘‘(such as 

6 the principles of universal design for learning)’’. 

7 SEC. 112. UNIFIED STATE PLAN. 

8 Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor9 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

13 (C) through (E) as subparagraphs (D) 

14 through (F), respectively; 

15 (ii) by inserting the following after 

16 subparagraph (B): 

17 ‘‘(C) a description of— 

18 ‘‘(i) how the State will use real-time 

19 labor market information to continually as20 sess the economic conditions and workforce 

21 trends described in subparagraphs (A) and 

22 (B); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) how the State will communicate 

24 changes in such conditions or trends to the 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes2 ignated, by inserting ‘‘the extent to which 

3 such activities are evidence-based,’’ after 

4 ‘‘of such activities,’’; 

5 (iv) in subparagraph (E), as so redes6 ignated— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘and for meeting 

8 the skilled workforce needs of employ9 ers’’ and inserting ‘‘and for preparing 

10 workers to meet the skilled workforce 

11 needs of employers and to enter and 

12 remain in unsubsidized employment’’; 

13 and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (v) in subparagraph (F), as so redes16 ignated, by striking the period at the end 

17 and inserting a semicolon; and 

18 (vi) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(G) a description of any activities the 

21 State is conducting to expand economic oppor22 tunity for individuals and reduce barriers to 

23 labor market entry by— 

24 ‘‘(i) developing, in cooperation with 

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1 viders, and other stakeholders, statewide 

2 skills-based initiatives that promote the use 

3 of demonstrated skills and competencies as 

4 an alternative to the exclusive use of de5 gree attainment as a requirement for em6 ployment or advancement in a career; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) evaluating the existing occupa8 tional licensing policies in the State and 

9 identifying potential changes to recommend 

10 to the appropriate State entity to— 

11 ‘‘(I) remove or streamline licens12 ing requirements, as appropriate; and 

13 ‘‘(II) improve the reciprocity of 

14 licensing, including through partici15 pating in interstate licensing com16 pacts; 

17 ‘‘(H) an analysis of the opportunity youth 

18 population in the State, including the estimated 

19 number of opportunity youth and any gaps in 

20 services provided to such population by other 

21 existing workforce development activities, as 

22 identified under subparagraph (D); 

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1 in the State and the providers of such pro2 grams, including any that serve youth; and 

3 ‘‘(J) a description of any strategies the 

4 State will use to prioritize the funding of evi5 dence-based programs through the funds avail6 able for statewide workforce development activi7 ties described in section 128(a).’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘including a description’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘which may include a description’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

13 (I) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting 

14 ‘‘utilizing a continuous quality im15 provement approach,’’ after ‘‘year,’’; 

16 and 

17 (II) in clause (viii), by striking 

18 ‘‘necessary for effective State oper19 ating systems and policies’’ and in20 serting ‘‘useful to States to be in21 cluded in the State plan, on an op22 tional basis’’; 

23 (iii) in subparagraph (D)(i)— 

24 (I) in subclause (II), by striking 

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1 (II) in subclause (IV), by striking 

2 ‘‘section 121(h)(2)(E)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘section 121(h)(1)(E)’’; and 

4 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

5 (I) in clause (iv), by striking 

6 ‘‘116(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘116(j)’’; and 

7 (II) in clause (x), by striking 

8 ‘‘necessary for the administration of 

9 the core programs’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘useful to States to be included in the 

11 State plan, on an optional basis’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (c)(3)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 ‘‘shall’’ the second place it appears and insert15 ing ‘‘may’’; and 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘required’’; and 

18 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, except that com19 municating changes in economic conditions 

20 and workforce trends to the workforce sys21 tem in the State as described in subsection 

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1 CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS 

2 SEC. 115. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS. 

3 (a) REGIONS.—Section 106(a) of the Workforce In4 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(a)) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—Before the second full program 

7 year after the date of enactment of the A Stronger 

8 Workforce for America Act, in order for a State to 

9 receive an allotment under section 127(b) or 132(b) 

10 and as part of the process for developing the State 

11 plan, a State shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) review each region in the State iden13 tified under this subsection (as such subsection 

14 was in effect on the day before the date of en15 actment of the A Stronger Workforce for Amer16 ica Act); and 

17 ‘‘(B) after consultation with the local 

18 boards and chief elected officials in the local 

19 areas and consistent with the considerations de20 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B)— 

21 ‘‘(i) revise such region and any other 

22 region impacted by such revision; or 

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1 (b) LOCAL AREAS.—Section 106(b) of the Workforce 

2 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(b)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub6 section (d), and consistent with paragraphs (2) 

7 and (3),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(ex9 cept for those local areas described in para10 graphs (2) and (3))’’; and 

11 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) through (7), and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTINUATION PERIOD.—Except as pro14 vided in paragraph (5) of this subsection and sub15 section (d), in order to receive an allotment under 

16 section 127(b) or 132(b), the Governor shall main17 tain the designations of local areas in the State 

18 under this subsection (as in effect on the day before 

19 the date of enactment of the A Stronger Workforce 

20 for America Act) until the end of the third full pro21 gram year after the date of enactment of the A 

22 Stronger Workforce for America Act. 

23 ‘‘(3) INITIAL ALIGNMENT REVIEW.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the third full 

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1 A Stronger Workforce for America Act, the 

2 Governor shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) review the designations of local 

4 areas in the State (as in effect on the day 

5 before the date of enactment of the A 

6 Stronger Workforce for America Act); and 

7 ‘‘(ii)(I) based on the considerations 

8 described in paragraph (1)(B), issue pro9 posed redesignations of local areas in the 

10 State through the process described in 

11 paragraph (1)(A), which shall— 

12 ‘‘(aa) include an explanation 

13 of the strategic goals and objec14 tives that the State intends to 

15 achieve through such redesigna16 tions; and 

17 ‘‘(bb) be subject to the ap18 proval of the chief elected offi19 cials of the local areas in the 

20 State in accordance with the 

21 process described in subpara22 graph (C); or 

23 ‘‘(II) with respect to a State de24 scribed in subsection (d)(2)(B), if the 

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1 should be designated as a single State 

2 local area, conduct a process in ac3 cordance with the requirements of 

4 subsection (d)(2). 

5 ‘‘(B) DESIGNATION OF LOCAL AREAS.—A 

6 redesignation of local areas in a State that is 

7 approved by a majority of the chief elected offi8 cials of the local areas in the State through the 

9 process described in subparagraph (C) shall 

10 take effect on the first day of the 4th full pro11 gram year after the date of enactment of the A 

12 Stronger Workforce for America Act. 

13 ‘‘(C) PROCESS TO REACH MAJORITY AP14 PROVAL.—To approve a designation of local 

15 areas in the State, the chief elected officials of 

16 the local areas in the State shall comply with 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) INITIAL VOTE.—Not later than 

19 60 days after the Governor issues proposed 

20 redesignations under subparagraph (A), 

21 the chief elected official of each local area 

22 shall review the proposed redesignations 

23 and submit a vote to the Governor either 

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1 ‘‘(ii) RESULTS OF INITIAL VOTE.—If 

2 a majority of the chief elected officials of 

3 the local areas in the State vote under 

4 clause (i)— 

5 ‘‘(I) to approve such proposed re6 designations, such redesignations shall 

7 take effect in accordance with sub8 paragraph (B); or 

9 ‘‘(II) to disapprove such proposed 

10 redesignations, the chief elected offi11 cials of the local areas in the State 

12 shall comply with the requirements of 

13 clause (iii). 

14 ‘‘(iii) ALTERNATE REDESIGNA15 TIONS.—In the case of the disapproval de16 scribed in clause (ii)(II), not later than 

17 120 days after the Governor issues pro18 posed redesignations under subparagraph 

19 (A), the chief elected officials of the local 

20 areas in the State shall— 

21 ‘‘(I) select 2 alternate redesigna22 tions of local areas— 

23 ‘‘(aa) one of which aligns 

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1 ‘‘(bb) one of which aligns 

2 with the regions described in sub3 paragraph (A) or (B) of sub4 section (a)(2); and 

5 ‘‘(II) conduct a vote to approve, 

6 by majority vote, 1 of the 2 alternate 

7 redesignations described in subclause 

8 (I). 

9 ‘‘(iv) EFFECTIVE DATE OF ALTER10 NATE DESIGNATIONS.—The alternate re11 designations approved pursuant to clause 

12 (iii)(II) shall take effect in accordance with 

13 subparagraph (B). 

14 ‘‘(4) SUBSEQUENT ALIGNMENT REVIEWS.—On 

15 the date that is the first day of the 12th full pro16 gram year after the date of enactment of the A 

17 Stronger Workforce for America Act, and every 8 

18 years thereafter, the Governor shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) review the designation of local areas; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) carry out the requirements of para22 graph (3)(A)(ii), except that any redesignation 

23 of local areas in a State that is approved by a 

24 majority of the chief elected officials of the local 

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1 scribed in paragraph (3)(C) shall take effect on 

2 the first day of the next full program year after 

3 the Governor’s review pursuant to this para4 graph. 

5 ‘‘(5) INTERIM REVISIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) APPROVAL OF CERTAIN REDESIGNA7 TION REQUESTS.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At any time, and 

9 notwithstanding the requirements of para10 graphs (2), (3), and (4), the Governor, 

11 upon receipt of a request for a redesigna12 tion of a local area described in clause (ii), 

13 may approve such request. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REQUESTS.—The following re15 quests may be approved pursuant to clause 

16 (i) upon request: 

17 ‘‘(I) A request from multiple 

18 local areas to be redesignated as a 

19 single local area. 

20 ‘‘(II) A request from multiple 

21 local areas for a revision to the des22 ignations of such local areas, which 

23 would not impact the designations of 

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1 ‘‘(III) A request for designation 

2 as a local area from an area described 

3 in section 107(c)(1)(C). 

4 ‘‘(B) OTHER REDESIGNATIONS.—Other 

5 than the redesignations described in subpara6 graph (A), the Governor may only redesignate 

7 a local area outside of the process described in 

8 paragraphs (3) and (4), if the local area that 

9 will be subject to such redesignation has not— 

10 ‘‘(i) performed successfully; 

11 ‘‘(ii) sustained fiscal integrity; or 

12 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a local area in any 

13 planning region described in subparagraph 

14 (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2), met the re15 quirements described in subsection (c)(1). 

16 ‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Any redesigna17 tion of a local area approved by the Governor 

18 under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall take effect 

19 on the first date of the first full program year 

20 after such date of approval. 

21 ‘‘(6) APPEALS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The local board of a 

23 local area that is subject to a redesignation of 

24 such local area under paragraph (3), (4), or (5) 

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1 designation to the State board under an appeal 

2 process established in the State plan as speci3 fied in section 102(b)(2)(D)(i)(III). 

4 ‘‘(B) STATE BOARD REQUIREMENTS.—The 

5 State board shall grant an appeal to maintain 

6 an existing designation of a local area described 

7 in subparagraph (A) only if the local board of 

8 the local area can demonstrate that the process 

9 for redesignation of such local area under para10 graph (3), (4), or (5), as applicable, has not 

11 been followed. 

12 ‘‘(C) SECRETARIAL REQUIREMENTS.—If a 

13 request to maintain an existing designation as 

14 a local area is not granted as a result of such 

15 appeal, the Secretary, after receiving a request 

16 for review from the local board of such local 

17 area and determining that the local board was 

18 not accorded procedural rights under the ap19 peals process referred to in subparagraph (A), 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) review the process for the redesig22 nation of the local area under paragraph 

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1 quire that the local area’s existing designa2 tion be maintained. 

3 ‘‘(7) REDESIGNATION INCENTIVE.—The State 

4 may provide funding from funds made available 

5 under sections 128(a)(1) and 133(a)(1) to provide 

6 payments to incentivize— 

7 ‘‘(A) groups of local areas to request to be 

8 redesignated as a single local area under para9 graph (5)(A); 

10 ‘‘(B) multiple local boards in a planning 

11 region to develop an agreement to operate as a 

12 regional consortium under subsection (c)(3); or 

13 ‘‘(C) effective provision of services to indi14 viduals served by a local area, including individ15 uals with barriers to employment, during the 

16 first program year that begins after the redesig17 nation of a local area.’’. 

18 (c) REGIONAL COORDINATION.—Section 106(c) of 

19 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3121(c)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

23 through (H) as subparagraphs (G) through (I), 

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1 (B) by inserting the following after sub2 paragraph (E): 

3 ‘‘(F) the establishment of cost arrange4 ments for services described in subsections (c) 

5 and (d) of section 134, including the pooling of 

6 funds for such services, as appropriate, for the 

7 region;’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 

9 to assist with establishing administrative costs ar10 rangements or cost arrangements for services under 

11 subparagraphs (F) and (G) of such paragraph’’ 

12 after ‘‘delivery efforts’’; 

13 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para14 graph (4); and 

15 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so 

16 amended, the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) REGIONAL CONSORTIUMS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The local boards and 

19 chief elected officials of any local area in any 

20 planning region described in subparagraph (B) 

21 or (C) of subsection (a)(2) may develop an 

22 agreement to receive funding under section 

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1 ‘‘(B) FISCAL AGENT.—If the local boards 

2 and chief elected officials develop such an 

3 agreement— 

4 ‘‘(i) one of the chief elected officials in 

5 the planning region shall designate the fis6 cal agent for the consortium; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the local boards shall develop a 

8 memorandum of understanding to jointly 

9 administer the activities for the consor10 tium; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) the required activities for local 

12 areas under this Act (including the re13 quired functions of the local boards de14 scribed in section 107(d)) shall apply to 

15 such a consortium as a whole and may not 

16 be applied separately or differently to the 

17 local areas or local boards within such con18 sortium.’’. 

19 (d) SINGLE STATE LOCAL AREAS.—Section 106(d) 

20 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

21 U.S.C. 3121(d)) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para23 graph (3); and 

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1 ‘‘(2) NEW DESIGNATION.— 

2 ‘‘(A) PROCESS.—If, upon a review de3 scribed in paragraph (3)(A) or (4)(B) of sub4 section (b) of a State described in subparagraph 

5 (B) of this paragraph, the Governor of such 

6 State determines, after consultation with the 

7 State board, that such State should be des8 ignated as a single State local area— 

9 ‘‘(i) the Governor shall propose to the 

10 legislature of the State to designate such 

11 State as a single State local area; 

12 ‘‘(ii) in a case in which the majority 

13 of the legislature of the State consents to 

14 the Governor’s proposed designation— 

15 ‘‘(I) such designation shall take 

16 effect in accordance with subpara17 graph (C); and 

18 ‘‘(II) the Governor shall identify 

19 the State as a local area in the State 

20 plan; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) in a case in which in which the 

22 majority of the legislature of the State 

23 does not so consent to the Governor’s pro24 posed designation, the designations of the 

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1 and shall be subject to the requirements of 

2 subsection (b)(4). 

3 ‘‘(B) STATE DESCRIBED.—A State de4 scribed in this subparagraph is a State that— 

5 ‘‘(i) has not been designated as a sin6 gle State local area under paragraph (1); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii)(I) has a population of less than 

9 5,100,000, as determined by the last de10 cennial census preceding such designation; 

11 or 

12 ‘‘(II) contains 5 or fewer local areas. 

13 ‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding 

14 subsection (b)(2), a designation described in 

15 paragraph (A) shall take effect on the later 

16 of— 

17 ‘‘(i) the first day of the third full pro18 gram year after the date of enactment of 

19 the A Stronger Workforce for America Act; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(ii) the first day of the first full pro22 gram year following the date on which the 

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1 ‘‘(D) REESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL

2 AREAS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At the end of the 

4 5-year period beginning on the date on 

5 which a State is designated as a single 

6 State local area under subparagraph (A), 

7 the Secretary shall notify the Governor of 

8 such State if, during such 5-year period, 

9 the average of the overall State program 

10 scores (as referred to in section 116(f)(2)) 

11 across the adult and dislocated worker pro12 grams and youth programs authorized 

13 under chapters 2 and 3 of subtitle B are 

14 lower than the average of the State overall 

15 program scores across such programs dur16 ing the 5-year period ending on the date 

17 prior the date on which such State was so 

18 designated. 

19 ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION AFTER NO20 TICE.— 

21 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If, after re22 ceiving the notice described in clause 

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1 ‘‘(aa) that the designation of 

2 the State as a single State local 

3 area should be maintained, the 

4 Governor shall comply with sub5 clause (II) or (III), as appro6 priate; or 

7 ‘‘(bb) that such designation 

8 should not be so maintained, the 

9 Governor shall reestablish the 

10 local areas that comprised the 

11 State prior to the designation of 

12 the State as a single State local 

13 area under subparagraph (A), 

14 and such reestablishment shall 

15 take effect on the first day of the 

16 first full program year after the 

17 Governor receives such notice. 

18 ‘‘(II) REQUIREMENTS FOR MAIN19 TAINING DESIGNATION.—A designa20 tion described in subclause (I)(aa) 

21 with respect to a State may only be so 

22 maintained if the Governor— 

23 ‘‘(aa) not later than 180 

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1 scribed in clause (i), issues a 

2 public notice of the determination 

3 by the Governor that the designa4 tion of such State as a single 

5 State local area should be main6 tained; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) not later than 1 year 

8 after the date on which the Gov9 ernor issues such public notice, 

10 the Governor receives the consent 

11 of a majority of the legislature of 

12 the State to so maintain the des13 ignation. 

14 ‘‘(III) FAILURE TO MEET RE15 QUIREMENTS.—If the Governor fails 

16 to comply with each of the require17 ments of subclause (II) with respect 

18 to a State— 

19 ‘‘(aa) a designation de20 scribed in subclause (I)(aa) for 

21 such State may not be so main22 tained; and 

23 ‘‘(bb) the Governor shall re24 establish the local areas that 

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1 designation of the State as a sin2 gle State local area under sub3 paragraph (A), and such reestab4 lishment shall take effect on the 

5 first full program year after the 

6 date that is 1 year after the date 

7 on which the Governor issues the 

8 public notice described in sub9 clause (II)(aa) with respect to 

10 the State.’’. 

11 (e) DEFINITION OF ‘‘PERFORMED SUCCESS12 FULLY’’.—Section 106(e)(1) of the Workforce Innovation 

13 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(e)) is amended to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY.—The term 

16 ‘performed successfully’, used with respect to a local 

17 area, means the local area is not subject to correc18 tive action as described in section 116(g)(2) on the 

19 local performance accountability measures for the 

20 most recent year for which data are available pre21 ceding the determination of performance under this 

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1 SEC. 116. LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. 

2 (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 107(b) of the Workforce 

3 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(b)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘30’’; and 

9 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘out-of10 school youth’’ and inserting ‘‘opportunity 

11 youth’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

13 (i) in clause (i), by inserting after 

14 ‘‘title II’’ the following: ‘‘(including activi15 ties through corrections education pro16 grams under such title)’’; 

17 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting after 

18 ‘‘community colleges’’ the following: ‘‘and, 

19 as applicable, historically Black colleges 

20 and universities (meaning part B institu21 tions as defined in section 322 of the 

22 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 1061)), minority-serving institutions 

24 (meaning institutions defined in any of 

25 paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 

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1 and Tribal colleges or universities (as such 

2 term is defined in section 316(b) of such 

3 Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))) and comprehen4 sive transition and postsecondary programs 

5 for students with intellectual disabilities 

6 (as such term is defined in section 760 of 

7 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

8 U.S.C. 1140)));’’; and 

9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(iv) may include faculty and staff 

12 members working directly with students in 

13 providing workforce investment activities 

14 through education or training programs 

15 that support an industry cluster.’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (4)(A)— 

17 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘include’’ 

18 and all that follows through the period at the 

19 end and inserting the following: ‘‘include— 

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1 onstrated record of success in serving 

2 eligible youth; 

3 ‘‘(II) opportunity youth, includ4 ing youth who are individuals with 

5 disabilities; 

6 ‘‘(III) at least one representative 

7 of a public or nonprofit agency that 

8 serves youth, including juvenile justice 

9 and child welfare agencies, and at 

10 least one representative of a local pub11 lic housing authority; 

12 ‘‘(IV) for a local area in which a 

13 Job Corps campus (as such term is 

14 defined in section 142) is located, at 

15 least one representative of that cam16 pus; and 

17 ‘‘(V) for a local area in which a 

18 center for a YouthBuild program (as 

19 such term is defined in section 

20 171(b)) is located, at least one rep21 resentative of that center.’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(iv) A standing committee to provide 

24 information and to assist with planning, 

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1 the engagement of representatives of the 

2 workforce in the local area, which— 

3 ‘‘(I) shall include at least one 

4 representative of local labor organiza5 tions or joint labor-management orga6 nizations, including at least one rep7 resentative of either of such organiza8 tions with special interest or expertise 

9 in youth workforce readiness or ap10 prenticeship and pre-apprenticeship 

11 programs that serve youth; and 

12 ‘‘(II) may include, in a local area 

13 with a significant number of dis14 located workers (as determined by the 

15 local board), at least one representa16 tive with special interest or expertise 

17 in providing supports for finding edu18 cation, training, and employment op19 portunities for dislocated workers. 

20 ‘‘(v) A standing committee to provide 

21 information and to assist with planning, 

22 operational, and other issues relating to 

23 the engagement of educational entities in 

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1 ‘‘(I) at least one representative of 

2 a local educational agency that serves 

3 students residing in such local area; 

4 ‘‘(II) at least one representative 

5 of institutions of higher education in 

6 the local area, including community 

7 colleges; and 

8 ‘‘(III) at least one representative 

9 of entities administering education 

10 and training activities, including ca11 reer and technical education programs 

12 or after- school and summer learning 

13 programs, in the local area. 

14 ‘‘(vi) A standing committee to provide 

15 information and to assist with planning, 

16 operational, and other issues relating to 

17 the provision of services to justice- involved 

18 individuals, including pre-release edu19 cation, training, and career services for 

20 such individuals, which shall include— 

21 ‘‘(I) at least one justice-involved 

22 individual; and 

23 ‘‘(II) representatives from com24 munity-based organizations with spe25 cial interest or expertise in reentry 


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1 services for incarcerated and justice2 involved individuals, including at least 

3 one representative of an organization 

4 that is a recipient of a grant under 

5 section 172.’’. 

6 (b) FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL BOARD.—Section 107(d) 

7 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 3122(d)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘section 

10 108(b)(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘108(b)(1)(E)’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, including, 

12 to the extent practicable, local representatives of the 

13 core programs and the programs described in section 

14 121(b)(1)(B),’’ after ‘‘system stakeholders’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

17 ‘‘and industry and sector partnerships’’ after 

18 ‘‘intermediaries’’; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, 

20 local educational agencies, community colleges 

21 and other institutions of higher education’’ 

22 after ‘‘economic development entities’’; and 

23 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘proven’’ and inserting 

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2 ‘‘needs of’’; and 

3 (iii) by inserting ‘‘from a variety of in4 dustries and occupations’’ after ‘‘and em5 ployers’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and which, 

7 to the extent practicable, shall be aligned with career 

8 and technical education programs of study (as de9 fined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

10 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

11 2302(3)) offered within the local area’’ before the 

12 period at the end; 

13 (5) in paragraph (6)— 

14 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PROVEN’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘EVIDENCE-BASED’’; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘proven’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘evidence-based’’; 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and covered veterans 

20 (as defined in section 4212(a)(3)(A) of 

21 title 38, United States Code)’’ after ‘‘em22 ployment’’; and 

23 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, and give priority 

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1 tion 4215 of title 38, United States Code’’ 

2 after ‘‘delivery system’’; and 

3 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘proven’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based’’; 

5 (6) in paragraph (10)(C)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘, on the State eligible 

7 training provider list,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; and 

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘that operate in or are ac9 cessible to individuals’’ after ‘‘training serv10 ices’’; and 

11 (7) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘activi12 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘funds allocated to the local area 

13 under section 128(b) and section 133(b) for the 

14 youth workforce development activities described in 

15 section 129 and local employment and training ac16 tivities described in section 134(b), and the activi17 ties’’. 

18 (c) LIMITATIONS.—Section 107(g)(1)(D) of the 

19 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3122(g)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘needed or’’ and 

21 inserting the following: ‘‘, that the local board is failing 

22 to meet the requirements for eligible providers of training 

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1 SEC. 117. LOCAL PLAN. 

2 Section 108 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘section 102(b)(1)(E)’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘section 102(b)(1)(F); and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘shall prepare’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘may prepare’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (E), 

13 (F), and (H), respectively; 

14 (ii) by inserting the following after 

15 subparagraph (C): 

16 ‘‘(D) a description of— 

17 ‘‘(i) how the local area will use real18 time labor market information to contin19 ually assess the economic conditions and 

20 workforce trends described in subpara21 graphs (A), (B), and (C); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) how changes in such conditions 

23 or trends will be communicated to job24 seekers, education and training providers, 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (F), as so redes2 ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

4 (F), as so redesignated, the following: 

5 ‘‘(G) an analysis, which may be conducted 

6 in coordination with the State, of the oppor7 tunity youth population in the local area includ8 ing the estimated number of such youth and 

9 any gaps in services for such population from 

10 other existing workforce development activities, 

11 as identified under paragraph (9), and a de12 scription of how the local board will address any 

13 such gaps in services identified in such analysis; 

14 and’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 

16 102(b)(1)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

17 102(b)(1)(F); 

18 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

21 of clause (iii); and 

22 (II) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

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1 plan that promote the use of demonstrated 

2 skills and competencies as an alternative to 

3 the exclusive use of degree attainment as a 

4 requirement for employment or advance5 ment in a career; and’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘customized training’’ and inserting ‘‘em8 ployer-directed skills development’’; 

9 (D) in paragraph (6)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 

10 such as the use of affiliated sites’’ after 

11 ‘‘means’’; 

12 (E) in paragraph (9)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘including activities’’ 

14 and inserting the following: ‘‘including— 

15 ‘‘(A) the availability of community based 

16 organizations that serve youth primarily during 

17 nonschool time hours to carry out activities 

18 under section 129; 

19 ‘‘(B) activities’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B), as so redes21 ignated— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘or evidence23 based’’ after ‘‘successful’’; and 

24 (II) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) the availability of preapprenticeship 

4 and apprenticeship programs serving youth;’’; 

5 (F) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘in6 cluding as described in section 134(c)(2),’’ after 

7 ‘‘system,’’; and 

8 (G) in paragraph (13), by inserting before 

9 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and 

10 encourage eligible youth who are enrolled in 

11 adult education and literacy activities under 

12 title II to co-enroll in youth workforce invest13 ment activities carried out by the local board, 

14 as appropriate’’. 

15 CHAPTER 3—PERFORMANCE 

16 ACCOUNTABILITY 

17 SEC. 119. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 

18 (a) STATE PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEAS19 URES.— 

20 (1) PRIMARY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

21 Section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation 

22 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) is 

23 amended— 

24 (A) in clause (i)— 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘fourth’’ and in2 serting ‘‘second’’; and 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘and remain in 

4 unsubsidized employment during the 

5 fourth quarter after exit from the pro6 gram’’ after ‘‘the program’’; 

7 (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking 

8 ‘‘secondary school diploma’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘regular high school diploma’’; 

10 (iii) in subclause (V)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘, during a pro12 gram year,’’; 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘are in’’ and in14 serting ‘‘enter into’’; and 

15 (III) by inserting before the 

16 semicolon at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘within 12 months after the quarter 

18 in which the participant enters into 

19 the education and training program’’; 

20 and 

21 (iv) by amending subclause (VI) to 

22 read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(VI) of the program partici24 pants who received training services 

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1 of such program participants who par2 ticipated in on-the-job training, em3 ployer-directed skills development, in4 cumbent worker training, or an ap5 prenticeship.’’; 

6 (B) in clause (ii)— 

7 (i) in subclause (II)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘fourth’’ and in9 serting ‘‘second’’; 

10 (II) by inserting ‘‘, and who re11 main either in such activities or un12 subsidized employment during the 

13 fourth quarter after exit from the pro14 gram’’ after ‘‘the program’’; and 

15 (III) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (ii) in subclause (III)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘(VI)’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘(V)’’; and 

20 (II) by striking the period at the 

21 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

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1 a program year, the percentage of 

2 such program participants who com3 pleted, prior to such exit, a work ex4 perience as described in section 

5 129(c)(2)(C).’’; and 

6 (C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘secondary 

7 school diploma’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high 

8 school diploma’’; and 

9 (D) by striking clause (iv). 

10 (2) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 

11 116(b)(3)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Op12 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(3)(A)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (A) by amending clause (iii) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(iii) IDENTIFICATION IN STATE

17 PLAN.— 

18 ‘‘(I) SECRETARIES.—For each 

19 State submitting a State plan, the 

20 Secretary of Labor and the Secretary 

21 of Education shall, not later than 

22 January 15 of the year in which such 

23 State plan is submitted, for the first 

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1 of the second program year covered by 

2 the State plan, for the third and 

3 fourth program years covered by the 

4 State plan— 

5 ‘‘(aa) propose to the State 

6 expected levels of performance, 

7 for each of the corresponding pri8 mary indicators of performance 

9 for each of the programs de10 scribed in clause (ii) for such 

11 State, which shall— 

12 ‘‘(AA) be consistent 

13 with the factors listed in 

14 clause (v); and 

15 ‘‘(BB) be proposed in a 

16 manner that ensures suffi17 cient time is provided for 

18 the State to evaluate and re19 spond to such proposals; and 

20 ‘‘(bb) publish, on a public 

21 website of the Department of 

22 Labor, the statistical model de23 veloped under clause (viii) and 

24 the methodology used to develop 


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1 each such expected level of per2 formance. 

3 ‘‘(II) STATES.—Each State 

4 shall— 

5 ‘‘(aa) evaluate each of the 

6 expected levels of performance 

7 proposed under subclause (I) 

8 with respect to such State; 

9 ‘‘(bb) based on such evalua10 tion of each such expected level 

11 of performance— 

12 ‘‘(AA) accept the ex13 pected level of performance 

14 as so proposed; or 

15 ‘‘(BB) provide a coun16 terproposal for such ex17 pected level of performance, 

18 including an analysis of how 

19 the counterproposal address20 es factors or circumstances 

21 unique to the State that 

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1 ‘‘(cc) include in the State 

2 plan, with respect to each of the 

3 corresponding primary indicators 

4 of performance for each of the 

5 programs described in clause (ii) 

6 for such State— 

7 ‘‘(AA) the expected 

8 level of performance pro9 posed under subclause (I); 

10 ‘‘(BB) the counter11 proposal for such proposed 

12 level, if any; and 

13 ‘‘(CC) the level of per14 formance that is agreed to 

15 under clause (iv).’’; 

16 (B) in clause (iv)— 

17 (i) in subclause (I)— 

18 (I) in the second sentence, by 

19 striking ‘‘the levels identified in the 

20 State plan under clause (iii) and the 

21 factors described in clause (v)’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘the factors described in 

23 clause (v) and any counterproposal, 

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1 with such counterproposal, described 

2 in clause (iii)(II)(bb)(BB)’’; and 

3 (II) in the third sentence, by 

4 striking ‘‘incorporated into the State 

5 plan’’ and inserting ‘‘included in the 

6 State plan, as described in clause 

7 (iii)(II)(cc),’’; and 

8 (ii) in subclause (II)— 

9 (I) in the second sentence, by 

10 striking ‘‘the factors described in 

11 clause (v)’’ and inserting ‘‘the factors 

12 described in clause (v) and any coun13 terproposal, and the analysis provided 

14 by the State with such counter15 proposal, described in clause 

16 (iii)(II)(bb)(BB)’’; and 

17 (II) in the third sentence, by 

18 striking ‘‘incorporated into the State 

19 plan’’ and inserting ‘‘included in the 

20 State plan, as described in clause 

21 (iii)(II)(cc),’’; and 

22 (C) in clause (v)(II)— 

23 (i) in the matter preceding item (aa), 

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1 to be predictive of performance on an indi2 cator for a program and consists of’’; and 

3 (ii) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘ex-of4 fender status, and welfare dependency’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘justice-involved individual 

6 status, foster care status, school status, 

7 education level, highest grade level com8 pleted, low-income status, and receipt of 

9 public assistance’’. 

10 (b) PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—Section 116(d) of the 

11 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

12 3141(d)) is amended— 

13 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

16 ‘‘(A) TEMPLATES FOR PERFORMANCE RE17 PORTS.—Not later than 12 months after the 

18 date of enactment of the A Stronger Workforce 

19 for America Act, the Secretary of Labor, in 

20 conjunction with the Secretary of Education, 

21 shall develop, or review and modify, as appro22 priate, to comply with the requirements of this 

23 subsection, the templates for performance re24 ports that shall be used by States (including by 

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1 services under section 122) and local areas to 

2 produce a report on outcomes achieved by the 

3 core programs. In developing, or reviewing and 

4 modifying, such templates, the Secretary of 

5 Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 

6 Education, shall take into account the need to 

7 maximize the value of the templates for work8 ers, jobseekers, employers, local elected officials, 

9 State officials, Federal policymakers, and other 

10 key stakeholders. 

11 ‘‘(B) STANDARDIZED REPORTING.—In de12 veloping, or reviewing and modifying, the tem13 plates under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of 

14 Labor, in conjunction with the Secretary of 

15 Education, shall ensure that States and local 

16 areas, in producing performance reports for 

17 core programs and eligible providers of training 

18 services, collect and report information on com19 mon data elements— 

20 ‘‘(i) in a comparable and uniform for21 mat; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) using terms that are assigned 

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1 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REPORTING.—The Sec2 retary of Labor, in conjunction with the Sec3 retary of Education— 

4 ‘‘(i) in addition to the information on 

5 the common data elements, may require 

6 additional information with respect to any 

7 core program as necessary for effective re8 porting; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) shall periodically review any such 

10 requirement for additional information to 

11 ensure the requirement is necessary and 

12 does not impose an undue reporting bur13 den. 

14 ‘‘(D) PRIVACY.—The Secretary of Labor, 

15 in conjunction with the Secretary of Education, 

16 shall ensure subparagraph (B) is carried out in 

17 a manner that protects and promotes individual 

18 privacy and data security, in accordance with 

19 applicable Federal privacy laws. 

20 ‘‘(E) ACCESS TO WAGE RECORDS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) ACCESS.—A State may facilitate 

22 for a local area that meets the require23 ments of clause (ii), for the sole purpose of 

24 fulfilling the reporting requirements under 

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1 wage records (excluding such records made 

2 available by any other State) of program 

3 participants in the local area. 

4 ‘‘(ii) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—To re5 ceive access to such quarterly wage 

6 records, the local area shall have dem7 onstrated to the State the ability to com8 ply, and agree to comply, with all applica9 ble Federal and State requirements relat10 ing to the access and use of such quarterly 

11 wage records, including requirements relat12 ing to data privacy and cybersecurity.’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

15 and aggregated to compare those levels of per16 formance for all individuals with barriers to em17 ployment with those levels of performance for 

18 all other individuals’’ before the semicolon at 

19 the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraphs (D) and (F), by 

21 striking ‘‘career and training services, respec22 tively’’ and inserting ‘‘career services, training 

23 services, and supportive services, respectively’’; 

24 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 

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1 respectively and inserting after subparagraph 

2 (I) the following: 

3 ‘‘(J) the median earnings gain of partici4 pants who received training services, calculated 

5 as the median value of the difference between— 

6 ‘‘(i) participant earnings in unsub7 sidized employment during the 4 quarters 

8 after program exit; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) participant earnings in the 4 

10 quarters prior to entering the program;’’; 

11 and 

12 (D) in subparagraph (L), as so redesig13 nated— 

14 (i) by striking clause (ii); and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘strategies for pro16 grams’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the 

17 performance’’, and inserting ‘‘strategies for 

18 programs, the performance’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(L)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘(M)’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

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1 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) the percentage of the local area’s allo4 cation under section 133(b) that the local area 

5 spent on services paid for through an individual 

6 training account described in section 

7 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) or a training contract de8 scribed in section 134(c)(3)(G)(ii); 

9 ‘‘(D) the percentage of the local area’s al10 location under section 133(b) that the local 

11 area spent on supportive services; 

12 ‘‘(E) the percentage of the local area’s al13 location under section 133(b), if any, that is 

14 spent on incumbent worker training, 

15 disaggregated by whether the amount so spent 

16 was spent on the provision of incumbent worker 

17 training through contracts or through incum18 bent worker upskilling accounts described in 

19 section 134(d)(4)(E); and’’; 

20 (4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(4) CONTENTS OF ELIGIBLE TRAINING PRO23 VIDERS PERFORMANCE REPORT.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall use 

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1 viders of training services under section 122 

2 and administrative records, including quarterly 

3 wage records, of the participants of the pro4 grams offered by the providers to produce a 

5 performance report on the eligible providers of 

6 training services in the State, which shall in7 clude, subject to paragraph (6)(C)— 

8 ‘‘(i) with respect to each program of 

9 study (or the equivalent) of a provider on 

10 the list described in section 122(d)— 

11 ‘‘(I) information specifying the 

12 levels of performance achieved with 

13 respect to the primary indicators of 

14 performance described in subclauses 

15 (I) through (IV) of subsection 

16 (b)(2)(A)(i) with respect to all individ17 uals engaging in the program of study 

18 (or the equivalent); and 

19 ‘‘(II) the total number of individ20 uals exiting from the program of 

21 study (or the equivalent), 

22 disaggregated by whether such indi23 viduals completed the program of 

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1 ‘‘(ii) with respect to all eligible pro2 viders of training services under section 

3 122— 

4 ‘‘(I) the total number of partici5 pants who received training services 

6 through each adult and dislocated 

7 worker program authorized under 

8 chapter 3 of subtitle B, disaggregated 

9 by the type of entity that provided the 

10 training services, during the most re11 cent program year and the 3 pre12 ceding program years; 

13 ‘‘(II) the total number of partici14 pants who exited from training serv15 ices, disaggregated by the type of en16 tity that provided the training serv17 ices, and by whether such participants 

18 completed the training services, dur19 ing the most recent program year and 

20 the 3 preceding program years; 

21 ‘‘(III) the average cost per par22 ticipant for the participants who re23 ceived training services, disaggregated 

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1 gram year and the 3 preceding pro2 gram years; 

3 ‘‘(IV) the average of the per-pro4 gram ratios of median earnings in5 crease for a participant to the total 

6 cost of the provider’s program, as de7 scribed in section 122(b)(5)(B)(i)(III) 

8 for the participant; and 

9 ‘‘(V) the number of individuals 

10 with barriers to employment served by 

11 each adult and dislocated worker pro12 gram authorized under chapter 3 of 

13 subtitle B, disaggregated by each sub14 population of such individuals, and by 

15 race, ethnicity, sex, and age; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable, with 

17 respect to each recognized postsecondary 

18 credential on the list of credentials award19 ed by eligible providers in the State de20 scribed in section 122(d)(2)— 

21 ‘‘(I) information specifying the 

22 levels of performance achieved with 

23 respect to the primary indicators of 

24 performance described in subclauses 

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1 (b)(2)(A)(i) for all participants in the 

2 State receiving such credential; and 

3 ‘‘(II) information specifying the 

4 levels of performance achieved with 

5 respect to the primary indicators of 

6 performance described in subclauses 

7 (I) through (IV) of subsection 

8 (b)(2)(A)(i) for participants in the 

9 State receiving such credential who 

10 are individuals with barriers to em11 ployment, disaggregated by each sub12 population of such individuals, and by 

13 race, ethnicity, sex, and age.’’; and 

14 (5) in paragraph (6)— 

15 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

16 as follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) STATE PERFORMANCE REPORTS.— 

18 The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 

19 Education shall annually make available the 

20 performance reports for States containing the 

21 information described in paragraph (2), which 

22 shall include making such reports available— 

23 ‘‘(i) digitally using transparent, 

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1 chine actionable such that the data from 

2 these reports— 

3 ‘‘(I) are easily understandable; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(II) can be easily included in 

6 web-based tools and services sup7 porting search, discovery, comparison, 

8 analysis, navigation, and guidance; 

9 ‘‘(ii) in a printable format; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) in multiple languages, to the ex11 tent practicable.’’; 

12 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘(including by elec14 tronic means), in an easily understandable 

15 format,’’; and 

16 (ii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: ‘‘The Secretary of Labor and the 

18 Secretary of Education shall include, on 

19 the website where the State performance 

20 reports are required under subparagraph 

21 (A) to be made available, a link to local 

22 area performance reports and the eligible 

23 provider of training services report for 

24 each State. Such reports shall be made 


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1 available in each of the formats described 

2 in subparagraph (A).’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(E) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

5 in this subsection shall be construed to require 

6 the retroactive collection of information, from 

7 program years prior to the effective date de8 scribed in section 502(a)(1) of the A Stronger 

9 Workforce for America Act, that was not re10 quired under this subsection prior to that effec11 tive date.’’. 

12 (c) EVALUATION OF STATE PROGRAMS.—Section 

13 116(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

14 (29 U.S.C. 3141(e)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘shall 

17 conduct ongoing’’ and inserting ‘‘shall use data 

18 to conduct analyses and ongoing’’; and 

19 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

20 ‘‘conduct the’’ and inserting ‘‘conduct such 

21 analyses and’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘A State may 

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1 gram operations and outcomes and to identify areas 

2 for further evaluation.’’ at the end. 

3 (d) SANCTIONS FOR STATE FAILURE TO MEET

4 STATE PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 

5 Section 116(f) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(f)) is amended to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(f) SANCTIONS FOR STATE FAILURE TO MEET

9 STATE PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) TARGETED SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State fails to 

12 meet 80 percent of the State adjusted level of 

13 performance for an indicator described in sub14 section (b)(2)(A) (referred to in the regulations 

15 carrying out this section as an ‘individual indi16 cator score’) for a core program for any pro17 gram year, the Secretary of Labor and the Sec18 retary of Education shall provide technical as19 sistance. 

20 ‘‘(B) SANCTIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the State fails 

22 in the manner described in subclause (I) or 

23 (II) of clause (ii) with respect to the pro24 gram year specified in that subclause, the 

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1 the absence of this subsection) be reserved 

2 by the Governor under section 128(a)(1) 

3 for the immediately succeeding program 

4 year shall be reduced by 5 percent and an 

5 amount equivalent to the amount reduced 

6 shall be returned to the Secretary of Labor 

7 until such date as the Secretary of Labor 

8 or the Secretary of Education, as appro9 priate, determines that the State meets the 

10 State adjusted level of performance, in the 

11 case of a failure described in clause (ii)(II), 

12 or has submitted the reports for the appro13 priate program years, in the case of a fail14 ure described in clause (ii)(I). 

15 ‘‘(ii) FAILURES.—A State shall be 

16 subject to clause (i)— 

17 ‘‘(I) if (except in the case of ex18 ceptional circumstances as determined 

19 by the Secretary of Labor or the Sec20 retary of Education, as appropriate), 

21 such State fails to submit a report 

22 under subsection (d) for any program 

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1 ‘‘(II) for a failure under subpara2 graph (A) that has continued for a 

3 second consecutive program year. 

4 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND ASSIST5 ANCE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State fails to 

7 meet an average of 90 percent of the State ad8 justed levels of performance for a single core 

9 program across all indicators of performance 

10 (referred to in the regulations carrying out this 

11 section as an ‘overall State program score’) for 

12 any program year, or if a State fails to meet an 

13 average of 90 percent of the State adjusted lev14 els of performance for a single indicator of per15 formance across all core programs (referred to 

16 in the regulations carrying out this section as 

17 an ‘overall State indicator score’) for any pro18 gram year, the Secretary of Labor and the Sec19 retary of Education shall provide technical as20 sistance, as described and authorized under sec21 tion 168(b), including assistance in the develop22 ment of a comprehensive performance improve23 ment plan. 

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1 continues for a second consecutive program 

2 year, the percentage of each amount that could 

3 (in the absence of this subsection) be reserved 

4 by the Governor under section 128(a)(1) for the 

5 immediately succeeding program year shall be 

6 reduced by 8 percent and an amount equivalent 

7 to the amount reduced shall be returned to the 

8 Secretary of Labor until such date as the Sec9 retary of Labor or the Secretary of Education, 

10 as appropriate, determines that the State meets 

11 such State adjusted levels of performance. 

12 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The total reduction under 

13 this subsection to the percentage of each amount 

14 that could (in the absence of this subsection) be re15 served by the Governor under section 128(a)(1) may 

16 not exceed 10 percent for a program year. 

17 ‘‘(4) REALLOTMENT OF REDUCTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts available 

19 for reallotment for a program year shall be re20 allotted to a State (in this paragraph referred 

21 to as an ‘eligible State’) that— 

22 ‘‘(i) was not subject to a reduction of 

23 funds under paragraph (1)(B) or para24 graph (2)(B) of this subsection for such 

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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of amounts available 

2 under section 127(b)(1)(C), was 1 of the 5 

3 States that achieved, in the most recent 

4 program year, the greatest increase from 

5 the prior year to the average of the State’s 

6 adjusted levels of performance across all 

7 indicators of performance for the youth 

8 program under chapter 2 of subtitle B; 

9 ‘‘(iii) in the case of amounts available 

10 under section 132(b)(1)(B), was 1 of the 5 

11 States that achieved, in the most recent 

12 program year, the greatest increase from 

13 the prior year to the average of the State’s 

14 adjusted levels of performance across all 

15 indicators of performance for the adult 

16 program under chapter 3 of subtitle B; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iv) in the case of amounts available 

19 under section 132(b)(2)(B), was 1 of the 5 

20 States that achieved, in the most recent 

21 program year, the greatest increase from 

22 the prior year to the average of the State’s 

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1 located worker program under chapter 3 of 

2 subtitle B. 

3 ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR REALLOT4 MENT.—In this paragraph, the term ‘amounts 

5 available for reallotment for a program year’ 

6 means the amounts available under section 

7 127(b)(1)(C) and paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) 

8 of section 132(b) for such program year which 

9 could (in the absence of the requirements to re10 turn funds of paragraph (1)(B) or paragraph 

11 (2)(B) of this subsection) have otherwise been 

12 reserved under section 128(a)(1) by a Governor 

13 of a State for such program year. 

14 ‘‘(C) REALLOTMENT AMOUNTS.—In mak15 ing reallotments under subparagraph (A) for a 

16 program year to eligible States, the Secretary 

17 shall allot to each eligible State— 

18 ‘‘(i) in the case of amounts available 

19 under section 127(b)(1)(C), an amount 

20 based on the relative amount of the allot21 ment made (before the reallotments under 

22 this paragraph are made) to such eligible 

23 State under section 127(b)(1)(C) for such 

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1 this paragraph are made) to all eligible 

2 States under section 127(b)(1)(C) for such 

3 program year; 

4 ‘‘(ii) in the case of amounts available 

5 under paragraph (1)(B) of section 132(b), 

6 an amount based on the relative amount of 

7 the allotment made (before the reallot8 ments under this paragraph are made) to 

9 such eligible State under paragraph (1)(B) 

10 of section 132(b) for such program year, 

11 compared to the total allotments made (be12 fore the reallotments under this paragraph 

13 are made) to all eligible States under para14 graph (1)(B) of section 132(b) for such 

15 program year; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) in the case of amounts available 

17 under paragraph (2)(B) of section 132(b), 

18 an amount based on the relative amount of 

19 the allotment made (before the reallot20 ments under this paragraph are made) to 

21 such eligible State under paragraph (2)(B) 

22 of section 132(b) for such program year, 

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1 graph (2)(B) of section 132(b) for such 

2 program year.’’. 

3 (e) SANCTIONS FOR LOCAL AREA FAILURE TO MEET

4 LOCAL PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 

5 Section 116(g) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(g)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘80 percent of the’’ before 

9 ‘‘local performance’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘local performance ac11 countability measures established under sub12 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘local level of per13 formance established under subsection (c) for 

14 an indicator of performance described in sub15 section (b)(2)(A) for a single program, an aver16 age of 90 percent of the local levels of perform17 ance across all such indicators for a single pro18 gram, or an average of 90 percent of the local 

19 levels of performance for a single such indicator 

20 across all programs,’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If such failure con2 tinues, the Governor shall take corrective ac3 tions, which shall include— 

4 ‘‘(i) in the case of such failure, as de5 scribed in paragraph (1), for a second con6 secutive year, on any single indicator, 

7 across indicators for a single program, or 

8 on a single indicator across programs, a 5- 

9 percent reduction in the amount that 

10 would (in the absence of this clause) be al11 located to the local area for the imme12 diately succeeding program year under 

13 chapter 2 or 3 of subtitle B for the pro14 gram subject to the performance failure; 

15 ‘‘(ii) in the case of such failure, as de16 scribed in paragraph (1), for a third con17 secutive year, the development of a reorga18 nization plan through which the Governor 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(I) require the appointment and 

21 certification of a new local board, con22 sistent with the criteria established 

23 under section 107(b); 

24 ‘‘(II) prohibit the use of one-stop 

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1 providers identified as achieving a 

2 poor level of performance; and 

3 ‘‘(III) redesignate a local area 

4 (which may include merging a local 

5 area with another local area), if the 

6 Governor determines that the likely 

7 cause of such continued performance 

8 failure of a local area is due to such 

9 local area’s designation being granted 

10 without the appropriate consideration 

11 of parameters described under section 

12 106(b)(1)(B); or 

13 ‘‘(iii) taking another significant action 

14 determined appropriate by the Governor.’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 

16 ‘‘(ii)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(D) REALLOCATION OF REDUCTIONS.— 

19 With respect to any amounts available to carry 

20 out section 128(b), paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of 

21 section 133(b), and section 133(b)(2)(B) to a 

22 Governor for a program year which would (in 

23 the absence of subparagraph (A)(i)) have other24 wise been allocated by such Governor to a local 

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1 graph as an ‘unallocated amount’) for such pro2 gram year— 

3 ‘‘(i) 10 percent of those 3 unallocated 

4 amounts shall be reserved by the Governor 

5 to provide technical assistance to local 

6 areas within the State that were subject to 

7 a reduction of allocation amounts pursuant 

8 to subparagraph (A)(i) for such program 

9 year; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the amounts remaining after the 

11 reservations under clause (i) shall be re12 allocated by the Governor, to the local 

13 areas within the State that were not sub14 ject to a reduction of allocation amounts 

15 pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) for such 

16 program year, in a manner determined by 

17 the Governor, which may take into consid18 eration the extent to which local areas 

19 serve a significant number, as determined 

20 by the Governor, of individuals with bar21 riers to employment.’’. 

22 (f) ESTABLISHING PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CON23 TRACT STRATEGY INCENTIVES.—Section 116(h) of the 

24 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

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1 inserting ‘‘not more than 5 percent of the funds reserved 

2 under section 128(a)(1)’’. 

3 (g) INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

4 Section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

5 Act (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

7 (j); and 

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(i) INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

11 Beginning not later than 12 months after the date of en12 actment of the A Stronger Workforce for America Act, 

13 the Secretary of Labor shall hold meetings with each State 

14 board and State agency that administers a core program, 

15 and that requests such a meeting, to provide information 

16 and technical assistance concerning the performance ac17 countability measures established in accordance with sub18 section (b), and related requirements for States under this 

19 section.’’. 

20 (h) FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IN21 FORMATION SYSTEMS.—Section 116(j) of the Workforce 

22 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(j)), as 

23 so redesignated, is amended— 

24 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), by 

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1 the National Directory of New Hires in accordance 

2 with section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 653(j)(8))’’ after ‘‘State law’’; 

4 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para5 graph (4); and 

6 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATED ENTITY.—The Governor 

9 shall designate a State agency (or appropriate State 

10 entity) to assist in carrying out the performance re11 porting requirements of this section for core pro12 grams and eligible providers of training services. 

13 The designated State agency (or appropriate State 

14 entity) shall be responsible for— 

15 ‘‘(A) facilitating data matches using quar16 terly wage record information, including wage 

17 record information made available by other 

18 States, to measure employment and earnings 

19 outcomes; 

20 ‘‘(B) notifying State agencies that admin21 ister core programs and eligible providers of 

22 training services of the State’s procedures for 

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1 ‘‘(C) protection against disaggregation that 

2 would violate applicable privacy standards, as 

3 described in subsection (d)(6)(C).’’. 

4 (i) IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE ACCOUNT5 ABILITY MEASURES.—Section 116 of the Workforce Inno6 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(k) IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE ACCOUNT9 ABILITY MEASURES.—Not later than 12 months after the 

10 date of enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for Amer11 ica Act, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Edu12 cation shall fully implement the requirements of this sec13 tion for programs described in subsection (b)(3)(A)(iv), in14 cluding— 

15 ‘‘(1) developing and disseminating the objective 

16 statistical adjustment model described in subsection 

17 (b)(3)(A)(viii) and using the model as described in 

18 subsection (b)(3)(A)(viii) for each program; and 

19 ‘‘(2) notifying the State agencies carrying out 

20 such programs of the performance accountability 

21 measures established under this section, of the re22 porting and evaluation requirements for such pro23 grams, and of the sanctions requirements for pro24 grams that fail to meet State adjusted levels of per25 formance under subsection (b)(3)(A)(iv).’’. 


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1 Subtitle C—Workforce Investment 

2 Activities and Providers 

3 CHAPTER 1—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT 

4 ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDERS 

5 SEC. 121. ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYS6 TEMS. 

7 (a) ONE-STOP PARTNERS.—Section 121(b) of the 

8 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3151(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (i) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

13 at the end; 

14 (ii) by striking clause (xii); and 

15 (iii) by redesignating clause (xiii) as 

16 clause (xii); and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sub18 paragraph (B)(xiii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara19 graph (B)(xii)’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘With’’ and inserting ‘‘At the direction of the 

23 Governor or with’’; and 

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1 (i) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (ii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 

4 clause (viii); 

5 (iii) by inserting after clause (vi) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(vii) any applicable economic devel8 opment and workforce development pro9 grams carried out in the State— 

10 ‘‘(I) by the Economic Develop11 ment Administration; 

12 ‘‘(II) under Public Law 117–167 

13 (commonly known as the ‘CHIPS and 

14 Science Act of 2022’); 

15 ‘‘(III) under the Infrastructure 

16 Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 

17 117–58); or 

18 ‘‘(IV) under Public Law 117–168 

19 (commonly known as the ‘Inflation 

20 Reduction Act of 2022’); and’’; and 

21 (iv) in clause (viii), as so redesig22 nated— 

23 (I) by inserting ‘‘opportunity 

24 youth services,’’ after ‘‘education,’’; 

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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘, by commu2 nity-based organizations,’’ after ‘‘li3 braries’’. 

4 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Section 

5 121(c)(2)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(c)(2)(A)(iv)) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘access to services, including access to technology 

8 and materials, made’’ and inserting ‘‘access or referral to 

9 services, including access or referral to technology, mate10 rials, and other supportive services, made’’. 

11 (c) ONE-STOP OPERATORS.—Section 121(d) of the 

12 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

13 3151(d)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

15 (2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 

16 (5)’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

19 inserting ‘‘(including effectiveness in serving in20 dividuals with barriers to employment)’’ after 

21 ‘‘demonstrated effectiveness’’; 

22 (B) in clause (i), by inserting after ‘‘edu23 cation’’ the following: ‘‘or an area career and 

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1 (D) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause 

2 (viii); 

3 (E) by inserting after clause (v) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(vi) a public library; 

6 ‘‘(vii) a local board that meets the re7 quirements of paragraph (4); and’’; and 

8 (F) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by 

9 inserting after ‘‘labor organization’’ the fol10 lowing: ‘‘or joint labor-management organiza11 tion’’; 

12 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

13 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

14 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In operating a one18 stop delivery system referred to in subsection 

19 (e), a one-stop operator— 

20 ‘‘(i) shall— 

21 ‘‘(I) manage the physical and vir22 tual infrastructure and operations of 

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1 ‘‘(II) facilitate coordination 

2 among the one-stop partners in such 

3 one-stop delivery system; and 

4 ‘‘(III) take the necessary steps to 

5 ensure efficient and effective service 

6 delivery for individuals served by the 

7 one-stop delivery system, including in8 dividuals with barriers to employment; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) may, subject to the requirements 

11 under subparagraph (B), directly provide 

12 services to job seekers and employers. 

13 ‘‘(B) INTERNAL CONTROLS.—In a case in 

14 which a one-stop operator seeks to operate as a 

15 service provider pursuant to subparagraph 

16 (A)(ii), the local board shall establish internal 

17 controls (which shall include written policies 

18 and procedures)— 

19 ‘‘(i) with respect to the competition in 

20 which the one-stop operator will compete to 

21 be selected as such service provider, and 

22 the subsequent oversight, monitoring, and 

23 evaluation of the performance of such one24 stop operator as such service provider; and 

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1 ‘‘(I) require compliance with— 

2 ‘‘(aa) relevant Office of 

3 Management and Budget circu4 lars relating to conflicts of inter5 est; and 

6 ‘‘(bb) any applicable State 

7 conflict of interest policy; and 

8 ‘‘(II) prohibit a one-stop operator 

9 from developing, managing, or con10 ducting the competition in which the 

11 operator intends to compete to be se12 lected as a service provider. 

13 ‘‘(4) LOCAL BOARDS AS ONE-STOP OPERA14 TORS.—Subject to approval from the chief elected 

15 official and Governor and in accordance with any 

16 other eligibility criteria established by the State, a 

17 local board may serve as a one-stop operator, if the 

18 local board— 

19 ‘‘(A) enters into a written agreement with 

20 the chief elected official that clarifies how the 

21 local board will carry out the functions and re22 sponsibilities as a one-stop operator in a man23 ner that complies with the appropriate internal 

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1 which shall include how the local board, while 

2 serving as a one-stop operator, will— 

3 ‘‘(i) comply with the relevant Office of 

4 Management and Budget circulars relating 

5 to conflicts of interest; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) any applicable State conflict of 

7 interest policy; and 

8 ‘‘(B) complies with the other applicable re9 quirements of this subsection.’’. 

10 (d) ONE-STOP DELIVERY.—Section 121(e) of the 

11 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

12 3151(e)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

15 and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec16 tively; and 

17 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) provide referrals to supportive serv20 ices, to the extent practicable;’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), to read as fol23 lows: 

24 ‘‘(A) shall make each of the programs, 

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1 portive services, for the purposes of this para2 graph), and activities described in paragraph 

3 (1) available— 

4 ‘‘(i) at not less than 1 physical or vir5 tual center for each local area of the State, 

6 except that, in the case of 1 or more local 

7 areas that share at least 1 common border, 

8 each such local area may share— 

9 ‘‘(I) a virtual center if the local 

10 area complies with subparagraph (E); 

11 or 

12 ‘‘(II) a physical center, if such 

13 center is located in a location that 

14 promotes accessibility to services for 

15 individuals residing in all such local 

16 areas served by the center; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that is designed to 

18 promote efficiency, coordination, quality, 

19 and accessibility for individuals with bar20 riers to employment, as determined by the 

21 local board, in the delivery of such pro22 grams, services, and activities;’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 

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1 a site of any of the entities described in sub2 section (d)(2)(B))’’; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

4 (i) by inserting after ‘‘centers’’ the 

5 following: ‘‘(which may be virtual or phys6 ical centers)’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (D) in subparagraph (D)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘as applicable and 

10 practicable, shall’’ and inserting ‘‘in the 

11 case of a one-stop delivery system that is 

12 making each of the programs, services, and 

13 activities described in paragraph (1) acces14 sible at not less than 1 physical center, as 

15 described in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), shall, 

16 as applicable and practicable,’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

18 and inserting ‘‘, and local areas that share 

19 at least 1 common border may coordinate 

20 in making such programs, services, and ac21 tivities accessible through electronic means 

22 through such a one-stop delivery system; 

23 and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(E) in the case of a one-stop delivery sys2 tem that is making each of the programs, serv3 ices, and activities accessible through electronic 

4 means, as described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I), 

5 shall have not fewer than 2 affiliated sites (not 

6 fewer than 1 of which will have not fewer than 

7 1 professional staff member) with a physical lo8 cation where individuals can access, virtually, 

9 each of the programs, services, and activities 

10 described in paragraph (1) that are virtually ac11 cessible.’’; and 

12 (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first 

13 sentence the following: ‘‘The system identifier shall 

14 be prominently and visibly displayed at each com15 prehensive and specialized one-stop center operated 

16 by the one-stop delivery system, including physical 

17 and virtual centers identified in paragraph (2)(A), 

18 and the sites and centers described in subparagraphs 

19 (B) through (E) of paragraph (2).’’. 

20 (e) CERTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT CRITERIA.— 

21 Section 121(g)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and 

22 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(g)(2)(A)) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘under subsections (h)(1)’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘under subsections (h)(1)(C)’’. 


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1 (f) FUNDING OF ONE-STOP INFRASTRUCTURE.—Sec2 tion 121(h) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

3 Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(h)) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

5 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

6 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 

7 (3) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated— 

8 (A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

9 as follows: 

10 ‘‘(B) PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS.—Subject 

11 to subparagraph (D), the covered portions of 

12 funding for a fiscal year shall be provided to 

13 the Governor from the programs described in 

14 subsection (b)(1) to pay the costs of infrastruc15 ture of one-stop centers in local areas of the 

16 State.’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘for funding pursuant 

19 to clause (i)(II) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) 

20 by each partner,’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking the third sentence; and 

22 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

23 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘For 

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1 by paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), the’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘The’’; 

3 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

4 (I) in subclause (I)— 

5 (aa) by striking ‘‘WIA’’ in 

6 the header and inserting 

7 ‘‘WIOA’’; and 

8 (bb) by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’; and 

10 (II) by striking subclause (III) 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(III) VOCATIONAL REHABILITA13 TION.—Notwithstanding subclauses 

14 (I) and (II), an entity administering a 

15 program described in subsection 

16 (b)(1)(B)(iii) shall not be required to 

17 provide from that program, under this 

18 paragraph, a portion that exceeds 1.5 

19 percent of the amount of Federal 

20 funds provided to carry out such pro21 gram in the State for a program 

22 year.’’; and 

23 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘For 

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1 by paragraph (1)(A)(i)(I), an’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘An’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pur5 poses of assisting in’’ and inserting ‘‘purpose 

6 of’’; and 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘not funding costs of infrastructure under 

10 the option described in paragraph 

11 (1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 

12 (ii) in the second sentence, by insert13 ing after ‘‘local area,’’ the following: ‘‘the 

14 intensity of services provided by such cen15 ters, the number and types of one-stop 

16 partners engaged by or providing services 

17 through such centers’’; 

18 (5) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re19 designated, the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND21 ING.—For any fiscal year in which the allocation re22 ceived by a local area under paragraph (2) is insuffi23 cient to cover the total costs of infrastructure of 

24 one-stop centers in such local area, the local board, 

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1 that have entered into the local memorandum of un2 derstanding with the local board under subsection 

3 (c) may agree to fund the remainder of any such 

4 costs using a method described in such memo5 randum.’’; and 

6 (6) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘oper7 ation of the one-stop center’’ the following: ‘‘(wheth8 er for in-person or virtual service delivery)’’. 

9 (g) OTHER FUNDS.—Section 121(i)(2) of the Work10 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

11 3151(i)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘intake,’’ and all that 

12 follows through ‘‘skills,’’ and inserting ‘‘intake, case man13 agement, assessment of needs, appraisal of foundational 

14 skill needs,’’. 

15 SEC. 122. IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF 

16 TRAINING SERVICES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122 of the Workforce In18 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) 

21 as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; 

22 (2) by striking the section heading and all that 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 122. IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF 

2 TRAINING SERVICES. 

3 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub5 section (i), the Governor, after consultation with the 

6 State board and considering the State’s adjusted lev7 els of performance described in section 

8 116(b)(3)(A)(iv), shall establish— 

9 ‘‘(A) procedures regarding the eligibility of 

10 providers of training services to receive funds 

11 provided under section 133(b) for the provision 

12 of training services through programs with eli13 gibility under this section (in this section re14 ferred to as ‘eligible programs’) in local areas in 

15 the State; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the minimum levels of performance 

17 on the criteria for a program to receive such eli18 gibility. 

19 ‘‘(2) PROVIDERS.—Subject to the provisions of 

20 this section, to be eligible to receive those funds for 

21 the provision of training services, the provider shall 

22 be— 

23 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 

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1 ‘‘(B) an entity that carries out programs 

2 registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 

3 (commonly known as the ‘National Apprentice4 ship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 

5 50 et seq.); or 

6 ‘‘(C) another public or private provider of 

7 a program of training services, which may in8 clude joint labor-management organizations, 

9 providers of entrepreneurial skills development 

10 programs, industry or sector partnerships, 

11 groups of employers, trade or professional asso12 ciations, and eligible providers of adult edu13 cation and literacy activities under title II (if 

14 such activities are provided in combination with 

15 occupational skills training or integrated edu16 cation and training programs). 

17 ‘‘(3) INCLUSION IN LIST OF ELIGIBLE PRO18 VIDERS.—A provider described in subparagraph (A) 

19 or (C) of paragraph (2) shall comply with the cri20 teria, information requirements, and procedures es21 tablished under this section to be included on the list 

22 of eligible providers of training services described in 

23 subsection (d). A provider described in paragraph 

24 (2)(B) shall be included and maintained on the list 

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1 subsection (d) for so long as the corresponding pro2 gram of the provider remains registered as described 

3 in paragraph (2)(B). 

4 ‘‘(b) CRITERIA AND INFORMATION REQUIRE5 MENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) GENERAL CRITERIA FOR PROGRAMS.— 

7 Each provider shall demonstrate to the Governor 

8 that the program for which the provider is seeking 

9 eligibility under this section— 

10 ‘‘(A) prepares participants to meet the hir11 ing requirements of potential employers in the 

12 State, or a local area within the State, for em13 ployment that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is high-skill and high-wage; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) is in an in-demand industry sec16 tor or occupation; 

17 ‘‘(B) leads to a recognized postsecondary 

18 credential; 

19 ‘‘(C) has been offered by the provider for 

20 not less than 1 year; and 

21 ‘‘(D) meets the performance requirements 

22 for eligibility described in paragraph (2). 

23 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR ELIGI24 BILITY.— 

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1 ‘‘(i) establish and publicize minimum 

2 levels of performance for each of the cri3 teria listed in subparagraph (B) that a 

4 program offered by a provider of training 

5 services shall achieve, for all participants 

6 in the program (including participants for 

7 whom the provider receives payments 

8 under this title) for the program to receive 

9 and maintain eligibility under this section; 

10 ‘‘(ii) verify the performance achieved 

11 by such a program with respect to each 

12 such criterion to determine whether the 

13 program meets the corresponding min14 imum level of performance established 

15 under clause (i)— 

16 ‘‘(I) in the case of the criteria de17 scribed in (ii) through (iv) of subpara18 graph (B), using State administrative 

19 data (such as quarterly wage records); 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(II) in the case of the criteria 

22 described in subparagraph (B)(i), 

23 using any applicable method for such 

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1 ‘‘(iii) in verifying the performance 

2 achievement of a program to make such 

3 determination, verify that such program 

4 included a sufficient number of program 

5 participants to protect participants’ per6 sonally identifiable information, and to 

7 provide information that is a reliable indi8 cator of performance achievement. 

9 ‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—The per10 formance criteria to receive and maintain eligi11 bility for a program under this section are each 

12 of the following: 

13 ‘‘(i) The credential attainment rate of 

14 program participants (calculated as the 

15 percentage of program participants who 

16 obtain the recognized postsecondary cre17 dential that the program prepares partici18 pants to earn within 6 months after exit 

19 from the program). 

20 ‘‘(ii) The job placement rate of pro21 gram participants (calculated as the per22 centage of program participants in unsub23 sidized employment during the second 

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1 ‘‘(iii) The median earnings of program 

2 participants who are in unsubsidized em3 ployment during the second quarter after 

4 exit from the program. 

5 ‘‘(iv) The ratio of median earnings in6 crease to the total cost of program, cal7 culated as the ratio of— 

8 ‘‘(I) the median value of the dif9 ference between— 

10 ‘‘(aa) participant wages 

11 from unsubsidized employment 

12 during the second quarter after 

13 program exit; and 

14 ‘‘(bb) participant wages dur15 ing the quarter prior to entering 

16 the program; to 

17 ‘‘(II) the total cost of the pro18 gram (as described in paragraph 

19 (5)(B)(i)(III)). 

20 ‘‘(C) LOCAL CRITERIA.—With respect to 

21 any program receiving eligibility under this sec22 tion from a Governor, a local board in the State 

23 may require higher levels of performance than 

24 the minimum levels of performance established 

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1 program to be an eligible program in the cor2 responding local area, but may not— 

3 ‘‘(i) require any information or appli4 cation from the provider that is not re5 quired for such eligibility; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) establish a performance require7 ment with respect to any criterion not list8 ed in subparagraph (B). 

9 ‘‘(3) EMPLOYER-SPONSORED OR INDUSTRY OR

10 SECTORAL PARTNERSHIP DESIGNATION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall 

12 establish procedures and criteria for a provider 

13 to demonstrate that a program meets, in apply14 ing for an employer-sponsored designation for a 

15 program that has received eligibility under this 

16 subsection, which shall include demonstrating a 

17 commitment from an employer or an industry 

18 or sectoral partnership to— 

19 ‘‘(i) pay to the provider, on behalf of 

20 each participant enrolled in such program 

21 under this Act, not less than 25 percent of 

22 the total cost of the program (as described 

23 in paragraph (5)(B)(i)(III)), which shall be 

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1 erwise received under section 133(b) for 

2 the provision of training services by such 

3 program to such participant; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) guarantee an interview and 

5 meaningful consideration for a job with the 

6 employer, or in the case of an industry or 

7 sector partnership, an employer within 

8 such partnership, for each such participant 

9 that successfully completes the program. 

10 ‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON FINANCIAL AR11 RANGEMENT.—A provider of a program receiv12 ing an employer-sponsored designation under 

13 this paragraph may not— 

14 ‘‘(i) have an ownership stake in the 

15 employer or industry or sectoral partner16 ship making a commitment described in 

17 subparagraph (A); or 

18 ‘‘(ii) enter into an arrangement to re19 imburse an employer or partnership for the 

20 costs of a participant paid by such em21 ployer or partnership under this para22 graph. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Governor deter2 mines that a program offered by an eligible pro3 vider meets the minimum levels of performance 

4 described in subparagraph (B) to receive a 

5 Workforce Innovation Leader (or WIL) des6 ignation, which designates the program as a 

7 WIL program, the Governor shall grant the 

8 program designation as a WIL program and in9 form the provider of such program of their abil10 ity to display the WIL seal, as described in sub11 paragraph (C), in marketing materials. 

12 ‘‘(B) LEVELS.—A eligible program shall 

13 meet the levels of performance to receive a WIL 

14 designation if such program has achieved— 

15 ‘‘(i) a credential attainment rate of 

16 program participants (calculated as the 

17 percentage of program participants who 

18 obtain the recognized postsecondary cre19 dential that the program prepares partici20 pants to earn within 6 months after exit 

21 from the program) of not less than 80 per22 cent; 

23 ‘‘(ii) a job placement rate of program 

24 participants (calculated as the percentage 

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1 employment during the second quarter 

2 after exit from the program) of not less 

3 than 70 percent; 

4 ‘‘(iii) median earnings of program 

5 participants who are in unsubsidized em6 ployment during the second quarter after 

7 exit from the program that are not less 

8 than 25 percent greater than the State9 level median earnings of individuals ages 

10 25 through 34 in the labor force who have 

11 only a regular high school diploma or its 

12 recognized equivalent; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) a ratio of greater than 1.5 of 

14 median earnings increase to the total cost 

15 of program, calculated as the ratio of— 

16 ‘‘(I) the median value of the dif17 ference between— 

18 ‘‘(aa) participant wages 

19 from unsubsidized employment 

20 during the second quarter after 

21 program exit; and 

22 ‘‘(bb) participant wages dur23 ing the quarter prior to entering 

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1 ‘‘(II) the total cost of the pro2 gram (as described in paragraph 

3 (5)(B)(i)(III)). 

4 ‘‘(C) WIL SEAL.—Not later than 2 years 

5 after the date of enactment of the A Stronger 

6 Workforce for America Act, the Secretary shall 

7 design a seal signifying that a program has 

8 achieved a WIL designation, for the Governor 

9 of each State to provide to any programs in 

10 their State that achieve the performance nec11 essary to receive a WIL designation. 

12 ‘‘(D) LOSS OF WIL DESIGNATION.—If, dur13 ing the annual review of eligibility described in 

14 subsection (c)(3), the Governor determines that 

15 a WIL program no longer meets the levels de16 scribed in subparagraph (B) or otherwise has 

17 eligibility under this section revoked or termi18 nated, or the provider of the program has eligi19 bility terminated under subsection (g)(1)(A), 

20 the Governor shall revoke the program’s WIL 

21 designation and inform the provider of such 

22 program that such provider may no longer dis23 play the WIL seal in marketing materials or 

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1 ‘‘(5) INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.—A pro2 vider that seeks to establish eligibility under this 

3 section, and an eligible provider, shall submit appro4 priate, accurate, and timely information to the Gov5 ernor, to enable the Governor to carry out sub6 section (d), with respect to all participants in each 

7 eligible program (including participants for whom 

8 the provider receives payments under this title) of9 fered by the provider, which information shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) be made available by the State in a 

11 common, linked, open, and interoperable data 

12 format; and 

13 ‘‘(B) consist of— 

14 ‘‘(i) information on— 

15 ‘‘(I) in the case of an eligible pro16 vider offering a program who is seek17 ing to maintain eligibility, the per18 formance of the program with respect 

19 to the indicators described in section 

20 116(b)(2)(A) for participants in the 

21 program; 

22 ‘‘(II) the recognized postsec23 ondary credentials received by such 

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1 ty, any third-party endorsements, the 

2 occupations for which the credential 

3 prepares individuals, the competencies 

4 achieved by the individuals, the level 

5 of mastery of such competencies (in6 cluding how mastery is assessed) 

7 achieved by the individuals, and any 

8 transfer value or stackability; 

9 ‘‘(III) the total cost of the pro10 gram, including the costs of the pub11 lished tuition and fees, supplies, and 

12 books, and any other costs required 

13 by the provider, for a participant in 

14 the program; 

15 ‘‘(IV) the percentage of such par16 ticipants that complete the program 

17 within the expected time to comple18 tion; and 

19 ‘‘(V) the program’s level of per20 formance on the criteria described in 

21 paragraph (2) and not otherwise in22 cluded in clause (I) of this clause; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) with respect to employment and 

24 earnings measures described in subclauses 

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1 and the performance criteria described in 

2 subsection (b)(2) for such participants— 

3 ‘‘(I) the necessary information 

4 for the State to develop program per5 formance data using State adminis6 trative data (such as quarterly wage 

7 records); and 

8 ‘‘(II) the necessary information 

9 to determine the percentage of such 

10 participants who entered unsubsidized 

11 employment in an occupation related 

12 to the program, to the extent prac13 ticable. 

14 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—In this section, 

15 other than subsection (i), a provider of an eligible 

16 program under this section shall be considered to be 

17 identified as an eligible provider of training services. 

18 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION PROCEDURES.—The proce20 dures established under subsection (a) shall identify 

21 the application process for a provider of training 

22 services (for a program offered by the provider) to 

23 become eligible to receive funds provided under sec24 tion 133(b) for the provision of training services. 

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1 minimizes the financial and administrative burden 

2 on the provider and shall not require the submission 

3 of information in excess of the information required 

4 to determine a program’s eligibility under para5 graphs (1), (2), and (5) of subsection (b). The pro6 cedures shall identify the respective roles of the 

7 State and local areas in receiving and reviewing the 

8 applications and in making determinations of such 

9 eligibility based on the criteria, information require10 ments, and procedures established under this sec11 tion. The procedures shall also establish a process, 

12 for a provider of training services to appeal a denial 

13 or revocation or termination of eligibility under this 

14 section, that includes an opportunity for a hearing 

15 and prescribes appropriate time limits to ensure 

16 prompt resolution of the appeal. 

17 ‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—A Governor shall make a de18 termination of such eligibility with respect to a pro19 gram for which the provider is seeking eligibility 

20 under this section not later than 30 days after re21 ceipt of an application submitted by such provider 

22 consistent with the procedures in paragraph (1). 

23 ‘‘(3) RENEWAL PROCEDURES.—The procedures 

24 established by the Governor shall also provide for 

25 annual review and renewal of eligibility under this 


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1 section for a program of training services that con2 tinues to meet the requirements under paragraphs 

3 (1), (2), and (5) of subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(4) REVOCATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—The proce5 dures established under subsection (a) shall adhere 

6 to the following requirements for revocation of eligi7 bility by the Governor: 

8 ‘‘(A) FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED IN9 FORMATION.—With respect to a provider of 

10 training services that is eligible under this sec11 tion for a program year with respect to an eligi12 ble program, but that does not provide the in13 formation described in subsection (b)(5) with 

14 respect to such program for such program year 

15 (including information on performance nec16 essary to determine if the program meets the 

17 minimum levels of performance on the perform18 ance criteria to maintain eligibility), the pro19 vider shall be ineligible under this section with 

20 respect to such program for the program year 

21 after the program year for which the provider 

22 fails to provide such information. 

23 ‘‘(B) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE

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1 ‘‘(i) FIRST YEAR.—The provider of an 

2 eligible program that has received eligi3 bility under subsection (c)(2) for a pro4 gram year but fails to meet the minimum 

5 levels of performance on the performance 

6 criteria described in subsection (b)(2) for 

7 the most recent program year for which 

8 performance data on such criteria are 

9 available shall be notified of such failure by 

10 the Governor. 

11 ‘‘(ii) SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.—A 

12 program that fails to meet the minimum 

13 levels of performance for a second consecu14 tive program year shall be ineligible under 

15 this section with respect to such program 

16 for the program year following such second 

17 consecutive program year and until the 

18 program meets the minimum levels of per19 formance. 

20 ‘‘(iii) REAPPLICATION.—A provider 

21 that loses eligibility under this subpara22 graph with respect to a program may re23 apply to receive eligibility for the program 

24 according to the procedures described in 

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1 the minimum levels of performance de2 scribed in clause (i), for the most recent 

3 program year for which performance data 

4 on the performance criteria are available. 

5 ‘‘(C) REPEATED FAILURE.—A program for 

6 which the Governor revokes eligibility under 

7 subparagraph (A) or (B)— 

8 ‘‘(i) 2 times shall be determined ineli9 gible under this section by the Governor 

10 for a period of at least 2 years; 

11 ‘‘(ii) 3 times shall be determined ineli12 gible under the section by the Governor for 

13 a period of at least 5 years; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) more than 3 times shall be de15 termined ineligible under this section by 

16 the Governor for a period of at least 10 

17 years. 

18 ‘‘(5) CONTINUITY OF TRAINING SERVICES.—A 

19 provider of a program for which the Governor re20 vokes eligibility under paragraph (4) shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) be prohibited from enrolling any new 

22 participants whose participation would be fund23 ed under section 133(b) in the program and 

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1 not already enrolled in the program on the date 

2 of revocation or termination until and unless 

3 the Governor determines that the provider has 

4 demonstrated that the program offered by the 

5 provider has met the requirements for the pro6 vider to gain the opportunity to reapply for eli7 gibility under the procedure described in para8 graph (4)(B)(iii); and 

9 ‘‘(B) enable each participant currently en10 rolled in the program, on the date of the rev11 ocation or termination, to complete such pro12 gram. 

13 ‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION OF PROGRAM LOSS OF ELI14 GIBILITY.—The local board serving participants 

15 whose participation is funded under section 133(b) 

16 in a program for which eligibility is revoked by the 

17 Governor under this subsection shall notify such par18 ticipants that such program no longer meets the 

19 State’s requirements for eligible providers of train20 ing services under this Act and that the participant 

21 has the opportunity to continue receiving training 

22 services from such program, in order to complete the 

23 program. 

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1 the process for any provider of training services of2 fering a program that is eligible under this section 

3 in a first State to establish eligibility under this sec4 tion in an additional State, which shall, to the extent 

5 practicable, minimize financial and administrative 

6 burdens on any such provider by authorizing the 

7 provider to submit the same application materials 

8 and information to the Governor of the additional 

9 State that was accepted by the Governor granting 

10 the provider’s eligibility in the first State, as long as 

11 the program meets the applicable State requirements 

12 for such eligibility established under subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(8) ONLINE PROVIDERS.—The procedures es14 tablished under subsection (a) shall apply to a pro15 vider that delivers training services exclusively on16 line. If a participant chooses a provider that delivers 

17 training services exclusively online and is not located 

18 in the State of the local area that approved such 

19 training services for the participant in accordance 

20 with section 133(c)(3)(A)(i), such provider shall be 

21 ineligible to receive payment for such participant 

22 from funds allotted to such State under section 132 

23 unless such provider is on the list of eligible pro24 viders of training services described in subsection (d) 

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1 ‘‘(d) LIST AND INFORMATION TO ASSIST PARTICI2 PANTS IN CHOOSING PROVIDERS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to facilitate and 

4 assist participants in choosing employment and 

5 training activities and in choosing providers of train6 ing services, the Governor shall ensure that an ap7 propriate list of providers determined to be eligible 

8 under this section to offer a program in the State 

9 (and, as appropriate, in a local area), accompanied 

10 by information identifying the recognized postsec11 ondary credential offered by the provider and other 

12 appropriate information, is prepared. The list shall 

13 be provided to the local boards in the State, and 

14 made available to such participants and to members 

15 of the public through the one-stop delivery system in 

16 the State in accordance with paragraph (4). 

17 ‘‘(2) CREDENTIAL NAVIGATION FEATURE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance 

19 the ability of participants and employers to un20 derstand and compare the value of the recog21 nized postsecondary credentials awarded by eli22 gible programs offered by providers of training 

23 services in a State, the Governor shall establish 

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1 pants and the public to search a list of such 

2 recognized postsecondary credentials, and the 

3 providers awarding and programs leading to 

4 such a credential, which shall include, with re5 spect to each such credential (aggregated for all 

6 participants in the State that have received 

7 such credential through an eligible program 

8 under this section or through, as applicable, an9 other program carried out under this title)— 

10 ‘‘(i) the information required under 

11 subsection (b)(5)(B)(i)(II); and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the performance of participants 

13 with respect to the indicators (relating to 

14 employment and earnings outcomes) de15 scribed in subclauses (I) through (III) of 

16 section 116(b)(2)(i). 

17 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

18 in this paragraph shall be construed to require 

19 a State that has a credential navigation feature 

20 that permits a search of a list containing the 

21 information described in this paragraph to re22 place such credential navigation feature with 

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1 ‘‘(3) ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION.—The ac2 companying information referred to in paragraph (1) 

3 shall consist of— 

4 ‘‘(A) with respect to providers described in 

5 subparagraphs (A) and (C) of subsection (a)(2), 

6 information provided by such providers 

7 (disaggregated by local areas served, as applica8 ble) in accordance with subsection (b); 

9 ‘‘(B) with respect to a program described 

10 in subsection (b)(3) that is offered by a pro11 vider, information promoting the program as 

12 having an employer-sponsored designation and 

13 identifying the employer or partnership spon14 soring the program; and 

15 ‘‘(C) with respect to a program described 

16 in subsection (b)(4) that is offered by a pro17 vider, information promoting the program as 

18 being a WIL program and displaying the seal 

19 described in subsection (b)(4)(C). 

20 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—The list (including the 

21 credential navigation feature described in paragraph 

22 (2)), and the accompanying information shall be 

23 made available to participants and to members of 

24 the public through the one-stop delivery system in 

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1 ‘‘(A) on a publicly accessible website 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(i) is consumer-tested; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) is searchable, easily understand5 able, and navigable, and allows for the 

6 comparison of eligible programs through 

7 the use of language in a common, linked, 

8 open, and interoperable data format; and 

9 ‘‘(B) in a manner that does not reveal per10 sonally identifiable information about an indi11 vidual participant. 

12 ‘‘(5) WEBSITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

13 Secretary shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) upon request, provide technical assist15 ance to a State on establishing a website that 

16 meets the requirements of paragraph (4); and 

17 ‘‘(B) disseminate to each State effective 

18 practices or resources from States and private 

19 sector entities related to establishing a website 

20 that is consumer-tested to ensure that the 

21 website is searchable, easily understandable, 

22 and navigable. 

23 ‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—In carrying out the require24 ments of this subsection, no personally identifiable 

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1 Security number, student identification number, or 

2 other identifier, may be disclosed without the prior 

3 written consent of the student or student’s parent in 

4 compliance with section 444 of the General Edu5 cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 

6 ‘‘(e) OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT COMMENTS.—In es7 tablishing, under this section, criteria, procedures, and the 

8 list of eligible providers described in subsection (d), the 

9 Governor shall provide an opportunity for interested mem10 bers of the public to make recommendations and submit 

11 comments regarding such criteria, procedures, and list. 

12 ‘‘(f) PROVIDER PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall estab14 lish a system of performance incentive payments to 

15 be awarded to eligible providers in addition to the 

16 amount paid under section 133(b) to such providers 

17 for the provision of training services to participants 

18 of eligible programs. Such system of performance in19 centive payments may be established to award the 

20 payments to providers of eligible programs that— 

21 ‘‘(A) achieve levels of performance above 

22 the minimum levels established by the Governor 

23 under subsection (b)(2); 

24 ‘‘(B) serve a significantly higher number of 

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1 pared to training providers offering similar 

2 training services; or 

3 ‘‘(C) achieve other performance successes, 

4 including those related to jobs that provide eco5 nomic stability and upward mobility (such as 

6 jobs with high wages and family sustainable 

7 benefits) as determined by the State or the 

8 local board. 

9 ‘‘(2) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Incentive pay10 ments to providers established under paragraph (1) 

11 shall be awarded to eligible providers from funds re12 served by the Governor under section 128(a)(1), ex13 cept that not more than 5 percent of the funds re14 served by the Governor under section 128(a)(1) may 

15 be used for such payments.’’; 

16 (3) by striking subsections (i) and (j) and in17 serting the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYER-DIRECTED

19 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING, 

20 AND OTHER TRAINING EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Providers of on-the-job 

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1 employment shall not be subject to the requirements 

2 of subsections (a) through (f). 

3 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF IN4 FORMATION.—A one-stop operator in a local area 

5 shall collect the minimum amount of information 

6 from providers of on-the-job training, employer-di7 rected skills development, incumbent worker train8 ing, internships, paid or unpaid work experience op9 portunities, and transitional employment as nec10 essary to enable the use of State administrative data 

11 to generate such performance information as the 

12 Governor may require, and use the information to 

13 determine whether the providers meet such perform14 ance criteria as the Governor may require. The one15 stop operator shall disseminate information identi16 fying such providers that meet the criteria as eligible 

17 providers, and the performance information, through 

18 the one-stop delivery system. Providers determined 

19 to meet the criteria shall be considered to be identi20 fied as eligible providers of training services. 

21 ‘‘(j) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Governor may 

22 apply to the Secretary for technical assistance, as de23 scribed in section 168(c), for purposes of carrying out the 

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1 retary shall provide such technical assistance in a timely 

2 manner.’’. 

3 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON STATE PERFORMANCE

4 CRITERIA.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enact5 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America Act, the 

6 Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Edu7 cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

9 Pensions of the Senate on eligible providers of training 

10 services under section 122 of the Workforce Innovation 

11 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152), as amended by 

12 this division, in each State that shall include— 

13 (1) the minimum levels of performance estab14 lished by the Governor of each State with respect to 

15 the performance criteria under subsection (b)(2) of 

16 that section 122 for such eligible providers of train17 ing services in the State; 

18 (2) the number of such eligible providers of 

19 training services in the State in each program year 

20 that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, 

21 compared with the number of such providers in the 

22 State in the program year that began immediately 

23 preceding that date of enactment; and 

24 (3) the average length of time that such eligible 

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1 eligibility, disaggregated by the type of entity that 

2 provided the training services. 

3 SEC. 123. ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF YOUTH WORKFORCE IN4 VESTMENT ACTIVITIES. 

5 Section 123(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op6 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3153(a)) is amended by insert7 ing ‘‘, which may include providers of pre-apprenticeship 

8 programs, and apprenticeship programs, that serve 

9 youth,’’ before ‘‘identified based’’. 

10 CHAPTER 2—YOUTH WORKFORCE 

11 INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES 

12 SEC. 131. RESERVATIONS; REALLOCATION. 

13 (a) RESERVATIONS FOR STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES.— 

14 Section 128(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(a)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘reserved 

17 amounts’’ in each place and inserting ‘‘reserved 

18 amounts required under paragraph (1)’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS FUND, AND

21 INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIP AND CAREER

22 PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 

23 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZED RESERVATION.—In ad24 dition to the reservations required under para25 graph (1) and section 133(a)(2), and subject to 


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1 subparagraph (B), the Governor may reserve 

2 not more than 10 percent of each of the 

3 amounts allotted to the State under section 

4 127(b)(1)(C) and paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) 

5 of section 132(b) for a fiscal year to establish 

6 and administer any one, or both, of the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(i) A critical industry skills fund de9 scribed in section 134(a)(4). 

10 ‘‘(ii) An industry or sector partner11 ship and career pathways development 

12 fund described in section 134(a)(5). 

13 ‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—The amount of 

15 funds reserved by a Governor under sub16 paragraph (A) for a fiscal year may not ex17 ceed the amount of funds that such Gov18 ernor commits to using from any of the 

19 funds listed in clause (ii) of this subpara20 graph for the purposes of establishing and 

21 administering the funds described in 

22 clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) for 

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1 ‘‘(ii) SOURCES OF MATCHING

2 FUNDS.—The funds listed in this clause 

3 are as follows: 

4 ‘‘(I) Funds reserved by the Gov5 ernor under paragraph (1) of this 

6 subsection. 

7 ‘‘(II) Other Federal funds not 

8 described in subclause (I). 

9 ‘‘(III) State funds.’’. 

10 (b) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.—Section 

11 128(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

12 (29 U.S.C. 3173(c)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting the following 

14 before the period at the end: ‘‘as performance-based 

15 incentive payments’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘that does not’’ and insert18 ing the following: ‘‘that— 

19 ‘‘(A) does not’’; 

20 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

21 inserting a semicolon; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(B) has met or exceeded an average of 

24 100 percent of the local level of performance 

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1 area across all indicators for the youth program 

2 authorized under this chapter for the most re3 cent program year for which performance data 

4 is available; and 

5 ‘‘(C) was not subject to corrective action 

6 by the Governor under section 184(a)(5)(A) for 

7 a determination of non-compliance with the uni8 form administrative requirements described in 

9 section 184(a)(3) for the program year for 

10 which the determination under paragraph (2) is 

11 made.’’. 

12 SEC. 132. USE OF FUNDS FOR YOUTH WORKFORCE INVEST13 MENT ACTIVITIES. 

14 (a) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—Section 129 of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3164) is amended by striking ‘‘out-of-school’’ each place 

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘opportunity’’. 

18 (b) YOUTH PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.— 

19 (1) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 

20 (A) ELIGIBILITY.—Subparagraph (A) of 

21 section 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation 

22 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)) is 

23 amended to read as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to 

2 participate in activities carried out under 

3 this chapter during any program year, an 

4 individual shall, at the time the eligibility 

5 determination is made, be an opportunity 

6 youth or an in-school youth. 

7 ‘‘(ii) ENROLLMENT.—If a one-stop 

8 operator or eligible provider of youth work9 force activities carrying out activities under 

10 this chapter reasonably believes that an in11 dividual is eligible to participate in such 

12 activities, the operator or provider may 

13 allow such individual to participate in such 

14 activities for not more than a 40-day pe15 riod during which the operator or provider 

16 shall obtain the necessary information to 

17 make an eligibility determination with re18 spect to such individual (which may involve 

19 working with such individual and other en20 tities in the local area, and using available 

21 sources of administrative data, to obtain 

22 the necessary information). 

23 ‘‘(iii) DETERMINATION OF INELIGI24 BILITY.—With respect to an individual who 

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1 under this chapter by a one-stop operator 

2 or an eligible provider of youth workforce 

3 activities during the period described in 

4 clause (ii) and who does not qualify for an 

5 exception under paragraph (3)(A)(ii) appli6 cable to the local area involved, such oper7 ator or service provider— 

8 ‘‘(I) may— 

9 ‘‘(aa) continue serving such 

10 individual using non-Federal 

11 funds; or 

12 ‘‘(bb) end the participation 

13 of such individual in activities 

14 under this chapter and refer the 

15 individual to other services that 

16 may be available in the local area 

17 for which the individual may be 

18 eligible; and 

19 ‘‘(II) shall be paid for any serv20 ices provided to such individual under 

21 this chapter during the period de22 scribed in clause (ii) by the local area 

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1 ‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION PROCESS FOR

2 YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

3 AND FOSTER YOUTH.—In determining 

4 whether an individual is eligible to partici5 pate in activities carried out under this 

6 chapter on the basis of being an individual 

7 who is a youth experiencing homelessness, 

8 or a youth in foster care, as described in 

9 subparagraph (B)(iii)(V), the one-stop op10 erator or service provider involved shall— 

11 ‘‘(I) if determining whether the 

12 individual is a youth experiencing 

13 homelessness, use a process that is in 

14 compliance with the requirements of 

15 subsection (a) of section 479D of the 

16 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

17 U.S.C. 1087uu–2) for financial aid 

18 administrators; and 

19 ‘‘(II) if determining whether the 

20 individual is a youth in foster care, 

21 use a process that is in compliance 

22 with the requirements of subsection 

23 (b) of section 479D of the Higher 

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1 1087uu–2) for financial aid adminis2 trators.’’. 

3 (B) DEFINITION OF OPPORTUNITY

4 YOUTH.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

5 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Op6 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)) is amend7 ed— 

8 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

9 striking ‘‘OUT-OF-SCHOOL’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘OPPORTUNITY’’; 

11 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, except 

12 that an individual described in subpara13 graph (IV) or (V) of clause (iii) may be at14 tending school (as defined under State 

15 law)’’ after ‘‘(as defined under State law)’’; 

16 (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting before 

17 the semicolon at the end, the following : ‘‘, 

18 except that an individual described in sub19 paragraph (IV) or (V) of clause (iii) may 

20 be not younger than age 14 or older than 

21 age 24’’; and 

22 (iv) in clause (iii)— 

23 (I) in subclause (III)— 

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1 (AA) by striking ‘‘sec2 ondary school diploma or its 

3 recognized equivalent’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘regular high 

5 school diploma or its recog6 nized equivalent’’; and 

7 (BB) by striking ‘‘and 

8 is’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’; 

9 (bb) in item (aa), by striking 

10 ‘‘basic skills deficient;’’ and in11 serting ‘‘has foundational skill 

12 needs;’’; and 

13 (cc) in item (bb), by striking 

14 ‘‘an English language learner’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘is an English 

16 learner’’; and 

17 (II) in subclause (V)— 

18 (aa) by striking ‘‘A homeless 

19 individual (’’ and inserting ‘‘An 

20 individual experiencing homeless21 ness (meaning a homeless indi22 vidual,’’; 

23 (bb) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 

24 14043e-2(6))’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 

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1 (cc) by striking ‘‘a homeless 

2 child or youth (’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘a youth experiencing homeless4 ness (meaning a homeless child 

5 or youth,’’. 

6 (C) DEFINITION OF IN-SCHOOL YOUTH.— 

7 Clause (iv) of section 129(a)(1)(C) of the Work8 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

9 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(C)) is amended— 

10 (i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘Basic 

11 skills deficient.’’ and inserting ‘‘An indi12 vidual who has foundational skill needs.’’; 

13 (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘lan14 guage’’; 

15 (iii) by striking subclauses (III) and 

16 (IV); and 

17 (iv) by redesignating subclauses (V), 

18 (VI), and (VII) as subclauses (III), (IV), 

19 and (V), respectively. 

20 (D) RULE FOR CERTAIN OPPORTUNITY

21 YOUTH.—Section 129(a)(1) of the Workforce 

22 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

23 3164(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end 

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1 ‘‘(D) RULE FOR CERTAIN OPPORTUNITY

2 YOUTH.—An opportunity youth described in 

3 subclause (IV) or (V) of subparagraph (B)(iii) 

4 who is attending any school (as defined under 

5 State law) shall be eligible to participate in any 

6 activity for in-school youth carried out under 

7 this chapter.’’. 

8 (2) EXCEPTION AND LIMITATION.—Section 

9 129(a)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor10 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(3)) is amended— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

12 ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘10’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph 

17 (1)(C)(iv)(VII)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

18 (1)(C)(iv)(V)’’. 

19 (3) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PRIORITY.—Section 

20 129(a)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor21 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(4)) is amended— 

22 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘OUT-OF-SCHOOL’’ and inserting ‘‘OPPOR24 TUNITY’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘75’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘70’’; 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘the total amount of’’ 

4 before ‘‘funds available’’; and 

5 (iii) by inserting ‘‘in the State’’ after 

6 ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

7 (C) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 

8 ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘70’’; 

9 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (B), as 

10 so amended, as subparagraph (C); and 

11 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) LOCAL AREA TARGETS.—The local 

14 board, the chief elected official, and the Gov15 ernor shall negotiate and reach agreement on 

16 the minimum amount of funds provided to a 

17 local area under subsection (c) that shall be 

18 used to provide youth workforce investment ac19 tivities for opportunity youth based on the 

20 needs of youth in the local area, which— 

21 ‘‘(i) may not be an amount that is less 

22 than 45 percent of the funds provided to 

23 such local area under subsection (c); and 

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1 ments of subparagraph (A) with respect to 

2 the total amount of funds available for 

3 local areas under subsection (c).’’. 

4 (c) REQUIRED STATEWIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES.— 

5 Section 129(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(b)(1)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

8 by striking ‘‘sections 128(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 

9 128(a)(1)’’; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘through 

11 a website that is consumer-tested to ensure that the 

12 website is easily understood, searchable, and navi13 gable and allows for comparison of eligible providers 

14 based on the program elements offered by such pro15 viders and the performance of such providers on the 

16 primary indicators of performance for the youth pro17 gram as described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)’’ after 

18 ‘‘under section 123’’; and 

19 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘section 

20 116(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 116(j)’’. 

21 (d) ALLOWABLE STATEWIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES.— 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

2 by striking ‘‘sections 128(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 

3 128(a)(1)’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, which 

5 may include providing guidance on career options in 

6 in-demand industry sectors or occupations’’ after ‘‘in 

7 the State’’; 

8 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 

9 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; and 

11 (B) by inserting after clause (v) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(vi) supporting the ability to under14 stand relevant tax information and obliga15 tions;’’; 

16 (4) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

18 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(F) establishing, supporting, and expand20 ing work-based learning opportunities, including 

21 transitional jobs, that are aligned with career 

22 pathways; 

23 ‘‘(G) raising public awareness (including 

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1 secondary school showcases and school visits) 

2 about career and technical education programs 

3 and community-based and youth services orga4 nizations, and other endeavors focused on pro5 grams that prepare students for in-demand in6 dustry sectors or occupations; 

7 ‘‘(H) developing partnerships between edu8 cational institutions (including area career and 

9 technical schools and institutions of higher edu10 cation) and employers to create or improve 

11 workforce development programs to address the 

12 identified education and skill needs of the work13 force and the employment needs of employers in 

14 the regions or local areas of the State, as deter15 mined based on the most recent analysis con16 ducted under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

17 section 102(b)(1); 

18 ‘‘(I) coordinating activities with providers 

19 of a pre-apprenticeship program or apprentice20 ship program for youth in the State to estab21 lish, support, or expand the program described 

22 in this subparagraph, including any such pro23 gram in the State receiving assistance under 

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1 ‘‘(J) coordinating activities with entities 

2 implementing reentry projects in the State fo3 cused on establishing or improving workforce 

4 development programs for justice- involved 

5 youth, including any such reentry projects in 

6 the State receiving assistance under section 

7 172; and 

8 ‘‘(K) coordinating activities with agencies 

9 implementing corrections education and other 

10 education programs in the State focused on 

11 providing incarcerated youth with education 

12 and skills development programs, including any 

13 such programs in the State receiving assistance 

14 under section 225.’’. 

15 (e) LOCAL ELEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 (1) PROGRAM DESIGN.—Section 129(c)(1) of 

17 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

18 U.S.C. 3164(c)(1)) is amended— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

20 ‘‘basic skills’’ and inserting ‘‘foundational skill 

21 needs’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

23 ‘‘(which, in the case of a participant 18 years 

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1 section 134 for adults)’’ after ‘‘services for the 

2 participant’’; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

4 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sec5 ondary school diploma or its recognized 

6 equivalent’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high 

7 school diploma or its recognized equiva8 lent’’; and 

9 (ii) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘high10 skill, high-wage, or’’ after ‘‘small employ11 ers, in’’; and 

12 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘10’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘30’’. 

14 (2) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Section 129(c)(2) 

15 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

16 (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)(2)) is amended— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

18 (A), by striking ‘‘secondary school diploma or 

19 its recognized equivalent’’ and inserting ‘‘reg20 ular high school diploma or its recognized 

21 equivalent’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec23 ondary school diploma or its recognized equiva24 lent’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school di25 ploma or its recognized equivalent’’; 


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1 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

2 (i) in clause (i)— 

3 (I) by striking ‘‘other’’ and in4 serting ‘‘year-round’’; and 

5 (II) by inserting ‘‘that meet the 

6 requirements of paragraph (10)’’ after 

7 ‘‘school year’’; 

8 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and 

9 apprenticeship programs that serve youth’’ 

10 after ‘‘programs’’; 

11 (iii) by amending clause (iii) to read 

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘(iii) internships that— 

14 ‘‘(I) are paid internships or are 

15 unpaid internships for which academic 

16 credit may be awarded; 

17 ‘‘(II) are, to the extent prac18 ticable, aligned with in-demand indus19 try sectors or occupations in the State 

20 or local area; and 

21 ‘‘(III) for which participants 

22 shall be paid (by the entity providing 

23 the internship, through funds allo24 cated to the local area pursuant to 

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1 another entity) if such internships are 

2 longer than— 

3 ‘‘(aa) 4 weeks in the sum4 mer or 8 weeks during the school 

5 year for in-school youth and op6 portunity youth who are enrolled 

7 in school; or 

8 ‘‘(bb) 8 weeks for oppor9 tunity youth who are not enrolled 

10 in school;’’; 

11 (iv) by redesignating clause (iv) as 

12 clause (v); 

13 (v) by inserting after clause (iii), as so 

14 amended, the following: 

15 ‘‘(iv) job shadowing;’’; 

16 (vi) in clause (v), as so redesignated, 

17 by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

18 (vii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(vi) work-based learning;’’; 

21 (D) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

22 ‘‘adult mentoring’’ and inserting ‘‘coaching and 

23 adult mentoring services’’; 

24 (E) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ‘‘(in25 cluding case management)’’ after ‘‘services’’; 


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1 (F) in subparagraph (M)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘high-skill, high-wage, 

3 or’’ before ‘‘in-demand industry’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking the ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (G) in subparagraph (N), by striking the 

6 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (H) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(O) activities to develop fundamental 

9 workforce readiness, which may include cre10 ativity, collaboration, critical thinking, digital 

11 literacy, persistence, and other relevant skills.’’. 

12 (3) PRIORITY.—Section 129(c)(4) of the Work13 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

14 3164(c)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.— 

16 ‘‘(A) WORK EXPERIENCES.—Not less than 

17 40 percent of the funds allocated to the local 

18 area as described in paragraph (1) shall be 

19 used to provide in-school youth and opportunity 

20 youth with activities under paragraph (2)(C). 

21 ‘‘(B) APPRENTICESHIPS AND PRE-APPREN22 TICESHIPS FOR YOUTH.—Not less than 12 and 

1 23 ⁄2 percent of the funds used for the purposes 

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1 provide in-school youth and opportunity youth 

2 with activities under paragraph (2)(C)(ii).’’. 

3 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 

4 129(c)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)(5)) is amended by in6 serting ‘‘or local area’’ after ‘‘youth services’’. 

7 (5) LINKAGES.—Section 129(c)(7) of the Work8 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3164(c)(7)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, secondary 

10 schools, and area career and technical schools’’ after 

11 ‘‘agencies’’. 

12 (6) INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS.—Section 

13 129(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

14 Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)) is amended by adding at 

15 the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(9) INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara18 graph (B), funds allocated pursuant to para19 graph (1) to a local area may be used to pay, 

20 through an individual training account, an eligi21 ble provider of training services described in 

22 section 122(d) for training services described in 

23 section 134(c)(3) provided to in-school youth 

24 who are not younger than age 16 and not older 

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1 manner that an individual training account is 

2 used to pay an eligible provider of training serv3 ices under section 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) for training 

4 services provided to an adult or dislocated 

5 worker. 

6 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR IN-SCHOOL

7 YOUTH YOUNGER THAN AGE 18.—To use an in8 dividual training account to pay for a program 

9 of training services that will take place during 

10 regular school hours for an in-school youth who 

11 is younger than the age 18, the local area shall 

12 receive written approval from the secondary 

13 school at which the in-school youth is enrolled 

14 prior to the start of the program of training 

15 services.’’. 

16 (7) SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT

17 OPPORTUNITIES REQUIREMENTS.—Section 129(c) of 

18 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

19 U.S.C. 3164(c)) is further amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(10) SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT

22 OPPORTUNITIES REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A summer employ24 ment opportunity or a year-round employment 

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1 shall be a program that matches eligible youth 

2 participating in such program with an appro3 priate employer (based on factors including the 

4 needs of the employer and the age, skill, and in5 formed aspirations of the eligible youth) that— 

6 ‘‘(i) shall include— 

7 ‘‘(I) a component of occupational 

8 skills education; and 

9 ‘‘(II) not less than 2 of the ac10 tivities described in subparagraphs 

11 (G), (H), (I), (K), (M), and (O) of 

12 paragraph (2); 

13 ‘‘(ii) may not use funds allocated 

14 under this chapter to subsidize more than 

15 50 percent of the wages of each eligible 

16 youth participant in such program; 

17 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a summer employ18 ment opportunity, complies with the re19 quirements of subparagraph (B); and 

20 ‘‘(iv) in the case of a year-round em21 ployment opportunity, complies with the 

22 requirements of subparagraph (C). 

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1 ments described in subparagraph (A), a sum2 mer employment opportunity— 

3 ‘‘(i) may not be less than 4 weeks; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(ii) may not pay less than the high6 est applicable wage required by the appli7 cable Federal, State, or local minimum 

8 wage law. 

9 ‘‘(C) YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPOR10 TUNITY.—In addition to the applicable require11 ments described in subparagraph (A), a year12 round employment opportunity— 

13 ‘‘(i) may not be shorter than 180 days 

14 or longer than 1 year; 

15 ‘‘(ii) may not pay less than the high16 est applicable wage required by the appli17 cable Federal, State, or local minimum 

18 wage law; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) may not employ the eligible 

20 youth for less than 20 hours per week, ex21 cept in instances when the eligible youth 

22 are under the age of 18 or enrolled in 

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1 ment opportunities for purposes of paragraph 

2 (2)(C)(i), a local area shall give priority to such 

3 opportunities that meet the requirements of this 

4 paragraph and that are in existing or emerging 

5 high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry 

6 sectors or occupations.’’. 

7 (8) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

8 129(c)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Op9 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)(3)(B)) is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘basic skills’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘foundational skill needs’’. 

12 CHAPTER 3—ADULT AND DISLOCATED 

13 WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN14 ING ACTIVITIES 

15 SEC. 141. STATE ALLOTMENTS. 

16 Section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation 

17 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(a)(2)(A)) is amend18 ed by— 

19 (1) striking ‘‘, 169(c) (relating to dislocated 

20 worker projects),’’; and 

21 (2) by inserting ‘‘, and under subsections (c) 

22 (related to dislocated worker projects) and (d) (re23 lated to workforce data quality initiatives) of section 

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1 SEC. 142. RESERVATIONS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES; WITHIN 

2 STATE ALLOCATIONS; REALLOCATION. 

3 (a) RESERVATIONS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES.—Section 

4 133(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

5 (29 U.S.C. 3173(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 

7 128(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 128(a)(1)’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS FUND, AND

10 INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP AND CAREER

11 PATHWAYS FUND.—In addition to the reservations 

12 required under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Gov13 ernor may make the reservation authorized under 

14 section 128(a)(3).’’. 

15 (b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 

16 133(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

17 Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(b)) is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub19 section (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) or (3) 

20 of subsection (a)’’; and 

21 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘para22 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a)’’. 

24 (c) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.—Section 

25 133(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe2 riod at the end, the following: ‘‘as performance3 based incentive payments’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘that does not’’ and in7 serting the following: ‘‘that— 

8 ‘‘(i) does not’’; 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

10 a semicolon; and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(ii) has met or exceeded an average 

14 of 100 percent of the local level of per15 formance described in section 116(c)(1)(B) 

16 for the local area across all indicators for 

17 the adult program authorized under this 

18 chapter for the most recent program year 

19 for which performance data is available; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(iii) was not subject to corrective ac22 tion by the Governor under section 

23 184(a)(5)(A) for a determination of non24 compliance with the uniform administrative 

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1 184(a)(3) for the program year for which 

2 the determination under paragraph (2) is 

3 made; and’’; and 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘that does not’’ and in6 serting the following: ‘‘that— 

7 ‘‘(i) does not’’; 

8 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

9 and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(ii) has met or exceeded an average 

13 of 100 percent of the local level of per14 formance described in section 116(c)(1)(B) 

15 for the local area across all indicators for 

16 the dislocated worker program authorized 

17 under this chapter for the most recent pro18 gram year for which performance data is 

19 available; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) was not subject to corrective ac21 tion by the Governor under section 

22 184(a)(5)(A) for a determination of non23 compliance with the uniform administrative 

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1 the determination under paragraph (2) is 

2 made; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(5) USE OF INCENTIVE FUNDS.—Any amounts 

5 provided to a local area as a performance incentive 

6 payment under this subsection shall not be subject 

7 to the requirements described in section 

8 134(c)(1)(B).’’. 

9 SEC. 143. USE OF FUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 

10 ACTIVITIES. 

11 (a) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AC12 TIVITIES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 134(a)(1) of the 

14 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

15 U.S.C. 3174(a)(1))— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

20 by striking ‘‘128(a)’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘128(a)(1)’’; and 

22 (ii) by amending clause (ii) to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(ii) may be used to carry out any of 

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1 tivities described in paragraph (3) (includ2 ing establishing and administering any 

3 one, or both, of the funds referred to in 

4 subparagraph (C));’’; and 

5 (C) by inserting before the flush left text 

6 at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(C) as described in section 128(a)(3), 

8 shall be used to establish and administer any 

9 one, or both, of the following: 

10 ‘‘(i) a critical industry skills fund de11 scribed in paragraph (4); or 

12 ‘‘(ii) an industry or sector partnership 

13 and career pathways development fund de14 scribed in paragraph (5),’’. 

15 (2) REQUIRED STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND

16 TRAINING ACTIVITIES.— 

17 (A) STATEWIDE RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVI18 TIES.—Section 134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce 

19 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3174(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 

21 (i) in clause (i)— 

22 (I) in subclause (I)— 

23 (aa) by striking ‘‘working’’ 

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1 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (II) in subclause (II), by striking 

4 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

5 and’’; and 

6 (III) by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(III) provision of additional as9 sistance to any local area that has ex10 cess demand for individual training 

11 accounts for dislocated workers in 

12 such local area and requests such ad13 ditional assistance under this sub14 clause in accordance with paragraph 

15 (4) of section 414(c) of the American 

16 Competitiveness and Workforce Im17 provement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

18 3224a(5)), upon a determination by 

19 the State that, in using funds allo20 cated to such local area pursuant to 

21 paragraph (1) of such section 414(c) 

22 and in using funds as required under 

23 subsection (c)(1)(B) of this section for 

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1 local area is in compliance with the 

2 requirements of such section 414(c).’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(iii) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET

7 EXCESS DEMAND.—If a State determines 

8 that a local area with excess demand as 

9 described in clause (i)(III) has met the 

10 compliance requirements described in such 

11 clause, but the State does not have suffi12 cient funds reserved under section 

13 133(a)(2) to meet such excess demand, the 

14 State— 

15 ‘‘(I) shall notify the Secretary of 

16 such excess demand; and 

17 ‘‘(II) if eligible, may apply for a 

18 national dislocated worker grant 

19 under section 170 of this Act.’’. 

20 (B) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN21 ING ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(a)(2)(B) of the 

22 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

23 U.S.C. 3174(a)(2)(B) is amended— 

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1 (I) in subclause (III), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (II) by amending subclause (IV) 

4 to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(IV) local areas, one-stop opera6 tors, one-stop partners, and eligible 

7 providers, including the development 

8 and training of staff, which may in9 clude— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the development and 

11 training of staff to provide infor12 mation about wage levels and 

13 available benefits across in-de14 mand industry sectors or occupa15 tions, and information about op16 portunities for individuals with 

17 barriers to employment to enter 

18 in-demand industry sectors or oc19 cupations and nontraditional oc20 cupations; 

21 ‘‘(bb) providing capacity 

22 building and technical assistance 

23 to State board and local board 

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1 ‘‘(cc) the development and 

2 education of staff to increase ex3 pertise in providing opportunities 

4 for covered veterans (as defined 

5 in section 4212(a)(3)(A) of title 

6 38, United States Code) to enter 

7 in-demand industry sectors or oc8 cupations and nontraditional oc9 cupations: and 

10 ‘‘(dd) the provision of tech11 nical assistance to local areas 

12 that fail to meet local perform13 ance accountability measures de14 scribed in section 116(c); and’’; 

15 and 

16 (III) by adding at the end the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(V) local boards and eligible 

19 providers of training services in car20 rying out the performance reporting 

21 required under section 116(d), includ22 ing facilitating data matches for pro23 gram participants— 

24 ‘‘(aa) using quarterly wage 

25 record information (including the 


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1 wage records made available by 

2 any other State and information 

3 provided from the National Di4 rectory of New Hires in accord5 ance with section 453(j)(8) of the 

6 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 653(j)(8))); and 

8 ‘‘(bb) other sources of infor9 mation, as necessary to measure 

10 the performance of programs and 

11 activities conducted under this 

12 chapter or chapter 2 of this sub13 title;’’; 

14 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘section 

15 106(b)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

16 106(b)(6)’’; 

17 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘section 

18 116(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 116(j)’’; 

19 and 

20 (iv) in clause (v)— 

21 (I) in subclause (II)— 

22 (aa) by striking ‘‘customized 

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1 (bb) by striking ‘‘transi2 tional jobs’’ and inserting ‘‘tran3 sitional jobs, or sponsors of ap4 prenticeships and pre-apprentice5 ships’’; 

6 (II) in subclause (III), by insert7 ing ‘‘, including business engaged in 

8 joint labor-management partnerships’’ 

9 before the semicolon; 

10 (III) in subclause (IV), by insert11 ing ‘‘, including on the principles of 

12 universal design for learning’’ before 

13 the semicolon; 

14 (IV) by redesignating subclauses 

15 (V) and (VI) as subclauses (VI) and 

16 (VII), respectively; 

17 (V) by inserting after subclause 

18 (IV) the following: 

19 ‘‘(V) information on effective co20 ordination of supportive services for 

21 workers and jobseekers;’’; 

22 (VI) in subclause (VI), as so re23 designated— 

24 (aa) by striking ‘‘subsections 

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1 inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (i) 

2 of section 122’’; and 

3 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; and 

5 (VII) by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(VIII) information to partici8 pants on understanding and accessing 

9 State-administered programs and 

10 services available to jobseekers;’’; 

11 (v) by redesignating clause (vi) as 

12 clause (vii); 

13 (vi) by inserting after clause (v) the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(vi) notifying participants of an eligi16 ble program of training services whose par17 ticipation is funded under this Act, if such 

18 program’s status as an eligible program of 

19 training services is revoked under section 

20 122(c)(4);’’; 

21 (vii) in clause (vii), as so redesig22 nated, by striking the period at the end 

23 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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1 ‘‘(viii) coordinating (which may be 

2 done in partnership with other States) with 

3 industry organizations, employers (includ4 ing small and mid-sized employers), indus5 try or sector partnerships, training pro6 viders, local boards, and institutions of 

7 higher education to identify or develop 

8 competency-based assessments that are a 

9 valid and reliable method of collecting in10 formation with respect to, and measuring, 

11 the prior knowledge, skills, and abilities of 

12 individuals who are adults or dislocated 

13 workers for the purpose of— 

14 ‘‘(I) awarding, based on the 

15 knowledge, skills, and abilities of such 

16 an individual validated by such assess17 ments— 

18 ‘‘(aa) a recognized postsec19 ondary credential that is used by 

20 employers in the State for re21 cruitment, hiring, retention, or 

22 advancement purposes; 

23 ‘‘(bb) postsecondary credit 

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1 demand industry sectors and oc2 cupations in the State for the 

3 purpose of accelerating attain4 ment of such credential; and 

5 ‘‘(cc) postsecondary credit 

6 for progress along a career path7 way developed by the State or a 

8 local area within the State; 

9 ‘‘(II) developing individual em10 ployment plans under subsection 

11 (c)(2)(B)(vii)(II) that incorporate the 

12 knowledge, skills, and abilities of such 

13 an individual to identify— 

14 ‘‘(aa) in-demand industry 

15 sectors or occupations that re16 quire similar knowledge, skills, 

17 and abilities; and 

18 ‘‘(bb) any upskilling needed 

19 for the individual to secure em20 ployment in such a sector or oc21 cupation; and 

22 ‘‘(III) helping such an individual 

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1 through a skills-based resume, profile, 

2 or portfolio; and 

3 ‘‘(ix) disseminating to local areas and 

4 employers information relating to the com5 petency-based assessments identified or de6 veloped pursuant to clause (viii), includ7 ing— 

8 ‘‘(I) any credential or credit 

9 awarded pursuant to items (aa) 

10 through (cc) of clause (viii)(I); 

11 ‘‘(II) the industry organizations, 

12 employers, training providers, and in13 stitutions of higher education located 

14 within the State that recognize the 

15 knowledge, skills, and abilities of an 

16 individual validated by such assess17 ments; 

18 ‘‘(III) how such assessments may 

19 be provided to, and accessed by, indi20 viduals through the one-stop delivery 

21 system; and 

22 ‘‘(IV) information on the extent 

23 to which such assessments are being 

24 used by employers and local areas in 

25 the State.’’. 


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1 (3) ALLOWABLE STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND

2 TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(a)(3)(A) of the 

3 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

4 U.S.C. 3174(a)(3)(A))— 

5 (A) in clause (i)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘or evidence-based’’ 

7 after ‘‘innovative’’; 

8 (ii) by inserting ‘‘local communities 

9 and’’ after ‘‘needs of’’; 

10 (iii) by striking ‘‘customized training’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘employer-directed skills de12 velopment’’; 

13 (iv) by inserting ‘‘and partnerships 

14 with’’ after ‘‘utilization of’’; 

15 (v) by inserting ‘‘and labor-manage16 ment partnerships’’ after ‘‘business inter17 mediaries’’; and 

18 (vi) by inserting ‘‘and medium-sized’’ 

19 before ‘‘employers) in the State, and’’; 

20 (B) in clause (ii)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘, or bringing evi22 dence-based strategies to scale,’’ after 

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1 ciency and mobility, and’’ after ‘‘employ2 ment and’’; 

3 (C) in clause (iii)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘ and prior learning as5 sessment to’’ and inserting ‘‘, prior learn6 ing assessment, or a competency-based as7 sessment identified or developed by the 

8 State under paragraph (2)(B)(viii), to’’; 

9 and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘stackable’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘permit articulation into higher level 

12 degree or other credential programs’’; 

13 (D) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘, which 

14 may include on-the job training, employer-di15 rected skills development, transitional jobs, in16 dustry or sector partnerships, apprenticeships, 

17 and other programs’’ after ‘‘employment’’; 

18 (E) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘which ac19 tivities may incorporate the principles of uni20 versal design for learning and be’’ after ‘‘sub21 section (c)(3),’’; 

22 (F) in clause (viii)— 

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1 other Federal and State laws’’ after ‘‘de2 velopment activities’’; and 

3 (ii) in subclause (II)— 

4 (I) in item (cc), by inserting ‘‘ac5 tivities carried out by comprehensive 

6 transition and postsecondary pro7 grams for students with intellectual 

8 disabilities established under section 

9 767 of the Higher Education Act of 

10 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1140g),’’ after ‘‘de11 velopmental disabilities,’’; 

12 (II) in item (dd), by striking ‘‘ac13 tivities, including those’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘activities and services to promote 

15 digital literacy skills, including activi16 ties and services’’; 

17 (III) in item (ee), by striking 

18 ‘‘ex-offenders in reentering the work19 force; and’’ and inserting ‘‘ justice-in20 volved individuals in reentering the 

21 workforce;’’; and 

22 (IV) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(gg) programs under the 

25 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 


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1 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) that support 

2 employment and economic secu3 rity; and’’; 

4 (G) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘that ex5 ceed the local levels of performance’’ after 

6 ‘‘local areas’’; 

7 (H) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (I) in clause (xiv)— 

10 (i) by inserting ‘‘conducting feasibility 

11 studies for the effectiveness of such strate12 gies in meeting the employment and skills 

13 development needs of target populations in 

14 the local areas that are using such feasi15 bility studies,’’ after ‘‘data collection,’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

17 and inserting a semicolon; and 

18 (J) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(xv) supporting employers seeking to 

20 implement skills-based hiring practices, 

21 which may include technical assistance on 

22 the use and validation of employment as23 sessments (including competency-based as24 sessments developed or identified by the 

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1 and support in the creation of skills-based 

2 job descriptions; 

3 ‘‘(xvi) developing partnerships be4 tween educational institutions (including 

5 area career and technical education 

6 schools, local educational agencies, and in7 stitutions of higher education) and employ8 ers to create or improve workforce develop9 ment programs to address the identified 

10 education and skill needs of the workforce 

11 and the employment needs of employers in 

12 regions of the State, as determined by the 

13 most recent analysis conducted under sub14 paragraphs (A), (B), and (D) of section 

15 102(b)(1); 

16 ‘‘(xvii) identifying and making avail17 able to residents of the State, free or re18 duced cost access to online skills develop19 ment programs that are aligned with in-de20 mand industries or occupations in the 

21 State and lead to attainment of a recog22 nized postsecondary credential valued by 

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1 ‘‘(xviii) establishing and administering 

2 a critical industry skills fund described in 

3 paragraph (4); and 

4 ‘‘(xix) establishing and administering 

5 an industry or sector partnership and ca6 reer pathways development fund described 

7 in paragraph (5).’’. 

8 (4) CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS FUND.—Sec9 tion 134(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor10 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)), as amended, is fur11 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) CRITICAL INDUSTRY SKILLS FUND.— 

13 ‘‘(A) PERFORMANCE-BASED PAYMENTS.— 

14 In addition to the funds described in paragraph 

15 (3)(A), a State may use any funds reserved 

16 under paragraph (3)(A) of section 128(a) to es17 tablish and administer a critical industry skills 

18 fund to award performance-based payments on 

19 a per-worker basis to eligible entities that pro20 vide, to prospective workers or incumbent work21 ers (which may include youth age 18 through 

22 age 24), eligible skills development programs 

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1 graph, and that will result in employment or re2 tention with an employer in such an industry or 

3 occupation (in this paragraph referred to as a 

4 ‘participating employer’). 

5 ‘‘(B) OPTIONAL PRIORITY.—The Governor 

6 (in consultation with the State board) may se7 lect the industries and occupations identified 

8 under subparagraph (A) that should be 

9 prioritized under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(C) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS.—To be 

11 eligible to receive a payment under the critical 

12 industry skills fund established under this para13 graph by a State, an eligible entity shall submit 

14 to the Governor, a proposal describing the eligi15 ble skills development program to be provided 

16 by the eligible entity under this paragraph, in 

17 such form, at such time, and containing such 

18 information, as the Governor may reasonably 

19 require. 

20 ‘‘(D) REIMBURSEMENT FOR APPROVED

21 PROPOSALS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) STATE REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 

24 to each eligible entity whose proposal 

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1 proved by the Governor, the Governor 

2 shall make payments (in an amount 

3 determined by the Governor and sub4 ject to the requirements of subclause 

5 (II) of this clause, subparagraph (E), 

6 and any other limitations determined 

7 necessary by the State) from the crit8 ical industry skills fund established 

9 under this paragraph to such eligible 

10 entity for each participant of the eligi11 ble skills development program de12 scribed in such proposal and with re13 spect to whom the eligible entity 

14 meets the requirements of clause (ii). 

15 ‘‘(II) PAYMENTS.—In making 

16 payments to an eligible entity under 

17 subclause (I) with respect to a partici18 pant— 

19 ‘‘(aa) a portion of the total 

20 payment shall be made after the 

21 participant successfully completes 

22 the eligible skills development 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the remainder of such 

2 total payment shall be made after 

3 the participant has been em4 ployed by the participating em5 ployer of the eligible entity for 

6 the 6-month period after success7 ful completion of the program. 

8 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE ENTITY REQUIRE9 MENTS.—To be eligible to receive the pay10 ments described in clause (i) with respect 

11 to a participant, an eligible entity shall 

12 submit such documentation as the Gov13 ernor determines necessary to verify 

14 whether the participant meets the require15 ments of items (aa) and (bb) of clause 

16 (i)(II), and to comply with the perform17 ance reporting described in subparagraph 

18 (F). 

19 ‘‘(E) NON-FEDERAL COST SHARING.— 

20 ‘‘(i) LIMITS ON FEDERAL SHARE.—An 

21 eligible entity may not receive funds under 

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1 cess of the following costs of such program 

2 with respect to such participant: 

3 ‘‘(I) In the case of a partici4 pating employer of such eligible entity 

5 with 25 or fewer employees, 90 per6 cent of the costs. 

7 ‘‘(II) In the case of a partici8 pating employer of such eligible entity 

9 with more than 25 employees, but 

10 fewer than 100 employees, 75 percent 

11 of the costs. 

12 ‘‘(III) In the case of a partici13 pating employer of such eligible entity 

14 with 100 or more employees, 50 per15 cent of the costs. 

16 ‘‘(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Any costs of 

18 the eligible skills development pro19 gram offered to a participant by such 

20 eligible entity that are not covered by 

21 the funds received under subpara22 graph (D) shall be the non-Federal 

23 share provided by the eligible entity 

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1 ‘‘(II) EMPLOYER COST SHAR2 ING.—If the eligible skills develop3 ment program is being provided on4 the-job, the non-Federal share pro5 vided by an eligible entity may include 

6 the amount of the wages paid by the 

7 participating employer of the eligible 

8 entity to a participant while such par9 ticipant is receiving the training. 

10 ‘‘(F) PERFORMANCE REPORTING.—Using 

11 the participant information provided by eligible 

12 entities under subparagraph (D)(ii), the State 

13 shall submit to the Secretary a report, on an 

14 annual basis, with respect to all participants for 

15 which the eligible entities received funds under 

16 this paragraph for the most recent program 

17 year, which shall include— 

18 ‘‘(i) the number of individuals who 

19 participated in eligible skills development 

20 programs provided by such eligible entities 

21 through the critical industry skills fund 

22 under this paragraph; and 

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1 formance described in subclauses (I) 

2 through (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i). 

3 ‘‘(G) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘el5 igible entity’ means— 

6 ‘‘(I) a participating employer or 

7 a group of participating employers; 

8 ‘‘(II) an industry or sector part9 nership that includes a participating 

10 employer; or 

11 ‘‘(III) another entity serving as 

12 an intermediary (such as a local 

13 board) that is in partnership with a 

14 participating employer. 

15 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

16 PROGRAM.—The term ‘eligible skills devel17 opment program’, when used with respect 

18 to an eligible entity— 

19 ‘‘(I) means a program with re20 spect to which a State may set a max21 imum and minimum length (in 

22 weeks); 

23 ‘‘(II) includes work-based edu24 cation or related occupational skills 

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1 ‘‘(aa) develops the specific 

2 technical skills necessary for suc3 cessful performance of the occu4 pations in which participants are 

5 to be employed upon completion; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(bb) may be provided— 

8 ‘‘(AA) by the eligible 

9 entity; or 

10 ‘‘(BB) by any training 

11 provider that is selected by 

12 the eligible entity and with13 out regard to whether such 

14 provider is on a list of eligi15 ble providers of training 

16 services described in section 

17 122(d); and 

18 ‘‘(III) does not include employee 

19 onboarding, orientation, or profes20 sional development generally provided 

21 to employees.’’. 

22 (5) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP AND

23 CAREER PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT FUND.—Section 

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1 Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)), as amended, is further 

2 amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(5) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP AND

4 CAREER PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 

5 ‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this para6 graph is to establish new or expand existing in7 dustry or sector partnerships and career path8 way programs to encourage regional economic 

9 growth and competitiveness, and improve work10 er training, retention, and advancement. 

11 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTION OF FUND.—In addition 

12 to the funds described in paragraph (3)(A), a 

13 State may use any funds reserved under para14 graph (3)(A) of section 128(a) to establish and 

15 administer an industry or sector partnership 

16 and career pathways development fund to 

17 award grants to eligible partnerships to estab18 lish or expand industry or sector partnerships 

19 that include employers in a high-growth or 

20 high-wage industry of the State in order to 

21 meet the following objectives: 

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1 ships for careers in such a high-growth or 

2 high-wage industry. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Leverage the capacity of such 

4 partnerships to develop, improve, expand, 

5 or implement education, employment, and 

6 training opportunities for individuals with 

7 barriers to employment. 

8 ‘‘(iii) Strengthen coordination between 

9 such industry or sector partnerships and 

10 one-stop partners for the local areas in11 volved that are described in paragraphs (1) 

12 and (2) of section 121(b). 

13 ‘‘(iv) Develop or expand a career 

14 pathway program that utilizes integrated 

15 education and training strategies and sup16 ports multiple points of entry and exit for 

17 working learners. 

18 ‘‘(C) DURATION.—Each grant awarded 

19 under this paragraph shall be for a period of 

20 not more than 2 years. 

21 ‘‘(D) AWARD BASIS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The 

23 Governor shall award grants under this 

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1 in which activities will be carried out under 

2 the grants. 

3 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

4 under this paragraph, the Governor shall 

5 give priority consideration to eligible part6 nerships that— 

7 ‘‘(I) include (or will include) as a 

8 partner in the industry or sector part9 nership to be established or expanded 

10 under this paragraph, a 2-year public 

11 institution of higher education; 

12 ‘‘(II) demonstrate long-term sus13 tainability of such industry or sector 

14 partnership; and 

15 ‘‘(III) demonstrate the ability of 

16 such industry or sector partnership to 

17 serve individuals who— 

18 ‘‘(aa) are individuals with a 

19 barrier to employment, including 

20 individuals with disabilities; 

21 ‘‘(bb) are facing significant 

22 worker dislocation due to a dis23 ruption or change in the regional 

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1 ‘‘(cc) have traditionally been 

2 underserved by regional economic 

3 development and sector partner4 ship activities (including rural 

5 areas in the State); or 

6 ‘‘(dd) are— 

7 ‘‘(AA) opportunity 

8 youth, disadvantaged youth, 

9 or disadvantaged adults; or 

10 ‘‘(BB) unemployed in11 dividuals, within the mean12 ing of section 6(b)(1)(B) of 

13 the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 

14 U.S.C. 49e(b)(1)(B)). 

15 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL PRI16 ORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

17 paragraph, in addition to the priority con18 sideration required under clause (ii), the 

19 Governor may give priority consideration 

20 to eligible partnerships that include, or will 

21 include, as a partner in the industry or 

22 sector partnership to be established or ex23 panded under this section— 

24 ‘‘(I) a 4-year public institution of 

25 higher education at which the highest 


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1 degree that is predominantly awarded 

2 to students is an associate degree; or 

3 ‘‘(II) a 2-year Tribal College or 

4 University (as defined in section 

5 316(b) of the Higher Education Act 

6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 

7 ‘‘(E) APPLICATION.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible part9 nership seeking a grant under this para10 graph shall submit an application to the 

11 Governor at such time, in such manner, 

12 and containing such information as the 

13 Governor may reasonably require, includ14 ing the contents described in clause (ii). 

15 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—An eligible partner16 ship seeking a grant under this paragraph 

17 shall submit an application to the Governor 

18 under clause (i) containing, at minimum— 

19 ‘‘(I) a description of the eligible 

20 partnership, and the industry or sec21 tor partnership that will be estab22 lished or expanded with such grant; 

23 ‘‘(II) the expected participation 

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1 partners that will be included in such 

2 industry or sector partnership; 

3 ‘‘(III) a description of the high4 growth or high-wage industry sector 

5 to be served by such industry or sec6 tor partnership, and a description of 

7 how such industry sector was identi8 fied; 

9 ‘‘(IV) a description of the work10 ers and other individuals who will be 

11 targeted or recruited by such industry 

12 or sector partnership, including the 

13 number of workers and other individ14 uals who will be served by the part15 nership; 

16 ‘‘(V) an analysis of the existing 

17 labor market to be served by such in18 dustry or sector partnership, which in19 cludes— 

20 ‘‘(aa) a description of poten21 tial barriers to employment for 

22 the targeted workers and other 

23 individuals; 

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1 uals who are individuals with a 

2 barrier to employment; and 

3 ‘‘(cc) a description of strate4 gies that will be developed to help 

5 such workers and other individ6 uals overcome such barriers; 

7 ‘‘(VI) a description of the Fed8 eral and non-Federal resources, avail9 able under provisions of law other 

10 than this paragraph, that will be le11 veraged in support of such industry or 

12 sector partnership and the activities 

13 carried out by the partnership under 

14 this paragraph; 

15 ‘‘(VII) a description, using com16 mon, linked, open-data descriptive 

17 language, of the recognized postsec18 ondary credential that will be provided 

19 to individuals who successfully com20 plete the education and training pro21 gram provided through an education 

22 provider in such industry or sector 

23 partnership; 

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1 such industry or sector partnership is 

2 on a list of eligible providers of train3 ing services described in section 

4 122(d); and 

5 ‘‘(IX) a commitment from a par6 ticipating employer in such industry 

7 or sector partnership to employ each 

8 participant of such education and 

9 training program (which may be a ca10 reer pathway program) for not less 

11 than a 1-year period, in accordance 

12 with the employment policies of such 

13 employer, after successful completion 

14 of the training portion of the edu15 cation and training program operated 

16 by such participating employer. 

17 ‘‘(F) USES OF FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible part19 nership awarded a grant under this para20 graph shall use such grant funds to estab21 lish a new industry or sector partnership 

22 or expand the industry or sector partner23 ship of the eligible partnership to meet the 

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1 ‘‘(I) by engaging businesses in 

2 accordance with clause (iii); and 

3 ‘‘(II) by carrying out an edu4 cation and training program that— 

5 ‘‘(aa) leads to the recognized 

6 postsecondary credential de7 scribed in the eligible partner8 ship’s application in subpara9 graph (E)(ii)(VII); 

10 ‘‘(bb) includes an appren11 ticeship, work-based learning, or 

12 on-the-job training program that 

13 leads to an employment commit14 ment described in subparagraph 

15 (E)(ii)(IX) with a participating 

16 employer of the industry or sec17 tor partnership; 

18 ‘‘(cc) may include the devel19 opment or expansion of a new or 

20 existing career pathway program 

21 as described in clause (iv); and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) PLANNING ACTIVITIES.—An eli2 gible partnership receiving a grant under 

3 this paragraph may use not more than 20 

4 percent of the grant funds to carry out 

5 planning activities during the first year of 

6 the grant period that are necessary to es7 tablish a new industry or sector partner8 ship or expand the industry or sector part9 nership of the eligible partnership, which 

10 may include— 

11 ‘‘(I) recruiting key stakeholders 

12 in the high-growth or high-wage in13 dustry to be served by such industry 

14 or sector partnership; 

15 ‘‘(II) conducting outreach to local 

16 businesses, employers, labor organiza17 tions, local boards, education and 

18 training providers, and business and 

19 employer associations; 

20 ‘‘(III) identifying, through an 

21 evaluation, the training needs of mul22 tiple businesses in the high-growth or 

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1 ‘‘(aa) skills critical to com2 petitiveness and innovation in the 

3 high-growth or high-wage indus4 try; 

5 ‘‘(bb) an education and 

6 training program, including any 

7 apprenticeship program or other 

8 work-based learning program 

9 supported by the grant; and 

10 ‘‘(cc) the usage of career 

11 pathways to align education and 

12 training with job openings in the 

13 high-growth or high-wage indus14 try; and 

15 ‘‘(IV) recruiting individuals with 

16 barriers to employment to participate 

17 in the education and training pro18 gram. 

19 ‘‘(iii) BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT.—An 

20 industry or sector partnership established 

21 or expanded with a grant under this para22 graph shall use the grant funds to engage 

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1 may be a participating employer of the 

2 partnership) in the establishment and im3 plementation of an apprenticeship, work4 based learning, or on-the-job training pro5 gram offered through the education and 

6 training program of the partnership, and 

7 which may include— 

8 ‘‘(I) the navigation of the reg9 istration process for a sponsor of such 

10 an apprenticeship program; 

11 ‘‘(II) the connection of the busi12 ness with an education provider in the 

13 industry or sector partnership to de14 velop classroom instruction to com15 plement learning through such an ap16 prenticeship, work-based learning, or 

17 on-the-job training program; 

18 ‘‘(III) the development of such a 

19 work-based learning program; 

20 ‘‘(IV) the provision of career 

21 awareness activities for participants of 

22 such an apprenticeship, work-based 

23 learning, or on-the-job training pro24 gram, such as career guidance and 

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1 ‘‘(V) the recruitment of individ2 uals with barriers to employment to 

3 participate in such an apprenticeship, 

4 work-based learning, or on-the-job 

5 training program; and 

6 ‘‘(VI) other evidence-based ap7 proaches to connecting businesses 

8 with workers and establishing path9 ways to unsubsidized employment for 

10 individuals participating in the edu11 cation and training program and 

12 other programs funded under this 

13 title. 

14 ‘‘(iv) CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAMS.— 

15 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—An industry 

16 or sector partnership established or 

17 expanded with a grant under this 

18 paragraph may use such grant funds 

19 for the development or expansion of a 

20 new or existing career pathway pro21 gram that utilizes integrated edu22 cation and training strategies and 

23 supports multiple entry and exit 

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1 working participants, which may in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(aa) dual-enrollment ap4 proaches for participants, includ5 ing youth, seeking to participate 

6 in a career pathway program; 

7 ‘‘(bb) strategies that help 

8 working students and other non9 traditional and adult student 

10 populations access skills and the 

11 recognized postsecondary creden12 tials described in subparagraph 

13 (E)(ii)(VII) of the eligible part14 nership’s application; and 

15 ‘‘(cc) strategies that incor16 porate the principles of universal 

17 design for learning. 

18 ‘‘(II) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 

19 In establishing or expanding such new 

20 or existing career pathway program, 

21 the industry or sector partnership 

22 may use a grant under this paragraph 

23 for— 

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1 ment for faculty and other staff 

2 of an education provider in the 

3 industry or sector partnership, 

4 which may incorporate the prin5 ciples of universal design for 

6 learning, as appropriate; 

7 ‘‘(bb) the acquisition of 

8 equipment necessary to support 

9 the delivery of the career path10 way program; and 

11 ‘‘(cc) any other evidence12 based activities to support the 

13 development or implementation 

14 of the career pathway program. 

15 ‘‘(v) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—In ac16 cordance with section 181(h), an industry 

17 or sector partnership established or ex18 panded with a grant under this paragraph 

19 may use such grant funds to provide sup20 portive services to support the success of 

21 individuals, including individuals with bar22 riers to employment, who are participating 

23 in training services, as described in sub24 section (c)(3)(D), which are offered 

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1 ‘‘(G) DESIGNATION OF A FISCAL AGENT.— 

2 An eligible partnership receiving a grant under 

3 this paragraph shall designate an entity of the 

4 eligible partnership as the fiscal agent for the 

5 receipt, management, and expenditure of the 

6 grant funds. 

7 ‘‘(H) NON-FEDERAL COST SHARING.— 

8 ‘‘(i) LIMITS ON FEDERAL SHARE.—An 

9 industry or sector partnership established 

10 or expanded with a grant under this para11 graph may not receive such grant funds 

12 for purposes of funding the education and 

13 training program offered through such 

14 partnership in excess of the following costs 

15 of establishing, operating, and sustaining 

16 such program: 

17 ‘‘(I) In the case in which the par18 ticipating employers in such eligible 

19 partnership employ 25 or fewer em20 ployees, 70 percent of the costs. 

21 ‘‘(II) In the case in which the 

22 participating employers in such eligi23 ble partnership employ more than 25 

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1 ‘‘(III) In the case in which the 

2 participating employers in such eligi3 ble partnership employ 100 or more 

4 employees, 40 percent of the costs. 

5 ‘‘(ii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Any 

6 costs of establishing, operating, and sus7 taining such program that are not covered 

8 by the grant received under this paragraph 

9 shall be the non-Federal share provided by 

10 the industry or sector partnership. 

11 ‘‘(I) PERFORMANCE REPORTING.—Not 

12 later than 2 years after the first award of funds 

13 under this paragraph is made by the Governor 

14 and on an annual basis thereafter, the Governor 

15 shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a re16 port with respect to the participants served by 

17 each eligible partnership receiving funds under 

18 this paragraph in the most recent program 

19 year, which report shall include— 

20 ‘‘(i) levels of performance achieved by 

21 the eligible partnership, with respect to the 

22 primary indicators of performance under 

23 clause (i) or (ii) of section 116(b)(2)(A), as 

24 applicable, for all individuals served by the 

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1 ethnicity, sex, disability status, and age; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(ii) levels of performance achieved by 

4 the eligible partnership with respect to the 

5 primary indicators of performance under 

6 clause (i) or (ii) of section 116(b)(2)(A), as 

7 applicable, for individuals with barriers to 

8 employment served by the eligible partner9 ship, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, 

10 disability status, and age. 

11 ‘‘(J) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The re12 port submitted by eligible partnerships under 

13 subparagraph (I) shall— 

14 ‘‘(i) be made digitally available by the 

15 Secretary using linked, open, and inter16 operable data; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) include the number of individuals 

18 who were served by each such eligible part19 nership. 

20 ‘‘(K) LIMIT ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

21 An eligible partnership receiving a grant under 

22 this paragraph may not use more than 10 per23 cent of the grant funds for administrative costs. 

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1 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The 

2 term ‘eligible partnership’ means— 

3 ‘‘(I) an industry or sector part4 nership that— 

5 ‘‘(aa) includes a partici6 pating employer; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) is seeking to further 

8 implement or expand such indus9 try or sector partnership; or 

10 ‘‘(II) a workforce collaborative 

11 that is seeking to become an industry 

12 or sector partnership that includes a 

13 participating employer. 

14 ‘‘(ii) HIGH-GROWTH OR HIGH-WAGE

15 INDUSTRY.—The term ‘high-growth or 

16 high-wage industry’, when used with re17 spect to an eligible partnership, means an 

18 industry that— 

19 ‘‘(I) has, or is expected to have, 

20 a high rate of growth and an unmet 

21 demand for skilled workers, as deter22 mined by the Governor of the State in 

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1 ‘‘(II) has been designated by the 

2 Governor as an in-demand industry 

3 experiencing high growth in such 

4 State; and 

5 ‘‘(III) includes occupations deter6 mined by the Governor— 

7 ‘‘(aa) with wages that are 

8 significantly higher than an occu9 pation of similar level of skill or 

10 needed skill development; or 

11 ‘‘(bb) that are aligned with 

12 career pathways into higher wage 

13 occupations. 

14 ‘‘(iii) PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER.— 

15 The term ‘participating employer’, when 

16 used with respect to an eligible partner17 ship, means an employer in a high-growth 

18 or high-wage industry that is (or will be) 

19 part of the industry or sector partnership 

20 that will be expanded (or established) by 

21 the eligible partnership under this para22 graph.’’. 

23 (b) REQUIRED LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

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1 (1) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR SKILLS DEVELOP2 MENT.—Section 134(c)(1) of the Workforce Innova3 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking 

6 ‘‘to’’ and inserting ‘‘to provide business services 

7 described in paragraph (4) and’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

9 subparagraph (C); and 

10 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 

11 as so amended, the following: 

12 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR SKILLS DE13 VELOPMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

15 (ii), not less than 50 percent of the funds 

16 described in subparagraph (A) shall be 

17 used by the local area— 

18 ‘‘(I) for the payment of training 

19 services— 

20 ‘‘(aa) provided to adults 

21 under paragraph (3)(F)(iii); and 

22 ‘‘(bb) provided to adults and 

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1 ‘‘(II) for the payment of training 

2 services under paragraph (2)(A) of 

3 section 414(c) of the American Com4 petitiveness and Workforce Improve5 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

6 3224a(c)) after funds allocated to 

7 such local area under paragraph (1) 

8 of such section 414(c) have been ex9 hausted. 

10 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—With respect to a 

11 local area that uses any funds described in 

12 subparagraph (A) to provide supportive 

13 services, in accordance with subsection 

14 (d)(2) of this section, for adults and dis15 located workers who are participating in 

16 training services, or individualized career 

17 services described in clauses (iii) and (vii) 

18 of paragraph (2)(B) that enable participa19 tion in training services, each percentage 

20 of such funds so used shall reduce, by one 

21 percentage point, the percentage of such 

22 funds required to be used by such local 

23 area in accordance with clause (i), except 

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1 reduced by more than 10 percentage points 

2 pursuant to this clause.’’; and 

3 (D) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig4 nated, by striking ‘‘and (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

5 (ii), and (iv)’’. 

6 (2) CAREER SERVICES.—Section 134(c)(2) of 

7 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)) is amended— 

9 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

10 through (C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), 

11 respectively; 

12 (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 

13 as so redesignated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) BASIC CAREER SERVICES.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The one-stop de16 livery system— 

17 ‘‘(I) shall coordinate with the 

18 Employment Service office colocated 

19 with the one-stop delivery system for 

20 such Employment Service office to 

21 provide, using the funds allotted to 

22 the State under section 6 of the Wag23 ner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49e), basic 

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1 ‘‘(aa) include, at a min2 imum, the services listed in 

3 clause (ii); and 

4 ‘‘(bb) be available to individ5 uals who are adults or dislocated 

6 workers in an integrated manner 

7 to streamline access to assistance 

8 for such individuals, to avoid du9 plication of services, and to en10 hance coordination of services; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) may use funds allocated 

13 under paragraph (1), as necessary, to 

14 supplement the services that are pro15 vided pursuant to subclause (I) to in16 dividuals who are adults or dislocated 

17 workers. 

18 ‘‘(ii) SERVICES.—The basic career 

19 services provided pursuant to clause (i) 

20 shall include— 

21 ‘‘(I) provision of workforce and 

22 labor market employment statistics in23 formation, including the provision of 

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1 to local, regional, and national labor 

2 market areas, including— 

3 ‘‘(aa) job vacancy listings in 

4 such labor market areas; 

5 ‘‘(bb) information on job 

6 skills necessary to obtain the jobs 

7 included on such listings; and 

8 ‘‘(cc) information relating to 

9 local occupations in demand 

10 (which may include entrepreneur11 ship opportunities), and the earn12 ings, skill requirements, and op13 portunities for advancement for 

14 such occupations; 

15 ‘‘(II) labor exchange services, in16 cluding job search and placement as17 sistance and, in appropriate cases, ca18 reer counseling, including— 

19 ‘‘(aa) provision of informa20 tion on in-demand industry sec21 tors and occupations; 

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1 ‘‘(cc) provision of informa2 tion on entrepreneurship, as ap3 propriate; 

4 ‘‘(III)(aa) provision of informa5 tion, in formats that are usable by 

6 and understandable to one-stop center 

7 customers, relating to the availability 

8 of supportive services or assistance, 

9 including child care, child support, 

10 medical or child health assistance 

11 under title XIX or XXI of the Social 

12 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. 

13 and 1397aa et seq.), benefits under 

14 the supplemental nutrition assistance 

15 program established under the Food 

16 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

17 2011 et seq.), assistance through the 

18 earned income tax credit under sec19 tion 32 of the Internal Revenue Code 

20 of 1986, and assistance under a State 

21 program for temporary assistance for 

22 needy families funded under part A of 

23 title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

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1 provided through funds made avail2 able under such part, available in the 

3 local area; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) referral to the services or 

5 assistance described in item (aa), as 

6 appropriate; 

7 ‘‘(IV) provision of information 

8 and assistance regarding filing claims 

9 for unemployment compensation; and 

10 ‘‘(V) assistance in establishing 

11 eligibility for programs of financial aid 

12 assistance for training and education 

13 programs that are not funded under 

14 this Act.’’; 

15 (C) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig16 nated— 

17 (i) in the heading, by striking the 

18 heading and inserting ‘‘INDIVIDUALIZED

19 CAREER’’; 

20 (ii) in the matter preceding clause 

21 (i)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘individualized’’ 

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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘shall, to the ex2 tent practicable, be evidence-based,’’ 

3 before ‘‘and shall’’; 

4 (iii) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, and 

5 a determination (considering factors in6 cluding prior work experience, military 

7 service, education, and the in-demand in8 dustry sectors and occupations in the local 

9 area) of whether such an individual would 

10 benefit from a competency-based assess11 ment developed or identified by the State 

12 pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(viii) to 

13 accelerate the time to obtaining employ14 ment that leads to economic self-sufficiency 

15 or career advancement’’ before the semi16 colon at the end; 

17 (iv) by striking clauses (iv), (vi), (ix), 

18 (x), and (xi); 

19 (v) by redesignating clauses (v), (vii), 

20 (viii), (xii), and (xiii) as clauses (iv), (v), 

21 (vi), (vii), and (viii), respectively; 

22 (vi) in clause (v), as so redesignated, 

23 by inserting ‘‘and credential’’ after ‘‘by 

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1 (vii) in clause (vi), as so redesignated, 

2 by inserting ‘‘and in multiple languages, to 

3 the extent practicable,’’ after ‘‘customers,’’; 

4 and 

5 (viii) in clause (vii), as so redesig6 nated— 

7 (I) in subclause (I)(aa), as so re8 designated, by inserting ‘‘, including a 

9 competency-based assessment devel10 oped or identified by the State pursu11 ant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(viii)’’ after 

12 ‘‘tools’’; 

13 (II) in subclause (VI), by insert14 ing ‘‘digital literacy skills,’’ after 

15 ‘‘learning skills,’’; 

16 (III) in subclause (X), by strik17 ing ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

18 (IV) in subclause (XI)— 

19 (aa) by striking ‘‘language’’; 

20 and 

21 (bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; 

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1 ‘‘(XII) review or creation of a re2 sume or similar document showcasing 

3 the skills, experience, relevant creden4 tials, and education of the individual; 

5 and’’. 

6 (D) by amending subparagraph (C), as so 

7 redesignated, to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(C) USE OF PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS.—A 

9 one-stop operator or one-stop partner shall not 

10 be required to conduct a new interview, evalua11 tion, or assessment of a participant under sub12 paragraph (B)(vii) if the one-stop operator or 

13 one-stop partner determines that— 

14 ‘‘(i) it is appropriate to use a recent 

15 interview, evaluation, or assessment of the 

16 participant conducted pursuant to another 

17 education or training program; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) using such recent interview, eval19 uation, or assessment will accelerate an eli20 gibility determination.’’; and 

21 (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig22 nated— 

23 (i) in the matter preceding clause 

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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘individualized’’ 

2 before ‘‘career’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 

4 (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

5 (B)’’; and 

6 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, li7 braries, and community-based organiza8 tions’’ after ‘‘nonprofit service providers’’. 

9 (3) TRAINING SERVICES.—Section 134(c)(3) of 

10 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)) is amended— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (i) in clause (i), in the matter pre14 ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘clause 

15 (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii)’’; 

16 (ii) by amending clause (i)(II) to read 

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘(II) who select programs of 

19 training services that are directly 

20 linked to the employment opportuni21 ties— 

22 ‘‘(aa) in the local area or the 

23 planning region; 

24 ‘‘(bb) in another area to 

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1 workers are willing to commute 

2 or relocate; or 

3 ‘‘(cc) that may be performed 

4 remotely;’’. 

5 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

6 clause (iv); 

7 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(iii) EMPLOYER REFERRAL.— 

10 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A one-stop 

11 operator or one-stop partner shall not 

12 be required to conduct an interview, 

13 evaluation, or assessment of an indi14 vidual under clause (i) if such indi15 vidual— 

16 ‘‘(aa) is referred by an em17 ployer to receive on-the-job train18 ing or employer-directed skills de19 velopment in connection with 

20 that employer; and 

21 ‘‘(bb) has been certified by 

22 the employer as being an indi23 vidual who is in need of training 

24 services to obtain unsubsidized 

25 employment with such employer 


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1 and who has the skills and quali2 fications to successfully partici3 pate in the selected program of 

4 training services. 

5 ‘‘(II) PRIORITY.—A one-stop op6 erator or one-stop partner shall follow 

7 the priority system in effect under 

8 subparagraph (E) to determine wheth9 er an individual who meets the re10 quirements of subclause (I) of this 

11 clause is eligible to receive training 

12 services.’’; and 

13 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(v) ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY

15 LITERACY ACTIVITIES.—In the case of an 

16 individual who, after an interview, evalua17 tion, or assessment under clause (i)(I), is 

18 determined to not have the skills and 

19 qualifications to successfully participate in 

20 the selected program of training services 

21 under clause (i)(I)(cc), the one-stop oper22 ator or one-stop partner shall refer such 

23 individual to adult education and literacy 

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1 rollment in such activities, as appro2 priate.’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (i) in clause (i)— 

5 (I) in subclause (I), by striking 

6 ‘‘other grant assistance for such serv7 ices, including’’ and inserting ‘‘assist8 ance for such services under’’; and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘under other 

10 grant assistance programs, including’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘under’’; and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(iv) PARTICIPATION DURING ELIGI15 BILITY DETERMINATION.—An individual 

16 may participate in a program of training 

17 services during the period during which 

18 such individual’s eligibility for training 

19 services under subparagraph (A)(i) is being 

20 determined, except that the provider of 

21 such a program shall receive reimburse22 ment under this Act for the individual’s 

23 participation during such period only if 

24 such individual is determined to be eligible 

25 under subparagraph (A)(i).’’; 


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1 (C) in subparagraph (D)(xi), by striking 

2 ‘‘customized training’’ and inserting ‘‘employer3 directed skills development’’; 

4 (D) in subparagraph (E)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘are basic skills defi6 cient’’ and inserting ‘‘have foundational 

7 skill needs’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph 

9 (2)(A)(xii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

10 (2)(B)(vii)’’; 

11 (E) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting 

12 ‘‘and the levels of performance for such pro13 viders on the performance criteria described in 

14 section 122(b) for the 2 most recent program 

15 years’’ after ‘‘in section 122(d)’’; 

16 (F) in subparagraph (G)(ii)— 

17 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘cus18 tomized training’’ and inserting ‘‘employer19 directed skills development’’; and 

20 (ii) in subclause (IV)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘is a’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘is an evidence-based’’; and 

23 (II) by inserting ‘‘and to support 

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1 or occupations in the local area, ob2 taining recognized postsecondary cre3 dentials, and entering unsubsidized 

4 employment’’ after ‘‘employment’’; 

5 (G) in subparagraph (H)— 

6 (i) in clause (i), in the matter pre7 ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reim8 bursement described in section 3(44)’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘reimbursement described in sec10 tion 3(48)’’; and 

11 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

12 (I) in subclause (I), by inserting 

13 ‘‘, such as the extent to which partici14 pants are individuals with barriers to 

15 employment’’ after ‘‘participants’’; 

16 and 

17 (II) in subclause (III), by insert18 ing ‘‘in an occupation or industry sec19 tor, including whether the skills a par20 ticipant will obtain are transferable to 

21 other employers, occupations, or in22 dustries in the local area or the 

23 State’’ after ‘‘opportunities’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(I) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVEL2 OPMENT.—An employer may receive a contract 

3 from a local board to provide employer-directed 

4 skills development to a participant or group of 

5 participants if the employer submits to the local 

6 board an agreement that establishes— 

7 ‘‘(i) the provider of the skills develop8 ment program, which may be the employer; 

9 ‘‘(ii) the length of the skills develop10 ment program; 

11 ‘‘(iii) the recognized postsecondary 

12 credentials that will be awarded to, or the 

13 occupational skills that will be gained by, 

14 program participants; 

15 ‘‘(iv) the cost of the skills development 

16 program; 

17 ‘‘(v) the estimated earnings of pro18 gram participants upon successful comple19 tion of the program; 

20 ‘‘(vi) the amount of such cost that will 

21 be paid by the employer, which shall not be 

22 less than the amount specified in subpara23 graph (C) of section 3(19); and 

24 ‘‘(vii) a commitment by the employer 

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1 individuals upon successful completion of 

2 the program.’’. 

3 (c) BUSINESS SERVICES.—Section 134(c) of the 

4 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

5 3174(c)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(4) BUSINESS SERVICES.—Funds described in 

8 paragraph (1) shall be used to provide appropriate 

9 recruitment and other business services and strate10 gies on behalf of employers, including small employ11 ers and mid-sized employers, that meet the work12 force investment needs of area employers, as deter13 mined by the local board and consistent with the 

14 local plan under section 108, which services— 

15 ‘‘(A) may be provided— 

16 ‘‘(i) through effective business inter17 mediaries working in conjunction with the 

18 local board; 

19 ‘‘(ii) on a fee-for-service basis; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) through the leveraging of eco21 nomic development, philanthropic, and 

22 other public and private resources in a 

23 manner determined appropriate by the 

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1 ‘‘(B) may include one or more of the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(i) Developing and implementing in4 dustry sector strategies (including strate5 gies involving industry partnerships, re6 gional skills alliances, industry skill panels, 

7 and sectoral skills partnerships). 

8 ‘‘(ii) Developing and delivering inno9 vative workforce investment services and 

10 strategies for area employers, which may 

11 include career pathways, skills upgrading, 

12 skill standard development and certifi13 cation for recognized postsecondary creden14 tial or other employer use, apprenticeship, 

15 developing and offering industry-recognized 

16 credential (including short-term industry17 recognized credential) programs, including 

18 those that support individuals with 

19 foundational skill needs, and other effective 

20 initiatives for meeting the workforce in21 vestment needs of area employers and 

22 workers. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Assistance to area employers in 

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1 under subsection (a)(2)(A) and developing 

2 strategies for the aversion of layoffs, which 

3 strategies may include early identification 

4 of firms at risk of layoffs, use of feasibility 

5 studies to assess the needs of and options 

6 for at-risk firms, and the delivery of em7 ployment and training activities to address 

8 risk factors. 

9 ‘‘(iv) The marketing of business serv10 ices offered under this title to appropriate 

11 area employers, including small and mid12 sized employers. 

13 ‘‘(v) Technical assistance or other 

14 support to employers seeking to implement 

15 skills-based hiring practices, which may in16 clude technical assistance on the use and 

17 validation of employment assessments, in18 cluding competency-based assessments de19 veloped or identified by the State pursuant 

20 to paragraph (2)(B)(viii), and support in 

21 the creation of skills-based job descrip22 tions. 

23 ‘‘(vi) Other services described in this 

24 subsection, including providing information 

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1 appropriate, and specialized business serv2 ices not traditionally offered through the 

3 one-stop delivery system.’’. 

4 (d) PERMISSIBLE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN5 ING ACTIVITIES.— 

6 (1) ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(d)(1)(A) of the 

7 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

8 U.S.C. 3174(d)(1)(A)) is amended— 

9 (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’; 

11 (B) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘case man12 agement,’’ after ‘‘assessments,’’; 

13 (C) in clause (vi)— 

14 (i) in subclause (III), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (ii) by redesignating subclause (IV) as 

17 subclause (VI); and 

18 (iii) by inserting after subclause (III) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(IV) employment and training 

21 activities under subsections (d) and 

22 (o) of section 6 of the Food and Nu23 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015); 

24 ‘‘(V) programs under the Older 

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1 3001 et seq.) that support employ2 ment and economic security; and’’; 

3 (D) in clause (vii)— 

4 (i) in subclause (II)— 

5 (I) by inserting ‘‘and providers of 

6 supportive services,’’ after ‘‘small em7 ployers,’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (ii) in subclause (III), by inserting 

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(IV) to strengthen, through pro14 fessional development activities, the 

15 knowledge and capacity of one-stop 

16 staff to use the latest digital tech17 nologies, tools, and strategies to de18 liver high quality services and out19 comes for jobseekers, workers, and 

20 employers, which may incorporate uni21 versal design for learning;’’; 

22 (E) by striking clause (ix); 

23 (F) by redesignating clauses (x) through 

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1 (G) in clause (x), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (H) in clause (xi), as so redesignated, by 

4 striking the period at the end and inserting a 

5 semicolon; and 

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

7 ‘‘(xii) training programs for individ8 uals who are dislocated workers as a result 

9 of advances in automation technology; 

10 ‘‘(xiii) the use of competency-based 

11 assessments for individuals upon initial as12 sessment of skills (pursuant to subsection 

13 (c)(2)(A)(iii)) or completion of training 

14 services or other learning experiences; 

15 ‘‘(xiv) the development of partnerships 

16 between educational institutions (including 

17 area career and technical education 

18 schools, local educational agencies, and in19 stitutions of higher education) and employ20 ers to create or improve workforce develop21 ment programs to address the identified 

22 education and skill needs of the workforce 

23 and the employment needs of employers in 

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1 recent analysis conducted by the local 

2 board under section 107(d)(2); and 

3 ‘‘(xv) assistance to one or more public 

4 libraries located in the local area that has 

5 demonstrated success in leveraging addi6 tional resources (such as staff, facilities, 

7 computers, and learning materials) to pro8 vide free and open access to individualized 

9 career services, in order to promote and 

10 expand access to such services.’’. 

11 (2) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—Section 

12 134(d)(2)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Op13 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(2)(B)) is amend14 ed, by inserting ‘‘, including through programs of 

15 one-stop partners, who are’’ after ‘‘programs’’. 

16 (3) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS.—Section 

17 134(d)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor18 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(3)) is amended— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 

20 for financial assistance through a program car21 ried out by a one-stop partner’’ after ‘‘com22 pensation’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

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1 out by a one-stop partner’’ after ‘‘compensa2 tion’’ 

3 (4) INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING PRO4 GRAMS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 134(d)(4)(A) of 

6 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

7 (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(4)(A)) is amended— 

8 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘20’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘30’’; 

10 (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 

11 (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 

12 and 

13 (iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) INCREASE IN RESERVATION OF

16 FUNDS.—Notwithstanding clause (i)— 

17 ‘‘(I) with respect to a local area 

18 that had a rate of unemployment of 

19 not more than 3 percent for not less 

20 than 6 months during the preceding 

21 program year, clause (i) shall be ap22 plied by substituting ‘40 percent’ for 

23 ‘30 percent’; or 

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1 clause (I) and is located in a State 

2 that had a labor force participation 

3 rate of not less than 69 percent for 

4 not less than 6 months during the 

5 preceding program year, clause (i) 

6 shall be applied by substituting ‘45 

7 percent’ for ‘30 percent’.’’. 

8 (B) TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—Section 

9 134(d)(4)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and 

10 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(4)(B)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘The training’’, and in13 serting the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The training’’; 

15 and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘delivering training’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘delivering training, such as 

18 industry or sector partnerships’’. 

19 (C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 

20 134(d)(4)(D)(ii)(III) of the Workforce Innova21 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

22 3174(d)(4)(D)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘55’’. 

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1 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

2 3174(d)(4)) is further amended by adding at 

3 the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(E) INCUMBENT WORKER UPSKILLING

5 ACCOUNTS.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To establish in7 cumbent worker upskilling accounts 

8 through which an eligible provider of train9 ing services under section 122 may be paid 

10 for the program of training services pro11 vided to an incumbent worker, a local 

12 board— 

13 ‘‘(I)(aa) may use, from the funds 

14 reserved by the local area under sub15 paragraph (A)(i), an amount that 

16 does not exceed 5 percent of the funds 

17 allocated to such local area under sec18 tion 133(b); or 

19 ‘‘(bb) if the local area reserved 

20 funds under subparagraph (A)(ii), 

21 may use, from the funds reserved by 

22 the local area under subparagraph 

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1 to such local area under section 

2 133(b); and 

3 ‘‘(II) may use funds reserved 

4 under section 134(a)(2)(A) for state5 wide rapid response activities and pro6 vided by the State to local area to es7 tablish such accounts. 

8 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBILITY.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

10 subclause (II), a local board that 

11 seeks to establish incumbent worker 

12 upskilling accounts under clause (i) 

13 shall establish criteria for determining 

14 the eligibility of an incumbent worker 

15 to receive such an account, which 

16 shall take into account factors of— 

17 ‘‘(aa) the wages of the in18 cumbent worker as of the date of 

19 determining such worker’s eligi20 bility under this clause; 

21 ‘‘(bb) the career advance22 ment opportunities for the in23 cumbent worker in the occupa24 tion of such worker as of such 

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1 ‘‘(cc) the ability of the in2 cumbent worker to, upon comple3 tion of the program of training 

4 services selected by such worker, 

5 secure employment in an in-de6 mand industry or occupation in 

7 the local area that will lead to 

8 economic self-sufficiency and 

9 wages higher than the current 

10 wages of the incumbent worker. 

11 ‘‘(II) LIMITATION.— 

12 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—An in13 cumbent worker described in item 

14 (bb) shall be ineligible to receive 

15 an incumbent worker upskilling 

16 account under this subparagraph. 

17 ‘‘(bb) INELIGIBILITY.—Item 

18 (aa) shall apply to an incumbent 

19 worker— 

20 ‘‘(AA) whose total an21 nual wages for the most re22 cent year are greater than 

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1 ‘‘(BB) who has earned 

2 a baccalaureate or profes3 sional degree. 

4 ‘‘(iii) COST SHARING FOR CERTAIN IN5 CUMBENT WORKERS.—With respect to an 

6 incumbent worker who is determined to be 

7 eligible to receive an incumbent worker 

8 upskilling account and who is not a low-in9 come individual— 

10 ‘‘(I) such incumbent worker shall 

11 pay not less than 25 percent of the 

12 cost of the program of training serv13 ices selected by such worker; and 

14 ‘‘(II) funds provided through the 

15 incumbent worker upskilling account 

16 established for such worker shall cover 

17 the remaining 75 percent of the cost 

18 of the program.’’. 

19 (E) TRANSITIONAL JOBS.—Section 

20 134(d)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Op21 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(5)) is amend22 ed by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’. 

23 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 134 of the 

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1 3174) is further amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec4 tion shall be construed to abrogate a collective bargaining 

5 agreement that covers employees of an entity providing a 

6 program of training services, including an incumbent 

7 worker training program.’’. 

8 CHAPTER 4—GENERAL WORKFORCE 

9 INVESTMENT PROVISIONS 

10 SEC. 145. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 Section 136 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor12 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3181) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 136. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 ‘‘(a) YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVI15 TIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

16 out the activities described in section 127(a) 

17 $976,573,900 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

18 2030. 

19 ‘‘(b) ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVI20 TIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

21 out the activities described in section 132(a)(1) 

22 $912,218,500 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

23 2030. 

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1 propriated to carry out the activities described in section 

2 132(a)(2) $1,391,483,193 for each of the fiscal years 

3 2025 through 2030.’’. 

4 Subtitle D—Job Corps 

5 SEC. 151. PURPOSES. 

6 Section 141 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor7 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3191) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘secondary school diplo12 mas’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school diplo13 mas or their recognized equivalents’’; 

14 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

15 end; 

16 (C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, including 

17 an apprenticeship program; and’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘; or’’; and 

19 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(iii) enrollment in an apprenticeship 

21 program; and’’. 

22 SEC. 152. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) in paragraphs (1), (7), (8), and (10), by 

2 striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘campus’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘the com5 munity in which the Job Corps campus is located or 

6 the’’ after ‘‘serves’’; 

7 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘secondary school diploma 

9 or’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school diploma 

10 or its’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘that prepares’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘that— 

13 ‘‘(A) prepares’’; 

14 (C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig15 nated, by striking the period at the end and in16 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) may lead to the attainment of a rec19 ognized postsecondary credential.’’; and 

20 (4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘CENTER’’ in 

21 the heading and inserting ‘‘CAMPUS’’. 

22 SEC. 153. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB CORPS. 

23 Section 144 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor24 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3194) is amended— 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘21’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘24’’; 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘ or, if the date of 

5 enrollment is not greater than 60 days 

6 after the date of application, the date of 

7 application,’’ after ‘‘enrollment,’’; 

8 (iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

9 read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(A) an individual who is age 16 or 17 

11 shall be eligible only upon an individual deter12 mination by the director of a Job Corps campus 

13 that such individual meets the criteria described 

14 in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 

15 145(b)(1); and’’; and 

16 (iv) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

17 ‘‘either’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

19 ‘‘individual’’ the following: ‘‘or a resident of a 

20 qualified opportunity zone as defined in section 

21 1400Z–1(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986’’; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

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1 ‘‘(A) Has foundational skill needs.’’; and 

2 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

3 (I) by striking ‘‘A homeless indi4 vidual (as’’ and inserting ‘‘An indi5 vidual experiencing homelessness 

6 (meaning a homeless individual as’’; 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 

8 14043e-2(6)))’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 

9 U.S.C. 12473(6)))’’; and 

10 (III) by striking ‘‘homeless child 

11 or youth (as’’ and inserting ‘‘youth 

12 experiencing homelessness (meaning a 

13 homeless child or youth as’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

16 CERTAIN OTHER ARMED FORCES MEMBERS’’ 

17 after ‘‘VETERANS’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘or a member of the 

19 Armed Forces eligible for preseparation coun20 seling of the Transition Assistance Program 

21 under section 1142 of title 10, United States 

22 Code,’’ after ‘‘a veteran’’; and 

23 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING

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1 whether an individual is eligible to enroll for services 

2 under this subtitle on the basis of being a youth experi3 encing homelessness, or a youth in foster care, as de4 scribed in subsection (a)(3)(C), staff shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) if determining whether the individual is a 

6 youth experiencing homelessness, use a process that 

7 is in compliance with the requirements of subsection 

8 (a) of section 479D of the Higher Education Act of 

9 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087uu–2) for financial aid admin10 istrators; and 

11 ‘‘(2) if determining whether the individual is a 

12 youth in foster care, use a process that is in compli13 ance with the requirements of subsection (b) of such 

14 section 479D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

15 (20 U.S.C. 1087uu–2) for financial aid administra16 tors.’’. 

17 SEC. 154. RECRUITMENT, SCREENING, SELECTION, AND AS18 SIGNMENT OF ENROLLEES. 

19 Section 145 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor20 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3195) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

4 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (iv) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(F) assist applicable one-stop centers and 

8 other entities identified in paragraph (3) in de9 veloping joint applications for Job Corps, 

10 YouthBuild, and the youth activities described 

11 in section 129.’’; and 

12 (2) in subsections (b), (c), and (d)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it ap14 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it ap16 pears and inserting ‘‘campuses’’. 

17 SEC. 155. JOB CORPS CAMPUSES. 

18 Section 147 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197) is amended— 

20 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CENTERS’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 after ‘‘area career and technical education 

3 school,’’ the following: ‘‘an institution of 

4 higher education,’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘center’’ each 

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘cam9 pus’’; and 

10 (II) by inserting after ‘‘United 

11 States Code,’’ the following: ‘‘and sec12 tion 159(f)(2)(B)(i)(III),’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (I) in clause (i)— 

15 (aa) by striking ‘‘operate a 

16 Job Corps center’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘operate a Job Corps campus’’; 

18 (bb) by striking subclause 

19 (IV); 

20 (cc) by redesignating sub21 clauses (I), (II), (III), and (V), 

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1 (dd) by inserting before sub2 clause (III), as so redesignated, 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(I)(aa) in the case of an entity 

5 that has previously operated a Job 

6 Corps campus, a numeric metric of 

7 the past achievement on the primary 

8 indicators of performance for eligible 

9 youth described in section 

10 116(b)(2)(A)(ii); or 

11 ‘‘(bb) in the case of an entity 

12 that has not previously operated a Job 

13 Corps campus, a comparable alter14 native numeric metric on the past ef15 fectiveness of the entity in successfully 

16 assisting at-risk youth to connect to 

17 the labor force, based on such primary 

18 indicators of performance for eligible 

19 youth; 

20 ‘‘(II) in the case of an entity that 

21 has previously operated a Job Corps 

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1 General of the Department of 

2 Labor;’’; 

3 (ee) in subclause (III), as so 

4 redesignated, by striking ‘‘cen5 ter’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

6 (ff) by amending subclause 

7 (IV), as so redesignated, to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(IV) the ability of the entity to 

10 offer career and technical education 

11 and training that has been proposed 

12 by the workforce council under section 

13 154(c), including— 

14 ‘‘(aa) the degree to which 

15 such education and training re16 flects employment opportunities 

17 in the local areas in which enroll18 ees at the campus intend to seek 

19 employment; and 

20 ‘‘(bb) the degree to which 

21 such education and training leads 

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1 a higher level or other degree or 

2 credential program;’’; 

3 (gg) in subclause (V), as so 

4 redesignated, by striking ‘‘center 

5 is located;’’ and inserting ‘‘cam6 pus is located, including agree7 ments to provide off-campus 

8 work-based learning opportunities 

9 aligned with the career and tech10 nical education provided to en11 rollees; and’’; and 

12 (hh) by amending subclause 

13 (VI), as so redesignated, to read 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(VI) the ability of the entity to 

16 implement an effective behavior man17 agement plan, as described in section 

18 152(a), and maintain a safe and se19 cure learning environment for enroll20 ees.’’; and 

21 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

22 ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘or postsecondary credit, which credit shall 

3 permit articulation into a credential pro4 gram’’ after ‘‘program’’; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

6 after ‘‘is located’’ the following: ‘‘, includ7 ing agreements to provide off-campus 

8 work-based learning opportunities aligned 

9 with the career and technical education 

10 provided to enrollees’’; 

11 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), and (K) as 

13 subparagraphs (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), 

14 and (L), respectively; and 

15 (v) by inserting after subparagraph 

16 (D) the following: 

17 ‘‘(E) A description of the policies that will 

18 be implemented at the campus regarding secu19 rity and access to campus facilities, including 

20 procedures to report on and respond to viola21 tions of the disciplinary policy described in sec22 tion 152(b) and other emergencies occurring on 

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1 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CENTERS’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it ap4 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

7 (D) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘20 

8 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 

9 (E) in paragraph (3)(A)(iv), by striking 

10 ‘‘secondary school diplomas’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘regular high school diplomas’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘centers’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘campuses’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘30 percent’’; 

17 (5) in subsection (d)— 

18 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘cen19 ters’’ and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; and 

20 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

21 ‘‘centers’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers’’; 

22 (6) in subsection (e)— 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘450b)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘5304)’’; 

3 (7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2-year pe4 riod’’ and inserting ‘‘3-year period’’; and 

5 (8) in subsection (g)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 

10 (B) and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) failed to achieve an average of 80 

12 percent or higher of the expected level of per13 formance under section 159(c)(1) across all of 

14 the primary indicators of performance for eligi15 ble youth described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii); 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(B) failed to— 

18 ‘‘(i) take reasonable measures to 

19 achieve an average of 80 percent of the 

20 planned average onboard strength that was 

21 agreed to in the agreement described in 

22 subsection (a)(1)(A); or 

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1 that was agreed to in the agreement de2 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A).’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

4 onboard strength or enrollment’’ after ‘‘per5 formance’’; 

6 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘shall 

7 provide’’ and inserting ‘‘shall provide, at least 

8 30 days prior to renewing the agreement’’; and 

9 (E) in paragraph (4)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

12 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

13 (D) as subparagraph (E); and 

14 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

15 (C) the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) has maintained a safe and secure 

17 campus environment; and’’. 

18 SEC. 156. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. 

19 Section 148 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor20 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

22 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it appears 

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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘CENTERS’’ and inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) by inserting ‘‘incorporate the prin6 ciples of universal design for learning and 

7 may’’ after ‘‘may’’; 

8 (ii) by inserting before the period at 

9 the end the following: ‘‘, and productive ac10 tivities, such as tutoring or other skills de11 velopment opportunities, for enrollees to 

12 participate in outside of regular class time 

13 and work hours’’; and 

14 (iii) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through 

15 (xi) of section 134(c)(2)(A)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘subclauses (I) through (V) of section 

17 134(c)(2)(A)(ii) or in clauses (i) through 

18 (viii) of section 134(c)(2)(B)’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘career and 

20 technical educational institutions’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘area career and technical education schools’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (c)(1)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘the eligible providers’’ and 

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1 (B) by inserting after ‘‘under section 122’’ 

2 the following: ‘‘that is aligned with the career 

3 and technical education an enrollee has com4 pleted’’; and 

5 (6) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘, in coordi6 nation with the operator of the Job Corps program 

7 in which a graduate was enrolled,’’ after ‘‘Sec8 retary’’. 

9 SEC. 157. COUNSELING AND JOB PLACEMENT. 

10 Section 149(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Op11 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3199(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘, in coordination with the op13 erator of a Job Corps campus,’’ after ‘‘The Sec14 retary’’; 

15 (2) by inserting ‘‘assigned to such campus’’ 

16 after ‘‘for enrollees’’; and 

17 (3) by inserting ‘‘, in coordination with the op18 erator,’’ after ‘‘, the Secretary’’. 

19 SEC. 158. SUPPORT. 

20 Section 150 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor21 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3200) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘centers’’ and 

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1 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding the 

2 requirements of section 146(b), a Job Corps graduate may 

3 remain an enrollee and a resident of a Job Corps campus 

4 for not more than one month after graduation as such 

5 graduate transitions into independent living and employ6 ment if such graduate receives written approval from the 

7 director of the Job Corps campus to remain such a resi8 dent.’’. 

9 SEC. 159. OPERATIONS. 

10 Section 151 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor11 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3201) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

13 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(d) LOCAL AUTHORITY.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations 

17 of the budget approved by the Secretary for a Job 

18 Corps campus, the operator of a Job Corps campus 

19 shall have the authority, without prior approval from 

20 the Secretary, to— 

21 ‘‘(A) hire staff and provide staff profes22 sional development; 

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1 higher education, child development centers, 

2 units of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 

3 Corps programs established under section 2031 

4 of title 10, United States Code, or employers; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(C) engage with and educate stakeholders 

7 (including eligible applicants for the Job Corps) 

8 about Job Corps operations, selection proce9 dures, and activities. 

10 ‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding 

11 section 6702 of title 41, United States Code, or any 

12 other provision of law, chapter 67 of such title shall 

13 not apply to any agreement described in paragraph 

14 (1)(B) for the purpose of providing child care to en15 rollees between an entity described in such para16 graph and an operator of a Job Corps campus, if 

17 the operator is not using amounts made available 

18 under this subtitle to pay for such child care serv19 ices. 

20 ‘‘(e) PRIOR NOTICE.—Prior to making a change to 

21 the agreement described in section 147(a) or an operating 

22 plan described in this section, the Secretary shall solicit 

23 from the operators of the Job Corps campuses information 

24 on any operational costs the operators expect to result 

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1 SEC. 160. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. 

2 Section 152 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3202) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘centers’’ each place it appears 

5 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘As part of 

7 the operating plan required under section 151(a), 

8 the director of each Job Corps campus shall develop 

9 and implement a behavior management plan con10 sistent with the standards of conduct and subject to 

11 the approval of the Secretary.’’ at the end; 

12 (3) in subsection (b)(2)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or 

14 disruptive’’; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting 

16 ‘‘, subject to the appeal process described in 

17 subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 

18 (4) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(c) APPEAL PROCESS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ENROLLEE APPEALS.—A disciplinary 

22 measure taken by a director under this section shall 

23 be subject to expeditious appeal in accordance with 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

2 after the date of enactment of the A Stronger 

3 Workforce for America Act, the Secretary shall 

4 establish an appeals process under which the di5 rector of a Job Corps campus may submit a re6 quest that an enrollee who has engaged in an 

7 activity which is a violation of the guidelines es8 tablished pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) re9 main enrolled in the program, but be subject to 

10 other disciplinary actions in lieu of automatic 

11 separation from the program. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—A request under sub13 paragraph (A) shall include— 

14 ‘‘(i) a signed certification from the di15 rector attesting that, to the belief of the di16 rector, the continued enrollment of such 

17 enrollee would not impact the safety or 

18 learning environment of the campus; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the behavioral records of such 

20 enrollee. 

21 ‘‘(C) DEFAULT APPROVAL.—The Secretary 

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1 proved if the Secretary has not denied such ap2 peal after 30 days.’’. 

3 SEC. 161. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. 

4 Section 153 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3203) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

7 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘centers’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (b)(1)(C)— 

11 (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(v) industry or sector partnerships, where 

15 applicable; and’’; and 

16 (4) in subsection (c), in the heading, by striking 

17 ‘‘CENTERS’’ and inserting ‘‘CAMPUSES’’. 

18 SEC. 162. WORKFORCE COUNCILS. 

19 Section 154 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor20 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3204) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

22 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

2 subparagraph (D); and 

3 (C) by inserting the following after sub4 paragraph (B): 

5 ‘‘(C) representatives of community-based 

6 organizations; and’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘, rec8 ognized postsecondary credentials,’’ after ‘‘skills’’; 

9 and 

10 (4) in subsection (d), in the heading, by strik11 ing ‘‘NEW CENTERS’’ and inserting ‘‘NEW CAM12 PUSES’’. 

13 SEC. 163. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

14 Section 155 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3205) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘centers’’ and inserting ‘‘cam19 puses’’; 

20 (3) by striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘cam21 pus’’; and 

22 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE JOB CORPS

24 SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE.—Not later than one year 

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1 for America Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory 

2 committee to provide recommendations on effective or evi3 dence-based strategies to improve— 

4 ‘‘(1) safety, security, and learning conditions on 

5 Job Corps campuses; 

6 ‘‘(2) the standards for campus safety estab7 lished under section 159(c)(4); 

8 ‘‘(3) the levels of performance established under 

9 section 159(c)(1), including recommendations to im10 prove the effectiveness and rigor of such levels of 

11 performance and recommendations to ensure such 

12 levels promote continuous performance improvement; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(4) the effectiveness of performance improve15 ment plans and other measures to continuously im16 prove the performance of the Job Corps program.’’. 

17 SEC. 164. EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL AS18 SISTANCE. 

19 Section 156 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor20 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3206) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting ‘‘cam22 pus’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘centers’’ and inserting ‘‘cam24 puses’’; and 

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(A) by striking ‘‘1 1 ⁄4 of 1 percent to pro2 vide’’ and inserting ‘‘1.25 percent to provide’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end of subparagraph (C) and by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(D) in the development and implementa8 tion of a behavior management plan under sec9 tion 152(a); and 

10 ‘‘(E) in complying with the campus and 

11 student safety standards described in section 

12 159(c)(4); and’’. 

13 SEC. 165. SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 

14 Section 158 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3208) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

17 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (f)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘may accept on behalf of 

20 the Job Corps or individual Job Corps cam21 puses charitable donations of cash’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘(or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appro23 priate), on behalf of the Job Corps, or a Job 

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1 pus, may accept grants, charitable donations of 

2 cash,’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘Notwithstanding sections 501(b) and 522 of 

5 title 40, United States Code, any property ac6 quired by a Job Corps campus shall be directly 

7 transferred, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the 

8 Secretary.’’. 

9 SEC. 166. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION. 

10 (a) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 159 of the 

11 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

12 3209) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘center’’ each place it appears 

14 and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘that are ambitious 

21 yet achievable and’’ after ‘‘program’’; and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new subparagraphs: 

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1 under subparagraph (A) for a Job Corps cam2 pus, the Secretary may take into account fac3 tors including— 

4 ‘‘(i) how the levels involved compare 

5 with the recent performance of such cam6 pus and the performance of other cam7 puses within the same State or geographic 

8 region; 

9 ‘‘(ii) the levels of performance set for 

10 the primary indicators of performance de11 scribed in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) for the 

12 youth programs authorized under chapter 

13 2 of subtitle B for the State in which the 

14 campus is located; 

15 ‘‘(iii) the extent to which the levels in16 volved promote continuous improvement in 

17 performance on the primary indicators of 

18 performance by such campus and ensure 

19 optimal return on the use of Federal 

20 funds; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) any other considerations identi22 fied by the Secretary after reviewing the 

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1 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE PER CONTRACT.—The 

2 Secretary shall ensure the expected levels of 

3 performance are established in the relevant con4 tract or agreement. 

5 ‘‘(D) ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON ECONOMIC

6 CONDITIONS AND INDIVIDUALS SERVED DURING

7 THE PROGRAM YEAR.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the event of a 

9 significant economic downturn, the Sec10 retary shall adjust the applicable levels of 

11 performance for each of the campuses for 

12 a program year to reflect the actual eco13 nomic conditions during such program 

14 year. 

15 ‘‘(ii) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Prior 

16 to implementing the adjustments described 

17 in clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to 

18 the Committee on Education and the 

19 Workforce of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committee on Health, Education, 

21 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a re22 port explaining the reason for such adjust23 ments. 

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1 Department of Labor shall, every 5 years, sub2 mit to the Committee on Education and the 

3 Workforce of the House of Representatives and 

4 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

5 and Pensions of the Senate, and publish in the 

6 Federal Register and on a publicly available 

7 website of the Department, a report con8 taining— 

9 ‘‘(i) a quadrennial review of the ex10 pected levels of performance; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) an evaluation of whether— 

12 ‘‘(I) the Secretary is establishing 

13 such expected levels of performance in 

14 accordance with this Act; and 

15 ‘‘(II) such expected levels have 

16 led to continued improvement of the 

17 Job Corps program.’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘(L), 

19 and (M)’’ and inserting ‘‘(M), and (N)’’; 

20 (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘(J), 

21 and (K)’’ and inserting ‘‘(K), and (L)’’; 

22 (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

23 paragraph (5); 

24 (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

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1 ‘‘(4) CAMPUS SAFETY.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

3 establish campus and student safety standards. 

4 The Secretary shall provide technical assistance 

5 and develop a safety improvement plan for a 

6 Job Corps campus that fails to achieve such 

7 standards. 

8 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing 

9 the campus and student safety standards under 

10 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take into 

11 account— 

12 ‘‘(i) incidents related to safety that 

13 are reported to the Secretary; 

14 ‘‘(ii) survey data from enrollees, fac15 ulty, staff, and community members; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) any other considerations identi17 fied by the Secretary after reviewing the 

18 recommendations of the advisory group de19 scribed in section 155(b).’’; 

20 (F) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) the number of contracts that were 

4 awarded a renewal compared to those eligible 

5 for a renewal; 

6 ‘‘(D) the number of campuses where the 

7 contract was awarded to a new operator; and 

8 ‘‘(E) the number of campuses that were 

9 required to receive performance improvement, 

10 as described under subsection (f)(2).’’; and 

11 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(6) WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary shall 

13 make arrangements with a State or other appro14 priate entity to facilitate the use of State wage 

15 records to evaluate the performance of Job Corps 

16 campuses on the employment and earnings indica17 tors described in clause (i)(III) of subparagraph (A) 

18 of section 116(b)(2) and subclauses (I) and (II) of 

19 clause (ii) of such subparagraph for the purposes of 

20 the report required under paragraph (5).’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (d)(1)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘and make available on 

23 the website of the Department pertaining to the 

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1 searchable, and navigable,’’ after ‘‘subsection 

2 (c)(4),’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘gen4 der’’ and inserting ‘‘sex’’; 

5 (C) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘reg6 ular secondary school diploma’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘regular high school diploma’’; 

8 (D) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘reg9 ular secondary school diploma’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘regular high school diploma’’; 

11 (E) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 

12 through (O) as subparagraphs (K) through (P), 

13 respectively; and 

14 (F) by inserting the following after sub15 paragraph (I): 

16 ‘‘(J) the number of appeals under section 

17 152(c) and a description of each appeal that 

18 was approved;’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘116(i)(2)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘116(j)(2)’’; and 

21 (5) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘comply’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘attest to compliance’’. 

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1 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3209) is amended to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND IMPROVE4 MENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall con6 duct an annual assessment of the performance of 

7 each Job Corps campus on the primary indicators of 

8 performance described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii), 

9 where each indicator shall be given equal weight in 

10 determining the overall performance of the campus. 

11 Based on the assessment, the Secretary shall take 

12 measures to continuously improve the performance 

13 of the Job Corps program. 

14 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a 

17 Job Corps campus that, for a program 

18 year, performs as described in clause (ii) 

19 and is not already subject to a perform20 ance improvement plan under this para21 graph for such program year or the suc22 ceeding program year, the Secretary shall 

23 develop and implement, for a comprehen24 sive improvement period beginning with 

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1 ance improvement plan that meets the re2 quirements of clause (iii). 

3 ‘‘(ii) PERFORMANCE FAILURES.—A 

4 Job Corps campus performs as described 

5 in this clause if, for a program year, such 

6 campus— 

7 ‘‘(I) fails to meet an average of 

8 90 percent on the expected levels of 

9 performance across all the primary in10 dicators of performance specified in 

11 subsection (c)(1); and 

12 ‘‘(II) is ranked among the lowest 

13 20 percent of all Job Corps campuses. 

14 ‘‘(iii) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

15 PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—A performance im16 provement plan, with respect to a Job 

17 Corps campus, shall require the Secretary 

18 to take substantial action during a 3 con19 secutive program year period (in this para20 graph, referred to as a ‘comprehensive im21 provement period’) to improve the perform22 ance of such campus, which shall include— 

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1 ‘‘(II) changing the management 

2 staff of the campus; 

3 ‘‘(III) changing the career and 

4 technical education and training of5 fered at the campus; 

6 ‘‘(IV) replacing the operator of 

7 the campus; or 

8 ‘‘(V) reducing the capacity of the 

9 campus. 

10 ‘‘(B) CHRONIC FAILURE.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a 

12 Job Corps campus that, for the two con13 secutive program years immediately fol14 lowing a comprehensive improvement pe15 riod and regardless of whether such cam16 pus is subject to a subsequent comprehen17 sive improvement period, fails to meet an 

18 average of 85 percent on the expected lev19 els of performance across all the primary 

20 indicators and is ranked among the lowest 

21 15 percent of all Job Corps campuses, the 

22 Secretary shall take further substantial ac23 tion to improve the performance of such 

24 campus, which shall include— 

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1 ‘‘(II) closing the campus; or 

2 ‘‘(III) notifying the State in 

3 which the campus is located of such 

4 failure and, if such State submits a 

5 written plan to operate a residential 

6 campus in the current location, the 

7 Secretary— 

8 ‘‘(aa) shall enter into a 

9 memorandum of understanding 

10 with the State for the purpose of 

11 so operating a residential campus 

12 and award funding directly to the 

13 State for such purpose; 

14 ‘‘(bb) may encourage inno15 vation in such memorandum of 

16 understanding by waiving any 

17 statutory or regulatory require18 ment of this subtitle except for 

19 those related to participant eligi20 bility under section 144, program 

21 activities under section 148, 

22 counseling and job placement 

23 under section 149, standards of 

24 conduct under section 152, and 

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1 countability under this section; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(cc) if a State chooses to 

4 award funds received under this 

5 clause to an entity that is not a 

6 State agency or other State enti7 ty, require that such State de8 velop award criteria that will give 

9 priority consideration for the pri10 mary contract or grant for oper11 ation of the campus to any appli12 cant that is a non-profit organi13 zation with expertise in serving 

14 opportunity youth and that oth15 erwise meets such award criteria. 

16 ‘‘(ii) INDIAN TRIBES.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case 

18 of a Job Corps campus described in 

19 clause (i) that is located on an Indian 

20 reservation, subclause (III) of such 

21 clause shall be applied by— 

22 ‘‘(aa) by substituting ‘Indian 

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1 ‘‘(bb) in item (cc), by sub2 stituting ‘Tribal organization’ for 

3 ‘State agency or other State enti4 ty’. 

5 ‘‘(II) DEFINITION.—In this para6 graph, the terms ‘Indian Tribe’ and 

7 ‘Tribal organization’ have the mean8 ings given such terms in subsections 

9 (e) and (l), respectively, of section 4 

10 of the Indian Self-Determination and 

11 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

12 5304). 

13 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVE14 MENT.—In addition to the performance improvement 

15 plans required under paragraph (2), the Secretary 

16 may develop and implement additional performance 

17 improvement plans for a Job Corps campus that 

18 fails to meet criteria established by the Secretary 

19 other than the expected levels of performance de20 scribed in subsection (c)(1). 

21 ‘‘(4) CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS.—With 

22 respect to a Civilian Conservation Center that, for 3 

23 consecutive program years, fails to meet an average 

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1 specified in subsection (c)(1) and is ranked among 

2 the lowest 15 percent of campuses, the Secretary of 

3 Labor or, if appropriate, the Secretary of Agri4 culture shall select, on a competitive basis, an entity 

5 to operate part or all of the Civilian Conservation 

6 Center in accordance with the requirements of sec7 tion 147.’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 159 of the 

9 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

10 3209) is further amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘centers’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘campuses’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (g)(1), in the heading, by 

14 striking ‘‘CENTER’’ and inserting ‘‘CAMPUS’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (j), in the heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘CENTER’’ and inserting ‘‘CAMPUS’’. 

17 SEC. 167. JOB CORPS OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING. 

18 Section 161 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3211) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CENTER’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘CAMPUS’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘center’’ and inserting 

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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub2 section (e); and 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REC6 OMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary shall, on an annual 

7 basis, prepare and submit to the applicable committees a 

8 report regarding the implementation of all outstanding 

9 recommendations regarding the Job Corps program from 

10 the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 

11 Labor or the Government Accountability Office.’’. 

12 SEC. 168. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Section 162 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor14 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3212) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 162. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

17 this subtitle $1,760,155,000 for each of the fiscal years 

18 2025 through 2030.’’. 

19 SEC. 169. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

20 Section 146(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op21 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3196(a)) is amended by striking 

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1 Subtitle E—National Programs 

2 SEC. 171. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS. 

3 Section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor4 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘(25 

6 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 

7 5301 et seq.)’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(25 

10 U.S.C. 450b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 

11 5304)’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(20 

13 U.S.C. 7517)’’ before the period at the end; 

14 (3) in subsection (d)(1)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘leading’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘or self-employment that leads’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

21 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(C) are evidence-based, to the extent 

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1 (4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking subpara2 graph (B) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 

4 than 15 percent of the funds made available to 

5 an entity under subsection (c) may be used for 

6 the administrative costs of the activities and 

7 services described in subparagraph (A). 

8 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES.— 

9 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding 

10 any other provision of this section, individ11 uals who were eligible to participate in pro12 grams under section 401 of the Job Train13 ing Partnership Act (as such section was 

14 in effect on the day before the date of en15 actment of the Workforce Investment Act 

16 of 1998) shall be eligible to participate in 

17 an activity assisted under this section. 

18 ‘‘(ii) TRANSFER OF UNOBLIGATED

19 FUNDS.—An entity receiving funds under 

20 subsection (c) may transfer such funds 

21 that are unobligated for an award year to 

22 the following award year for activities de23 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) in that fol24 lowing award year.’’; 


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1 (5) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘or to de2 velop skills necessary for successful self-employ3 ment’’ before the semicolon at the end; 

4 (6) in subsection (h)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) in the heading, by striking the 

7 heading and inserting ‘‘PERFORMANCE

8 STANDARDS’’; 

9 (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

10 inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) CONSULTATION ON PERFORMANCE

12 STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in consultation 

13 with the Native American Employment and 

14 Training Council, shall develop performance 

15 standards on the primary indicators of perform16 ance described in section 116(b)(2)(A) that 

17 shall be applicable to programs under this sec18 tion.’’; and 

19 (iii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat20 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘indi21 cators and’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 

23 116(b)(2)(A)’’ and all that follows through the 

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1 ‘‘(A) taking into consideration— 

2 ‘‘(i) economic conditions; 

3 ‘‘(ii) characteristics and needs of the 

4 individuals and groups served, including 

5 the differences in needs among such 

6 groups in various geographic service areas; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(iii) other appropriate factors, in9 cluding the economic circumstances of the 

10 communities served; and 

11 ‘‘(B) using, to the extent practicable, the 

12 statistical adjustment model under section 

13 116(b)(3)(A)(viii).’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM PLAN.—The levels agreed to 

16 under paragraph (2) shall be the adjusted levels of 

17 performance and shall be incorporated in the pro18 gram plan. 

19 ‘‘(4) WAGE RECORDS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 make arrangements with any State or other ap22 propriate entity to facilitate the use of State 

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1 clauses (I) through (III) of section 

2 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for the purposes of the report 

3 required under paragraph (5). 

4 ‘‘(B) OTHER WAGE RECORDS.—For any 

5 individual working in Indian country (as de6 fined in section 1151 of title 18, United States 

7 Code) whose wages are not submitted to a rel8 evant State as an unemployment insurance 

9 wage record, the Indian tribe with jurisdiction 

10 over that Indian country may submit other 

11 forms of documentation of the wages of such in12 dividual to the State for purposes of the report 

13 required under paragraph (5). 

14 ‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—For each pro15 gram year, the Secretary shall make available on a 

16 publicly accessible website of the Department of 

17 Labor a report on the performance, during such pro18 gram year, of entities funded under this section 

19 on— 

20 ‘‘(A) the primary indicators of performance 

21 described in section 116(b)(2)(A); and 

22 ‘‘(B) the adjusted levels of performance for 

23 such entities as described in paragraph (2).’’; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘Using’’ and in3 serting the following: 

4 ‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—Using’’; and 

5 (II) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Sec8 retary shall meet, on not less than an an9 nual basis, with the Council to consider 

10 recommendations from the Council on the 

11 operation and administration of the pro12 grams assisted under this section.’’; 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘The Council’’ 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Council’’; and 

17 (II) by inserting at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(ii) VACANCIES.—An individual ap20 pointed to fill a vacancy on the Council oc21 curring before the expiration of the term 

22 for which the predecessor of such indi23 vidual was appointed shall be appointed 

24 only for the remainder of that term. Such 

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1 after the expiration of such term until a 

2 successor is appointed.’’; and 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (F), by inserting 

4 ‘‘, virtually or in person’’ before the period 

5 at the end; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘more than one State’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘a State’’; 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or provided by an10 other grantee that receives funds awarded 

11 under subtitle B from any State for adult, 

12 youth, or dislocated worker programs’’ 

13 after ‘‘this title’’; 

14 (iii) by striking ‘‘Governors of the af15 fected States’’ and inserting ‘‘Governor of 

16 any affected State’’; and 

17 (iv) by striking ‘‘the States’’ and in18 serting ‘‘the State or other grantee’’; and 

19 (8) by amending subsection (k)(2) to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

23 this subsection $542,000 for each of the fiscal years 

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1 SEC. 172. MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor4 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘To be’’ and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GEOGRAPHIC LIMITA11 TIONS.—In determining eligibility under paragraph 

12 (1), the Secretary may not place limitations on the 

13 geographic location of the entity or on the intended 

14 area to be served.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(5) WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary shall 

18 make arrangements with a State or other appro19 priate entity to facilitate the use of State wage 

20 records to evaluate the performance of entities fund21 ed under this section on the employment and earn22 ings indicators described in subclauses (I) through 

23 (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for the purposes of 

24 the report required under paragraph (6). 

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1 publicly accessible website of the Department a re2 port on the performance, during such program year, 

3 of entities funded under this section on— 

4 ‘‘(A) the primary indicators of performance 

5 described in section 116(b)(2)(A); and 

6 ‘‘(B) the adjusted levels of performance for 

7 such entities as described in paragraph (3).’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘develop9 ment of digital literacy skills,’’ after ‘‘literacy in10 struction,’’; 

11 (4) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) 

12 as subsections (f) through (j), respectively; 

13 (5) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 10 

16 percent of the funds provided to an entity under this sec17 tion may be used for the administrative costs of the activi18 ties and services carried out under subsection (d).’’; and 

19 (6) in subsection (i), as so redesignated— 

20 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ALLOCA21 TION’’ and inserting ‘‘ALLOCATION; FUNDING

22 OBLIGATION’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘From’’ and inserting the 

24 following: 

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

2 ‘‘(2) FUNDING OBLIGATION.—Funds appro3 priated and made available to carry out this section 

4 for any fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary 

5 during the period beginning on April 1 of the cal6 endar year that begins during such fiscal year and 

7 ending on June 30 of the following calendar year to 

8 be made available to an entity described in sub9 section (b).’’. 

10 SEC. 173. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

11 (a) GENERAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 

12 168(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

13 Act (29 U.S.C. 3223(a)(1)) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘appropriate training, technical 

15 assistance, staff development’’ and inserting ‘‘appro16 priate education, technical assistance, professional 

17 development for staff’’; 

18 (2) in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), by 

19 striking ‘‘training’’ each place it appears and insert20 ing ‘‘professional development’’; 

21 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and 

22 (H) as subparagraphs (J) and (K), respectively; and 

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1 ‘‘(G) assistance to the one-stop delivery 

2 system and the Employment Service established 

3 under the Wagner-Peyser Act for the integra4 tion of basic career service activities pursuant 

5 to section 134(c)(2)(A); 

6 ‘‘(H) assistance to States with maintain7 ing, and making accessible to jobseekers and 

8 employers, the lists of eligible providers of 

9 training services required under section 122; 

10 ‘‘(I) assistance to States that apply for 

11 such assistance under section 122(j) for the 

12 purposes described in such subsection;’’. 

13 (b) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY TECHNICAL

14 ASSISTANCE.—Section 168(b) of the Workforce Innova15 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3223(b)) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in the header, by striking ‘‘DISLOCATED

18 WORKER’’ and inserting ‘‘PERFORMANCE ACCOUNT19 ABILITY’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) in the first sentence— 

22 (i) by inserting ‘‘, pursuant to para23 graphs (1) and (2) of section 116(f),’’ after 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘with respect to em2 ployment and training activities for dis3 located workers’’ and inserting ‘‘with re4 spect to the core programs’’; and 

5 (B) in the second sentence— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘assistance to dis7 located workers’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance 

8 to individuals served by a core program’’; 

9 and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘provided to dislocated 

11 workers’’ and inserting ‘‘provided to such 

12 individuals’’. 

13 (c) COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE

14 DISORDERS.—Section 168 of the Workforce Innovation 

15 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3223) is further amended 

16 by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE

18 DISORDERS.—The Secretary shall, as part of the activities 

19 described in subsection (c)(2), evaluate and disseminate 

20 to States and local areas information regarding evidence21 based and promising practices for addressing the economic 

22 workforce impacts associated with high rates of substance 

23 use disorders, which information shall— 

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1 ‘‘(2) include information— 

2 ‘‘(A) shared by States and local areas re3 garding effective practices for addressing such 

4 impacts; and 

5 ‘‘(B) on how to apply for any funding that 

6 may be available under section 170(b)(1)(E).’’. 

7 SEC. 174. EVALUATIONS AND RESEARCH. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 169 of the Workforce In9 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) by redesignating subparagraph (G) 

14 as subparagraph (H); 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (F)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 

17 end; and 

18 (II) by inserting ‘‘, including in19 dividuals with barriers to employ20 ment’’ after ‘‘demographic groups’’; 

21 and 

22 (iii) by inserting the following after 

23 subparagraph (F): 

24 ‘‘(G) the extent to which such programs or 

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1 ‘‘(i) collect, analyze, use, and dissemi2 nate accurate and transparent local and 

3 State level labor market information; 

4 ‘‘(ii) integrate administrative data, in 

5 accordance with Federal and State privacy 

6 laws, to more comprehensively understand 

7 and improve education and workforce out8 comes; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) identify and address deficiencies 

10 in existing Federal, State, and local work11 force data infrastructure and related 

12 source systems; and’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

15 inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

17 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

18 new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 

20 not use the authority described in subparagraph 

21 (A) if the evaluations required under paragraph 

22 (1) have not been initiated or completed in the 

23 time period required.’’; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘Beginning after the date of en3 actment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

4 America Act, the Secretary’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘2028’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(4) STUDIES AND REPORTS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) STUDY ON EMPLOYMENT CONDI12 TIONS.—The Secretary, in coordination with 

13 other heads of Federal agencies, as appropriate, 

14 may conduct a study examining the nature of 

15 participants’ unsubsidized employment after 

16 exit from programs carried out under this 

17 Act— 

18 ‘‘(i) including with respect to factors 

19 such as the availability of paid time off in 

20 the employment, health and retirement 

21 benefits provided through the employment, 

22 workplace safety standards at the place of 

23 employment, the predictability and stability 

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1 ment credentials that may permit articula2 tion into a higher level or other degree or 

3 credential program, and advancement op4 portunities in the employment; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) that includes a description of the 

6 feasibility of Congress establishing, 

7 through future legislation, an indicator of 

8 performance under section 116 related to 

9 such factors. 

10 ‘‘(B) STUDY ON IMPROVING WORKFORCE

11 SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL12 ITIES.—The Secretary of Labor, in coordination 

13 with the Secretary of Education and the Sec14 retary of Health and Human Services, may con15 duct studies that analyze the access to services 

16 by individuals with disabilities, including wheth17 er an individual who is unable to receive serv18 ices under title IV due to a wait list for such 

19 services is able to receive services under titles I 

20 through III. 

21 ‘‘(C) STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

22 PAY FOR PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary shall, 

23 not later than 4 years after the date of enact24 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

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1 ‘‘(i) compares the effectiveness of the 

2 pay-for-performance strategies used under 

3 sections 129, 134, and 172 after such date 

4 of enactment to the awarding of grants 

5 and contracts under such sections as in ef6 fect on the day before the date of enact7 ment of such Act; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) examines, with respect to grants 

9 under sections 129, 134, and 172 after 

10 such date of enactment— 

11 ‘‘(I) the competition structure of 

12 pay-for-performance grants and con13 tracts under such sections; 

14 ‘‘(II) the quality of applications 

15 received for grants and contracts 

16 under such sections; and 

17 ‘‘(III) whether individuals with 

18 barriers to employment were effec19 tively served under the pay-for-per20 formance strategies for grants and 

21 contracts under such sections. 

22 ‘‘(D) STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AC23 COUNTS FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS.—The Sec24 retary shall, not later than 4 years after the 

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1 for America Act, conduct a study that compares 

2 the usage of individual training accounts for 

3 dislocated workers after such date of enactment 

4 to the usage of such accounts prior to such date 

5 of enactment, including a comparison of— 

6 ‘‘(i) the types of training services and 

7 occupations targeted by dislocated workers 

8 when using their individual training ac9 counts; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the effectiveness of the skills de11 velopment funded through individual train12 ing accounts in helping such individuals at13 tain credentials and secure unsubsidized 

14 employment. 

15 ‘‘(E) STUDY ON STATEWIDE CRITICAL IN16 DUSTRY SKILLS FUNDS.—The Secretary shall, 

17 not later than 4 years after the date of enact18 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

19 Act, conduct a study that will review the usage 

20 of statewide critical industry skills funds estab21 lished by States under section 134(a)(4) and 

22 identify, for purposes of measuring the overall 

23 effectiveness of the program— 

24 ‘‘(i) the industries targeted by the 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the occupations for which work2 ers are being upskilled; 

3 ‘‘(iii) how frequently skills develop4 ment is provided to prospective workers 

5 and incumbent workers, and 

6 ‘‘(iv) the reported performance out7 comes. 

8 ‘‘(F) STUDY ON INDUSTRY OR SECTOR

9 PARTNERSHIP AND CAREER PATHWAYS DEVEL10 OPMENT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall, not later 

11 than 4 years after the date of enactment of the 

12 A Stronger Workforce for America Act, conduct 

13 a study that will review the usage of industry 

14 or sector partnership and career pathways de15 velopment funds established by States under 

16 section 134(a)(5) and identify, for purposes of 

17 measuring the overall effectiveness of the pro18 gram— 

19 ‘‘(i) the industries targeted by the 

20 funds under section 134(a)(5) and the 

21 growth in employment opportunities in 

22 such industries over the period of the 

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1 quently such skills development is occur2 ring through the funds under section 

3 134(a)(5); 

4 ‘‘(iii) the States where such funds 

5 were used to establish new industry or sec6 tor partnerships, the States where such 

7 funds were used to expand existing indus8 try or sector partnerships, and an overview 

9 of the types of partners participating in 

10 such partnerships; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) the reported performance out12 comes. 

13 ‘‘(G) STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

14 EMPLOYER-BASED TRAINING.—The Secretary 

15 shall, not later than 4 years after the date of 

16 enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

17 America Act, conduct a study that measures 

18 the effectiveness of on-the-job training, em19 ployer-directed skills training, apprenticeship, 

20 and incumbent worker training under this title 

21 in preparing jobseekers and workers, including 

22 those with barriers to employment, for unsub23 sidized employment. Such study shall include 

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1 ment outcomes, as compared to other methods 

2 of training. 

3 ‘‘(H) STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND

4 USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORK5 FORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.—The Secretary 

6 shall, not later than 4 years after the date of 

7 enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

8 America Act, conduct a study that— 

9 ‘‘(i) measures the effectiveness of 

10 emerging technology (including artificial 

11 intelligence and machine learning) and 

12 other advanced computational methods, in 

13 improving State workforce development 

14 system service delivery, labor market data 

15 system performance, data collection and in16 tegration to understand participant and 

17 program outcomes, and end-user tools for 

18 facilitating career exploration or related 

19 data insights; 

20 ‘‘(ii) measures the extent to which 

21 States have adopted and implemented such 

22 technology and methods in their workforce 

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1 nology or method, and identifying any ex2 hibited bias by any such technology or 

3 method; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) includes an analysis of the con5 sequences of advances in automation tech6 nology on employment opportunities, skills 

7 development, including digital literacy 

8 skills development, and worker dislocation. 

9 ‘‘(I) STUDY ON THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN

10 EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

11 SYSTEMS.—The Secretary of Labor, in coordi12 nation with the Secretary of Education, shall, 

13 not later than 4 years after the date of enact14 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

15 Act, conduct a study on the alignment of work16 force development programs under this Act with 

17 elementary and secondary education and post18 secondary education. The study shall examine— 

19 ‘‘(i) State efforts to integrate data re20 lated to career and technical education 

21 programs, dual enrollment programs, pre22 apprenticeships and apprenticeships, and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) challenges related to and strate2 gies that promote such alignment to facili3 tate student participation in high-quality 

4 college and career pathways; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) governance structures and fund6 ing sources to promote such alignment. 

7 ‘‘(J) STUDY ON JOB CORPS.—The Sec8 retary of Labor shall, not later than 4 years 

9 after the date of enactment of the A Stronger 

10 Workforce for America Act, conduct an evalua11 tion that— 

12 ‘‘(i) uses the most rigorous available 

13 methods that are appropriate and feasible 

14 to evaluate program effectiveness; 

15 ‘‘(ii) measures the effect of the Job 

16 Corps program on participating individuals 

17 on outcomes related to the purposes de18 scribed in section 141(1), including edu19 cational attainment, employment, earnings, 

20 and other related outcomes, compared with 

21 the non-participant peers of those individ22 uals, to determine if the program has a 

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1 ‘‘(iii) evaluates the cost-effectiveness 

2 of the program. 

3 ‘‘(K) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall pre4 pare and disseminate to the Committee on 

5 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

6 Senate and the Committee on Education and 

7 the Workforce of the House of Representatives, 

8 and on the publicly available website of the De9 partment, reports containing the results of the 

10 studies conducted under this paragraph.’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) EVALUATION OF GRANTS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each grant or 

15 contract awarded under this paragraph, 

16 the Secretary shall conduct a rigorous eval17 uation of the multistate project to deter18 mine the impact of the activities supported 

19 by the project, including the impact on the 

20 employment and earnings of program par21 ticipants. 

22 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

23 prepare and disseminate to the Committee 

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1 Education and the Workforce of the House 

2 of Representatives, and to the public, in3 cluding through electronic means, reports 

4 containing the results of evaluations con5 ducted under this subparagraph.’’. 

6 (b) WORKFORCE DATA QUALITY INITIATIVE.—Sec7 tion 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

8 (29 U.S.C. 3224) is further amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘(d) WORKFORCE DATA QUALITY INITIATIVE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) GRANT PROGRAM.—Of amounts made 

12 available pursuant to section 132(a)(2)(A) for any 

13 program year, the Secretary shall use not less than 

14 5 percent and not more than 10 percent of such 

15 amounts, and may also use funds authorized for 

16 purposes of carrying out this section, to award 

17 grants to eligible entities to create workforce longitu18 dinal data systems and associated resources for the 

19 purposes of strengthening program quality, building 

20 State capacity to produce evidence for decision21 making, meeting performance reporting require22 ments, protecting privacy, and improving trans23 parency. 

24 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

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1 submit an application to the Secretary at such time 

2 and in such manner as the Secretary may require, 

3 which shall include— 

4 ‘‘(A) a description of the proposed activi5 ties that will be conducted by the eligible entity, 

6 including a description of the need for such ac7 tivities and a detailed budget for such activities; 

8 ‘‘(B) a description of the expected out9 comes and outputs (such as systems or prod10 ucts) that will result from the proposed activi11 ties and the proposed uses of such outputs; 

12 ‘‘(C) a description of how the proposed ac13 tivities will— 

14 ‘‘(i) support the reporting of perform15 ance data, including employment and earn16 ings outcomes, for the performance ac17 countability requirements under section 

18 116, including outcomes for eligible pro19 viders of training services; 

20 ‘‘(ii) improve workforce data stand21 ardization across programs in the State; 

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1 omy-wide data on new and emerging skills 

2 and in-demand occupational roles; 

3 ‘‘(D) a description of the methods and pro4 cedures the eligible entity will use to ensure the 

5 security and privacy of the collection, storage, 

6 and use of all data involved in the systems and 

7 resources supported through the grant, includ8 ing compliance with State and Federal privacy 

9 and confidentiality statutes and regulations; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(E) a plan for how the eligible entity will 

12 continue the activities or sustain the use of the 

13 outputs created with the grant funds after the 

14 grant period ends. 

15 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under the 

16 subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

17 ‘‘(A) eligible entities that are— 

18 ‘‘(i) a State agency of a State that 

19 has not previously received a grant from 

20 the Secretary for the purposes of this sub21 section and demonstrates a substantial 

22 need to improve its data infrastructure; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) a consortium of State agencies 

24 that is comprised of State agencies from 

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1 State agency described in clause (i) and 

2 has the capacity to make significant con3 tributions toward building interoperable, 

4 cross-State data infrastructure; and 

5 ‘‘(B) eligible entities that will use grant 

6 funds to— 

7 ‘‘(i) expand the adoption and use of 

8 linked, open, and interoperable data on 

9 credentials, including through the develop10 ment of a credential registry or other tools 

11 and services designed to help learners and 

12 workers make informed decisions, such as 

13 the credential navigation feature described 

14 in section 122(d)(2); 

15 ‘‘(ii) participate in and contribute 

16 data to a multistate data collaborative, in17 cluding data that provide participating 

18 States the ability to better understand— 

19 ‘‘(I) earnings and employment 

20 outcomes of individuals who work out21 of-State; and 

22 ‘‘(II) cross-State earnings and 

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1 data entities and the end-users of work2 force and labor market data, including in3 dividuals, employers, economic development 

4 agencies, and workforce development pro5 viders; 

6 ‘‘(iv) leverage the use of non-Federal 

7 contributions to improve workforce data in8 frastructure, including staff capacity build9 ing; or 

10 ‘‘(v) expand existing statewide inte11 grated longitudinal data systems, including 

12 such systems receiving assistance under 

13 section 208 of the Educational Technical 

14 Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9607). 

15 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to the activi16 ties described in paragraph (3)(B), an eligible entity 

17 awarded a grant under this subsection may use 

18 funds to carry out any of the following activities: 

19 ‘‘(A) Developing or enhancing a State’s 

20 workforce longitudinal data system, including 

21 by participating and contributing data to the 

22 State’s data system, if applicable, that links 

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1 ‘‘(B) Accelerating the replication and 

2 adoption of data systems, projects, products, or 

3 practices already in use in one or more States 

4 to other States. 

5 ‘‘(C) Research and labor market data im6 provement activities to improve the timeliness, 

7 relevance, and accessibility of such data 

8 through pilot projects that are developed locally 

9 but designed to scale to other regions or States. 

10 ‘‘(D) Establishing, enhancing, or con11 necting to a system of interoperable learning 

12 and employment records that provides individ13 uals who choose to participate in such system 

14 ownership of a verified and secure record of 

15 their skills and achievements and the ability to 

16 share such record with employers and education 

17 providers. 

18 ‘‘(E) Developing policies, guidelines, and 

19 security measures for data collection, storing, 

20 and sharing to ensure compliance with relevant 

21 Federal and State privacy laws and regulations. 

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1 ‘‘(G) Creating or participating in a data 

2 exchange for collecting and using standards3 based jobs and employment data including, at a 

4 minimum, job titles or occupation codes. 

5 ‘‘(H) Improving State and local staff ca6 pacity to understand, use, and analyze data to 

7 improve decisionmaking and improve partici8 pant outcomes. 

9 ‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) DURATION.—A grant awarded under 

11 this subsection may be for a period of up to 3 

12 years. 

13 ‘‘(B) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.— 

14 Funds made available under this subsection 

15 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 

16 other Federal, State, or local funds used for de17 velopment of State data systems. 

18 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Each eligible entity that 

19 receives a grant under this subsection shall sub20 mit a report to the Secretary not later than 180 

21 days after the conclusion of the grant period on 

22 the activities supported through the grant and 

23 improvements in the use of workforce and labor 

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1 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

2 term ‘eligible entity’ means a State agency or con3 sortium of State agencies, including a multistate 

4 data collaborative, that is or includes the State agen5 cies responsible for— 

6 ‘‘(A) State employer wage records used by 

7 the State’s unemployment insurance programs 

8 in labor market information reporting and anal9 ysis and for fulfilling the reporting require10 ments of this Act; 

11 ‘‘(B) the production of labor market infor12 mation; and 

13 ‘‘(C) the direct administration of one or 

14 more of the core programs.’’. 

15 SEC. 175. NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS. 

16 Section 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor17 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3225) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(E) to an entity described in subsection 

4 (c)(1)(B) to provide employment and training 

5 activities related to the prevention and treat6 ment of substance use disorders, including ad7 diction treatment, mental health treatment, and 

8 pain management, in an area that, as a result 

9 of widespread substance use, addiction, and 

10 overdoses, has higher-than-average demand for 

11 such activities that exceeds the availability of 

12 State and local resources to provide such activi13 ties.’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—The Secretary 

16 shall collect the necessary information from each en17 tity receiving a grant under this section to determine 

18 the performance of such entity on the primary indi19 cators of performance described in section 

20 116(b)(2)(A)(i) and make such information available 

21 on the publicly accessible website of the Department 

22 in a format that does not reveal personally identifi23 able information.’’; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (E) of 

3 subsection (b)(1)’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘, in such manner, and 

5 containing such information’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘and in such manner’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (I) in the heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘RETRAINING’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘RESKILLING’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘retraining’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘reskilling’’; 

14 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

15 (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and 

16 (E), respectively; and 

17 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

18 (B) the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) SUBSTANCE USE RELATED

20 GRANTS.—In order to be eligible to receive em21 ployment and training assistance under a na22 tional dislocated worker grant awarded pursu23 ant to subsection (b)(1)(E), an individual shall 

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1 ‘‘(ii) a long-term unemployed indi2 vidual; 

3 ‘‘(iii) an individual who is unemployed 

4 or significantly underemployed as a result 

5 of widespread substance use in the area; or 

6 ‘‘(iv) an individual who is employed or 

7 seeking employment in a health care pro8 fession involved in the prevention and 

9 treatment of substance use disorders, in10 cluding such professions that provide ad11 diction treatment, mental health treat12 ment, or pain management.’’. 

13 SEC. 176. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 

14 Section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘home18 less individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘individuals ex19 periencing homelessness’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘home21 less and low-income families’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘low-income families and families of individuals 

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1 (A) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(4) INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING HOMELESS4 NESS.—The term ‘individual experiencing homeless5 ness’ means an individual who is a homeless indi6 vidual (as defined in section 41403(6) of the Vio7 lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

8 12473(6)) or a homeless child or youth (as defined 

9 in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

10 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2))).’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘home12 less individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘individuals ex13 periencing homelessness’’; 

14 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘(25 

15 U.S.C. 450b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 

16 5304)’’; and 

17 (D) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘home18 less individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘individuals ex19 periencing homelessness’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF GRANTS; RESERVATION.— 

24 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Subject to 

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1 to make grants to applicants for the purpose of 

2 carrying out YouthBuild programs approved 

3 under this section. 

4 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION FOR RURAL AREAS

5 AND INDIAN TRIBES.— 

6 ‘‘(i) TRIBAL RESERVATION.—Subject 

7 to clause (iii), in carrying out subpara8 graph (A), the Secretary shall reserve not 

9 less than 5 percent of the total amount ap10 propriated for the purposes of that sub11 paragraph to make grants to applicants 

12 that are— 

13 ‘‘(I) Indian tribes, tribal organi14 zations, or Native Hawaiian organiza15 tions (as such term is defined in sec16 tion 166(b)); or 

17 ‘‘(II) carrying out programs for 

18 the benefit of Indians. 

19 ‘‘(ii) RURAL RESERVATION.—Subject 

20 to clause (iii), in carrying out subpara21 graph (A), the Secretary shall reserve not 

22 less than 10 percent of the total amount 

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1 ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary 

2 does not receive a sufficient number of ap3 plications of sufficient quality to award the 

4 amounts reserved under clause (i) or 

5 amounts reserved under clause (ii) in ac6 cordance with the requirements of the ap7 plicable clause, the Secretary may— 

8 ‘‘(I) award grants to applicants 

9 described in clause (i) or clause (ii), 

10 as the case may be, in an amount not 

11 to exceed $1,500,000 per grant; and 

12 ‘‘(II) use any remaining amount 

13 reserved under the applicable clause 

14 to, notwithstanding the requirements 

15 of that clause, award grants under 

16 subparagraph (A) to other applica17 tions that are not described in such 

18 clause.’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (I) in clause (iv)— 

22 (aa) in subclause (II), by 

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1 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

2 striking ‘‘a secondary’’ and in3 serting ‘‘a regular high’’; and 

4 (cc) in subclause (IV), by 

5 striking ‘‘required’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘available Federal, State, or in7 stitutional’’; 

8 (II) in clause (v), by striking 

9 ‘‘drug and alcohol abuse’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘substance use disorder’’; 

11 (III) in clause (vii)— 

12 (aa) by inserting ‘‘to ensure 

13 full participation in a YouthBuild 

14 program, including such services 

15 for individuals with disabilities,’’ 

16 after ‘‘services’’; and 

17 (bb) by inserting ‘‘unsub18 sidized’’ after ‘‘retaining’’; and 

19 (IV) in clause (viii), by inserting 

20 ‘‘, including career services’’ after 

21 ‘‘assistance’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(I) Provision of meals and other food as4 sistance to participants in conjunction with an5 other activity described in this paragraph. 

6 ‘‘(J) Provision of information on and refer7 ral to Federal and State means tested pro8 grams.’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

11 ‘‘such time, in such manner, and con12 taining such information’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘such time and in such manner’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (I) in the header, by striking 

16 ‘‘MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS’’ and in17 serting ‘‘REQUIREMENTS’’; 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘, at a min19 imum’’; 

20 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 

21 ‘‘unions’’ and inserting ‘‘labor organi22 zations’’; 

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1 ‘‘(v) a description of the educational 

2 and job training activities, work opportuni3 ties, postsecondary education and training 

4 opportunities, and other services that will 

5 be provided to participants, and how those 

6 activities, opportunities, and services will— 

7 ‘‘(I) prepare youth for employ8 ment in in-demand industry sectors or 

9 occupations in the labor market area 

10 described in clause (i); and 

11 ‘‘(II) support youth in attaining 

12 a regular high school diploma or its 

13 recognized equivalent;’’; 

14 (V) in clause (vii)— 

15 (aa) by striking ‘‘(including 

16 agencies of Indian tribes)’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘, Indian tribes, tribal 

18 organizations, and tribal edu19 cational agencies (as such term is 

20 defined in section 6132(b) of the 

21 Elementary and Secondary Edu22 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 7452(b)))’’; and 

24 (bb) by striking ‘‘homeless 

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1 that serve youth who are home2 less individuals,’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘individuals experiencing home4 lessness and other agencies that 

5 serve youth who are individuals 

6 experiencing homelessness,’’; 

7 (VI) in clause (x), by inserting 

8 ‘‘located in the region proposed to be 

9 served by such applicant, as applica10 ble’’ after ‘‘tribes’’; 

11 (VII) by amending clause (xii) to 

12 read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(xii) a description of the levels of 

14 performance the applicant expects to 

15 achieve on the primary indicators of per16 formance described in section 

17 116(b)(2)(A)(ii);’’; 

18 (VIII) in clause (xiii), by striking 

19 ‘‘unions’’ and inserting ‘‘labor organi20 zations’’; 

21 (IX) by redesignating clauses 

22 (xv) through (xxi) as clauses (xvi) 

23 through (xxii), respectively; and 

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1 ‘‘(xv) a description of any strategies 

2 the applicant will use to engage program 

3 participants in providing feedback and in4 forming decision-making related to the 

5 program;’’; and 

6 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘such selection criteria 

8 as the Secretary shall establish under this 

9 section, which shall include criteria’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘selection criteria’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (I), by striking 

12 ‘‘homeless individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘indi13 viduals experiencing homelessness’’; 

14 (iii) in subparagraph (J)(iii), by add15 ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

16 (iv) in subparagraph (K), by striking 

17 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 

18 (v) by striking subparagraph (L); 

19 (4) in subsection (d)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘home21 less individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘individuals ex22 periencing homelessness’’; and 

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1 (5) in subsection (e)(1)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

3 ‘‘offender’’ and inserting ‘‘who is a justice-in4 volved individual’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘are basic skills defi7 cient’’ and inserting ‘‘have foundational 

8 skill needs’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘secondary’’ and in10 serting ‘‘regular high’’; 

11 (6) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) 

12 and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) USE OF WAGE RECORDS.—The Secretary 

14 shall make arrangements with a State or other ap15 propriate entity to facilitate the use of State wage 

16 records to evaluate the performance of YouthBuild 

17 programs funded under this section on the employ18 ment and earnings indicators described in section 

19 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) for the purposes of the report re20 quired under paragraph (3). 

21 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE RESULTS.—For each pro22 gram year, the Secretary shall make available, on a 

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1 during such program year, funded under this section 

2 on— 

3 ‘‘(A) the primary indicators of performance 

4 described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii); and 

5 ‘‘(B) the expected levels of performance for 

6 such programs as described in paragraph (1). 

7 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—In establishing expected 

8 levels of performance under paragraph (1), the Sec9 retary shall consult, on not less than an annual 

10 basis, with entities carrying out YouthBuild pro11 grams to ensure such levels of performance account 

12 for the workforce development and postsecondary 

13 education experiences of youth served by such pro14 grams.’’; 

15 (7) in subsection (g), by inserting at the end 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL RELEASE OF FUNDING OPPOR18 TUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Secretary shall, to 

19 the greatest extent practicable, announce new fund20 ing opportunities for grants under this section dur21 ing the same time period each year for which such 

22 grants are available.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $108,150,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

4 2030.’’. 

5 SEC. 177. REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 

6 Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

7 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating section 172 as section 175; 

9 and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 171 the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 172. REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 

12 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

13 ‘‘(1) to improve the employment, earnings, and 

14 skill attainment, and reduce recidivism, of adults 

15 and youth who have been involved with the justice 

16 system; 

17 ‘‘(2) to prompt innovation and improvement in 

18 the reentry of justice-involved individuals into the 

19 workforce so that successful initiatives can be estab20 lished or continued, and replicated; and 

21 ‘‘(3) to further develop the evidence on how to 

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1 lations and how they are best combined and 

2 sequenced, and disseminate such evidence to entities 

3 supporting the reentry of justice-involved individuals 

4 into the workforce. 

5 ‘‘(b) REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRO6 GRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro8 priated under section 175(e) and not reserved under 

9 subsection (h), the Secretary shall carry out a Re10 entry Employment Opportunities Program, through 

11 which the Secretary— 

12 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 

13 (B), in order to implement reentry projects that 

14 serve eligible adults or eligible youth shall, on 

15 a competitive basis— 

16 ‘‘(i) make direct awards (through 

17 grants, contracts, or cooperative agree18 ments) to eligible entities to implement 

19 such reentry projects; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) in any year for which the Sec21 retary makes awards under clause (i), 

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1 ‘‘(I) to make direct awards to eli2 gible entities to implement such re3 entry projects; or 

4 ‘‘(II) to implement such reentry 

5 projects; and 

6 ‘‘(B) in order to implement youth reentry 

7 employment opportunities projects, through 

8 that program, that serve eligible youth shall, on 

9 a competitive basis— 

10 ‘‘(i) make direct awards to youth 

11 project eligible entities to implement such 

12 youth reentry projects; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) in any year for which the Sec14 retary makes awards under clause (i), 

15 make intermediary awards to youth project 

16 eligible entities who are national or re17 gional intermediaries, who shall use the 

18 award funds— 

19 ‘‘(I) to make direct awards to 

20 youth project eligible entities to imple21 ment such youth reentry projects; or 

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1 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION TO ACTIVITIES.—From the 

2 amounts appropriated under section 175(e) and not 

3 reserved under subsection (h), the Secretary— 

4 ‘‘(A) shall use not less than 20 percent of 

5 such amounts for awards under paragraph 

6 (1)(A) to eligible entities to serve as national or 

7 regional intermediaries to provide the award 

8 funds to other eligible entities— 

9 ‘‘(i) to implement reentry projects de10 scribed in paragraph (1)(A); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) to monitor and support such en12 tities; 

13 ‘‘(B) shall use not less than 20 percent of 

14 such amounts for direct or intermediary awards 

15 under paragraph (1)(B) to— 

16 ‘‘(i) implement youth reentry projects 

17 described in paragraph (1)(B); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) in cases in which the award re19 cipients make direct awards to other youth 

20 reentry project eligible entities, monitor 

21 and support such entities; 

22 ‘‘(C) shall use 20 percent of such amounts, 

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1 ‘‘(i) that specify a fixed amount that 

2 will be paid to such an entity based on the 

3 achievement, within a defined timeframe, 

4 of proposed levels of performance described 

5 under subsection (e)(2)(A) on the indica6 tors of performance described in subsection 

7 (e)(1)(A)(i); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) which may provide for bonus 

9 payments to such entity to expand capacity 

10 to provide effective services; and 

11 ‘‘(D) shall ensure awards made under this 

12 section are made to eligible entities from geo13 graphically diverse areas, in addition to giving 

14 the priorities described in paragraph (5). 

15 ‘‘(3) INITIAL AWARD PERIODS.—The Secretary 

16 shall make an award under this section for an initial 

17 period of not more than 4 years. 

18 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AWARDS.—The Secretary 

19 may make, for a period of not more than 4 years, 

20 1 or more additional awards to an eligible entity 

21 that received an award under this section if the eligi22 ble entity achieved the levels of performance agreed 

23 upon with the Secretary (as described in subsection 

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1 ‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—In awarding funds under this 

2 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 

3 entities whose applications submitted under sub4 section (c) demonstrate a commitment to use such 

5 funds to implement a reentry project— 

6 ‘‘(A) that will serve a high-poverty area; 

7 ‘‘(B) that will enroll eligible youth or eligi8 ble adults— 

9 ‘‘(i) prior to the release of such indi10 viduals from incarceration in a correctional 

11 institution; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days after such 

13 release; 

14 ‘‘(C) whose strategy and design are evi15 dence-based; 

16 ‘‘(D) for which the eligible entity will es17 tablish a partnership with— 

18 ‘‘(i) a business; 

19 ‘‘(ii) an institution of higher education 

20 or provider under section 122 (as deter21 mined by the State where services are 

22 being provided) to provide project partici23 pants with a program leading to a recog24 nized postsecondary credential in an in-de25 mand industry sector or occupation; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) a local educational agency; or 

2 ‘‘(iv) an agency that receives assist3 ance for a program under section 225; 

4 ‘‘(E) that provides training services, in5 cluding employment-directed skills development 

6 and on-the-job training, that are designed to 

7 meet the specific requirements of an employer 

8 (including a group of employers), industry, or 

9 sector, and are conducted with a commitment 

10 by the employer to employ individuals upon suc11 cessful completion of the preparation; and 

12 ‘‘(F) that will serve a rural area. 

13 ‘‘(6) CONSTRUCTION.— 

14 ‘‘(A) PROJECTS WITH INTERMEDIARIES.— 

15 An intermediary who receives funds under para16 graph (1), to the extent that the intermediary 

17 uses the funds to make direct awards to eligible 

18 entities, shall carry out the functions of the 

19 Secretary described in paragraphs (3), (4), and 

20 (5) of this subsection, and paragraphs (1), (2) 

21 (other than paragraph (2)(J)), and (4) of sub22 section (c). 

23 ‘‘(B) REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI24 TIES PROGRAM PROJECTS.—For purposes of 

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1 used with respect to a youth reentry project 

2 carried out under paragraph (1)(B), shall be 

3 considered to be a reference to a youth project 

4 eligible entity. 

5 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) FORM AND PROCEDURE.—To be qualified 

7 to receive funds under this section, an eligible entity 

8 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 

9 time, and in such manner, as is determined by the 

10 Secretary, and containing the information described 

11 in paragraph (2) and, as applicable, paragraph (3) 

12 or (4). 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted by 

14 an eligible entity under paragraph (1) shall contain 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) A description of the eligible entity, in17 cluding the experience of the eligible entity in 

18 providing education, employment, and training 

19 services for justice-involved individuals. 

20 ‘‘(B) A description of the needs that will 

21 be addressed by the reentry project supported 

22 by the funds received under this section and the 

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1 ‘‘(C) A description of the proposed edu2 cation, employment, and training services and 

3 supportive services, if applicable, to be provided 

4 under such reentry project, and how such ac5 tivities will prepare participants for employment 

6 in an in-demand industry sector or occupation 

7 within the geographic area to be served by such 

8 reentry project. 

9 ‘‘(D) The anticipated schedule for carrying 

10 out the activities proposed for the reentry 

11 project. 

12 ‘‘(E) A description of— 

13 ‘‘(i) the partnerships the eligible enti14 ty will establish with agencies and entities 

15 within the criminal justice system, agencies 

16 and entities within the juvenile justice sys17 tem, local boards, one-stop operators, one18 stop partners, community-based organiza19 tions, and employers (including local busi20 nesses) to provide participants in the re21 entry project with work-based learning, job 

22 placement, and recruitment (if applicable); 

23 and 

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1 and benefits available to justice-involved 

2 individuals in the geographic area to be 

3 served by the reentry project. 

4 ‘‘(F) A description of the manner in which 

5 individuals will be recruited and selected for 

6 participation for the reentry project. 

7 ‘‘(G) A detailed budget and a description 

8 of the system of fiscal controls, and auditing 

9 and accountability procedures, that will be used 

10 to ensure fiscal soundness for the reentry 

11 project. 

12 ‘‘(H) A description of the proposed levels 

13 of performance to be achieved with respect to 

14 the indicators of performance described in sub15 section (e). 

16 ‘‘(I) A description of the evidence-based 

17 practices the eligible entity will use in adminis18 tration of the reentry project. 

19 ‘‘(J) An assurance that the eligible entity 

20 will collect, disaggregate by each subpopulation 

21 of individuals with barriers to employment, and 

22 by race, ethnicity, sex, and age, and report to 

23 the Secretary the data required with respect to 

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1 formance achieved and conducting the evalua2 tion under this section. 

3 ‘‘(K) An assurance that the eligible entity 

4 will provide a match as described in subsection 

5 (d)(4). 

6 ‘‘(L) A description of how the eligible enti7 ty plans to continue the reentry project after 

8 the award period. 

9 ‘‘(M) For any project offering a recognized 

10 postsecondary credential, a description of how 

11 the project leads to the credential. 

12 ‘‘(N) For a project that also serves as a 

13 program carried out under section 225, a de14 scription of how the award funds will be used 

15 to carry out the education described in section 

16 225, in conjunction with the activities described 

17 in subsection (d). 

18 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR INTER19 MEDIARY APPLICANTS.—An application submitted by 

20 an eligible entity seeking to serve as a national or 

21 regional intermediary as described in subparagraph 

22 (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) shall also contain 

23 each of the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) An identification and description of 

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1 such intermediary and implement the reentry 

2 projects, which shall include subawardees in— 

3 ‘‘(i) 3 or more noncontiguous metro4 politan areas or rural areas; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) not fewer than 2 States. 

6 ‘‘(B) A description of the services and sup7 ports the intermediary will provide to the sub8 awardees, including administrative and fiscal 

9 support to ensure the subawardees comply with 

10 all subaward requirements. 

11 ‘‘(C) A description of how the intermediary 

12 will facilitate the replication of evidence-based 

13 practices or other best practices identified by 

14 the intermediary across all subawardees. 

15 ‘‘(D) If such intermediary is currently re16 ceiving, or has previously received, funds under 

17 this section as an intermediary to implement a 

18 reentry project, an assurance that none of the 

19 subawardees identified under subparagraph (A) 

20 are current or were previous subawardees of the 

21 intermediary for such reentry project and failed 

22 to meet the levels of performance established 

23 for such reentry project. 

24 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR YOUTH REO

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1 paragraph (1) by a youth project eligible entity seek2 ing to serve youth applicants through an award de3 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B) shall also contain the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(A) A description of— 

6 ‘‘(i) how the youth reentry project will 

7 facilitate the enrollment of eligible youth in 

8 a program of a local educational agency, a 

9 program of adult education and literacy 

10 activities, a YouthBuild program, the Job 

11 Corps, or a program of an institution of 

12 higher education; 

13 ‘‘(ii) how the youth reentry project 

14 will connect eligible youth with mentors or 

15 peer support groups to provide guidance, 

16 encouragement, and positive role modeling 

17 during the reentry process; 

18 ‘‘(iii) how the youth reentry project 

19 will involve family members, guardians, 

20 and other supportive people in an eligible 

21 youth’s life in the reentry process; 

22 ‘‘(iv) how the youth reentry project 

23 will provide or support access to counseling 

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1 ‘‘(v) how the youth reentry project 

2 will assist eligible youth to find safe and 

3 stable housing; 

4 ‘‘(vi) how the youth reentry project 

5 will ensure activities carried out under an 

6 award described in subsection (b)(1)(B) 

7 are designed to meet the needs of the pop8 ulation served; and 

9 ‘‘(vii) the experience of the eligible en10 tity in providing services to youth, includ11 ing eligible youth, and the strategies the el12 igible entity will use to ensure that services 

13 provided are age-appropriate for eligible 

14 youth. 

15 ‘‘(B) A description of how a youth project 

16 eligible entity plans to provide skills develop17 ment, for stakeholders involved in an eligible 

18 youth’s reentry, on best practices pertaining to 

19 eligible youth and reentry. 

20 ‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

22 that receives funds under this section shall use such 

23 funds to implement a reentry project for eligible 

24 adults, eligible youth, or both, that provides each of 

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1 ‘‘(A) One or more of the individualized ca2 reer services listed in subclauses (I) through 

3 (IX) of section 134(c)(2)(B)(vii). 

4 ‘‘(B) One or more of the training services 

5 listed in clauses (i) through (xi) in section 

6 134(c)(3)(D), including subsidized employment 

7 opportunities through transitional jobs. 

8 ‘‘(C) For participants who are eligible 

9 youth, 1 or more of the program elements listed 

10 in subparagraphs (A) through (O) of section 

11 129(c)(2). 

12 ‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible enti13 ty that receives funds under this section may use 

14 such funds to provide to eligible adults, eligible 

15 youth, or both, each of the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Followup services after placement in 

17 unsubsidized employment as described in sec18 tion 134(c)(2)(B)(viii). 

19 ‘‘(B) Apprenticeship programs. 

20 ‘‘(C) Education in digital literacy skills. 

21 ‘‘(D) Mentoring. 

22 ‘‘(E) Assistance in obtaining employment, 

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1 ‘‘(i) establishing and developing rela2 tionships and networks with large and 

3 small employers; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) coordinating with employers to 

5 develop employer-directed skills develop6 ment programs and on-the-job training. 

7 ‘‘(F) Assistance with driver’s license rein8 statement (including assistance with removing 

9 or expunging records as permitted under the 

10 applicable Federal or State law to facilitate that 

11 reinstatement) and fees for driver’s licenses and 

12 other necessary documents for employment and 

13 removing barriers to employment. 

14 ‘‘(G) Provision of or referral to evidence15 based mental health treatment by licensed prac16 titioners. 

17 ‘‘(H) Provision of or referral to substance 

18 use disorder treatment services, provided that 

19 funds awarded under this section are only used 

20 to provide such services to participants who are 

21 unable to obtain such services through other 

22 programs providing such services. 

23 ‘‘(I) Provision of or referral to supportive 

24 services, provided that, notwithstanding section 

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1 awarded to an eligible entity under this section 

2 may be used to provide such services to partici3 pants who may be able to obtain such services 

4 through other programs providing such services. 

5 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 

6 entity may not use more than 7 percent of the funds 

7 received under this section for administrative costs, 

8 including for costs related to collecting information, 

9 analysis, and coordination for purposes of subsection 

10 (e) or (f). 

11 ‘‘(4) MATCHING.—An eligible entity shall pro12 vide a match, which may be provided in cash or in13 kind, for the costs of the project in an amount that 

14 is not less than 25 percent of the total amount of 

15 funds awarded to the entity under this section for 

16 the period involved, except that the Secretary may 

17 waive the matching requirement, on a case-by-case 

18 basis and for not more than 20 percent of all awards 

19 made under this section, if the eligible entity in20 volved demonstrates significant financial hardship. 

21 ‘‘(e) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEVELS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

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1 ‘‘(i) each of the primary indicators of 

2 performance— 

3 ‘‘(I) for adults, as described in 

4 section 116(b)(2)(A)(i), for eligible 

5 adults in reentry projects for eligible 

6 adults or reentry projects for both eli7 gible adults and eligible youth; and 

8 ‘‘(II) for youth, as described in 

9 section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii), for eligible 

10 youth in reentry projects for eligible 

11 youth or reentry projects for both eli12 gible adults and eligible youth; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) an indicator of performance es14 tablished by the Secretary with respect to 

15 participant recidivism. 

16 ‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The levels established 

17 under subparagraph (A) shall be updated for 

18 each 4-year-award period. 

19 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENT ON LEVELS OF PERFORM20 ANCE.—In establishing and updating levels of per21 formance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

22 reach agreement on such levels with the eligible enti23 ties receiving awards under this section that will be 

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1 applicable under paragraph (1), each of the fol2 lowing factors: 

3 ‘‘(A) The proposed levels of performance of 

4 each such eligible entity described in the appli5 cation submitted under subsection (c)(2)(H). 

6 ‘‘(B) The local economic conditions of the 

7 geographic area to be served by each such eligi8 ble entity, including differences in unemploy9 ment rates and job losses or gains in particular 

10 industries. 

11 ‘‘(C) The characteristics of project partici12 pants when entering the project involved, in13 cluding— 

14 ‘‘(i) criminal records; 

15 ‘‘(ii) indicators of work history; 

16 ‘‘(iii) work experience; 

17 ‘‘(iv) educational or occupational skills 

18 attainment; 

19 ‘‘(v) levels of literacy or English pro20 ficiency; 

21 ‘‘(vi) disability status; 

22 ‘‘(vii) homelessness; and 

23 ‘‘(viii) receipt of public assistance. 

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1 meet the levels of performance established under 

2 paragraph (1) and updated to reflect the actual local 

3 economic conditions and characteristics of partici4 pants (as described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

5 paragraph (2)) served by the reentry project involved 

6 for any award year, the Secretary shall provide tech7 nical assistance to the eligible entity, including the 

8 development of a performance improvement plan. 

9 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION OF REENTRY PROJECTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 

11 after the first award of funds under this section is 

12 made, the Secretary (acting through the Chief Eval13 uation Officer) shall meet each of the following re14 quirements: 

15 ‘‘(A) DESIGN AND CONDUCT OF EVALUA16 TION.—Design and conduct an evaluation to 

17 evaluate the effectiveness of the reentry projects 

18 funded under this section, which meets the re19 quirements of paragraph (2), and includes an 

20 evaluation of each of the following: 

21 ‘‘(i) The effectiveness of such projects 

22 in assisting individuals with finding unsub23 sidized employment, and maintaining un24 subsidized employment during the second 


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1 quarter and fourth quarter after exit from 

2 the project. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The effectiveness of such projects 

4 in assisting individuals with earning recog5 nized postsecondary credentials. 

6 ‘‘(iii) The effectiveness of such 

7 projects in relation to their cost, including 

8 the extent to which the projects improve 

9 reentry outcomes, including in employ10 ment, compensation (which may include 

11 wages earned and benefits), career ad12 vancement, measurable skills gains, and 

13 recognized postsecondary credentials 

14 earned, and including the extent to which 

15 the projects reduce recidivism of partici16 pants in comparison to comparably situ17 ated individuals who did not participate in 

18 such projects. 

19 ‘‘(iv) The effectiveness of specific 

20 services and interventions provided and of 

21 the overall project design. 

22 ‘‘(v) If applicable, the extent to which 

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1 national origins, and criminal records, and 

2 individuals with disabilities. 

3 ‘‘(vi) If applicable, the appropriate4 ness of the sequencing, combination, or 

5 concurrent structure, of services for each 

6 subpopulation of individuals who are par7 ticipants in such projects, such as the 

8 order, combination, or concurrent structure 

9 of services in which transitional jobs and 

10 occupational skills development are pro11 vided, to ensure that such participants are 

12 prepared to fully benefit from education, 

13 employment, and training services provided 

14 under the project. 

15 ‘‘(vii) Limitations or barriers to edu16 cation and employment encountered by 

17 participants served by the projects as a re18 sult of occupational or educational licens19 ing restrictions. 

20 ‘‘(B) DATA ACCESSIBILITY.—Make avail21 able, on the publicly accessible website managed 

22 by the Department of Labor, data collected 

23 during the course of evaluation under this sub24 section, in an aggregated format that does not 

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1 ‘‘(2) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—An evaluation 

2 under this subsection— 

3 ‘‘(A) shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) be designed by the Secretary (act5 ing through the Chief Evaluation Officer) 

6 in conjunction with the eligible entities car7 rying out the reentry projects being evalu8 ated; 

9 ‘‘(ii) include analysis of participant 

10 feedback and outcome and process meas11 ures; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) use designs that employ the 

13 most rigorous analytical and statistical 

14 methods that are reasonably feasible, such 

15 as the use of control groups; and 

16 ‘‘(B) may not— 

17 ‘‘(i) collect personally identifiable in18 formation, except to the extent such infor19 mation is necessary to conduct the evalua20 tion; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) reveal or share personally identi22 fiable information. 

23 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVAL24 UATION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through 

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1 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the timeline deter2 mined to be appropriate by the Chief Evalua3 tion Officer, publish an interim report on such 

4 evaluation; 

5 ‘‘(B) not later than 90 days after the date 

6 on which any evaluation is completed under this 

7 subsection, publish and make publicly available 

8 the results of such evaluation; and 

9 ‘‘(C) not later than 60 days after the com10 pletion date described in subparagraph (B), 

11 submit to the Committee on Education and the 

12 Workforce of the House of Representatives and 

13 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

14 and Pensions of the Senate a report on such 

15 evaluation. 

16 ‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) CONTENTS.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

18 the Secretary shall post, using transparent, linked, 

19 open, and interoperable data formats, on the publicly 

20 accessible website described in subsection (f)(1)(B), 

21 an annual report, covering the most recent program 

22 preceding the report, on— 

23 ‘‘(A) the number of individuals who par24 ticipated in projects assisted under this section 

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1 ‘‘(B) the percentage of such individuals 

2 who successfully completed the requirements of 

3 such projects; 

4 ‘‘(C) the performance of eligible entities on 

5 such projects as measured by the indicators of 

6 performance set forth in subsection (e); and 

7 ‘‘(D) an explanation of any waivers grant8 ed by the Secretary of the matching require9 ment under subsection (d)(4). 

10 ‘‘(2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information pro11 vided under subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para12 graph (1) with respect to a program year shall be 

13 disaggregated by each project assisted under this 

14 section for such program year. 

15 ‘‘(h) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appro16 priated under section 175(e) for a fiscal year, the Sec17 retary— 

18 ‘‘(1) may reserve not more than 5 percent for 

19 the administration of awards made under this sec20 tion, of which not more than 2 percent of the appro21 priated funds may be reserved for the provision of— 

22 ‘‘(A) technical assistance to eligible entities 

23 that receive funds under this section; and 

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1 including assistance with application develop2 ment and submission; and 

3 ‘‘(2) shall reserve not less than 1 percent and 

4 not more than 2.5 percent for the evaluation activi5 ties under subsection (f) or to support eligible enti6 ties with any required data collection, analysis, and 

7 coordination related to such evaluation activities. 

8 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) AWARD.—The term ‘award’ means an 

10 award of funds through a grant, contract, or cooper11 ative agreement. 

12 ‘‘(2) CHIEF EVALUATION OFFICER.—The term 

13 ‘Chief Evaluation Officer’ means the head of the 

14 independent evaluation office located in the Office of 

15 the Assistant Secretary for Policy of the Department 

16 of Labor. 

17 ‘‘(3) CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

18 ‘correctional institution’ has the meaning given the 

19 term in section 225(e). 

20 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en21 tity’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a private nonprofit organization 

23 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

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1 under section 501(a) of such Code, including a 

2 community-based or faith-based organization; 

3 ‘‘(B) a local board; 

4 ‘‘(C) a State or local government; 

5 ‘‘(D) an Indian or Native American entity 

6 eligible for grants under section 166; 

7 ‘‘(E) a labor organization or joint labor8 management organization; 

9 ‘‘(F) an industry or sector partnership; 

10 ‘‘(G) an institution of higher education; or 

11 ‘‘(H) a consortium of the entities described 

12 in subparagraphs (A) through (G). 

13 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ADULT.—The term ‘eligible 

14 adult’ means a justice-involved individual who is age 

15 25 or older. 

16 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 

17 youth’ means a justice-involved individual who is not 

18 younger than age 14 or older than age 24. 

19 ‘‘(7) HIGH-POVERTY.—The term ‘high-poverty’, 

20 when used with respect to a geographic area, means 

21 an area with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent 

22 as determined based on the most recently available 

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1 ‘‘(8) JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL.—Not2 withstanding section 3, the term ‘justice-involved in3 dividual’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) an individual of any age who— 

5 ‘‘(i) not more than 5 years before en6 rollment in a project funded under sub7 section (b)(1)— 

8 ‘‘(I) was released from incarcer9 ation in a correctional institution (in10 cluding being enrolled in a work re11 lease center at the institution); or 

12 ‘‘(II) finished serving an alter13 native sentence, or a sentence to a di14 version program, ordered through the 

15 adult criminal justice system; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) on such date of enrollment, is 

17 subject to the adult criminal justice sys18 tem, including an individual who— 

19 ‘‘(I) is incarcerated in a correc20 tional institution (including being en21 rolled in a work release center at the 

22 institution), but is scheduled to be re23 leased not more than 180 days after 

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1 ‘‘(II) is residing in a residential 

2 reentry center; 

3 ‘‘(III) is subject to electronic or 

4 home-based monitoring; 

5 ‘‘(IV) is in the community on 

6 probation or parole; or 

7 ‘‘(V) is serving an alternative 

8 sentence, or a sentence to a diversion 

9 program, ordered through that sys10 tem; or 

11 ‘‘(B) an individual who— 

12 ‘‘(i) is not younger than age 14 or 

13 older than age 24; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) has been— 

15 ‘‘(I) charged with, or convicted 

16 of, any criminal offense; or 

17 ‘‘(II) charged with, detained for, 

18 or adjudicated of, a delinquent act or 

19 status offense in a juvenile court. 

20 ‘‘(9) YOUTH PROJECT ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The 

21 term ‘youth project eligible entity’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) an organization described in section 

23 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

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1 ‘‘(B) a State or local juvenile justice agen2 cy, or a State or local adult correctional agency 

3 with a focus on eligible youth.’’. 

4 SEC. 178. YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP READINESS GRANT 

5 PROGRAM. 

6 Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

7 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is further 

8 amended by inserting after section 172, as added by the 

9 preceding section, the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 173. YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP READINESS GRANT 

11 PROGRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

13 ‘‘(1) to increase earnings and employment for 

14 in-school youth and opportunity youth, ages 16 

15 through 24, through enrollment in and completion of 

16 evidence-based pre-apprenticeship programs and ap17 prenticeship programs that serve youth; 

18 ‘‘(2) to engage educational entities, organiza19 tions carrying out programs that serve opportunity 

20 youth, local educational agencies, State boards, local 

21 boards, employers, workforce partners (including 

22 one-stop partners), and other apprenticeship inter23 mediaries, to establish innovative models for pre-ap24 prenticeship programs and apprenticeship programs 

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1 grams that offer supportive services that can enable 

2 participation in and completion of the program; and 

3 ‘‘(3) to promote alignment between education 

4 and workforce development systems (such as 

5 through public-private partnerships) to enable in6 school youth and opportunity youth to participate in 

7 postsecondary education and career pathways, in8 cluding apprenticeships, that result in careers. 

9 ‘‘(b) YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP READINESS GRANT

10 PROGRAM.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made 

12 available to carry out this section under section 

13 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Work14 force Improvement Act (29 U.S.C. 3224a) and not 

15 reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, 

16 on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible enti17 ties for projects to develop new or expand existing 

18 pre-apprenticeship programs and apprenticeships 

19 that serve youth. 

20 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE RESERVATION.—Of the 

21 amounts made available to carry out this section, the 

22 Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent for 

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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 3 percent for the pro2 vision of technical assistance to eligible entities 

3 during the application period or the implemen4 tation phase of such grant; and 

5 ‘‘(B) not more than 2 percent for evalua6 tions of employment and earnings outcomes de7 scribed in clauses (vi), (vii), and (viii) of sub8 section (e)(2)(B), identifying best practices, and 

9 facilitating the sharing of best practices among 

10 eligible entities by carrying out the identifica11 tion and dissemination described in subsection 

12 (f)(2). 

13 ‘‘(3) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall 

14 make such a grant for a period of not more than 4 

15 years and may extend the grant for a period of not 

16 more than 2 additional years if the grant recipient 

17 is making progress in achieving the objectives of the 

18 project’s identified programs. 

19 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 

20 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 

21 entities that— 

22 ‘‘(A) serve an area with significant work23 force shortages in the industry sector or occu24 pation for which the eligible entity proposes to 

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1 ‘‘(B) propose to expand or have a dem2 onstrated track record of expanding employ3 ment opportunities and career pathways for in4 dividuals with a barrier to employment; 

5 ‘‘(C) propose to primarily serve a popu6 lation that is located in a rural or urban com7 munity and has an area median household in8 come of not more than 150 percent of the pov9 erty line; or 

10 ‘‘(D) include within the eligible entity a 

11 high-need local educational agency or a high12 need educational service agency. 

13 ‘‘(5) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS.— 

14 In order to receive a grant from the Secretary under 

15 this section, an eligible entity shall provide a non16 Federal contribution, which may be provided in cash 

17 or in-kind, for the costs of the project in an amount 

18 that is not less than 25 percent of the total amount 

19 of funds awarded to the entity for such period. 

20 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that desires to 

21 receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica22 tion to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 

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1 ‘‘(1)(A) A description of the eligible entity’s 

2 proposed project, to be supported by such grant, in3 cluding a provision identifying whether such project 

4 will develop or expand 1 or more pre-apprenticeship 

5 programs or 1 or more apprenticeship programs that 

6 serve youth. 

7 ‘‘(B) Except in the case of an identified pro8 gram by an eligible entity described in subsection 

9 (i)(5)(A)(i) that is an apprenticeship program that 

10 serves youth and requires each enrolled youth ap11 prentice to have a regular high school diploma (or 

12 recognized equivalent) as a condition of enrollment, 

13 an assurance that each identified program will be 

14 designed to enable— 

15 ‘‘(i) in-school youth to receive a regular 

16 high school diploma (in partnership with the 

17 local educational agency that serves such youth) 

18 and receive a recognized postsecondary creden19 tial (other than such a credential that is a bac20 calaureate degree) upon completion of the pro21 gram; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) opportunity youth to receive a high 

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1 laureate degree) upon completion of the pro2 gram. 

3 ‘‘(2) A description of the eligible entity and a 

4 description of how such eligible entity will— 

5 ‘‘(A) engage with employers to develop or 

6 expand, and sustain, each identified program; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) combine academic, career and tech9 nical education, or related classroom instruction 

10 with on-the-job training, allowing youth to de11 velop industry-specific or occupation-specific 

12 workplace competencies and skills. 

13 ‘‘(3) A description of the need for and design 

14 of the project, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) a description of the specific youth 

16 population to be served by the project, includ17 ing— 

18 ‘‘(i) the subgroups of participants in 

19 the population and skill levels of such par20 ticipants, and whether such participants 

21 are in-school youth or opportunity youth; 

22 ‘‘(ii) how the project will increase em23 ployment opportunities for youth who are 

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1 and youth from different subgroups of par2 ticipants; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) how the eligible entity will en4 sure that a wide range of youth, including 

5 youth who are individuals with a barrier to 

6 employment and youth from different sub7 groups of participants, are able to partici8 pate in each identified program; 

9 ‘‘(B) a description of the industry sector or 

10 occupation targeted through the eligible entity’s 

11 proposed project, the projected demand for the 

12 project in the area served by the eligible entity, 

13 and a citation of the data source for the pro14 jected demand; 

15 ‘‘(C) a description of the on-the-job train16 ing portion of the project, including a list of the 

17 partners responsible for providing the on-the18 job training, and how such training will be de19 signed flexibly to meet the needs and schedule 

20 of in-school youth and opportunity youth; 

21 ‘‘(D) a description of the related classroom 

22 instruction portion of the project, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) how coursework for that instruc24 tion will be integrated into each identified 

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1 and provided by education and training 

2 providers that are or are within the eligible 

3 entity, the specific partners that will pro4 vide the related classroom instruction, and 

5 (as applicable) how the program may be 

6 aligned with the programs of early college 

7 high schools or dual or concurrent enroll8 ment programs to support youth pre-ap9 prentices or apprentices involved in earning 

10 postsecondary credit; 

11 ‘‘(ii) with respect to an identified 

12 project by an eligible entity described in 

13 subsection (i)(5)(A)(ii) that is designed to 

14 serve in-school youth, a description of how 

15 the eligible entity, through the project, will 

16 partner with the local educational agency 

17 that serves such youth to align challenging 

18 State academic standards and occupational 

19 skill standards to enable such youth to ob20 tain a regular high school diploma while 

21 served by the program; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) an explanation of how the 

23 project will combine academic, career and 

24 technical education, or related classroom 

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1 ‘‘(E) a description of the proposed sup2 portive services strategy for the youth pre-ap3 prentices or apprentices involved, how the 

4 project will partner with or refer youth pre-ap5 prentices or apprentices to entities in the area 

6 served by the eligible entity that provide sup7 portive services, how such supportive services 

8 will promote retention in and completion of the 

9 identified program involved, and the projected 

10 Federal, State, and local costs of such sup11 portive services; 

12 ‘‘(F) if the eligible entity proposes to oper13 ate an apprenticeship program that serves 

14 youth— 

15 ‘‘(i) the youth apprenticeship agree16 ment the eligible entity intends to use; 

17 ‘‘(ii) a description of how such eligible 

18 entity will incorporate into the apprentice19 ship program recognized postsecondary 

20 credentials that enable youth apprentices 

21 to articulate to employment or higher level 

22 degree or other credential programs for 

23 multiple pathways, including enrollment in 

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1 ‘‘(iii) if the eligible entity proposes to 

2 develop a new apprenticeship program that 

3 serves youth, a description of how the lead 

4 applicant and partners will register such 

5 new program with the Office of Appren6 ticeship or State apprenticeship agency 

7 and ensure the employer or sponsor is in 

8 compliance with the standards and require9 ments of a registered apprenticeship under 

10 the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly 

11 known as the ‘National Apprenticeship 

12 Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 

13 50 et seq.), and that youth apprentices will 

14 earn a recognized postsecondary credential; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(G) if the eligible entity proposes to oper17 ate a pre-apprenticeship program— 

18 ‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 

19 entity, through the program, will connect 

20 participants to and prepare participants 

21 for an apprenticeship program; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) an explanation of how the eligible 

23 entity, in carrying out the project involved, 

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1 tional schools, institutions of higher edu2 cation, and opportunity youth programs. 

3 ‘‘(4) A description of how the eligible entity will 

4 promote alignment between local or State education 

5 and workforce development systems by supporting 

6 policies or practices that facilitate transitions from 

7 secondary school (including alternative and nontradi8 tional schools) and pre-apprenticeship programs to 

9 apprenticeship programs and postsecondary edu10 cation. 

11 ‘‘(5) A description of expected outcomes and 

12 outputs from the project that includes— 

13 ‘‘(A) an attestation that the eligible entity 

14 will report to the Secretary, in a timely and 

15 complete manner, the information required 

16 under subsection (e); and 

17 ‘‘(B) estimated levels of performance over 

18 each year of the grant period for each of the in19 dicators described in subparagraphs (B) and 

20 (C) of subsection (e)(2). 

21 ‘‘(6) A description of the roles and responsibil22 ities of each entity involved in the project, including 

23 any such entity that is a State or local government 

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1 ‘‘(7) An attestation that the eligible entity has, 

2 or will attempt to develop, a memorandum of under3 standing with any relevant State workforce agency 

4 to facilitate matches to wage record data for youth 

5 pre-apprentices or apprentices to obtain the nec6 essary information to fulfill the requirements of sub7 section (e)(2). 

8 ‘‘(8) The total intended budget for the project, 

9 including a description of any additional resources 

10 that may supplement the amount awarded under 

11 this section, including any funds the eligible entity 

12 intends to use to fulfill the matching funds require13 ment described under subsection (b)(5), and a de14 scription of the eligible entity’s plan to sustain the 

15 project funded through the grant beyond the conclu16 sion of the grant period. 

17 ‘‘(9) For any program offering a recognized 

18 postsecondary credential, a description of how the 

19 program leads to the credential. 

20 ‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving 

22 a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 

23 to carry out the project proposed under subsection 

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1 ‘‘(A) Develop or expand a pre-apprentice2 ship program. 

3 ‘‘(B) Develop or expand an apprenticeship 

4 program that serves youth, including registering 

5 such a program and its youth apprentices 

6 through the Office of Apprenticeship or an ap7 plicable State apprenticeship agency. 

8 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL USES.—An eligible entity re9 ceiving a grant under this section may use the grant 

10 funds, for each identified program, to— 

11 ‘‘(A) recruit youth to and enroll youth in 

12 an identified program, including conducting 

13 outreach to individuals with a barrier to em14 ployment and individuals preparing for non15 traditional employment (when the identified 

16 program is in such field); 

17 ‘‘(B) conduct participant assessments to 

18 determine skill levels; 

19 ‘‘(C) support the provision of on-the-job 

20 training for participants in accordance with 

21 subsection (c)(3)(C), including by developing or 

22 modifying training activities to meet the needs 

23 of participants, as applicable; 

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1 viders for participants in accordance with sub2 section (c)(3)(D), including— 

3 ‘‘(i) the development of courses at the 

4 secondary level— 

5 ‘‘(I) that are aligned with re6 quirements to obtain a regular high 

7 school diploma and integrated into the 

8 identified program; and 

9 ‘‘(II) that may be aligned with 

10 the requirements of early college high 

11 schools or dual or concurrent enroll12 ment programs to support youth pre13 apprentices or youth apprentices in14 volved in earning postsecondary cred15 it; 

16 ‘‘(ii) if the identified program is de17 signed to serve in-school youth, the align18 ment of challenging State academic stand19 ards and occupational skill standards in 

20 secondary education; 

21 ‘‘(iii) payment of participant tuition 

22 or other educational fees for projects; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) the provision of instructional 

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1 ‘‘(E) provide supportive services such as 

2 transportation, child care, dependent care, 

3 housing, and needs-related payments to enable 

4 youth to participate in and complete the edu5 cation and training activities of the identified 

6 program; 

7 ‘‘(F) provide professional development op8 portunities for secondary and postsecondary 

9 educators, and employers and mentors in the 

10 project, to prepare the educators, employers, 

11 and mentors to effectively support youth par12 ticipating in the identified program; 

13 ‘‘(G) increase awareness among parents, 

14 educators, students (especially individuals with 

15 a barrier to employment, individuals from un16 derserved populations, and individuals from 

17 nontraditional apprenticeship populations), and 

18 employers or apprenticeship sponsors in the tar19 geted service area about the benefits of youth 

20 participating in a pre-apprenticeship program 

21 or an apprenticeship program that serves youth; 

22 ‘‘(H) promote innovation, inclusion in the 

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1 D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 

2 of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); and 

3 ‘‘(I) develop and integrate data collection 

4 systems, including within a statewide longitu5 dinal data system, to track educational and em6 ployment outcomes of participants in the identi7 fied program. 

8 ‘‘(3) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—An eligible entity 

9 receiving a grant under this section may use, as pro10 vided in paragraph (2)(E), not more than 15 percent 

11 of grant funds awarded under this section to provide 

12 supportive services in accordance with that para13 graph. 

14 ‘‘(e) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) TARGETED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity re17 ceiving a grant under this section shall, in ac18 cordance with the indicators for participant out19 comes described in paragraph (2)(B) and for 

20 program outputs described in paragraph (2)(C), 

21 identify targeted levels of performance for such 

22 indicators, which shall, at minimum, be equal to 

23 or greater than the estimated levels of perform24 ance identified by the eligible entity in the enti25 ty’s application under subsection (c)(5). 


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1 ‘‘(B) AGREEMENT ON TARGETED LEVELS

2 OF PERFORMANCE.—Not later than 2 months 

3 after the identification described in subpara4 graph (A), the eligible entity shall reach an 

5 agreement with the Secretary on levels of per6 formance for each indicator described in sub7 paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2). 

8 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL RECIPIENT REPORT.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

10 after receipt of a grant under this section and 

11 annually thereafter, the eligible entity shall pre12 pare and submit to the Secretary a report eval13 uating the performance and impact of the 

14 project funded through the grant with respect 

15 to participant outcome and program output in16 dicators described in subparagraphs (B) and 

17 (C), disaggregated by the subgroups of partici18 pants subject to paragraph (3). 

19 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES.—Con20 sistent with subparagraph (A), an eligible entity 

21 receiving a grant under this section shall report 

22 to the Secretary data, for each identified pro23 gram carried out by the eligible entity, on par24 ticipant outcome indicators for each such pro25 gram consisting of the— 


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1 ‘‘(i) total participants served and en2 rolled in any identified program, 

3 disaggregated by youth pre-apprentices 

4 and apprentices; 

5 ‘‘(ii) retention rate during each fiscal 

6 year of participants enrolled in any identi7 fied program in the project that have not 

8 completed such program, compared to that 

9 retention rate for the previous fiscal year, 

10 disaggregated by youth pre-apprentices 

11 and apprentices; 

12 ‘‘(iii) total participants who attain a 

13 regular high school diploma or recognized 

14 equivalent, disaggregated by youth pre-ap15 prentices and apprentices; 

16 ‘‘(iv) total participants who complete 

17 such an identified program; 

18 ‘‘(v) total participants who receive an 

19 associate or baccalaureate degree or other 

20 type of recognized postsecondary credential 

21 during or upon completion of the identified 

22 program; 

23 ‘‘(vi) median hourly wage of youth 

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1 identified program and during the second 

2 and fourth quarters after exit from the 

3 program, and a comparison of such wage 

4 to the local median hourly wage for the in5 dustry sector or occupation for which the 

6 identified program is targeted; 

7 ‘‘(vii) total participants in employ8 ment during the second and fourth quarter 

9 after exit from the program; and 

10 ‘‘(viii) total participants who complete 

11 a pre-apprenticeship program, 

12 disaggregated by the type of education, 

13 skills development, and apprenticeship op14 portunities or employment pursued by such 

15 youth pre-apprentices after such comple16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM OUTPUTS.—Consistent 

18 with subparagraph (A), an eligible entity receiv19 ing a grant under this section shall report to 

20 the Secretary data on program output indica21 tors consisting of the— 

22 ‘‘(i) total number of all identified pro23 grams developed or expanded during the 

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1 by pre-apprenticeship programs and ap2 prenticeship programs that serve youth; 

3 ‘‘(ii) total number of apprenticeships 

4 that serve youth, if applicable, that were 

5 developed or expanded during that period, 

6 including an apprenticeship program ex7 panded as described in subsection (d)(1) to 

8 new industry sectors, occupations, or serv9 ice areas; 

10 ‘‘(iii) total number of employers who 

11 became engaged in an identified program 

12 during that period, as a direct result of a 

13 grant under this section; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) for each year of the period cov15 ered by the report, the total share of the 

16 grant received under this section spent by 

17 the eligible entity on the uses of funds de18 scribed under subparagraphs (C) and (D) 

19 of subsection (d)(2). 

20 ‘‘(3) DISAGGREGATION.—The disaggregation of 

21 data under paragraph (2) shall not be required in a 

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1 veal personally identifiable information about an in2 dividual participant. 

3 ‘‘(4) USE OF RESULTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) EVALUATION.— 

5 ‘‘(i) ANNUAL EVALUATION.—Not later 

6 than 2 years after the date of enactment 

7 of the A Stronger Workforce for America 

8 Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

9 shall evaluate whether each eligible entity 

10 involved met the agreed levels of perform11 ance described in paragraph (1)(B) for 

12 each of the eligible entity’s identified pro13 grams. 

14 ‘‘(ii) END OF PROGRAM EVALUA15 TION.—Not later than 30 days after each 

16 cohort of participants completes an eligible 

17 entity’s identified program, the Secretary 

18 shall evaluate whether the eligible entity 

19 met the agreed levels of performance for 

20 that identified program. 

21 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—If the 

22 Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) 

23 that an eligible entity fails to meet 1 or more 

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1 nical assistance, including assistance in the de2 velopment of a performance improvement plan. 

3 ‘‘(C) NONRENEWAL OF GRANT.—If the 

4 Secretary determines, 1 year after the eligible 

5 entity receives that technical assistance and im6 plements that plan, that the eligible entity fails 

7 to meet the agreed levels of performance de8 scribed in paragraph (1)(B) for an identified 

9 program, the Secretary shall not extend a grant 

10 for that eligible entity for that program under 

11 subsection (b). 

12 ‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

14 24 months after the date of enactment of the A 

15 Stronger Workforce for America Act and annually 

16 thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the 

17 Secretary of Education, using data reported by eligi18 ble entities pursuant to the requirements under sub19 section (e)— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall publish the data; 

21 ‘‘(B) shall prepare and make publicly avail22 able a report containing the data on the indica23 tors described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

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1 ‘‘(C) shall submit the report to the Com2 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen3 sions of the Senate and the Committee on Edu4 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep5 resentatives. 

6 ‘‘(2) SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES.—Not later 

7 than 2 years after the date of enactment of A 

8 Stronger Workforce for America Act, the Secretary 

9 shall use funds reserved under subsection (b)(2)(C) 

10 to identify and disseminate, through a website devel11 oped by the Department of Labor, best practices in 

12 developing and expanding pre-apprenticeship oppor13 tunities or apprenticeship opportunities for youth 

14 used by— 

15 ‘‘(A) eligible entities receiving a grant 

16 under this section; and 

17 ‘‘(B) States and local areas adopting inno18 vative and effective practices to develop and ex19 pand such opportunities. 

20 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS AND AGREE21 MENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.—Nothing in a 

23 youth apprenticeship agreement under this section 

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1 employers and employees, that establishes higher 

2 standards for programs in the national apprentice3 ship system. 

4 ‘‘(2) CHILD LABOR.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity car6 rying out a project under this section shall en7 sure compliance with the provisions on child 

8 labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

9 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) and State law (in10 cluding Federal and State regulations under 

11 those laws), and with State workers’ compensa12 tion laws. 

13 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM LEGAL AGE.—The eligible 

14 entity shall only serve in-school youth, and op15 portunity youth, who are not younger than the 

16 minimum legal age to be employed as appren17 tices under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

18 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) and any applica19 ble State laws. 

20 ‘‘(C) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP EXCEPTION.— 

21 An eligible entity that prepares or intends to 

22 prepare individuals for a covered occupation 

23 may submit an application under subsection (c) 

24 to develop or expand a pre-apprenticeship pro25 gram that serves a youth who is younger than 


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1 the age of 18 only if the program is limited to 

2 classroom instruction in the covered occupation. 

3 ‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING PROTECTIONS FOR

4 YOUTH IN PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE YOUTH FOR COV5 ERED OCCUPATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS IN COVERED OCCU7 PATIONS FOR YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 18.—A 

8 pre-apprenticeship program supported using funds 

9 awarded under this section that serves or intends to 

10 serve a youth who is younger than the age of 18 and 

11 prepares such youth for a covered occupation may 

12 only provide classroom instruction to such youth in 

13 such program and may not provide on-the-job train14 ing in a covered occupation to such youth in such 

15 program. 

16 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON YOUTH APPRENTICE17 SHIPS IN COVERED OCCUPATIONS FOR YOUTH

18 UNDER THE AGE OF 18.—An apprenticeship pro19 gram that serves youth that is supported using 

20 funds awarded under this section and that prepares 

21 a youth apprentice for a covered occupation may not 

22 enroll in such program a youth who is younger than 

23 the age of 18. 

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1 ported using funds awarded under this section may 

2 serve youth who are not younger than age 16 or 

3 older than age 17, provided that such program is 

4 not preparing such youth for a covered occupation. 

5 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT SERVES

7 YOUTH.—The term ‘apprenticeship program that 

8 serves youth’ means a registered apprenticeship pro9 gram registered by the Office of Apprenticeship or 

10 a State apprenticeship agency under the Act of Au11 gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National 

12 Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 

13 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), that is designed for youth not 

14 younger than age 16 or older than age 24. 

15 ‘‘(2) COVERED OCCUPATION.—The term ‘cov16 ered occupation’ means an occupation in— 

17 ‘‘(A) manufacturing; 

18 ‘‘(B) construction; 

19 ‘‘(C) mining; 

20 ‘‘(D) trenching or excavation; 

21 ‘‘(E) logging or an occupation related to 

22 timber; 

23 ‘‘(F) work involving a saw mill; 

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1 ‘‘(H) work involving exposure to radio2 active substances or to ionizing radiations; 

3 ‘‘(I) meat processing; 

4 ‘‘(J) demolition; 

5 ‘‘(K) explosives; or 

6 ‘‘(L) work in any industry sector or occu7 pation that is prohibited to a youth who is 

8 younger than the age of 18 under the laws or 

9 policies of the State where the work occurs. 

10 ‘‘(3) CTE TERMS.—The terms ‘Tribally con11 trolled college or university’ and ‘Tribally controlled 

12 postsecondary career and technical institution’ have 

13 the meanings given the terms ‘tribally controlled col14 lege or university’ and ‘tribally controlled postsec15 ondary career and technical institution’, respectively, 

16 in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech17 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

18 ‘‘(4) EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDER.— 

19 The term ‘education and training provider’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) an area career and technical edu21 cation school; 

22 ‘‘(B) an early college high school; 

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1 ‘‘(D) a community-based organization that 

2 offers job training; 

3 ‘‘(E) a high school operated by a local edu4 cational agency; 

5 ‘‘(F) a local educational agency, edu6 cational service agency, or State educational 

7 agency; 

8 ‘‘(G) a Tribal education agency (meaning 

9 such an agency within the meaning of section 

10 3(20)(E) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

11 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

12 2302(20)(E))), Tribally controlled college or 

13 university, or Tribally controlled postsecondary 

14 career and technical institution; 

15 ‘‘(H) the Bureau of Indian Education; 

16 ‘‘(I) an institution of higher education; 

17 ‘‘(J) a State entity that coordinates higher 

18 education, such as a community college system 

19 office, a single State educational board, or 

20 State higher education agency (as defined in 

21 section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 

22 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)); 

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1 section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 

2 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061); 

3 ‘‘(L) a minority-serving institution; 

4 ‘‘(M) a local agency administering plans 

5 under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

6 (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), other than section 112 

7 or part C of that title (29 U.S.C. 732, 741); 

8 ‘‘(N) a related integrated instruction pro9 vider, including a qualified intermediary acting 

10 as a related integrated instruction provider as 

11 approved by the Office of Apprenticeship or a 

12 State apprenticeship agency recognized by the 

13 Secretary; 

14 ‘‘(O) a consortium of entities described in 

15 any of subparagraphs (A) through (N); or 

16 ‘‘(P) as used with respect to an eligible en17 tity described in paragraph (5)(A)(i), the joint 

18 labor-management organization that is such eli19 gible entity. 

20 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible en22 tity’ means— 

23 ‘‘(i) a joint labor-management organi24 zation; or 

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1 ‘‘(I) shall include as the lead ap2 plicant 1 entity that is— 

3 ‘‘(aa) an education and 

4 training provider; 

5 ‘‘(bb) a workforce develop6 ment system entity; 

7 ‘‘(cc) a qualified inter8 mediary; 

9 ‘‘(dd) a State agency of the 

10 State in which the partnership is 

11 located; or 

12 ‘‘(ee) a joint labor-manage13 ment organization; 

14 ‘‘(II) shall include as a partner— 

15 ‘‘(aa) at least 1 employer or 

16 an industry or trade association 

17 that represents at least 2 employ18 ers; 

19 ‘‘(bb) an education and 

20 training provider; 

21 ‘‘(cc) the State apprentice22 ship agency; 

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1 ‘‘(ee) a local educational 

2 agency, if the partnership is serv3 ing in-school youth; or 

4 ‘‘(ff) a qualified inter5 mediary; and 

6 ‘‘(III) may include as an addi7 tional partner— 

8 ‘‘(aa) the State educational 

9 agency; 

10 ‘‘(bb) an institution of high11 er education; 

12 ‘‘(cc) an Indian Tribe; 

13 ‘‘(dd) the State entity that 

14 coordinates higher education, 

15 such as a community college sys16 tem office, a single State edu17 cational board, or State higher 

18 education agency (as defined in 

19 section 103 of the Higher Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

21 1003)); 

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1 ‘‘(ff) a joint labor-manage2 ment organization. 

3 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For pur4 poses of this section, a reference to a lead appli5 cant, partner, or partnership between a lead ap6 plicant and partners, with respect to an eligible 

7 entity described in subparagraph (A)(i), shall be 

8 deemed to be a reference to the eligible entity. 

9 ‘‘(6) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘dual or con10 current enrollment program’, ‘early college high 

11 school’, ‘educational service agency’, and ‘high 

12 school’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

13 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

14 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 ‘‘(7) GRANT.—The term ‘grant’ means a con16 tract, cooperative agreement, or award. 

17 ‘‘(8) HIGH-NEED EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGEN18 CY.—The term ‘high-need educational service agen19 cy’ means an educational service agency that serves 

20 a significant number or percentage of high-need 

21 local educational agencies. 

22 ‘‘(9) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN23 CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 

24 has the meaning given the term in section 200 of the 

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1 ‘‘(10) IDENTIFIED PROGRAM.—The term ‘iden2 tified program’ means a pre-apprenticeship program, 

3 or youth program that serves youth, that is proposed 

4 to be carried out by an eligible entity in an applica5 tion approved under subsection (c) for a project. 

6 ‘‘(11) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

7 term ‘minority-serving institution’ means an institu8 tion defined in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of 

9 section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

10 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

11 ‘‘(12) NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM.— 

12 The term ‘national apprenticeship system’ means the 

13 apprenticeship programs, apprenticeship programs 

14 that serve youth, and pre-apprenticeship programs 

15 that are approved by the Office of Apprenticeship or 

16 State apprenticeship agencies. 

17 ‘‘(13) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The 

18 term ‘pre-apprenticeship program’ means a program 

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(A) prepares youth to enroll in and com21 plete an apprenticeship program; 

22 ‘‘(B) maintains a written partnership with 

23 an apprenticeship program; and 

24 ‘‘(C) in the case of a program with respect 

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1 through classroom instruction for any youth 

2 pre-apprentice who is younger than the age of 

3 18. 

4 ‘‘(14) QUALIFIED INTERMEDIARY.—The term 

5 ‘qualified intermediary’— 

6 ‘‘(A) means a nonprofit entity operating in 

7 a State or local area that demonstrates exper8 tise and experience in serving participants, em9 ployers, and schools by— 

10 ‘‘(i) building, sustaining, measuring, 

11 and improving the quality and performance 

12 of apprenticeship programs that serve 

13 youth; 

14 ‘‘(ii) assisting in the design, approval, 

15 registration, and implementation of ap16 prenticeship programs that serve youth, in17 cluding program development and meeting 

18 program requirements, including registra19 tion and reporting requirements; 

20 ‘‘(iii) in collaboration with 1 or more 

21 State educational agencies, local edu22 cational agencies, or institutions of higher 

23 education included in the eligible entity in24 volved, providing collaborative professional 

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1 workplace supervisors, mentors, counselors, 

2 and teachers, instructors, and other edu3 cators; 

4 ‘‘(iv) supporting the recruitment for, 

5 retention in, and completion of apprentice6 ship programs that serve youth with re7 spect to potential or enrolled youth appren8 tices, including youth apprentices who are 

9 from low-income backgrounds or members 

10 of nontraditional apprenticeship popu11 lations; 

12 ‘‘(v) developing and providing sup13 portive services including by partnering 

14 with organizations to provide access to or 

15 referrals for supportive services, financial 

16 literacy services, and other support based 

17 upon needs of potential or enrolled youth 

18 apprentices; or 

19 ‘‘(vi) serving as a program sponsor; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) may consist of— 

22 ‘‘(i) a joint labor-management organi23 zation; 

24 ‘‘(ii) a community-based organization; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) an industry association. 

2 ‘‘(15) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

3 the several States of the United States, the District 

4 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 

5 an outlying area. 

6 ‘‘(16) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘State agen7 cy’ means a State educational agency, State work8 force agency, or State apprenticeship agency. 

9 ‘‘(17) STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCY.—The 

10 term ‘State apprenticeship agency’ means an agency 

11 of a State government that has been authorized by 

12 the Office of Apprenticeship to register and oversee 

13 apprenticeship programs and has the responsibility 

14 and accountability for apprenticeship programs with15 in the State. 

16 ‘‘(18) SUBGROUP OF PARTICIPANTS.—The term 

17 ‘subgroup of participants’ means— 

18 ‘‘(A) in-school youth; 

19 ‘‘(B) opportunity youth; and 

20 ‘‘(C) each of the special populations, as de21 fined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

22 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

23 U.S.C. 2302). 

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1 tity’ means an entity that is involved in admin2 istering a workforce development system established 

3 under this Act, which shall be a State board, a local 

4 board, or an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or 

5 Native Hawaiian organization, as defined in section 

6 166(b). 

7 ‘‘(20) YOUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means an in8 dividual who is not younger than age 16 or older 

9 than age 24. 

10 ‘‘(21) YOUTH APPRENTICE.—The term ‘youth’, 

11 used with respect to an apprentice, means a youth 

12 who is participating in an apprenticeship program 

13 that serves youth. 

14 ‘‘(22) YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT.— 

15 The term ‘youth apprenticeship agreement’ means a 

16 written agreement under subsection (c)(3)(F) that is 

17 agreed to by each of the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) A youth. 

19 ‘‘(B) The youth’s parent or legal guardian, 

20 as applicable. 

21 ‘‘(C) One or more local educational agen22 cies, if the eligible entity involved is serving in23 school youth. 

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1 ‘‘(E) As applicable, a qualified inter2 mediary for an apprenticeship program that 

3 serves youth. 

4 ‘‘(F) As applicable, one or more institu5 tions of higher education. 

6 ‘‘(G) As applicable, one or more employers. 

7 ‘‘(23) YOUTH PRE-APPRENTICE.—The term 

8 ‘youth’, used with respect to a pre-apprentice, means 

9 a youth who is participating in a pre-apprenticeship 

10 program.’’. 

11 SEC. 179. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES GRANT 

12 PROGRAM. 

13 Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

14 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is further 

15 amended by inserting after section 173, as added by the 

16 preceding section, the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 174. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK18 FORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM. 

19 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

20 ‘‘(1) to establish, improve, or expand high-qual21 ity workforce development programs at community 

22 colleges; and 

23 ‘‘(2) to expand opportunities for individuals to 

24 obtain recognized postsecondary credentials that are 

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1 high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 

2 or occupations. 

3 ‘‘(b) STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES

4 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro6 priated to carry out this section under section 175(f) 

7 and not reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary 

8 shall, on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible 

9 institutions to carry out the activities described in 

10 subsection (e). 

11 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts appro12 priated to carry out this section under section 

13 175(f), the Secretary may reserve not more than 2 

14 percent for the administration of grants awarded 

15 under this section, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance and 

17 targeted outreach to support eligible institu18 tions serving a high number or high percentage 

19 of low-income individuals or individuals with 

20 barriers to employment, and rural-serving eligi21 ble institutions, to provide guidance and assist22 ance in the process of applying for grants under 

23 this section; and 

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1 this section in accordance with subsections (f) 

2 through (h). 

3 ‘‘(c) AWARD PERIOD.— 

4 ‘‘(1) INITIAL GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant 

5 under this section shall be awarded for an initial pe6 riod of not more than 4 years. 

7 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—An eligible insti8 tution that receives an initial grant under this sec9 tion may receive one or more additional grants 

10 under this section for additional periods of not more 

11 than 4 years each if the eligible institution dem12 onstrates that, during the most recently completed 

13 grant period for a grant received under this section, 

14 such eligible institution achieved the levels of per15 formance agreed to by the eligible institution with 

16 respect to the performance indicators specified in 

17 subsection (f). 

18 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

20 grant under this section, an eligible institution shall 

21 submit an application to the Secretary at such time 

22 and in such manner as the Secretary may require. 

23 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted by 

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1 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the eligible insti2 tution has demonstrated success building part3 nerships with employers in in-demand industry 

4 sectors or occupations to provide students with 

5 the skills needed for occupations in such indus6 tries and an explanation of the results of any 

7 such partnerships. 

8 ‘‘(B) The methods and strategies the eligi9 ble institution will use to engage with employers 

10 in in-demand industry sectors or occupations, 

11 including any arrangements to place individuals 

12 who complete the workforce development pro13 grams supported by the grant into employment 

14 with such employers. 

15 ‘‘(C) The proposed eligible institution and 

16 industry partnership that the eligible institution 

17 will establish or maintain to comply with sub18 section (e)(1), including— 

19 ‘‘(i) the roles and responsibilities of 

20 each employer, organization, agency, or in21 stitution of higher education that the eligi22 ble institution will partner with to carry 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the needs that will be addressed 

2 by such eligible institution and industry 

3 partnership. 

4 ‘‘(D) One or more industries that such 

5 partnership will target and real-time labor mar6 ket data demonstrating that those industries 

7 are aligned with employer demand in the geo8 graphic area to be served by the eligible institu9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(E) The extent to which the eligible insti11 tution can— 

12 ‘‘(i) leverage additional resources to 

13 support the programs to be funded with 

14 the grant, which shall include written com15 mitments of any leveraged or matching 

16 funds for the proposed programs; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate the future sustain18 ability of each such program. 

19 ‘‘(F) The steps the institution will take to 

20 ensure the high quality of each program to be 

21 funded with the grant, including the career 

22 pathways within such programs. 

23 ‘‘(G) The population and geographic area 

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1 the number of individuals the eligible institution 

2 intends to serve during the grant period. 

3 ‘‘(H) The workforce development programs 

4 to be supported by the grant. 

5 ‘‘(I) The recognized postsecondary creden6 tials that are expected to be earned by partici7 pants in such workforce development programs 

8 and the related high-skill, high-wage, or in-de9 mand industry sectors or occupations for which 

10 such programs will prepare participants. 

11 ‘‘(J) The evidence upon which the edu12 cation and skills development strategies to be 

13 used in such workforce development programs 

14 are based and an explanation of how such evi15 dence influenced the design of the programs to 

16 improve education and employment outcomes. 

17 ‘‘(K) How activities of the eligible institu18 tion are expected to align with the workforce 

19 strategies identified in— 

20 ‘‘(i) any State plan or local plan sub21 mitted under this Act by the State, out22 lying area, or locality in which the eligible 

23 institution is expected to operate; 

24 ‘‘(ii) any State plan submitted under 

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1 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

2 U.S.C. 2342) by such State or outlying 

3 area; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) any economic development plan 

5 of the chief executive of such State or out6 lying area. 

7 ‘‘(L) The goals of the eligible institution 

8 with respect to— 

9 ‘‘(i) capacity building (as described in 

10 subsection (f)(1)(B)); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the expected performance of indi12 viduals participating in the programs to be 

13 offered by the eligible institution, including 

14 with respect to any performance indicators 

15 applicable under section 116 or subsection 

16 (f) of this section. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERI18 ENCE.—The Secretary may not disqualify an eligible 

19 institution from receiving a grant under this section 

20 solely because such institution lacks previous experi21 ence in building partnerships, as described in para22 graph (2)(A). 

23 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

24 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 

25 institutions that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) will use the grant to serve— 

2 ‘‘(i) individuals with barriers to em3 ployment; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) incumbent workers who need to 

5 gain or improve foundational skills to en6 hance their employability; 

7 ‘‘(B) use competency-based assessments, 

8 such as the competency-based assessment iden9 tified by the State in which the eligible institu10 tion is located under section 134(a)(2)(B)(vii), 

11 to award academic credit for prior learning for 

12 programs supported by the grant; or 

13 ‘‘(C) have, or will seek to have, the career 

14 education programs supported by the grant in15 cluded on the list of eligible providers of train16 ing services under section 122 for the State in 

17 which the eligible institution is located. 

18 ‘‘(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION AND INDUSTRY

20 PARTNERSHIP.—For the purpose of carrying out the 

21 activities specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), an eli22 gible institution that receives a grant under this sec23 tion shall establish a partnership (or continue an ex24 isting partnership) with one or more employers in an 

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1 tion referred to as an ‘eligible institution and indus2 try partnership’) and shall maintain such partner3 ship for the duration of the grant period. The eligi4 ble institution shall ensure that the partnership— 

5 ‘‘(A) targets one or more specific high6 skill, high-wage, or in-demand industries; 

7 ‘‘(B) includes collaboration with the work8 force development system; 

9 ‘‘(C) serves adult and dislocated workers, 

10 incumbent workers, and new entrants to the 

11 workforce; 

12 ‘‘(D) uses an evidence-based program de13 sign that is appropriate for the activities carried 

14 out by the partnership; 

15 ‘‘(E) incorporates work-based learning op16 portunities; and 

17 ‘‘(F) incorporates, to the extent appro18 priate, virtual service delivery to facilitate tech19 nology-enabled learning. 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible insti21 tution that receives a grant under this section shall, 

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1 ‘‘(A) establish, improve, or expand high2 quality, evidence-based workforce development 

3 programs, career pathway programs, or work4 based learning programs (including apprentice5 ship programs or preapprenticeships); 

6 ‘‘(B) provide career services to individuals 

7 participating in the programs funded with the 

8 grant to facilitate retention and program com9 pletion, which may include— 

10 ‘‘(i) career navigation, coaching, 

11 mentorship, and case management serv12 ices, including providing information and 

13 outreach to individuals with barriers to 

14 employment to encourage such individuals 

15 to participate in programs funded with the 

16 grant; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) providing access to course mate18 rials, technological devices, required equip19 ment, and other supports necessary for 

20 participation in and successful completion 

21 of such programs; and 

22 ‘‘(C) make available, in a format that is 

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1 ‘‘(i) curricula and recognized postsec2 ondary credentials offered through pro3 grams funded with the grant, including 

4 any curricula or credentials created or fur5 ther developed using such grant, which for 

6 each recognized postsecondary credential, 

7 shall include— 

8 ‘‘(I) the issuing entity of such 

9 credential; 

10 ‘‘(II) any third-party endorse11 ments of such credential; 

12 ‘‘(III) the occupations for which 

13 the credential prepares individuals; 

14 ‘‘(IV) the skills and competencies 

15 necessary to achieve to earn such cre16 dential; 

17 ‘‘(V) the level of mastery of such 

18 skills and competencies (including how 

19 mastery is assessed); and 

20 ‘‘(VI) any transfer value or 

21 stackability of the credential; 

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1 nized postsecondary credential awarded; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(iii) related employment and earn4 ings outcomes on the primary indicators of 

5 performance described in subclauses (I) 

6 through (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i). 

7 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 

8 the activities required under paragraph (2), an eligi9 ble institution that receives a grant under this sec10 tion shall, in consultation with the employers in the 

11 eligible institution and industry partnership de12 scribed in paragraph (1), carry out one or more of 

13 the following activities: 

14 ‘‘(A) Establish, improve, or expand— 

15 ‘‘(i) articulation agreements (as de16 fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher 

17 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 1093a(a))); 

19 ‘‘(ii) credit transfer agreements; 

20 ‘‘(iii) corequisite remediation pro21 grams that enable a student to receive re22 medial education services while enrolled in 

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1 ‘‘(iv) dual or concurrent enrollment 

2 programs; 

3 ‘‘(v) competency-based education and 

4 assessment; or 

5 ‘‘(vi) policies and processes to award 

6 academic credit for prior learning or for 

7 the programs described in paragraph 

8 (2)(A). 

9 ‘‘(B) Establish or implement plans for pro10 viders of the programs described in paragraph 

11 (2)(A) to meet the criteria and carry out the 

12 procedures necessary to be included on the list 

13 of eligible providers of training services de14 scribed in section 122(d). 

15 ‘‘(C) Purchase, lease, or refurbish special16 ized equipment as necessary to carry out such 

17 programs, provided that not more than 15 per18 cent of the funds awarded to the eligible insti19 tution under this section may be used for activi20 ties described in this subparagraph. 

21 ‘‘(D) Reduce or eliminate unmet financial 

22 need relating to the cost of attendance (as de23 fined under section 472 of the Higher Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll)) of par25 ticipants in such programs. 


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1 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 

2 institution may use not more than 7 percent of the 

3 funds awarded under this section for administrative 

4 costs, including costs related to collecting informa5 tion, analysis, and coordination for purposes of sub6 section (f). 

7 ‘‘(f) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE

8 REVIEWS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

10 and implement guidance that establishes the levels 

11 of performance that are expected to be achieved by 

12 each eligible institution receiving a grant under this 

13 section. Such levels of performance shall be estab14 lished on the following indicators: 

15 ‘‘(A) Each of the primary indicators of 

16 performance for adults described in section 

17 116(b)(2)(A)(i), which shall be applied for all 

18 individuals who participated in a program that 

19 received funding from a grant under this sec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(B) The extent to which the eligible insti22 tution built capacity by— 

23 ‘‘(i) increasing the breadth and depth 

24 of employer engagement and investment in 

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1 demand industry sectors and occupations 

2 targeted by the eligible institution and in3 dustry partnership established or main4 tained by the eligible institution under sub5 section (e)(1); 

6 ‘‘(ii) designing or implementing new 

7 and accelerated instructional techniques or 

8 technologies, including the use of advanced 

9 online and technology-enabled learning 

10 (such as immersive technology); and 

11 ‘‘(iii) increasing program and policy 

12 alignment across systems and decreasing 

13 duplicative services or service gaps. 

14 ‘‘(C) With respect to individuals who par15 ticipated in a workforce development program 

16 funded with the grant— 

17 ‘‘(i) the percentage of participants 

18 who successfully completed the program; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) of the participants who were in21 cumbent workers at the time of enrollment 

22 in the program, the percentage who ad23 vanced into higher level positions during or 

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1 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND DETERMINATION OF

2 LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

3 ‘‘(A) CONSIDERATION.—In developing lev4 els of performance in accordance with para5 graph (1), the Secretary shall take into consid6 eration the goals of the eligible institution pur7 suant to subsection (d)(2)(L). 

8 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—After completing 

9 the consideration required under subparagraph 

10 (A), the Secretary shall separately determine 

11 the levels of performance that will apply to each 

12 eligible institution, taking into account— 

13 ‘‘(i) the expected levels of performance 

14 of each eligible institution with respect to 

15 the goals described by the eligible institu16 tion pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(L); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) local economic conditions in the 

18 geographic area to be served by the eligible 

19 institution, including differences in unem20 ployment rates and job losses or gains in 

21 particular industries. 

22 ‘‘(C) NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.— 

23 ‘‘(i) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall 

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1 els of performance that will apply to the el2 igible institution, as determined under sub3 paragraph (B). 

4 ‘‘(ii) ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—After re5 ceiving the notification described in clause 

6 (i), each eligible institution shall submit to 

7 the Secretary written confirmation that the 

8 eligible institution— 

9 ‘‘(I) received the notification; and 

10 ‘‘(II) agrees to be evaluated in 

11 accordance with the levels of perform12 ance determined by the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.—On an annual 

14 basis during each year of the grant period, the Sec15 retary shall evaluate the performance during such 

16 year of each eligible institution receiving a grant 

17 under this section in a manner consistent with the 

18 levels of performance determined for such institution 

19 pursuant to paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(4) FAILURE TO MEET LEVELS OF PERFORM21 ANCE.—After conducting an evaluation under para22 graph (3), if the Secretary determines that an eligi23 ble institution did not achieve the levels of perform24 ance applicable to the eligible institution under para25 graph (2), the Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the eli2 gible institution; and 

3 ‘‘(B) develop a performance improvement 

4 plan for the eligible institution. 

5 ‘‘(g) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 

7 after the date on which the first grant is made 

8 under this section, the Secretary shall design and 

9 conduct an evaluation to determine the overall effec10 tiveness of the eligible institutions receiving a grant 

11 under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation of the effec13 tiveness of eligible institutions conducted under 

14 paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the 

15 general effectiveness of programs and activities sup16 ported by the grants awarded to such eligible insti17 tutions under this section, including the extent to 

18 which the programs and activities— 

19 ‘‘(A) developed new, or expanded existing, 

20 successful industry sector strategies, including 

21 the extent to which such eligible institutions 

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1 ‘‘(B) created, expanded, or enhanced ca2 reer pathways, including the extent to which the 

3 eligible institutions developed or improved com4 petency-based education and assessment, credit 

5 for prior learning, modularized and self-paced 

6 curricula, integrated education and workforce 

7 development, dual enrollment in secondary and 

8 postsecondary career pathways, stacked and 

9 latticed credentials, and online and distance 

10 learning; 

11 ‘‘(C) created alignment between eligible in12 stitutions and the workforce development sys13 tem; 

14 ‘‘(D) assisted individuals with finding, re15 taining, or advancing in employment; 

16 ‘‘(E) assisted individuals with earning rec17 ognized postsecondary credentials; and 

18 ‘‘(F) provided equal access to various de19 mographic groups, including people of different 

20 geographic locations, ages, races, national ori21 gins, and sexes. 

22 ‘‘(3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation 

23 under this subsection shall— 

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1 junction with the eligible institutions being eval2 uated; 

3 ‘‘(B) include analysis of program partici4 pant feedback and outcome and process meas5 ures; and 

6 ‘‘(C) use designs that employ the most rig7 orous analytical and statistical methods that 

8 are reasonably feasible, such as the use of con9 trol groups. 

10 ‘‘(4) DATA ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary 

11 shall make available on a publicly accessible website 

12 of the Department of Labor any data collected as 

13 part of the evaluation under this subsection. Such 

14 data shall be made available in an aggregated for15 mat that does not reveal personally identifiable in16 formation and that ensures compliance with relevant 

17 Federal laws, including section 444 of the General 

18 Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the 

19 ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 

20 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 

21 ‘‘(5) PUBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVAL22 UATION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through 

23 the Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 

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1 tion Officer, publish an interim report on the 

2 preliminary results of the evaluation conducted 

3 under this subsection; 

4 ‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 

5 on which the evaluation is completed under this 

6 subsection, submit to the Committee on Edu7 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Committee on Health, 

9 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

10 a report on such evaluation; and 

11 ‘‘(C) not later than 90 days after such 

12 completion date, publish and make the results 

13 of such evaluation available on a publicly acces14 sible website of the Department of Labor. 

15 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall make 

16 available on a publicly accessible website of the Depart17 ment of Labor, in transparent, linked, open, and inter18 operable data formats, the following information: 

19 ‘‘(1) The performance of eligible institutions on 

20 the capacity-building performance indicator set forth 

21 under subsection (f)(1)(B). 

22 ‘‘(2) The performance of eligible institutions on 

23 the workforce development participant outcome per24 formance indicators set forth under subsection 

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1 ‘‘(3) The number of individuals enrolled in 

2 workforce development programs funded with a 

3 grant under this section. 

4 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) CHIEF EVALUATION OFFICER.—The term 

6 ‘Chief Evaluation Officer’ means the head of the 

7 independent evaluation office located in the Office of 

8 the Assistant Secretary for Policy of the Department 

9 of Labor. 

10 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com11 munity college’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu13 cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 

14 Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), at 

15 which— 

16 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

17 associate degree; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

19 frequently awarded degree; 

20 ‘‘(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public 

21 institution of higher education (as defined in 

22 section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 

23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch 

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1 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

2 associate degree; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

4 frequently awarded degree; 

5 ‘‘(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 

6 (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

8 1059c(b)(3))); or 

9 ‘‘(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 

10 University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 

11 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 1059c(b)(3))) at which— 

13 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

14 associate degree; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

16 frequently awarded degree. 

17 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi18 ble institution’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) a community college; 

20 ‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 

21 (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 

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1 ‘‘(j) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

2 available under this section shall be used to supplement, 

3 and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local public 

4 funds made available for carrying out the activities de5 scribed in this section.’’. 

6 SEC. 180. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 175 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor8 tunity Act, as so redesignated, is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

10 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

11 (2) by striking subsections (a) through (d) and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(a) NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS.—There are au14 thorized to be appropriated to carry out section 166 (not 

15 including subsection (k) of such section) $61,800,000 for 

16 each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

17 ‘‘(b) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PRO18 GRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

19 out section 167 $100,317,900 for each of the fiscal years 

20 2025 through 2030. 

21 ‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—There are authorized 

22 to be appropriated to carry out section 168 $5,000,000 

23 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

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1 $12,720,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

2 2030. 

3 ‘‘(e) REENTRY PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 

4 be appropriated to carry out section 172 $115,000,000 for 

5 each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

6 ‘‘(f) STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES PRO7 GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

8 out section 173 $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

9 2025 through 2030.’’. 

10 Subtitle F—Administration 

11 SEC. 191. REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS. 

12 (a) LABOR STANDARDS.—Section 181(b) of the 

13 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

14 3241(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) CHILD LABOR.—Individuals in on-the-job 

16 training or individuals employed in programs and 

17 activities under this title shall be employed in ac18 cordance with the provisions on child labor under 

19 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

20 201 et seq.) and applicable State law. 

21 ‘‘(9) CONSULTATION.—If an employer provides 

22 on-the-job training, incumbent worker training, or 

23 employer-directed skills development with funds 

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1 gaining agreement with the employer, the employer 

2 shall consult with the labor organization that rep3 resents such employees on the planning and design 

4 of such training or development.’’. 

5 (b) REMEDIES.—Section 181(c)(3)(B) of the Work6 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

7 3241(c)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘for a period of 

8 not less than 2 years’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

9 (c) RELOCATION.—Section 181(d)(2) of the Work10 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

11 3241(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘incumbent worker 

12 training,’’ and inserting ‘‘incumbent worker training, em13 ployer-directed skills development,’’. 

14 (d) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—Section 181 of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3241) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(h) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—Except as provided in 

18 section 134(d)(2), funds provided under this title may only 

19 be used to provide supportive services to individuals who— 

20 ‘‘(1) are participating in activities under pro21 grams authorized under this title; 

22 ‘‘(2) are unable to obtain the supportive serv23 ices through programs listed in section 121(b)(2); 

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1 ‘‘(3) require supportive services to enable par2 ticipation in activities under programs authorized 

3 under this title.’’. 

4 SEC. 192. MONITORING. 

5 Section 183 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3243) is amended by striking ‘‘re7 cipients’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘recipients 

8 and subrecipients’’. 

9 SEC. 193. FISCAL CONTROLS; SANCTIONS. 

10 Section 184(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Op11 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3244(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

13 (3) as paragraphs (3), (5), and (6), respectively; 

14 (2) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so re15 designated, the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this 

17 title, a substantial violation shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) be determined in accordance with the 

19 procedures established by the Governor as de20 scribed in paragraph (2); and 

21 ‘‘(B) include any willful violation of the re22 quirements under subsections (a) or (b) of sec23 tion 181 for which there has been a final deter24 mination of the violation without any remaining 

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1 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURES.—The Governor shall estab2 lish procedures to be used by local areas and, in the 

3 case of funds described in section 128(a) or per4 taining to the enforcement provisions under section 

5 122(g), by any other individual or entity specified by 

6 the Governor to determine if a substantial violation 

7 of this title has occurred.’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

10 or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)(v), by striking 

12 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) reduce any local allotment under sec15 tion 128(b) or 133(b) to the local area involved 

16 by not more than 5 percent for the fiscal year 

17 after the fiscal year in which the substantial 

18 violation, for which corrective action was not 

19 taken, occurred.’’; 

20 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so re21 designated, the following: 

22 ‘‘(4) REALLOCATION OF REDUCTIONS.—Any 

23 amount that was reduced from an allotment to a 

24 local area in accordance with paragraph (3)(C) shall 

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1 areas within the State that are not subject to an ac2 tion described in paragraph (3) in a manner deter3 mined by the Governor, which may take into consid4 eration whether such other local area is serving a 

5 significant number of individuals with barriers to 

6 employment.’’; 

7 (5) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 

8 striking ‘‘(A) and (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A), (B), and 

9 (C)’’; and 

10 (6) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 

11 striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

12 (2)’’ 

13 SEC. 194. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION. 

14 Section 186(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op15 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3246(a)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘184’’ and inserting ‘‘181 or 184’’. 

17 SEC. 195. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 

18 Section 187(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and 

19 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3247(a)(1)) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘184’’ and inserting ‘‘181 or 184’’. 

21 SEC. 196. GENERAL WAIVERS OF STATUTORY OR REGU22 LATORY REQUIREMENTS. 

23 Section 189(i)(3)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation 

24 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3249(i)(3)(A)(i)) is 

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1 of plans’’ and inserting ‘‘the procedures for review and 

2 approval of plans, the performance reports described in 

3 section 116(d), and the requirement described in section 

4 134(c)(1)(B)’’. 

5 SEC. 197. STATE FLEXIBILITY PILOT AUTHORITY. 

6 Section 190 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor7 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3250) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 190. STATE FLEXIBILITY PILOT AUTHORITY. 

9 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to— 

10 ‘‘(1) authorize States to apply under this sec11 tion, in the case of an eligible State, on behalf of the 

12 State as a whole, or for any State, on behalf of a 

13 local area or a consortium of local areas in the 

14 State, to receive the allotments or allocations of the 

15 State or the local areas, respectively, for youth work16 force investment activities under chapter 2 of sub17 title B and adult and dislocated worker employment 

18 and training activities under chapter 3 of subtitle B 

19 as a consolidated grant for 5 years for the purpose 

20 of carrying out a pilot project to pursue innovative 

21 reforms to achieve better outcomes for jobseekers, 

22 workers, employers, and taxpayers; and 

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1 ticipants, including participants receiving a priority 

2 for services under this section, and associated inno3 vative reforms to improve service delivery were 

4 achieved as a result of such pilot projects. 

5 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) WAIVERS, PILOT PROJECT GRANT

7 AMOUNTS, AND RESERVATIONS.—Notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of subtitle A or B, except as oth9 erwise provided in this section, during the pilot 

10 project period applicable to a pilot project approved 

11 for a State pursuant to subsection (d)(3), the Sec12 retary, the Governor of a State participating in such 

13 pilot project on behalf of the State as a whole, local 

14 area, or consortium of local areas, and a local area 

15 or consortium of local areas on whose behalf a Gov16 ernor is participating in such a pilot project, shall, 

17 as applicable, comply with each of the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) WAIVERS.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

19 the Secretary shall waive for the State as a 

20 whole, or for the local area or the consortium 

21 of local areas selected by the State to carry out 

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1 ‘‘(B) PILOT PROJECT GRANT AMOUNTS.— 

2 For each fiscal year applicable to a pilot period, 

3 the Secretary shall carry out the following: 

4 ‘‘(i) STATE AS A WHOLE.—In a case 

5 of a State approved to carry out a pilot 

6 project under this section on behalf of the 

7 State as a whole, distribute as a consoli8 dated sum to the State, for purposes of 

9 carrying out the project, the State’s total 

10 allotment for such fiscal year under— 

11 ‘‘(I) subsections (b)(1)(C) and 

12 (c) of section 127; 

13 ‘‘(II) paragraphs (1)(B) and 

14 (2)(B) of section 132(b); and 

15 ‘‘(III) section 132(c). 

16 ‘‘(ii) LOCAL AREA.—In a case of a 

17 local area selected by a State and approved 

18 to carry out a pilot project under this sec19 tion, require the State to— 

20 ‘‘(I) distribute as a consolidated 

21 sum to the local board for such local 

22 area, for purposes of carrying out the 

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1 ‘‘(aa) subsections (b) and (c) 

2 of section 128; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) subsections (b) and 

4 (c) of section 133; or 

5 ‘‘(II) if the local board of the 

6 local area enters into a written agree7 ment with the State for the State to 

8 serve as the fiscal agent for the local 

9 board during the pilot project, use the 

10 funds described in subclause (I) for 

11 purposes of carrying out the project 

12 on behalf of the local board. 

13 ‘‘(iii) CONSORTIUM OF LOCAL

14 AREAS.—In a case of a consortium of local 

15 areas selected by a State and approved to 

16 carry out a pilot project under this section, 

17 require the State to— 

18 ‘‘(I) distribute as a consolidated 

19 sum to the consortium, for purposes 

20 of carrying out the project, the total 

21 amount of the allocations for the local 

22 areas in such consortium for such fis23 cal year under— 

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1 ‘‘(bb) subsections (b) and 

2 (c) of section 133; or 

3 ‘‘(II) if the consortium enters 

4 into a written agreement with the 

5 State for the State to serve as the fis6 cal agent for the consortium during 

7 the pilot project, use the funds de8 scribed in subclause (I) for purposes 

9 of carrying out the project on behalf 

10 of such consortium. 

11 ‘‘(C) STATE RESERVATION.—The Governor 

12 of a State participating in a pilot project on be13 half of the State as a whole shall reserve not 

14 less than 25 percent of the consolidated sum al15 lotted to the State, as described in subpara16 graph (B)(i), for the purpose of developing and 

17 implementing evidence-based workforce develop18 ment activities in the State. Such activities— 

19 ‘‘(i) shall comply with the priority of 

20 service requirement described in subsection 

21 (e)(3); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) may include strategies such as— 

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1 comes for jobseekers, incumbent work2 ers, and dislocated workers; 

3 ‘‘(II) job training programs and 

4 assistance with removing barriers to 

5 employment for justice-involved indi6 viduals; 

7 ‘‘(III) pre-apprenticeships, ap8 prenticeships, and evidence-based 

9 workforce development and employ10 ment opportunities, including for 

11 youth (particularly opportunity 

12 youth); 

13 ‘‘(IV) the development and 

14 strengthening of industry or sector 

15 partnerships and training programs 

16 offered under such partnerships; 

17 ‘‘(V) the optimization of sup18 portive service delivery and the inte19 gration of such services within the 

20 workforce system to promote retention 

21 in and completion of training pro22 grams for participants served under 

23 the pilot project; and 

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1 better outcomes for jobseekers, work2 ers, employers, and taxpayers, as de3 termined by the Governor. 

4 ‘‘(D) LOCAL AREA AND CONSORTIUM RES5 ERVATION.—A local area or a consortium of 

6 local areas for which a pilot project is author7 ized under this section shall reserve not less 

8 than 25 percent of the consolidated sum allot9 ted, as described in clause (ii) or (iii), respec10 tively, of subparagraph (B), to the local area or 

11 consortium of local areas, respectively, for the 

12 purpose of developing and implementing evi13 dence-based workforce development activities 

14 described in subparagraph (C) in the local area 

15 or local areas served by the consortium, respec16 tively. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State, local area, or 

19 consortium of local areas carrying out a pilot 

20 project under this section shall comply with 

21 statutory or regulatory requirements of this Act 

22 relating to— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the membership of local boards 

2 or State boards in instances where a State 

3 carrying out a pilot project will maintain 

4 the use of such local boards or State 

5 boards, respectively, during the pilot 

6 project period; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the requirement to set minimum 

8 levels of performance on the criteria de9 scribed in section 122(b)(2)(B) for any 

10 providers of training services that will re11 ceive funding under the pilot project; 

12 ‘‘(iv) the establishment of the one-stop 

13 delivery system to make the services and 

14 activities carried out under the pilot 

15 project available to individuals in the 

16 State, local area, or consortium of local 

17 areas carrying out the pilot project, except 

18 that, of the requirements in section 121(e), 

19 such one-stop delivery system shall only be 

20 required to meet the requirements of para21 graph (2) of that section and only with re22 spect to the services and activities of the 

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1 in section 116(j) and, in the case of a pilot 

2 project carried out by a local area or con3 sortium of local areas, the provisions on 

4 fiscal integrity described in section 106; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(vi) the priority of service described 

7 in section 134(c)(3)(E). 

8 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF DEFINED

9 TERMS.—In carrying out a pilot project under 

10 this section, a State, local area, or consortium 

11 of local areas may only use a term defined in 

12 section 3 to describe an activity carried out 

13 under such pilot project if the State, local area, 

14 or consortium of local areas gives such term the 

15 same meaning as such term is given under such 

16 section. 

17 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

18 in subparagraph (A)(iv) shall be construed to 

19 prevent a State, local area, or consortium of 

20 local areas carrying out a pilot project under 

21 this section from deciding to maintain the one22 stop delivery system in effect for the State, 

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1 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY FOR THIRD-PARTY EVALUA2 TION.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

4 days after the first pilot project is approved 

5 under this section, the Secretary shall contract 

6 with a third-party evaluator to conduct a rig7 orous evaluation of each pilot project approved 

8 under this section. The evaluation shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) cover the entire period of each 

10 pilot project; 

11 ‘‘(ii) include a description of— 

12 ‘‘(I) the populations served under 

13 the pilot project, including with re14 spect to individuals with barriers to 

15 employment served under the pilot 

16 project, disaggregated by each sub17 population of such individuals, and by 

18 race, ethnicity, sex, and age; 

19 ‘‘(II) the services provided 

20 through the pilot project, the pro21 viders of such services, and the cost of 

22 such services, disaggregated by the 

23 type of service provided; 

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1 distribution within the State of the 

2 services provided under the pilot 

3 project; and 

4 ‘‘(IV) the workforce development 

5 systems in the State, local area, or 

6 consortium of local areas that were af7 fected, and the nature of such effects, 

8 as a result of the pilot project; 

9 ‘‘(iii) compare the employment and 

10 earnings outcomes of participants in activi11 ties carried out under the pilot project 

12 to— 

13 ‘‘(I) the outcomes of similarly sit14 uated individuals who do not partici15 pate in such activities and who are lo16 cated in such State, such local area, 

17 or a local area in such consortium, as 

18 applicable; 

19 ‘‘(II) the outcomes of similarly 

20 situated participants in similarly situ21 ated States or local areas within such 

22 States, as applicable, that do not re23 ceive authority to carry out a pilot 

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1 ‘‘(III) the outcomes of partici2 pants in activities under chapter 2 or 

3 3 of subtitle B in the State, local 

4 area, or a local area in the consortium 

5 that was awarded a waiver prior to 

6 the award of such waiver; 

7 ‘‘(iv) conduct a qualitative analysis 

8 that identifies any practices or strategies 

9 (including promising, evidence-based, or in10 novative practices and strategies) that— 

11 ‘‘(I) would not have been con12 ducted without the waiving of statu13 tory or regulatory provisions through 

14 the pilot project; and 

15 ‘‘(II) led to changes in employ16 ment and earnings outcomes for the 

17 participants, including employment 

18 and earnings outcomes for partici19 pants who are opportunity youth and 

20 individuals with barriers to employ21 ment; and 

22 ‘‘(v) compare the outcomes for sub23 clauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause (iii) 

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1 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

2 after the final year of a pilot project approved 

3 under this section, the Secretary shall submit to 

4 the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Com6 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen7 sions of the Senate the results of the evaluation 

8 conducted under this paragraph. 

9 ‘‘(c) PILOT PERIOD; LIMITATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A pilot project approved 

11 under this section for a State, local area, or consor12 tium— 

13 ‘‘(A) shall be carried out for a 5-year pilot 

14 project period; and 

15 ‘‘(B) may be renewed for an additional 4- 

16 year pilot project period, if the State, local 

17 area, or consortium— 

18 ‘‘(i) for each of the final 3 years of 

19 the preceding 5-year pilot project period, 

20 meets its expected levels of performance 

21 established under subsection (f)(1)(C); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) for the final year of the pre23 ceding 5-year pilot project period, achieves 

24 a performance improvement of not less 

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1 across all of the indicators of performance 

2 described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub3 section (f)(1)(A), compared with— 

4 ‘‘(I) the highest level of perform5 ance for the corresponding indicators 

6 of performance, as described in sub7 section (f)(1)(B)(i) with respect to 

8 such State, for the most recent pro9 gram year that ended prior to the be10 ginning of the first year of the pre11 ceding 5-year pilot project period; or 

12 ‘‘(II) the alternate baseline level 

13 of performance for the corresponding 

14 indicators of performance that is 

15 agreed upon between the State and 

16 the Secretary under subsection 

17 (f)(1)(B)(ii). 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) PILOT PERIOD LIMITATIONS.—For 

20 each pilot period (including renewals of such 

21 period) the Secretary may not approve— 

22 ‘‘(i) more than 5 pilot projects for eli23 gible States described in paragraph (3) to 

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1 section (b)(1)(B)(i), except as provided in 

2 subparagraph (C); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) more than 4 pilot projects for 

4 local areas (or consortia of local areas) to 

5 carry out a pilot project described in clause 

6 (ii) or (iii) of subsection (b)(1)(B). 

7 ‘‘(B) STATE LIMITATIONS.—Not more 

8 than 1 pilot project may be approved under this 

9 section per State. For purposes of this subpara10 graph, a pilot project described in clause (ii) or 

11 (iii) of subsection (b)(1)(B) approved for a local 

12 area or a consortium of local areas, respectively, 

13 in a State shall be considered a pilot project ap14 proved under this section for the State. 

15 ‘‘(C) SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL.—Notwith16 standing subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary 

17 may award authority to carry out a pilot project 

18 for a State as a whole under this section to 2 

19 additional eligible States described in paragraph 

20 (3), if, at the beginning of the third year of the 

21 pilot projects awarded to the 5 eligible States 

22 under subparagraph (A)(i), each of such 

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1 cators of performance described in section 

2 116(b)(2)(A); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) meets the requirement described 

4 in subsection (e)(4). 

5 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE STATES.—The Secretary may 

6 not approve a pilot project for a State as a whole 

7 described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) unless, at the 

8 time of submission of the application, such State is 

9 an eligible State, meaning— 

10 ‘‘(A) a State designated as a single State 

11 local area under section 106(d), including a 

12 State that has received consent to be so des13 ignated under section 106(d)(2); or 

14 ‘‘(B) a State with— 

15 ‘‘(i) a labor force participation rate 

16 that is less than 60 percent for the most 

17 recent program year; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) a population of less than 

19 5,100,000, as determined by the most re20 cent decennial census released by the Bu21 reau of the Census. 

22 ‘‘(4) EQUITABLE FLEXIBILITY PILOT AUTHOR23 ITY.—No less than 2 and no more than 3 of the eli24 gible States for which the Secretary awards author25 ity to carry out a pilot project for the eligible State 


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1 as a whole under this section shall be States eligible 

2 under paragraph (3)(B), at the time of submission 

3 of the application, except that in the case of subse4 quent approval described in paragraph (2)(C), ex5 actly 50 percent of the eligible States for which the 

6 Secretary awards authority under such paragraph to 

7 carry out a pilot project for the eligible State as a 

8 whole shall be States eligible under paragraph 

9 (3)(B). 

10 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to carry out 

12 a pilot project under this section, a State shall sub13 mit to the Secretary an application at such time and 

14 in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably re15 quire, and containing the information described in 

16 paragraph (2). 

17 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—Each application submitted by 

18 a State under this subsection shall include the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(A) A description of the pilot project to 

21 be carried out under this section, including— 

22 ‘‘(i) whether the project will be car23 ried out— 

24 ‘‘(I) by the State as a whole; 

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1 ‘‘(aa) an identification of— 

2 ‘‘(AA) such local area; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(BB) whether the 

5 local area will be the fiscal 

6 agent for the project, or 

7 whether the local board has 

8 entered into a written agree9 ment with the State for the 

10 State to serve as the fiscal 

11 agent during the project; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(bb) written verification 

14 from the local board for such 

15 local area that such local board 

16 agrees— 

17 ‘‘(AA) to carry out such 

18 project; and 

19 ‘‘(BB) to the fiscal 

20 agent identified in item 

21 (aa)(BB); or 

22 ‘‘(III) by a consortium of local 

23 areas in the State, and if so— 

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1 ‘‘(AA) each local area 

2 that comprises the consor3 tium; and 

4 ‘‘(BB) the local area 

5 that will serve as the fiscal 

6 agent for the consortium 

7 during the project, or wheth8 er the consortium has en9 tered into a written agree10 ment with the State for the 

11 State to serve as the fiscal 

12 agent; and 

13 ‘‘(bb) written verification 

14 from each local board of each 

15 local area identified in item 

16 (aa)(AA) that such local board 

17 agrees— 

18 ‘‘(AA) to carry out such 

19 project as a consortium; and 

20 ‘‘(BB) to the fiscal 

21 agent for the consortium 

22 identified in item (aa)(BB); 

23 ‘‘(ii) a description of the activities to 

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1 ‘‘(I) the activities to be carried 

2 out under the reservation required 

3 under subparagraph (C) or (D) of 

4 subsection (b)(1), as applicable; 

5 ‘‘(II) how the activities will com6 ply with the priority of service de7 scribed in subsection (e)(3); and 

8 ‘‘(III) how the activities will be 

9 made available through the one-stop 

10 delivery system described in sub11 section (b)(2)(A)(iv); 

12 ‘‘(iii) the goals the State, local area, 

13 or consortium intends to achieve through 

14 such activities, which shall be aligned with 

15 the purpose described in subsection (a); 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iv) a description of any reforms or 

18 improvements, including any reforms or 

19 improvements that may be evidence-based, 

20 to service delivery to be carried out under 

21 the project. 

22 ‘‘(B) A description of the performance out23 comes the State, the local area, or consortium 

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1 year of the pilot project period as described in 

2 subsection (f)(1). 

3 ‘‘(C) A description of how the State, local 

4 area, or consortium consulted with employers, 

5 the State board, and the local boards in the 

6 State in determining the activities to carry out 

7 under the pilot project. 

8 ‘‘(D) A description of how the State will 

9 make such activities available to jobseekers and 

10 employers in each of the local areas in the State 

11 or, in a case of a project that will be carried out 

12 by a local area or a consortium, a description 

13 of how such services will be made available to 

14 jobseekers and employers in such local area or 

15 each of the local areas in the consortium. 

16 ‘‘(E) A description, if appropriate, of how 

17 the State, local area, or consortium will inte18 grate the funds received, and the activities car19 ried out, under the pilot project under this sec20 tion with funds and activities for State work21 force development programs and other Federal, 

22 State, or local workforce, education, or social 

23 service programs (including the programs and 

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1 authorized under title II, and the program au2 thorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act 

3 of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.)). 

4 ‘‘(F) An assurance that the State, local 

5 area, or consortium will meet the requirements 

6 of this section. 

7 ‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) approve an application submitted 

10 under this subsection, and the pilot project 

11 described in such application, not later 

12 than 90 days after the date on which such 

13 application is submitted, unless the Sec14 retary meets the requirements of clause 

15 (ii); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) have the authority to disapprove 

17 such application only if, by not later than 

18 90 days after the date on which such appli19 cation is submitted, the Secretary— 

20 ‘‘(I) determines— 

21 ‘‘(aa) that such application 

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1 ‘‘(bb) that such application 

2 fails to meet the requirements of 

3 this section; and 

4 ‘‘(II) in a case which the Sec5 retary makes the determination de6 scribed in subclause (I)(bb), provides 

7 to the State a written explanation of 

8 initial disapproval that meets the re9 quirements of subparagraph (B). 

10 ‘‘(B) INITIAL DISAPPROVAL.—An expla11 nation of initial disapproval provided by the 

12 Secretary to a State under subparagraph 

13 (A)(ii)(II) shall provide the State with— 

14 ‘‘(i) a detailed explanation of why the 

15 application does not meet the requirements 

16 of this section; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) if the State is not subject to the 

18 limitations described in subsection (c), an 

19 opportunity to revise and resubmit the 

20 State’s application under this section. 

21 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

22 in this paragraph shall be construed to require 

23 the Secretary to approve more pilot projects 

24 than allowed under the limitations described in 

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1 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In approving pilot projects 

2 under this section in the case that more eligible 

3 States, for the State as a whole, or more States, on 

4 behalf of local areas and consortia of local areas, 

5 have submitted applications that meet the require6 ments of this section than the Secretary is allowed 

7 to approve pursuant to the limitations described in 

8 subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall give priority 

9 consideration as follows: 

10 ‘‘(A) For applications seeking a pilot 

11 project for the eligible State as a whole— 

12 ‘‘(i) first, to applications submitted by 

13 eligible States with a population of not 

14 more than 5,000,000 and not less than 15 

15 workforce boards, as of the date of enact16 ment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

17 America Act; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) second, to applications submitted 

19 by eligible States that have achieved the 

20 State adjusted levels of performance for 

21 the youth program authorized under chap22 ter 2 of subtitle B and the adult and dis23 located worker programs authorized under 

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1 program year for which performance infor2 mation is available. 

3 ‘‘(B) For applications seeking a pilot 

4 project for a local area or consortium of local 

5 areas, to applications submitted by local areas 

6 or consortia of local areas that have achieved 

7 the negotiated local levels of performance for 

8 such youth program and such adult and dis9 located worker programs in the most recent 

10 program year for which performance informa11 tion is available. 

12 ‘‘(e) STATE PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—A 

13 State, local area, or consortium that has been approved 

14 to carry out a pilot project under this section shall meet 

15 each of the following requirements: 

16 ‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—Use the funds received 

17 pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) solely to carry out 

18 the activities of the pilot project to achieve the goals 

19 of the pilot project, as described in subsection 

20 (d)(2)(A). 

21 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS LIMITATION.— 

22 Use not more than 10 percent of the funds received 

23 pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) for a fiscal year for 

24 the administrative costs of carrying out the pilot 

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1 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY FOR SERVICES.—Give priority 

2 for services under the project to veterans and their 

3 eligible spouses in accordance with the requirements 

4 of section 4215 of title 38, United States Code, re5 cipients of public assistance, low-income individuals, 

6 individuals who have foundational skill needs, oppor7 tunity youth, and dislocated workers. 

8 ‘‘(4) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.—Serve a 

9 number of participants under the activities of the 

10 pilot project for each year of the pilot project period 

11 that— 

12 ‘‘(A) is greater than the number of partici13 pants served by such State, local area, or con14 sortium, as applicable, under the programs de15 scribed in subparagraph (A) of section 3(13) 

16 for the most recent program year that ended 

17 prior to the beginning of the first year of the 

18 pilot project period; or 

19 ‘‘(B) is not less than the number of par20 ticipants to be served under the activities of the 

21 pilot project that is agreed upon between the 

22 State, local area, or consortium, as applicable, 

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1 ‘‘(i) prior to the Secretary’s approval 

2 of the application submitted under sub3 section (d); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) after the Secretary takes into ac5 count— 

6 ‘‘(I) the goals the State, local 

7 area, or consortium intends to achieve 

8 through the pilot project; and 

9 ‘‘(II) the participants the State, 

10 local area, or consortium intends to 

11 serve under such project. 

12 ‘‘(5) REPORTING OUTCOMES.—Submit, on an 

13 annual basis, to the Secretary a report, with respect 

14 to such State, local area, or consortium— 

15 ‘‘(A) on participant outcomes for each in16 dicator of performance described in subsection 

17 (f)(1)(A) for the activities carried out under the 

18 project; 

19 ‘‘(B) on the applicable requirements of sec20 tion 116(d)(2), including— 

21 ‘‘(i) subparagraph (B) of such section; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(ii) subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), 

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1 subparagraphs are applicable to activities 

2 under the pilot project; and 

3 ‘‘(C) containing a description of how the 

4 State spent the amounts reserved under sub5 section (b)(1)(C) or the local area or consor6 tium spent the amounts reserved under sub7 section (b)(1)(D), as applicable, and any evi8 dence-based practices developed with such 

9 amounts. 

10 ‘‘(6) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN EXISTING RE11 QUIREMENTS.—Comply with the statutory or regu12 latory requirements listed in subparagraphs (A) and 

13 (B) of subsection (b)(2). 

14 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF BASELINE LEVELS

16 FOR PERFORMANCE.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall de18 scribe in the application submitted under sub19 section (d), for each year of the pilot project pe20 riod— 

21 ‘‘(i) with respect to participants who 

22 are at least 25 years old, the expected 

23 State levels of performance or expected 

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1 formance under section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) for 

2 the activities carried out under the project 

3 under this section, which shall meet the re4 quirements of subparagraph (B); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) with respect to participants who 

6 are at least 16 years old and not older 

7 than 24 years old, the expected State levels 

8 of performance or expected local levels of 

9 performance, as the case may be, for each 

10 of the indicators of performance under sec11 tion 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) for the activities car12 ried out under the project under this sec13 tion, which shall meet the requirements of 

14 subparagraph (B). 

15 ‘‘(B) FIFTH YEAR.—Each of the expected 

16 levels of performance established pursuant to 

17 subparagraph (A) for each of the indicators of 

18 performance for the fifth year of the pilot 

19 project period shall be higher than— 

20 ‘‘(i) the highest State adjusted or ne21 gotiated local level of performance, as ap22 plicable, for the corresponding indicator of 

23 performance for the programs described in 

24 subparagraph (A) of section 3(13), for the 

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1 that ended prior to the beginning of the 

2 first year of the pilot project period; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) an alternate baseline level of per4 formance that— 

5 ‘‘(I) shall not be lower than the 

6 most recent State adjusted or nego7 tiated local level of performance (in8 cluding any revisions) for the cor9 responding indicator of performance 

10 for the youth program under chapter 

11 2 of subtitle B or the adult or dis12 located worker program under chapter 

13 3 of such subtitle (using the program 

14 determined most applicable by the 

15 Governor of the State submitting the 

16 application), taking into account the 

17 goals the State intends to achieve 

18 through the pilot project and the par19 ticipants the State intends to serve 

20 through such project; and 

21 ‘‘(II) is agreed upon between the 

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1 tion submitted under subsection 

2 (d); and 

3 ‘‘(bb) after the Secretary 

4 takes into account— 

5 ‘‘(AA) the goals the 

6 State intends to achieve 

7 through the pilot project; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(BB) the participants 

10 the State intends to serve 

11 under such project. 

12 ‘‘(C) AGREED LEVEL FOR PERFORMANCE

13 ON EXPECTED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

14 Prior to approving an application for a pilot 

15 project submitted by a State, and using the ex16 pected levels of performance described in such 

17 application, the Secretary shall reach an agree18 ment with such State on the expected levels of 

19 performance for each of the indicators of per20 formance. In reaching an agreement on such 

21 expected levels of performance, the Secretary 

22 and the State may consider the factors de23 scribed in section 116(b)(3)(A)(v). 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions de2 scribed in section 116(f)(1)(B) shall apply to a 

3 State, local area, or consortium of local areas 

4 beginning on the third year of the pilot project 

5 period (and, for failures described in clause 

6 (ii)(II) of that section, shall first apply for con7 secutive failures in that third year and the fol8 lowing year) for such State, local area, or con9 sortium, except that the expected levels of per10 formance established under paragraph (1) shall 

11 be— 

12 ‘‘(i) deemed to be levels of perform13 ance agreed to under section 

14 116(b)(3)(A)(iv), for purposes of this para15 graph; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) adjusted at the end of each pro17 gram year to reflect the actual characteris18 tics of participants served and the actual 

19 economic conditions experienced using a 

20 statistical adjustment model similar to the 

21 model described in section 

22 116(b)(3)(A)(viii). 

23 ‘‘(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR RENEWAL.—A 

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1 to such sanctions shall be ineligible to renew its 

2 pilot project period under subsection (c). 

3 ‘‘(3) IMPACT OF LOCAL OR CONSORTIUM PILOT

4 PROJECTS ON STATEWIDE ACCOUNTABILITY.—With 

5 respect to a State with an approved pilot project for 

6 a local area or consortium of local areas in the 

7 State— 

8 ‘‘(A) the performance of such local area or 

9 consortium for the programs described in sub10 paragraph (A) of section 3(13) shall not be in11 cluded in the levels of performance for such 

12 State for any of such programs for purposes of 

13 section 116 for any program year that is appli14 cable to any year of the pilot project period; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) with respect to any local areas of the 

17 State that are not part of the pilot project, the 

18 State shall reach a new agreement with the 

19 Secretary, for purposes of section 116(b)(3)(A), 

20 on levels of performance for such programs for 

21 such program years. 

22 ‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—Except as provided under sub23 section (c)(1)(B), the Secretary may not approve a pilot 

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1 SEC. 198. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

2 Section 194 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor3 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3254)) is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(16)(A) IN GENERAL.—Each recipient of 

6 funds described in section 128(a), section 128(b), or 

7 section 133(b) or under subtitle C or D (including 

8 a provider described in section 122(i) that is award9 ed such funds by a State or local area) shall provide 

10 to the appropriate entity an assurance that the re11 cipient will adhere to the requirements under sub12 sections (a) and (b) of section 181. 

13 ‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE ENTITY.—For the purposes 

14 of this paragraph, the term ‘appropriate entity’ 

15 means— 

16 ‘‘(i) in the case of any funds described in 

17 section 128(a), the Governor of the State pro18 viding such funds; 

19 ‘‘(ii) in the case of any funds described in 

20 section 128(b) or section 133(b), the local 

21 board providing such funds; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) in the case of any funds under sub23 title C or D, the Secretary. 

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1 ‘‘(A) LOW-DENSITY WORKFORCE AREA

2 CONSIDERATIONS.—In the case of a local area 

3 located in a ‘low-density workforce area’, sec4 tion 129(c)(4) shall be applied— 

5 ‘‘(i) by substituting ‘25 percent’ for 

6 ‘40 percent’; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) by substituting ‘7 and 1/2 per8 cent’ for ‘12 and 1/2 percent’. 

9 ‘‘(B) LOW-DENSITY WORKFORCE AREA

10 DEFINITION.—In this title, the term ‘low-den11 sity workforce area’ means a State with a popu12 lation density of less than 1.5 persons per 

13 square mile, as determined by the most recent 

14 decennial census of the Bureau of the Census.’’. 

15 TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION 

16 AND LITERACY 

17 SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 

18 Section 202 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor19 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3271) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(including 

21 digital literacy skills)’’ before ‘‘necessary’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘secondary 

23 school diploma’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high school 

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1 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘English lan2 guage learners’’ and inserting ‘‘English learners’’. 

3 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 203 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor5 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘and speak’’ and in9 serting ‘‘listen, speak, and comprehend’’; 

10 and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘secondary’’ and in12 serting ‘‘regular high’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

16 subparagraph (D); and 

17 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) develop and use digital literacy skills; 

20 and’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

22 (14), (15), (16), and (17), as paragraphs (4) 

23 through (15), (17), (18), and (19), respectively; 

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1 ‘‘(3) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.—The term 

2 ‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 

3 term in section 202 of the Museum and Library 

4 Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101).’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (5)(C) (as so redesignated)— 

6 (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(i) has foundational skill needs;’’; 

9 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘secondary’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘regular high’’; and 

11 (C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘English 

12 language learner’’ and inserting ‘‘English learn13 er’’; 

14 (5) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘English learners’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)(I), by striking 

19 ‘‘secondary’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high’’; 

20 (6) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)— 

21 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

22 ‘‘LANGUAGE’’; and 

23 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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1 (7) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

2 in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

3 ‘‘and educational’’ after ‘‘the economic’’; 

4 (8) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘English language learn6 ers’’ and inserting ‘‘English learners’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘and may include work8 force training.’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘and may— 

10 ‘‘(A) include skills development, postsec11 ondary preparation activities, digital literacy 

12 skills instruction, financial literacy instruction, 

13 and workforce training; and 

14 ‘‘(B) be provided concurrently with other 

15 activities and services, such as adult edu16 cation.’’; 

17 (9) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated), by 

18 striking ‘‘and speak in English, compute, and solve 

19 problems,’’ and inserting ‘‘speak, and comprehend in 

20 English, compute, solve problems, and have digital 

21 literacy skills,’’; and 

22 (10) by inserting after paragraph (15) (as so 

23 redesignated) the following: 

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1 ties’ means academic counseling (which may be pro2 vided by a college and career navigator) and services 

3 designed to support enrollment and success in post4 secondary education that include assisting individ5 uals to— 

6 ‘‘(A) identify postsecondary educational op7 tions that prepare individuals for unsubsidized 

8 employment; 

9 ‘‘(B) navigate the transition from adult 

10 education to postsecondary education; 

11 ‘‘(C) navigate the transition from adult 

12 education to workforce development programs 

13 and services; 

14 ‘‘(D) coenroll in adult education and work15 force development programs, if applicable; 

16 ‘‘(E) improve academic skills so that indi17 viduals are prepared to participate in postsec18 ondary education without need for remediation; 

19 or 

20 ‘‘(F) learn notetaking, study skills, and 

21 other skills that promote student success in 

22 postsecondary education.’’. 

23 SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title $751,042,100 for each of the fiscal years 2025 

4 through 2030.’’. 

5 SEC. 204. SPECIAL RULE. 

6 Section 211 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor7 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3291) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘sec9 ondary’’ and inserting ‘‘regular high’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘period de11 scribed in section 3(45)’’ and inserting ‘‘period de12 scribed in subparagraph (B) of section 3(50)’’. 

13 SEC. 205. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 

14 Section 212 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor15 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3292) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 212. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Programs and activities author18 ized in this title are subject to the performance account19 ability provisions described in section 116, except that the 

20 indicator described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i)(VI) of such 

21 section shall be applied as if it were the percentage of pro22 gram participants who exited the program during the pro23 gram year and completed an integrated education and 

24 training program. 

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1 1015c(a)), the Secretary is authorized to collect 

2 deidentified participant-level data for participants in pro3 grams and activities funded under this title on the infor4 mation required for State performance reports as de5 scribed in section 116(d) for the sole purpose of admin6 istering the performance accountability system under sec7 tion 116.’’. 

8 SEC. 206. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

9 Section 222(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Op10 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3302(b)) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION

13 ON MATCHING FUNDS.—Each eligible agency shall 

14 maintain, on a publicly accessible website of such 

15 agency and in an easily accessible format, informa16 tion documenting the non-Federal contributions 

17 made available to programs that offer adult edu18 cation and literacy activities or family literacy activi19 ties pursuant to this subsection, including— 

20 ‘‘(A) the sources of such contributions, ex21 cept that in the case of private contributions, 

22 names of the individuals or entities providing 

23 such contributions may not be disclosed; and 

24 ‘‘(B) in the case of funds made available 

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1 how such funds are distributed to eligible pro2 viders.’’. 

3 SEC. 207. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 

4 Section 223(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op5 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3303(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ac8 tivities.’’ and inserting ‘‘activities and the iden9 tification of opportunities to coordinate with ac10 tivities supported under the Carl D. Perkins 

11 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 

12 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) to expand integrated 

13 education and training programs.’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

15 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘based on 

16 the most rigorous or scientifically valid re17 search available and appropriate, in read18 ing, writing, speaking, mathematics,’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘based on evidence-based prac20 tices, in reading, writing, speaking, 

21 English comprehension, mathematics,’’; 

22 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

23 the end; 

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1 (iv) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(iv) assistance in reporting partici4 pant outcomes for the performance ac5 countability system described in section 

6 212, including facilitating partnerships 

7 with the appropriate State entities to con8 duct matches with State administrative 

9 data (such as wage records) to determine 

10 program performance on the indicators of 

11 performance described in subclauses (I) 

12 through (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) 

13 and which may include assistance in inte14 grating with statewide longitudinal data 

15 systems.’’; 

16 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

17 subparagraph (E); and 

18 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) The development, identification, ac21 quisition, and dissemination (which may be 

22 done in coordination with other States) of evi23 dence-based instructional materials (to the ex24 tent available) that lead to literacy, English lan25 guage acquisition, a recognized postsecondary 


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1 credential, or any combination of such results; 

2 and— 

3 ‘‘(i) are designed to meet the needs of 

4 adult learners, including English learners, 

5 and may be developed for integrated edu6 cation and training in an in-demand indus7 try sector or occupation within the State; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) will improve the instruction pro10 vided pursuant to the local activities re11 quired under section 231(b).’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), 

14 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), and (M), as 

15 subparagraphs (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), 

16 (M), and (R), respectively; 

17 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(E) Developing content and models for 

20 programs that support family literacy activi21 ties.’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘mathematics, and 

2 English’’ and inserting ‘‘mathematics, 

3 English’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘acquisition;’’ and in5 serting ‘‘acquisition, and digital literacy 

6 skills;’’; 

7 (D) by striking subparagraph (K) (as so 

8 redesignated) and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(K) Developing and piloting of strategies 

10 for improving adult educator recruitment, qual11 ity, and retention, such as— 

12 ‘‘(i) the provision of professional de13 velopment; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the development and mainte15 nance of policies for awarding recognized 

16 postsecondary credentials to adult edu17 cators who demonstrate effectiveness at 

18 improving the achievement of adult stu19 dents.’’; 

20 (E) in subparagraph (L) (as so redesig21 nated), by striking ‘‘English language learners’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘English learners’’; 

23 (F) in subparagraph (M) (as so redesig24 nated), by inserting ‘‘, which may include 

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1 agencies or public agencies to recruit eligible in2 dividuals’’ after ‘‘employers’’; and 

3 (G) by inserting after subparagraph (M) 

4 (as so redesignated) the following: 

5 ‘‘(N) Performance incentive payments to 

6 eligible providers, including incentive payments 

7 linked to increased use of integrated education 

8 and training or other forms of instruction link9 ing adult education with the development of oc10 cupational skills for an in-demand industry sec11 tor or occupation in the State. 

12 ‘‘(O) Strengthening the quality and effec13 tiveness of adult education and programs that 

14 support family literacy activities in the State 

15 through support for program quality standards 

16 and accreditation requirements. 

17 ‘‘(P) Raising public awareness (including 

18 through public service announcements, such as 

19 social media campaigns) about career and tech20 nical education programs and community-based 

21 organizations, and other endeavors focused on 

22 programs that prepare individuals for in-de23 mand industry sectors or occupations. 

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1 SEC. 208. PROGRAMS FOR CORRECTIONS EDUCATION AND 

2 OTHER INSTITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS. 

3 Section 225 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor4 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3305) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available 

9 under section 222(a)(1) for a fiscal year, each eligi10 ble agency shall carry out corrections education and 

11 education for justice-involved individuals and other 

12 institutionalized individuals. 

13 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—An eligible agency granting 

14 awards from funds authorized under paragraph (1) 

15 shall give priority to an eligible entity that proposes 

16 to operate an educational program in a correctional 

17 institution that is also served by a program author18 ized under section 172.’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

21 by striking ‘‘for criminal offenders in correc22 tional institutions and for other institutional23 ized individuals’’ and inserting ‘‘for justice-in24 volved individuals in correctional institutions 

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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sec2 ondary school credit’’ and inserting ‘‘attainment 

3 of a regular high school diploma or its recog4 nized equivalent’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘criminal of6 fenders’’ and inserting ‘‘justice-involved individuals’’; 

7 (4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

8 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 

9 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—Each eligible agency that is 

12 using assistance provided under this section to carry out 

13 a program for justice-involved individuals within a correc14 tional institution shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) coordinate such educational programs with 

16 career and technical education activities provided to 

17 individuals in State institutions from funds reserved 

18 under section 112(a)(2)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins 

19 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

20 U.S.C. 2322(a)(2)(A)); 

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1 ‘‘(3) coordinate with institutions of higher edu2 cation operating a prison education program in the 

3 State; and 

4 ‘‘(4) if the correctional institution is also served 

5 by a program authorized under section 172, provide 

6 a description of how the award funds under this sec7 tion will be used to carry out the activities described 

8 in section 172, in conjunction with the activities de9 scribed in subsection (b).’’; 

10 (6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by 

11 striking ‘‘criminal offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘justice12 involved individuals’’; and 

13 (7) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking 

15 ‘‘criminal offenders’’ and inserting ‘‘justice-in16 volved individuals’’; and 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert18 ing the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL.—The 

20 term ‘justice-involved individual’ means any indi21 vidual who has been adjudicated delinquent or con22 victed of a crime and imprisoned under Federal or 

23 State law. 

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1 the term in section 484 of the Higher Education Act 

2 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091).’’. 

3 SEC. 209. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR ELIGIBLE PRO4 VIDERS. 

5 Section 231 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3321) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘From grant funds’’ and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From grant funds’’; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(2) PROMPT AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Each 

13 eligible agency shall ensure that funds are available 

14 for reimbursement to an eligible provider that is 

15 awarded a multiyear grant or contract under para16 graph (1) not later than 45 days after the date on 

17 which the multiyear grant or contract is awarded.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

19 203(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(5)’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (e)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking 

22 ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(C) uses instructional materials that are 

8 designed to meet the needs of adult learners 

9 and English learners and are evidence-based (to 

10 the extent practicable), which may include, but 

11 shall not be required to include, the instruc12 tional materials disseminated by the State 

13 under section 223(a)(1)(D);’’; 

14 (C) in paragraph (6)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘speaking, mathe16 matics, and English’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘speaking and listening, mathematics, 

18 comprehension, and English’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon 

20 at the end the following: ‘‘, which may in21 clude the application of the principles of 

22 universal design for learning’’; and 

23 (D) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘local 

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

2 ‘‘(f) COST ANALYSIS.—In determining the amount of 

3 funds to be awarded in grants or contracts under this sec4 tion, the eligible agency may consider the costs of pro5 viding learning in context, including integrated education 

6 and training and workplace adult education and literacy 

7 activities, and the extent to which the eligible provider in8 tends to serve individuals using such activities, in order 

9 to align the amount of funds awarded with such costs.’’. 

10 SEC. 210. LOCAL APPLICATION. 

11 Section 232 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor12 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3322) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and coordi14 nate with the appropriate State entity’’ after ‘‘data’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘, such as how the eligible provider may 

17 provide adult education and literacy activities in a 

18 manner that is integrated with postsecondary prepa19 ration activities to enable students to prepare for op20 portunities to attain a recognized postsecondary cre21 dential;’’; 

22 (3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para23 graph (8); and 

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1 ‘‘(7) a description of how the eligible provider 

2 will provide learning in context, including through 

3 partnerships with employers to offer workplace adult 

4 education and literacy activities and integrated edu5 cation and training; and’’. 

6 SEC. 211. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITS. 

7 Section 233(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Op8 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3323(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘95’’ and in10 serting ‘‘85’’; and 

11 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(2) the remaining amount— 

14 ‘‘(A) not to exceed 10 percent, may be 

15 used for professional development for adult edu16 cators; and 

17 ‘‘(B) not to exceed 5 percent, shall be used 

18 for planning, administration (including carrying 

19 out the requirements of section 116), profes20 sional development of administrative staff, and 

21 the activities described in paragraphs (3) and 

22 (5) of section 232.’’. 

23 SEC. 212. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 

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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘116;’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘116, including the dissemination of effec3 tive practices used by States to use statewide longi4 tudinal data systems or other sources of administra5 tive data to determine program performance and re6 duce the data collection and reporting burden on eli7 gible providers;’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

11 ‘‘including, where appropriate, the applica12 tion of the principles of universal design 

13 for learning and’’ after ‘‘literacy activi14 ties,’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘English learners’’; and 

18 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

19 ‘‘skills’’ after ‘‘digital literacy’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 

22 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘rig23 orous research’’ and inserting ‘‘evi24 dence-based practices’’; and 

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1 (aa) in subclause (I), by 

2 striking ‘‘adults with’’ and all 

3 that follows through the semi4 colon and inserting ‘‘adults with 

5 disabilities, including adults with 

6 learning disabilities, and with 

7 adults who are English learn8 ers;’’; 

9 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

10 striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi11 colon; 

12 (cc) in subclause (IV), by in13 serting ‘‘and’’ after the semi14 colon; and 

15 (dd) by adding at the end 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(V) programs that offer family 

18 literacy activities;’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

21 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

22 (G) as subparagraph (J); and 

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1 ‘‘(G) developing and rigorously evaluating 

2 programs for the preparation of effective adult 

3 educators and disseminating the results of such 

4 evaluations; 

5 ‘‘(H) carrying out initiatives to support the 

6 effectiveness and impact of adult education, 

7 that States may adopt on a voluntary basis, 

8 through— 

9 ‘‘(i) the development and dissemina10 tion of staffing models, which may include 

11 full-time staffing models, that prioritize 

12 demonstrated effectiveness and continuous 

13 improvement in supporting the learning of 

14 adult students; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the evaluation and improvement 

16 of program quality standards and accredi17 tation requirements; 

18 ‘‘(I) providing technical assistance to eligi19 ble agencies regarding effective professional de20 velopment for programs that offer adult edu21 cation and literacy activities or family literacy 

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1 SEC. 213. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 

2 EDUCATION. 

3 Section 243(c)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and 

4 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3333(c)(1)) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘English language learners’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘English learners’’. 

7 TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 

8 OTHER LAWS 

9 SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2(5) of the Wagner11 Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)) is amended by inserting 

12 ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

13 American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 

14 (b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW REQUIRE15 MENT.—Section 5(b)(1) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 

16 U.S.C. 49d(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Common17 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or American 

18 Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 

19 (c) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser 

20 Act (29 U.S.C. 49e) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘except for Guam’’ and in23 serting ‘‘except for Guam, the Commonwealth 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘first allot to Guam and 

2 the Virgin Islands’’ and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘first allot— 

4 ‘‘(1) to Guam and the Virgin Islands’’; 

5 (C) by striking the period at the end and 

6 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(2) beginning with the first fiscal year for 

9 which the total amount available for allotments 

10 under this section is greater than the total amount 

11 available for allotments under this section for fiscal 

12 year 2024, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to 

13 each of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

14 Islands and American Samoa, an amount which is 

15 equal to one-half of the amount allotted to Guam 

16 under paragraph (1) for the corresponding fiscal 

17 year.’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter following 

19 subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, the Common20 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American 

21 Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam’’. 

22 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 7 of the Wagner23 Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49f) is amended— 

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1 ers, and the services described in section 

2 134(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and 

3 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)(ii)) when 

4 provided by the employment service office colocated 

5 with the one-stop delivery system’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting before the pe7 riod at the end the following: ‘‘and in accordance 

8 with the requirements of section 134(c)(2)(A)(i)(I) 

9 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

10 (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)(i)(I))’’. 

11 (e) WORKFORCE AND LABOR MARKET INFORMATION

12 SYSTEM.—Section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 

13 U.S.C. 49l–2) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

17 by striking ‘‘timely manner’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘manner that is as close to real-time as 

19 practicable’’; 

20 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘part21 time, and seasonal workers’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘part-time, contingent, and seasonal work23 ers, and workers engaged in alternative 

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1 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 

2 (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii), the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(iii) real-time trends in new and 

7 emerging occupational roles, and in new 

8 and emerging skills by occupation and in9 dustry, with particular attention paid to 

10 State and local conditions;’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 

12 ‘‘(including, to the extent practicable, real13 time)’’ after ‘‘current’’; and 

14 (C) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

15 ‘‘user-friendly manner and’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘manner that makes the data, information, and 

17 analysis available on-demand and is user-friend18 ly,’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(F)— 

20 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘(including, to the extent practicable, 

22 provided in real time);’’; 

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1 (C) by inserting after clause (i), as so 

2 amended, the following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) the capabilities of digital tech4 nology and modern data collection ap5 proaches are effectively utilized; and’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (e)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘section 

7 116(i)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor8 tunity Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 116(j)(2) of the 

9 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act’’; and 

10 (4) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 $64,532,600 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 

15 2030.’’. 

16 SEC. 302. JOB TRAINING GRANTS. 

17 Section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 

18 Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3224a) 

19 is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(c) JOB TRAINING GRANTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENT.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available 

23 under section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and 

24 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), the Sec25 retary of Labor shall, for each fiscal year— 


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1 ‘‘(i) return permanently 12 percent of 

2 such amounts in each fiscal year to the 

3 general fund of the Treasury; 

4 ‘‘(ii) use $65,000,000 of such funds to 

5 carry out the program established under 

6 section 173 of the Workforce Innovation 

7 and Opportunity Act; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) using the funds remaining after 

9 carrying out clauses (i) and (ii), make al10 lotments to each State that receives an al11 lotment under section 132(b) of the Work12 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

13 U.S.C. 3172(b)) for the purpose of pro14 viding training services through individual 

15 training accounts for eligible dislocated 

16 workers as described in paragraph (2)(A). 

17 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION; ALLOTMENT AMONG

18 STATES.— 

19 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION.—From the 

20 amount made available under subpara21 graph (A)(iii) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 22 ⁄4 of 1 

23 percent of such amount to provide assist24 ance to the outlying areas for the purpose 

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1 ‘‘(ii) ALLOTMENT AMONG STATES.— 

2 Subject to clause (iii) of this subpara3 graph, the Secretary shall use the remain4 der of the amount made available under 

5 subparagraph (A)(iii) (in this subpara6 graph referred to as the ‘remainder 

7 amount’) for a fiscal year to make allot8 ments to States described in subparagraph 

9 (A)(iii) on the following basis: 

‘‘(I) 33 and 1 10 ⁄3 percent shall be 

11 allotted on the basis of the relative 

12 number of unemployed individuals in 

13 each such State, compared to the total 

14 number of unemployed individuals in 

15 all such States. 

‘‘(II) 33 and 1 16 ⁄3 percent shall be 

17 allotted on the basis of the relative 

18 number of disadvantaged adults in 

19 each such State, compared to the total 

20 number of disadvantaged adults in all 

21 such States. 

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23 allotted on the basis of the relative 

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1 pared to the total number in the civil2 ian labor force in all such States. 

3 ‘‘(iii) SMALL STATE MINIMUM.—The 

4 Secretary shall ensure that no State shall 

5 receive an allotment under this subpara6 graph for a fiscal year that is less than— 

7 ‘‘(I) in the case of a fiscal year 

8 for which the remainder amount is 

not more than $180,000,000, 3 9 ⁄10 of 1 

10 percent of such remainder amount; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) in the case of a fiscal year 

13 for which the remainder amount ex14 ceeds $180,000,000, the total of— 

‘‘(aa) 3 15 ⁄10 of 1 percent of 

16 $180,000,000; and 

‘‘(bb) 2 17 ⁄5 of 1 percent of 

18 such excess amount. 

19 ‘‘(iv) DISADVANTAGED ADULT DE20 FINED.—For purposes of this subpara21 graph and subparagraph (C), the term 

22 ‘disadvantaged adult’ has the meaning 

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1 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

2 3172(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV)). 

3 ‘‘(v) REALLOTMENT.— 

4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Sec5 retary of Labor shall, in accordance 

6 with this clause, reallot to eligible 

7 States amounts that are made avail8 able to States from allotments made 

9 under this subparagraph (referred to 

10 individually in this subsection as a 

11 ‘State allotment’) and that are avail12 able for reallotment. 

13 ‘‘(II) AMOUNT.—The amount 

14 available for reallotment for a pro15 gram year is equal to the amount by 

16 which the unobligated balance of the 

17 State allotment, at the end of the pro18 gram year prior to the program year 

19 for which the determination under 

20 this subclause is made, exceeds 20 

21 percent of such allotment for the prior 

22 program year. 

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1 clause (II) for a program year, the 

2 Secretary shall allot to each eligible 

3 State an amount based on the relative 

4 amount of the State allotment for the 

5 program year for which the deter6 mination is made, as compared to the 

7 total amount of the State allotments 

8 for all eligible States for such pro9 gram year. 

10 ‘‘(IV) ELIGIBILITY.—For pur11 poses of this subsection, an ‘eligible 

12 State’ means a State that does not 

13 have an amount available for reallot14 ment under subclause (II) for the pro15 gram year for which the determina16 tion under subclause (II) is made. 

17 ‘‘(C) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Governor 

19 shall allocate the funds allotted to the 

20 State under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal 

21 year to the local areas in the State on the 

22 following basis: 

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‘‘(II) 33 and 1 1 ⁄3 percent of the 

2 funds on the basis described in sub3 paragraph (B)(ii)(II). 

‘‘(III) 33 and 1 4 ⁄3 percent of the 

5 funds on the basis described in sub6 paragraph (B)(ii)(III). 

7 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—For purposes of 

8 carrying out clause (i)— 

9 ‘‘(I) references in subparagraph 

10 (B)(ii) to a State shall be deemed to 

11 be references to a local area; and 

12 ‘‘(II) references in subparagraph 

13 (B)(ii) to all States shall be deemed to 

14 be references to all local areas in the 

15 State involved. 

16 ‘‘(iii) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL

17 AREAS.— 

18 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Gov19 ernor may, in accordance with this 

20 clause and after consultation with the 

21 State board, reallocate to eligible local 

22 areas within the State amounts that 

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1 subsection as a ‘local allocation’) and 

2 that are available for reallocation. 

3 ‘‘(II) AMOUNT.—The amount 

4 available for reallocation for a pro5 gram year is equal to the amount by 

6 which the unobligated balance of the 

7 local allocation, at the end of the pro8 gram year prior to the program year 

9 for which the determination under 

10 this subclause is made, exceeds 20 

11 percent of such allocation for the 

12 prior program year. 

13 ‘‘(III) REALLOCATION.—In mak14 ing reallocations to eligible local areas 

15 of amounts available pursuant to sub16 clause (II) for a program year, the 

17 Governor shall allocate to each eligible 

18 local area within the State an amount 

19 based on the relative amount of the 

20 local allocation for the program year 

21 for which the determination is made, 

22 as compared to the total amount of 

23 the local allocations for all eligible 

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1 ‘‘(IV) ELIGIBILITY.—For pur2 poses of this subsection, an eligible 

3 local area means a local area that 

4 does not have an amount available for 

5 reallotment under subclause (II) for 

6 the program year for which the deter7 mination under subclause (II) is 

8 made. 

9 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds allocated pur11 suant to paragraph (1) to a local area shall be 

12 used to pay, through the use of an individual 

13 training account in accordance with section 

14 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation 

15 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)), an eligible provider of train17 ing services from the list of eligible providers of 

18 training services described in section 122(d) of 

19 such Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)) for training serv20 ices provided to eligible dislocated workers in 

21 the local area. 

22 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL

23 AREAS.—As a condition of receipt of funds 

24 under paragraph (1), a local area shall agree to 

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1 ‘‘(i) REQUIRED NOTICE TO WORK2 ERS.—Prior to an eligible dislocated work3 er selecting a program of training services 

4 from the list of eligible providers of train5 ing services under section 122(d) of the 

6 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

7 (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)), the local area shall 

8 inform such dislocated worker of any op9 portunities the dislocated worker may have 

10 to participate in on-the-job training or em11 ployer-directed skills development funded 

12 through such local area. 

13 ‘‘(ii) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Except 

14 as provided in clause (iv)(II), a local 

15 area— 

16 ‘‘(I) may not limit the maximum 

17 amount available for an individual 

18 training account for an eligible dis19 located worker under subparagraph 

20 (A) to an amount that is less than 

21 $5,000; and 

22 ‘‘(II) may not pay an amount, 

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1 igible dislocated worker that exceeds 

2 the costs of such services. 

3 ‘‘(iii) WIOA FUNDS.—A local area 

4 may not use funds made available to the 

5 local area for a fiscal year pursuant to sec6 tion 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innova7 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

8 3174(c)(1)(B)) to make payments under 

9 subparagraph (A) until the funds allocated 

10 to the local area pursuant to paragraph (1) 

11 of this subsection for such fiscal year have 

12 been exhausted. 

13 ‘‘(iv) EXHAUSTION OF ALLOCA14 TIONS.—Upon the exhaustion of the funds 

15 allocated to the local area pursuant to 

16 paragraph (1) of this subsection, for the 

17 purpose of paying, through the use of indi18 vidual training accounts under subpara19 graph (A), the costs of training services for 

20 eligible dislocated workers in the local area 

21 seeking such services, the local area— 

22 ‘‘(I) shall use any funds made 

23 available to the local area pursuant to 

24 section 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce 

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1 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)(B)) to pay for such 

2 costs under subparagraph (A) (other 

3 than any costs that exceed the limit 

4 set by the local area pursuant to 

5 clause (ii) or subclause (II)); and 

6 ‘‘(II) for any eligible dislocated 

7 worker who is not a low-income indi8 vidual, may limit the maximum 

9 amount available for the individual 

10 training account under subparagraph 

11 (A) for such worker to an amount 

12 that is less than $5,000. 

13 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE DISLOCATED WORKER.—A dis14 located worker shall be an eligible dislocated worker 

15 for purposes of this subsection if the dislocated 

16 worker— 

17 ‘‘(A) meets the requirements under section 

18 134(c)(3)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation 

19 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3174(c)(3)(A)(i)) to be eligible for training 

21 services; and 

22 ‘‘(B) has not received training services 

23 through an individual training account under 

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1 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

2 3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)) during the preceding 5-year 

3 period or, if such a worker has received such 

4 training services during such period, the worker 

5 has been granted an exception by the local area 

6 due to an exceptional circumstance, as deter7 mined by the local area. 

8 ‘‘(4) EXCESS DEMAND.—Upon the exhaustion 

9 of the funds allocated to a local area pursuant to 

10 paragraph (1) of this subsection and any funds that 

11 may be available to such local area pursuant to sec12 tion 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and 

13 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)(B)) for the 

14 purpose described in paragraph (2)(A) of this sub15 section, the local area— 

16 ‘‘(A) may request additional funds for such 

17 purpose from the Governor under section 

18 134(a)(2)(A)(i)(III) of the Workforce Innova19 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3174(a)(2)(A)(i)(III)); and 

21 ‘‘(B) shall not be required to pay for train22 ing services or establish an individual training 

23 account for an eligible dislocated worker. 

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1 meaning given such term in section 3 of the Work2 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

3 3102). 

4 ‘‘(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

5 this subsection shall be construed to provide an indi6 vidual with an entitlement to a service under this 

7 subsection or under title I of the Workforce Innova8 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) 

9 or to mandate a State or local area to provide a 

10 service if Federal funds are not available for such 

11 service.’’. 

12 SEC. 303. ACCESS TO NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW 

13 HIRES. 

14 Section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 653(j)(8)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘or conducting the report18 ing and evaluation activities required under sec19 tion 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Op20 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141)’’ after ‘‘State 

21 law’’; and 

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1 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘pur2 poses of administering a program referred to’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘the purposes specified’’. 

4 SEC. 304. REFERENCES TO OTHER LAWS. 

5 (a) REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE WORK6 FORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.— 

7 (1) Section 8041(g)(2)(C) of the SUPPORT for 

8 Patients and Communities Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3225a(g)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

10 172(f) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3227(f))’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘section 175(h) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

12 3227(h))’’. 

13 (2) Section 60302(23) of the Digital Equity Act 

14 of 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1721(23)) is amended by strik15 ing ‘‘section 3(66) of the Workforce Innovation and 

16 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(66))’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Op18 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)’’. 

19 (b) RELATED PROVISIONS.— 

20 (1) Section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and 

21 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)) is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘demonstration programs and projects’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘the programs, activities, and uses’’. 

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1 (A) in paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(D) of 

2 subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Job Corps center as 

3 defined’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Corps campus as 

4 described’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (d)(4)(A)(ii), by striking 

6 ‘‘Job Corps centers’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Corps 

7 campuses’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (e)(2)(E), by striking 

9 ‘‘Job Corps center’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Corps 

10 campus’’. 

11 (3) Section 7102(c) of the SUPPORT for Pa12 tients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb– 

13 7a(c)) is amended— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2)(I), by striking ‘‘(I)’’ 

15 and all that follows through ‘‘meaning’’, and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(I) OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.—The term 

18 ‘opportunity youth’ has the meaning’’; and 

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1 TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 LABOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

3 SEC. 401. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSFORMING TO 

4 COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

6 under subsection (c), the Secretary (acting through the 

7 Office of Disability Employment Policy in partnership 

8 with the Employment and Training Administration), in 

9 partnership with the Administration for Community Liv10 ing of the Department of Health and Human Services and 

11 the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Serv12 ices of the Department of Education, shall establish a 

13 Center for Technical Assistance for Transforming to Com14 petitive Integrated Employment to— 

15 (1) provide technical assistance to employers 

16 who are transitioning from employing individuals 

17 with disabilities using special certificates on such 

18 transition, which shall include technical assistance 

19 on providing services that result in competitive inte20 grated employment; 

21 (2) provide technical assistance to State agen22 cies seeking to support such employers described in 

23 paragraph (1) on such transition described in para24 graph (1) on coordination and alignment of services 

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1 technical assistance on how such services and fund2 ing can result in competitive integrated employment; 

3 (3) in providing the technical assistance de4 scribing in paragraphs (1) and (2), coordinate such 

5 technical assistance with education materials and op6 portunities made available through existing technical 

7 assistance provided by— 

8 (A) the Office of Disability Employment 

9 Policy; 

10 (B) the Employment and Training Admin11 istration; 

12 (C) the Administration for Community 

13 Living of the Department of Health and 

14 Human Services; and 

15 (D) the Office of Special Education and 

16 Rehabilitative Services of the Department of 

17 Education; and 

18 (4) in providing the technical assistance de19 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), make use of tech20 nical assistance that is in existence on the date of 

21 enactment of this Act, including the CIE Trans22 formation Hub, the Advancing State Policy Integra23 tion for Recovery and Employment Initiative, and 

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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOY3 MENT.—The term ‘‘competitive integrated employ4 ment’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

5 7(5) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

6 705(5)). 

7 (2) DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ in8 cludes any intellectual, developmental, mental health, 

9 or other disability. 

10 (3) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—The 

11 term ‘‘individuals with disabilities’’ means individ12 uals described in section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor 

13 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)). 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Labor. 

16 (5) SPECIAL CERTIFICATE.—The term ‘‘special 

17 certificate’’ means a special certificate issued under 

18 section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

19 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)). 

20 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

21 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com22 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territory of 

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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

3 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 

4 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 501. REPORT ON DATA CAPABILITY AND INTEROPER6 ABILITY OF FEDERAL AND STATE DATABASES 

7 AND DATA EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS. 

8 The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

9 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended by striking section 505 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 505. REPORT ON DATA CAPABILITY AND INTEROPER12 ABILITY OF FEDERAL AND STATE DATABASES 

13 AND DATA EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

15 United States shall prepare and submit an interim report 

16 and a final report to Congress regarding existing Federal 

17 and State databases and data exchange agreements, as of 

18 the date of the report, and the interoperability of data in 

19 such databases and agreements, that contain job training 

20 information relevant to the administration of programs 

21 authorized under this Act (as amended by the A Stronger 

22 Workforce for America Act) and the amendments made 

23 by this Act (as so amended). 

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1 ‘‘(1) list existing Federal and State databases 

2 and data exchange agreements described in sub3 section (a) and, for each, describe— 

4 ‘‘(A) the purposes of the database or 

5 agreement; 

6 ‘‘(B) the data elements, such as wage and 

7 employment outcomes, contained in the data8 base or accessible under the agreement; 

9 ‘‘(C) the data elements described in sub10 paragraph (B) that are shared between States; 

11 ‘‘(D) the Federal and State workforce 

12 training programs from which each Federal and 

13 State database derives the data elements de14 scribed in subparagraph (B); 

15 ‘‘(E) the number and type of common data 

16 elements across such databases and data ex17 change agreements; 

18 ‘‘(F) the number and type of Federal and 

19 State agencies having access to such data; 

20 ‘‘(G) the number and type of private re21 search organizations having access to, through 

22 grants, contracts, or other agreements, such 

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1 dures for individuals whose data is shared 

2 through the database or data exchange agree3 ment; and 

4 ‘‘(I) the volume of data being shared and 

5 applied to improve performance accountability 

6 and effectiveness of programs under this Act; 

7 ‘‘(2) study the effects that access by State 

8 workforce agencies and the Secretary of Labor to 

9 the databases and data exchange agreements de10 scribed in subsection (a) would have on efforts to 

11 carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 

12 Act, and on individual privacy; 

13 ‘‘(3) explore opportunities to enhance— 

14 ‘‘(A) the quality, reliability, timeliness, and 

15 reporting frequency of the data included in such 

16 databases and data exchange agreements; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the commonality and interoperability 

18 of data elements included in such databases and 

19 data exchange agreements; 

20 ‘‘(4) describe, for each database or data ex21 change agreement considered by the study described 

22 in subsection (a), the number of individuals whose 

23 data is contained in each database or accessible 

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1 elements contained in each that could be used to 

2 personally identify an individual; 

3 ‘‘(5) include the number of data breaches hav4 ing occurred since 2014 to data systems adminis5 tered by Federal and State agencies; 

6 ‘‘(6) include the number of data breaches re7 garding any type of personal data having occurred 

8 since 2014 to private research organizations with 

9 whom Federal and State agencies contract for stud10 ies; 

11 ‘‘(7) include a survey of the security protocols 

12 used for protecting personal data, including best 

13 practices shared amongst States for access to, and 

14 administration of, data elements stored and rec15 ommendations for improving security protocols for 

16 the safe warehousing of data elements; 

17 ‘‘(8) include an evaluation of the State wage 

18 interchange system developed by the Department of 

19 Labor and report on the effectiveness of the system 

20 in facilitating data exchange between State agencies 

21 for the purpose of assessing and reporting on State 

22 and local performance for the programs authorized 

23 under this Act; 

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1 designated, transparent, interoperable, and non2 proprietary data exchange standards using human 

3 readable and machine actionable data formats for 

4 necessary categories of information that a State 

5 agency operating a program under this Act may re6 ceive through each database or data exchange agree7 ment described in subsection (a); 

8 ‘‘(10) include a survey of— 

9 ‘‘(A) customer service and outcome man10 agement systems utilized by States for pro11 grams under each title of this Act; 

12 ‘‘(B) the level of interoperability (if any) of 

13 such systems; 

14 ‘‘(C) whether any State has successfully 

15 connected such a system serving a program 

16 under a title of this Act with such a system 

17 serving a program under another title of this 

18 Act; and 

19 ‘‘(D) the benefits achieved through any 

20 such connection; and 

21 ‘‘(11) describe the most significant develop22 ments and advancements pertaining to Federal and 

23 State databases and data exchange agreements de24 scribed in subsection (a) since the final report was 

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1 under this section, as in effect on the day before the 

2 date of enactment of the A Stronger Workforce for 

3 America Act. 

4 ‘‘(c) TIMING OF REPORTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 18 

6 months after the date of enactment of the A Strong7 er Workforce for America Act, the Comptroller Gen8 eral shall prepare and submit to Congress an interim 

9 report regarding the initial findings of the report re10 quired under this section. 

11 ‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

12 after the date of enactment of the A Stronger Work13 force for America Act, the Comptroller General shall 

14 prepare and submit to Congress the final report re15 quired under this section.’’. 

16 SEC. 502. EFFECTIVE DATES; TRANSITION AUTHORITY. 

17 (a) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—This division, and the 

19 amendments made by this division, shall take effect 

20 on the first day of the first full program year after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, except as other22 wise provided in this division. 

23 (2) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYS24 TEM.—The amendments made to section 116 of the 

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1 U.S.C. 3141) by this division shall take effect on the 

2 first day of the second full program year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, except that— 

4 (A) the amendments to clauses (iii) 

5 through (v) of subsection (b)(3)(A) of that sec6 tion 116 shall take effect on January 1, 2026; 

7 and 

8 (B) the amendment to paragraph (1) of 

9 subsection (d) of that section 116, the amend10 ments to subsections (i) and (j) of that section 

11 116 that are made by section 119(g) of this di12 vision, and the amendment to subsection (k) of 

13 that section 116, shall take effect on the day 

14 that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 

15 this Act. 

16 (3) ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYSTEM.—The amend17 ments made to section 121 of the Workforce Innova18 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151) by this 

19 division shall take effect on the first day of the sec20 ond full program year after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act. 

22 (4) YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVI23 TIES.—The amendments made to section 129 of the 

24 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

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1 first day of the second full program year after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act. 

3 (5) ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER ACTIVI4 TIES.—The amendments made to section 134 of the 

5 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

6 U.S.C. 3174) by this division shall take effect on the 

7 first day of the second full program year after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (6) JOB CORPS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

10 REQUIREMENTS.—The amendments made to section 

11 159 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

12 Act (29 U.S.C. 3209) by this division shall take ef13 fect on the first day of the second full program year 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (b) TRANSITION AUTHORITY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 503(a) 

17 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

18 (29 U.S.C. 3343(a)), the Secretary of Labor and the 

19 Secretary of Education shall, effective on the date of 

20 enactment of this Act, have the authority to take 

21 such steps as are necessary to provide for the or22 derly implementation of the amendments to the 

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1 dressing cross references to provisions specified in 

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(2). 

3 (2) TERMINATION.—The authority described in 

4 paragraph (1) shall terminate on the first day of the 

5 second full program year after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act. 

7 (c) TRANSITION PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— 

8 (1) ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF TRAINING SERV9 ICES.—Each Governor and local board shall imple10 ment the requirements of section 122 of the Work11 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

12 3152), as amended by this division, not later than 

13 the first day of the second full program year after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act. In order to facili15 tate early implementation of that section 122, the 

16 Governor may establish transition procedures under 

17 which eligible providers of training services under 

18 chapter 1 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce 

19 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et 

20 seq.), as such chapter was in effect on the day be21 fore the date of enactment of this Act, may continue 

22 to be eligible to provide such services until December 

23 31, 2026, or until such earlier date as the Governor 

24 determines to be appropriate. 

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1 (A) MODIFICATION OF PLANS.—Not later 

2 than the first day of the second full program 

3 year after the date of enactment of this Act— 

4 (i) each Governor of a State shall sub5 mit to the Secretary of Labor any modi6 fications to the State plan in effect for 

7 such State that are necessary for the State 

8 plan to comply with the amendments made 

9 by this division to section 102 of the Work10 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 3112); and 

12 (ii) each local board shall submit to 

13 the Governor of a State any modifications 

14 to the local plan in effect for the local area 

15 served by the local board that are nec16 essary for the local plan to comply with the 

17 amendments made by this division to sec18 tion 108 of the Workforce Innovation and 

19 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123). 

20 (B) NEW PLANS.—Not later than the first 

21 day of the fourth full program year after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act— 

23 (i) each Governor of a State shall sub24 mit to the Secretary of Labor a new State 

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1 requirements of section 102 of the Work2 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

3 U.S.C. 3112), as amended by this division; 

4 and 

5 (ii) each local board shall submit to 

6 the Governor of a State a new local plan 

7 for the local area served by the local board 

8 that complies with the requirements of sec9 tion 108 of the Workforce Innovation and 

10 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123), as 

11 amended by this division. 

12 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

13 terms ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘local plan’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State 

14 plan’’, and ‘‘training services’’ have the meanings 

15 given the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Inno16 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

17 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (1) REPEAL.—Subsections (a) through (e) of 

19 section 503 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor20 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3343) are repealed. 

21 (2) REGULATIONS.—Section 503 of such Act is 

22 amended— 

23 (A) by redesignating subsections (f) and 

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1 (B) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Not later than 

5 180 days after the date of enactment of the A 

6 Stronger Workforce for America Act, the Secretary 

7 of Labor, and the Secretary of Education, as appro8 priate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Reg9 ister proposed regulations relating to the transition 

10 to, and implementation of, the A Stronger Work11 force for America Act, including the amendments to 

12 this Act made by the A Stronger Workforce for 

13 America Act. 

14 ‘‘(2) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 12 

15 months after the date of enactment of the A Strong16 er Workforce for America Act, the Secretaries de17 scribed in paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall de18 velop and publish in the Federal Register final regu19 lations relating to the transition to, and implementa20 tion of, the A Stronger Workforce for America Act, 

21 including the amendments to this Act made by the 

22 A Stronger Workforce for America Act.’’; and 

23 (C) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, 

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1 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

2 by this subsection shall take effect on the date of en3 actment of this Act. 

4 DIVISION B—OLDER AMERICANS 

5 ACT REAUTHORIZATION ACT 

6 OF 2024 

7 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Older Americans 

9 Act Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 

10 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

11 The table of contents for this division is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Definitions. 

TITLE I—STRENGTHENING THE AGING NETWORK TO MEET THE 

NEEDS OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS 

Sec. 101. Declaration of objectives. 

Sec. 102. Addressing mental health and substance use disorders and cognitive 

impairments of older individuals. 

Sec. 103. List of national resource centers. 

Sec. 104. Awareness of relevant Federal programs. 

Sec. 105. Evaluations and surveys. 

Sec. 106. Contracting. 

Sec. 107. Guidance on reallocation of funding between area agencies on aging. 

Sec. 108. Right to first refusal. 

Sec. 109. Area agency on aging capabilities. 

Sec. 110. Supporting older individuals with disabilities through improved coordination. 

Sec. 111. Business acumen, fiscal training, and technical assistance. 

Sec. 112. Enhancing access to assistive technology. 

Sec. 113. White House Conference on Aging. 

Sec. 114. Technical amendments. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ENCOURAGING 

INDEPENDENCE FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS 

Sec. 201. Disease prevention and health promotion services. 

Sec. 202. Improving health outcomes. 

Sec. 203. Technical assistance on evidence-based programs. 

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Sec. 205. Addressing home modifications. 

Sec. 206. National resource center for engaging older adults. 

Sec. 207. Multigenerational and civic engagement activities. 

Sec. 208. Report relating to health outcomes for older individuals living with 

or near family members. 

Sec. 209. Improving broadband coordination and reducing social isolation. 

TITLE III—ENHANCING INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY IN 

NUTRITION SERVICES 

Sec. 301. Medically tailored meals. 

Sec. 302. Grab-and-go meals. 

Sec. 303. GAO study on Nutrition Services Incentive Program. 

Sec. 304. Innovations in nutrition programs and services. 

TITLE IV—SUPPORTING FAMILY CAREGIVERS 

Sec. 401. Improving the National Family Caregiver Support Program. 

Sec. 402. Emphasizing respite care. 

Sec. 403. Clarifying supportive services. 

Sec. 404. Direct care workforce resource center. 

Sec. 405. Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act. 

Sec. 406. RAISE Family Caregivers Act. 

TITLE V—COMMUNITY SERVICE SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES ACT 

Sec. 501. Improving the Community Service Employment Program. 

Sec. 502. GAO report on alignment within the Community Service Employment 

Program. 

TITLE VI—IMPROVING SERVICES FOR NATIVE ELDERS 

Sec. 601. Older Americans Tribal Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 602. Supportive services; set aside. 

Sec. 603. GAO report on Tribal services. 

Sec. 604. Technical amendments. 

TITLE VII—STRENGTHENING THE LONG-TERM CARE 

OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS AND ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION 

Sec. 701. Director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. 

Sec. 702. Legal assistance training resources relating to elder abuse prevention. 

Sec. 703. Improving training of volunteers under the State Long-Term Care 

Ombudsman Program. 

Sec. 704. Reporting on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. 

Sec. 705. Study on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. 

TITLE VIII—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 801. Administration on Aging. 

Sec. 802. Grants for State and community programs on aging. 

Sec. 803. Activities for health, independence, and longevity. 

Sec. 804. Community Service Senior Opportunities Act. 

Sec. 805. Grants for Native Americans. 

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1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this divi3 sion, wherever in this division an amendment or repeal is 

4 expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, 

5 a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid6 ered to be made to that section or other provision of the 

7 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this division, the terms ‘‘area agency on aging’’, 

10 ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, ‘‘older individual’’, and ‘‘Sec11 retary’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 102 

12 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002). 

13 TITLE I—STRENGTHENING THE 

14 AGING NETWORK TO MEET 

15 THE NEEDS OF OLDER INDI16 VIDUALS 

17 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES. 

18 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 3001) is amended— 

19 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

20 striking ‘‘of the following objectives:’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘of the objectives of—’’; 

22 (2) in each of paragraphs (1) through (10), by 

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1 (3) in each of paragraphs (1) through (8), by 

2 striking the period at the end and inserting a semi3 colon; 

4 (4) in each of paragraphs (9) and (10), by 

5 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

6 (5) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘to improve 

7 health outcomes and reduce health care expendi8 tures’’ after ‘‘economic status’’; 

9 (6) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

10 (10) as subparagraphs (A) through (J), respectively, 

11 and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

12 (7) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

13 (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘our democratic so14 ciety, the older people’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘our democratic society— 

16 ‘‘(1) the older people’’; and 

17 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) the families of older individuals and com19 munity-based organizations, including faith-based or20 ganizations, also play a vital role in supporting and 

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1 SEC. 102. ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 

2 USE DISORDERS AND COGNITIVE IMPAIR3 MENTS OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS. 

4 Section 201(f) (42 U.S.C. 3011(f)) is amended to 

5 read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(f)(1) The Assistant Secretary may designate an of7 ficer or employee who shall be responsible for the adminis8 tration of services for mental health and substance use 

9 disorders and cognitive impairments authorized under this 

10 Act and serve as an effective and visible advocate for the 

11 related needs of older individuals within the Department 

12 of Health and Human Services, including by ensuring that 

13 relevant information disseminated and research conducted 

14 or supported by the Department takes into consideration 

15 such services. 

16 ‘‘(2) It shall be the duty of the Assistant Secretary, 

17 acting through the individual designated under paragraph 

18 (1), and in consultation with the heads of relevant agen19 cies within the Department of Health and Human Serv20 ices, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

21 Services Administration, to develop objectives, priorities, 

22 and a long-term plan for supporting State and local efforts 

23 under this Act involving education about, and prevention, 

24 detection, and treatment of, mental health and substance 

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1 related neurological disorders with neurological and or2 ganic brain dysfunction. 

3 ‘‘(3) Not later than 2 years after the date of enact4 ment of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 

5 2024, the Assistant Secretary shall report to the Com6 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

7 Senate, the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, 

8 and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

9 the House of Representatives on the activities of the offi10 cer or employee designated under paragraph (1) in car11 rying out the requirements under this subsection, includ12 ing any activities to identify and reduce duplication and 

13 gaps across the Department in such information dissemi14 nated and research conducted or supported by the Depart15 ment.’’. 

16 SEC. 103. LIST OF NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS. 

17 Section 202 (42 U.S.C. 3012) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘Resource 

19 Center on Elder Abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘Center’’; and 

20 (2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(h)(1) The Assistant Secretary shall publish online 

23 in a publicly accessible format, on an annual basis, a list 

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1 authorized under, or administratively established through 

2 funds provided under, this Act. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the 

4 list published pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

5 ‘‘(A) includes— 

6 ‘‘(i) a description of each such center and 

7 demonstration project, including the projected 

8 goals and activities of each such center and 

9 demonstration project; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a citation to the statutory authoriza11 tion of each such center and demonstration 

12 project, or a citation to the statutory authority 

13 that the Assistant Secretary relies upon to ad14 ministratively establish each such center and 

15 demonstration project; 

16 ‘‘(iii) the award amount for each such cen17 ter and demonstration project; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) a summary of any evaluations re19 quired under this Act for each such center, in20 cluding a description of any measures of effec21 tiveness; and 

22 ‘‘(B) is directly provided to State agencies, area 

23 agencies on aging, and the Committee on Health, 

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1 mittee on Education and the Workforce of the 

2 House of Representatives.’’. 

3 SEC. 104. AWARENESS OF RELEVANT FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 

4 Title II (42 U.S.C. 3011 et seq.) is amended by in5 serting after section 203A (42 U.S.C. 3013a) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 203B. AWARENESS OF RELEVANT FEDERAL PRO8 GRAMS. 

9 ‘‘In carrying out section 203(a)(1), the Assistant Sec10 retary shall coordinate with the heads of relevant Federal 

11 departments and agencies to ensure that the aging net12 work and individuals served under this Act are aware of, 

13 and, subject to applicable eligibility criteria, have access 

14 to, Federal programs that may advance the objectives of 

15 this Act, including programs described in section 203(b) 

16 and other programs to meet housing, health care, and 

17 other supportive service needs to help such individuals age 

18 in place.’’. 

19 SEC. 105. EVALUATIONS AND SURVEYS. 

20 Section 206 (42 U.S.C. 3017) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

22 following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) award grants to, or enter into contracts 

2 with, public or nonprofit private organizations or 

3 academic or research institutions to survey State 

4 agencies, area agencies on aging, and other program 

5 and project participants about the strengths and 

6 weaknesses of the programs and projects; and 

7 ‘‘(B) conduct, where appropriate, evaluations 

8 that compare the effectiveness of related programs 

9 in achieving common objectives. 

10 ‘‘(2) The surveys and evaluations under paragraph 

11 (1) shall include information on programs, services, use 

12 and sources of funding (including any transfer of funding 

13 between area agencies on aging), identified unmet need 

14 for services and related indicators, and any other chal15 lenges faced by State agencies and area agencies on aging 

16 in carrying out the activities of this Act. 

17 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall, in carrying out the evalua18 tions under paragraph (1), consult with organizations con19 cerned with older individuals, including organizations that 

20 represent minority individuals, older individuals residing 

21 in rural areas, and older individuals with disabilities.’’; 

22 and 

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1 SEC. 106. CONTRACTING. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212 (42 U.S.C. 3020c) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND

5 GRANT AUTHORITY’’; 

6 (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), this 

9 Act shall not be construed to prevent a recipient of a grant 

10 or a contract under this Act (other than title V) from en11 tering into a contract, commercial relationship, or other 

12 business arrangement (referred to in this section as an 

13 ‘agreement’) with a profitmaking organization for the re14 cipient to provide services to individuals or entities not 

15 otherwise receiving services under this Act, provided 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(1) in the case funds provided under this Act 

18 are used in developing or carrying out the agree19 ment— 

20 ‘‘(A) such agreement guarantees that the 

21 cost is reimbursed to the recipient; 

22 ‘‘(B) if such agreement provides for the 

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1 ‘‘(i) the individuals and entities may 

2 only purchase such services at their fair 

3 market rate; 

4 ‘‘(ii) all costs incurred by the recipient 

5 in providing such services (and not other6 wise reimbursed under subparagraph (A)), 

7 are reimbursed to such recipient; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) except in the case of an agree9 ment with a health plan or health care pro10 vider, the recipient reports the rates for 

11 providing such services under such agree12 ment in accordance with subsection (c) and 

13 the rates are consistent with the prevailing 

14 market rate for provision of such services 

15 in the relevant geographic area as deter16 mined by the State agency or area agency 

17 on aging (as applicable); and 

18 ‘‘(C) any amount of payment to the recipi19 ent under the agreement that exceeds reim20 bursement under this subsection of the recipi21 ent’s costs is used to provide, or support the 

22 provision of, services under this Act; and 

23 ‘‘(2) subject to subsection (e), in the case no 

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1 ‘‘(A) not later than 45 days after the 

2 agreement first goes into effect, and annually 

3 thereafter until the termination of such agree4 ment, the recipient of a grant or contract under 

5 this Act shall, in writing— 

6 ‘‘(i) notify the State agency of— 

7 ‘‘(I) the existence of the agree8 ment; and 

9 ‘‘(II) the services provided and 

10 populations served under the agree11 ment; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) provide assurances to the State 

13 agency that— 

14 ‘‘(I) nothing in the agreement— 

15 ‘‘(aa) undermines— 

16 ‘‘(AA) the duties of the 

17 recipient under this Act; or 

18 ‘‘(BB) the provision of 

19 services in accordance with 

20 this Act; or 

21 ‘‘(bb) violates any other 

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1 ‘‘(II) any potential real or per2 ceived conflict of interest with respect 

3 to the agreement has been prevented, 

4 mitigated, or otherwise addressed, in5 cluding providing a description of any 

6 such conflicts of interest and a de7 scription of the actions taken to miti8 gate such conflicts of interest; and 

9 ‘‘(B) not later than 45 days after the pop10 ulation or services under the agreement sub11 stantially change due to an amendment to the 

12 agreement, the recipient shall, in writing— 

13 ‘‘(i) notify the State agency of such 

14 change; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) provide the assurances described 

16 in subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to 

17 such change.’’; 

18 (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(b) ENSURING APPROPRIATE USE OF FUNDS.—An 

21 agreement— 

22 ‘‘(1) described in subsection (a)(1) may not— 

23 ‘‘(A) be made without the prior approval of 

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1 tion of the Director of the Office for American 

2 Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian 

3 Programs and the prior approval of the Assist4 ant Secretary), after timely submission of all 

5 relevant documents related to the agreement in6 cluding information on all costs incurred; or 

7 ‘‘(B) directly or indirectly provide for, or 

8 have the effect of, paying, reimbursing, sub9 sidizing, or otherwise compensating an indi10 vidual or entity in an amount that exceeds the 

11 fair market value of the services subject to such 

12 agreement; and 

13 ‘‘(2) described in subsection (a) may not— 

14 ‘‘(A) result in the displacement of services 

15 otherwise available to an older individual with 

16 greatest social need, an older individual with 

17 greatest economic need, or an older individual 

18 who is at risk for institutional placement; or 

19 ‘‘(B) in any other way compromise, under20 mine, or be inconsistent with the objective of 

21 serving the needs of older individuals, as deter22 mined by the Assistant Secretary.’’; 

23 (4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

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1 ‘‘(c) MONITORING AND REPORTING.—To ensure that 

2 any agreement described in subsection (a)(1) complies 

3 with the requirements of this section and other applicable 

4 provisions of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall de5 velop and implement uniform monitoring procedures and 

6 reporting requirements consistent with the provisions of 

7 subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 306(a)(13) in 

8 consultation with the State agencies and area agencies on 

9 aging. The Assistant Secretary shall conduct a review on 

10 the impact of such agreements on the provision of services 

11 under this Act, including the number of agreements per 

12 State, summaries of such agreements, and the impact of 

13 such agreements on access to services consistent with the 

14 goals of this Act. The Assistant Secretary shall annually 

15 prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Edu16 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Special 

17 Committee on Aging of the Senate, and the Committee 

18 on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep19 resentatives the findings of such review.’’; and 

20 (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(e) REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR

23 CERTAIN NON-OAA AGREEMENTS.— 

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1 agency has a reasonable belief that an agreement 

2 may violate the assurances provided under sub3 section (a)(2)(A)(ii), the State agency may request 

4 additional information from the recipient of funds 

5 under this Act that is a party to such agreement, 

6 which may include a request for a copy of such 

7 agreement. Such recipient shall make a good faith 

8 effort to address such request for additional infor9 mation, except that such recipient shall not provide 

10 agreements or other data that are restricted under 

11 the terms of a non-disclosure agreement signed by 

12 such recipient. If such recipient declines to provide 

13 a copy of an agreement to a State agency, such re14 cipient shall provide a justification to the State 

15 agency within 30 days of receiving such request. 

16 ‘‘(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—A State agency shall 

17 keep confidential, as required by applicable Federal 

18 and State law, all information received under this 

19 subsection that is— 

20 ‘‘(A) a trade secret; 

21 ‘‘(B) commercial or financial information; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(C) information obtained from an indi24 vidual that is privileged and confidential. 

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1 ‘‘(1) COST.—The term ‘cost’ means an expense, 

2 including an administrative expense, incurred by a 

3 recipient in developing or carrying out an agreement 

4 described in subsection (a), whether the recipient 

5 contributed funds, staff time, or other plant, equip6 ment, or services to meet the expense. 

7 ‘‘(2) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means 

8 an area agency on aging in a State with multiple 

9 planning and service areas.’’. 

10 (b) AREA PLANS.—Section 306 (42 U.S.C. 3026) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(13)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 

14 ‘‘any service to older individuals’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘any service under this Act to older individuals 

16 or caregivers’’; and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘or 

18 caregivers under this Act’’ after ‘‘older individ19 uals’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘, except as 

21 provided under section 212(a)(2),’’ after ‘‘Nothing 

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1 SEC. 107. GUIDANCE ON REALLOCATION OF FUNDING BE2 TWEEN AREA AGENCIES ON AGING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 

5 shall disseminate one-time guidance to State agencies (as 

6 defined in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

7 (42 U.S.C. 3002)) and area agencies on aging on cir8 cumstances under which funds appropriated pursuant to 

9 part B and subparts 1 and 2 of part C of title III of the 

10 Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3030d et seq., 42 U.S.C. 

11 3030e et seq., 42 U.S.C. 3030f et seq.) may be appro12 priate to reallocate between area agencies on aging within 

13 a single State, with the approval of the State agency and 

14 the concurrence of any involved area agencies on aging, 

15 within a budget year. 

16 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In disseminating the guid17 ance under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary may 

18 consider circumstances that affect the expenditure of the 

19 funds described in such subsection. 

20 SEC. 108. RIGHT TO FIRST REFUSAL. 

21 Section 305(b)(5)(B) (42 U.S.C. 3025(b)(5)(B)) is 

22 amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(B) Whenever a State agency designates a new area 

24 agency on aging after the date of enactment of the Older 

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1 agency shall give the right to first refusal to a unit of 

2 general purpose local government if— 

3 ‘‘(i) such unit can meet the requirements of 

4 subsection (c); 

5 ‘‘(ii)(I) such unit has demonstrated experience 

6 administering services for older individuals; or 

7 ‘‘(II) the State agency determines that there is 

8 not another entity eligible under subsection (c)(1) 

9 within the planning and service area with such dem10 onstrated experience; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) the boundaries of such unit and the 

12 boundaries of the planning and service area are rea13 sonably contiguous.’’. 

14 SEC. 109. AREA AGENCY ON AGING CAPABILITIES. 

15 (a) ORGANIZATION.—Section 305(c) (42 U.S.C. 

16 3025(c)) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

18 (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, 

19 and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and inserting the fol21 lowing: ‘‘shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) be—’’; 

23 (3) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘(b)(5)’’ and inserting 

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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

2 and 

3 (4) by striking ‘‘and shall provide assurance, 

4 determined adequate by the State agency, that the 

5 area agency on aging will have the ability to develop 

6 an area plan and to carry out, directly or through 

7 contractual or other arrangements, a program in ac8 cordance with the plan within the planning and serv9 ice area.’’ and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) provide assurance, determined adequate by 

11 the State agency, that the area agency on aging will 

12 have the ability, and maintain the capabilities nec13 essary, to develop an area plan as required under 

14 section 306(a), and carry out, directly or through 

15 contractual or other arrangements, and oversee ac16 tivities in accordance with— 

17 ‘‘(A) the plan within the planning and 

18 service area; 

19 ‘‘(B) any other relevant requirements of 

20 this Act; 

21 ‘‘(C) other applicable Federal and State 

22 laws; and 

23 ‘‘(D) other terms and conditions of awards 

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1 (b) PLANS.—Section 306(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 

2 3026(f)(1)) is amended— 

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘the assurances required under 

4 section 305(c)(2),’’ after ‘‘of this section,’’; and 

5 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert6 ing ‘‘, and if the State agency determines, in the dis7 cretion of the State agency, that an area agency on 

8 aging failed in 2 successive years to comply with the 

9 requirements under this title, then the State agency 

10 may require the area agency on aging to submit a 

11 plan for a 1-year period that meets such require12 ments, for subsequent years until the State agency 

13 determines that the area agency on aging is in com14 pliance with such requirements.’’. 

15 SEC. 110. SUPPORTING OLDER INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL16 ITIES THROUGH IMPROVED COORDINATION. 

17 (a) AREA PLANS.—Section 306(a)(5) (42 U.S.C. 

18 3026(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘with agencies that 

19 develop or provide services for individuals with disabil20 ities’’ and inserting ‘‘with entities that develop or provide 

21 services for individuals with disabilities, which may include 

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1 (b) SUPPORTING OLDER INDIVIDUALS WITH DIS2 ABILITIES THROUGH IMPROVED COORDINATION.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

4 Administration for Community Living of the Depart5 ment of Health and Human Services (referred to in 

6 this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall identify— 

7 (A) opportunities to improve coordination 

8 between the aging and disability networks, 

9 which may include the formation of partner10 ships to serve individuals eligible for programs 

11 under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

12 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); 

13 (B) lessons learned from disability net14 works, including centers for independent living, 

15 State developmental disabilities councils, univer16 sity centers for excellence in developmental dis17 abilities education, research, and service, and 

18 State protection and advocacy agencies that 

19 could improve operations and service delivery 

20 within the aging network; and 

21 (C) any technical assistance needs related 

22 to subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

23 (2) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 2 years after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

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1 agencies on aging on strategies to leverage disability 

2 networks, including centers for independent living, 

3 State developmental disabilities councils, university 

4 centers for excellence in developmental disabilities, 

5 education, research, and service, and State protec6 tion and advocacy agencies, as appropriate, to 

7 strengthen the provision of services under the Older 

8 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.). 

9 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis10 trator shall coordinate across the Administration for 

11 Community Living to address any technical assist12 ance needs identified under paragraph (1)(C) in a 

13 manner that does not unnecessarily duplicate other 

14 technical assistance activities carried out prior to the 

15 date of enactment of this Act. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 (42 U.S.C. 3002) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(as defined 

19 in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act 

20 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102))’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘The term’’ 

22 and all that follows through ‘‘adjustment.’’ and in23 serting ‘‘The term ‘disability’ has the meaning given 

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1 (3) in paragraph (49)(B), by striking ‘‘of the 

2 major life activities specified in subparagraphs (A) 

3 through (G) of paragraph (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘major 

4 life activities specified in section 3(2) of the Ameri5 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

6 12102(2)).’’. 

7 SEC. 111. BUSINESS ACUMEN, FISCAL TRAINING, AND TECH8 NICAL ASSISTANCE. 

9 Section 307(a) (42 U.S.C. 3027(a)) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(31) The plan shall provide assurances that 

12 the State agency, to the extent feasible and when 

13 applicable and appropriate, provides technical assist14 ance for area agencies on aging related to the devel15 opment of business acumen, sound fiscal practices, 

16 capacity building, organizational development, inno17 vation, and other methods of growing and sustaining 

18 the capacity of the aging network to carry out activi19 ties funded under this Act to serve older individuals 

20 and caregivers most effectively.’’. 

21 SEC. 112. ENHANCING ACCESS TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY. 

22 Section 307(a) (42 U.S.C. 3027(a)), as amended by 

23 section 111 of this division, is further amended by adding 

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1 ‘‘(32) The plan shall provide assurances that 

2 the State will coordinate services, to the extent fea3 sible, with lead agencies designated to carry out 

4 State assistive technology programs under the As5 sistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3001 et 

6 seq.) and with area agencies on aging to assist eligi7 ble older individuals, including older individuals with 

8 disabilities, in accessing and acquiring assistive tech9 nology.’’. 

10 SEC. 113. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING. 

11 Title II of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 

12 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3001 note; Public Law 100–175) is 

13 amended by striking title II and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘TITLE II—WHITE HOUSE 

15 CONFERENCE ON AGING 

16 ‘‘SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE. 

17 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO CALL CONFERENCE.—Not ear18 lier than January 21, 2025 and not later than December 

19 31, 2025, the President shall convene the White House 

20 Conference on Aging in order to fulfill the purpose set 

21 forth in subsection (c) and to make fundamental policy 

22 recommendations regarding programs that are important 

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1 ‘‘(b) PLANNING AND DIRECTION.—The Conference 

2 described in subsection (a) shall be planned and conducted 

3 under the direction of the Secretary, in cooperation with 

4 the Assistant Secretary for Aging, the Director of the Na5 tional Institute on Aging, the Administrator of the Centers 

6 for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Social Security 

7 Administrator, and the heads of such other Federal agen8 cies serving older individuals as are appropriate. Planning 

9 and conducting the Conference includes the assignment of 

10 personnel. 

11 ‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Conference de12 scribed in subsection (a) shall be to gather individuals rep13 resenting the spectrum of thought and experience in the 

14 field of aging to— 

15 ‘‘(1) evaluate the manner in which the objec16 tives of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

17 3001 et seq.) can be met by using the resources and 

18 talents of older individuals, of families and commu19 nities of such individuals, and of individuals from 

20 the public and private sectors; 

21 ‘‘(2) evaluate the manner in which Federal poli22 cies, programs, and activities meet and respond to 

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1 and supportive services, health care, elder justice, 

2 and long-term services and supports; 

3 ‘‘(3) be informed by the work and recommenda4 tions of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on 

5 Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities, 

6 evaluate the recommendations of the Committee, 

7 and, as appropriate, suggest implementation strate8 gies for such recommendations; and 

9 ‘‘(4) develop recommendations to guide the 

10 President, Congress, and Federal agencies in im11 proving Federal programs that serve older individ12 uals, which may relate to the prevention and mitiga13 tion of disease, injury, abuse, social isolation, loneli14 ness, and economic insecurity, including food insecu15 rity, and promotion of healthy aging in place. 

16 ‘‘(d) CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS AND DELE17 GATES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPANTS.—In order to carry out the 

19 purposes of this section, the Conference shall bring 

20 together— 

21 ‘‘(A) representatives of Federal, State, 

22 Tribal, and local governments; 

23 ‘‘(B) professionals and volunteers who are 

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1 ‘‘(C) representatives of the general public, 

2 particularly older individuals. 

3 ‘‘(2) SELECTION OF DELEGATES.—The dele4 gates shall be selected without regard to political af5 filiation or past partisan activity and shall, to the 

6 best of the appointing authority’s ability, be rep7 resentative of the spectrum of thought in the field 

8 of aging. Delegates shall include older individuals, 

9 individuals who are professionals in the field of 

10 aging, individuals who are community leaders, mi11 nority individuals, individuals from rural areas, low12 income individuals, and representatives of Federal, 

13 State, Tribal, and local governments. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 202. CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION. 

15 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATION.—In administering this sec16 tion, the Secretary shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) consult with relevant State, Tribal, and 

18 local officials, stakeholders, and subject matter ex19 perts in planning the Conference; 

20 ‘‘(2) request the cooperation and assistance of 

21 the heads of such other Federal departments and 

22 agencies, including such officials of the Interagency 

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1 ‘‘(3) make available for public comment a pro2 posed agenda for the Conference, which will reflect 

3 to the greatest extent possible the major issues fac4 ing older individuals, consistent with the provisions 

5 of section 201(c); 

6 ‘‘(4) prepare and make available such back7 ground materials for the use of delegates to the Con8 ference as the Secretary deems necessary; and 

9 ‘‘(5) engage such additional personnel as may 

10 be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec11 tion without regard to provisions of title 5, United 

12 States Code, governing appointments in the competi13 tive service, and without regard to chapter 51 and 

14 subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating 

15 to classification and General Schedule pay rates. 

16 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall, in carrying out 

17 the Secretary’s responsibilities and functions under this 

18 section, and as part of the White House Conference on 

19 Aging, ensure that— 

20 ‘‘(1) the agenda prepared under subsection 

21 (a)(3) for the Conference is published in the Federal 

22 Register not later than 30 days after such agenda 

23 is approved by the Secretary; 

24 ‘‘(2) the personnel engaged under subsection 

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1 views represented and shall be appointed without re2 gard to political affiliation or previous partisan ac3 tivities; 

4 ‘‘(3) the recommendations of the Conference 

5 are not inappropriately influenced by any appointing 

6 authority or by any special interest, but will instead 

7 be the result of the independent judgment of the 

8 Conference; and 

9 ‘‘(4) current and adequate statistical data, in10 cluding decennial census data, and other information 

11 on the well-being of older individuals in the United 

12 States, are readily available, in advance of the Con13 ference, to the delegates of the Conference, together 

14 with such information as may be necessary to evalu15 ate Federal programs and policies relating to aging. 

16 In carrying out this subparagraph, the Secretary is 

17 authorized to make grants to, and enter into cooper18 ative agreements with, public agencies and nonprofit 

19 private organizations. 

20 ‘‘(c) GIFTS.—The Secretary may accept, on behalf of 

21 the United States, gifts (in cash or in kind, including vol22 untary and uncompensated services) that shall be available 

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1 Gifts may be earmarked by the donor for a specific pur2 pose. 

3 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.—The Secretary shall maintain 

4 records regarding— 

5 ‘‘(1) the sources, amounts, and uses of gifts ac6 cepted under subsection (c); and 

7 ‘‘(2) the identity of each person receiving assist8 ance to carry out this title, and the amount of such 

9 assistance received by each such person. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 203. REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE. 

11 ‘‘(a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—Not later than 100 

12 days after the date on which the Conference adjourns, the 

13 Secretary shall publish and deliver to the States a prelimi14 nary report on the Conference. Comments on the prelimi15 nary report of the Conference shall be accepted by the Sec16 retary. 

17 ‘‘(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

18 the date on which the Conference adjourns, the Secretary 

19 shall publish and transmit to the President and to Con20 gress recommendations resulting from the Conference and 

21 suggestions for any administrative action and legislation 

22 necessary to implement the recommendations contained 

23 within the report. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 204. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 ‘‘(1) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘Conference’ 

2 means the White House Conference on Aging. 

3 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

4 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

5 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of 

6 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

7 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

8 Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the 

9 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Com10 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 

11 SEC. 114. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

12 The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 

13 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 201(d)(3)(J) (42 U.S.C. 

15 3011(d)(3)(J)), by striking ‘‘Speaker of the House 

16 of Representatives and the President pro tempore of 

17 the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Health, 

18 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 

19 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

20 the House of Representatives’’; 

21 (2) in section 202(b)(8)(E) (42 U.S.C. 

22 3012(b)(8)(E)), by striking ‘‘preventative health 

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1 ment, and Modernization Act of 2003’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘preventive health benefits under such program’’; 

3 (3) in section 203(c)(7) (42 U.S.C. 

4 3013(c)(7))— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘the Committee on Education 

7 and Labor of the House of Representatives’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘the Committee on Education 

9 and the Workforce of the House of Representa10 tives’’; and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

12 ‘‘chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘chairperson’’; 

13 (4) in section 339 (42 U.S.C. 3030g–21), by 

14 striking ‘‘this chapter’’ each place it appears and in15 serting ‘‘this part’’; and 

16 (5) in section 432(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 

17 3033a(b)(1)), by striking ‘‘Speaker of the House of 

18 Representatives and the President pro tempore of 

19 the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Health, 

20 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 

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1 TITLE II—IMPROVING HEALTH 

2 OUTCOMES AND ENCOUR3 AGING INDEPENDENCE FOR 

4 OLDER INDIVIDUALS 

5 SEC. 201. DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 

6 SERVICES. 

7 Section 102(14) (42 U.S.C. 3002(14)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘heart 

9 rate, respiratory function,’’ after ‘‘hearing,’’; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (K), by inserting ‘‘pro11 viding’’ before ‘‘information’’; 

12 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (L), (M), 

13 (N), and (O), as subparagraphs (M), (N), (O), and 

14 (P), respectively; 

15 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(L) providing information concerning 

18 testing, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious 

19 diseases, taking into consideration infectious 

20 diseases for which older individuals are at in21 creased risk of infection or serious health out22 comes;’’; and 

23 (5) in subparagraph (P), as so redesignated, by 

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1 SEC. 202. IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES. 

2 (a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—Sec3 tion 201 (42 U.S.C. 3011) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘in be5 half’’ and inserting ‘‘on behalf’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (g)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by inserting 

8 ‘‘reduction of health care expenditures,’’ after 

9 ‘‘quality of life,’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘and 

11 recommendations relating to further research, 

12 evaluation, and demonstration projects con13 ducted under this section’’ after ‘‘title IV’’. 

14 (b) FALLS PREVENTION PROGRAMS.—Section 

15 411(a)(15) (42 U.S.C. 3032(a)(15)) is amended to read 

16 as follows: 

17 ‘‘(15) bringing to scale and sustaining evidence18 based falls prevention programs to reduce the num19 ber of falls, fear of falling, and fall-related injuries 

20 affecting older individuals, including older individ21 uals with disabilities, which shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) provide training and technical assist23 ance to the aging network; and 

24 ‘‘(B) share best practices with the aging 

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1 (c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON

2 HEALTHY AGING AND AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES.— 

3 Section 203(c) (42 U.S.C. 3013(c)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (6)(B)— 

5 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

6 the semicolon; 

7 (B) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 

8 the semicolon; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(iv) strategies to address social isolation, 

11 including by promoting strong and stable con12 nections across different generations in a family 

13 and in the community;’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (7), as amended by section 

15 114(3) of this division— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

19 subparagraph (D); and 

20 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(C) contains an assessment of the effec23 tiveness of relevant Federal efforts and pro24 grams, including implementation of best prac25 tices described in paragraph (6)(B); and’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON EVIDENCE-BASED 

2 PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Assistant Sec4 retary, at the request of a State agency (as defined in sec5 tion 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3002)) or area agencies on aging, may provide technical 

7 assistance on the requirements of evidence-based pro8 grams under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

9 3001 et seq.). 

10 (b) CONSIDERATION.—The Assistant Secretary may 

11 consider whether there are evidence-informed practices, 

12 based on the best available science, that may improve 

13 health outcomes. 

14 SEC. 204. ENHANCING MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(a)(30) (42 U.S.C. 

16 3012(a)(30)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, access to services 

17 provided at multipurpose senior centers, and (where ap18 propriate) the establishment and maintenance of multi19 purpose senior centers’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

20 (b) AREA AGENCY ON AGING PLANS.—Section 

21 306(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 3026(a)(2)(A)) is amended by in22 serting ‘‘, including those services provided at multipur23 pose senior centers, where appropriate’’ before the semi24 colon at the end. 

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1 tent feasible, make such evaluation public’’ before the 

2 semicolon at the end. 

3 SEC. 205. ADDRESSING HOME MODIFICATIONS. 

4 (a) INDOOR AIR QUALITY.—Section 361(c) (42 

5 U.S.C. 3030m(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘buildings’’ and 

6 all that follows and inserting ‘‘buildings and residences 

7 where older individuals congregate or live’’. 

8 (b) WEATHERIZATION.—Section 321(a)(4) (42 

9 U.S.C. 3030d(a)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph 

10 (A) and inserting ‘‘(A) to assist older individuals in ob11 taining and maintaining adequate housing, including resi12 dential repair and renovation projects, and (if assistance 

13 for weatherization projects does not unnecessarily dupli14 cate other Federal assistance available) weatherization 

15 projects, designed to enable older individuals to maintain 

16 their homes in conformity with minimum housing and (as 

17 applicable and appropriate) other relevant standards, in 

18 order to support such older individuals in aging in place 

19 and maintaining their health;’’. 

20 SEC. 206. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR ENGAGING 

21 OLDER ADULTS. 

22 Section 411(a)(18) (42 U.S.C. 3032(a)(18)) is 

23 amended by inserting ‘‘, such as providing appropriate 

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1 SEC. 207. MULTIGENERATIONAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 

2 ACTIVITIES. 

3 Section 417 (42 U.S.C. 3032f) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

6 by striking ‘‘projects,’’ and all that follows 

7 through ‘‘to—’’ and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘projects to serve individuals in younger gen9 erations and older individuals by developing, 

10 carrying out, and promoting participation in 

11 multigenerational activities to—’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘opportu15 nities for older individuals to become a mentor 

16 to individuals in younger generations; and’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘opportunities— 

18 ‘‘(A) for older individuals to become men19 tors to individuals in younger generations; and 

20 ‘‘(B) at facilities that serve older individ21 uals or individuals in younger generations, at 

22 which multigenerational activities might 

23 occur.’’; and 

24 (D) by striking paragraph (4); 

25 (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and 

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1 (3) in subsection (d)— 

2 (A) by striking paragraph (1); and 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

4 through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re5 spectively; 

6 (4) in subsection (g)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre8 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of enact9 ment of the Supporting Older Americans Act of 

10 2020,’’ and inserting ‘‘on which the first grant 

11 is awarded under this section following the date 

12 of enactment of the Older Americans Act Reau13 thorization Act of 2024,’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre15 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 

16 Speaker of the House of Representatives and 

17 the President pro tempore of the Senate’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘the Committee on Health, Edu19 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 

20 the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

21 of the House of Representatives’’; and 

22 (5) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘or a fam23 ily support program.’’ and inserting ‘‘or a family 

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1 senior center, long-term care facility, or any other 

2 residential facility for older individuals.’’. 

3 SEC. 208. REPORT RELATING TO HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR 

4 OLDER INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH OR NEAR 

5 FAMILY MEMBERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prepare a re7 port that assesses— 

8 (1) the health outcomes for older individuals 

9 who live with, on the same property as, or otherwise 

10 in the community in close geographic proximity, rel11 ative to the area, to family members; and 

12 (2) the degree to which programs under the 

13 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et 

14 seq.) promote living in the settings described in 

15 paragraph (1), as appropriate. 

16 (b) INCLUSION.—The report described under sub17 section (a) shall include— 

18 (1) an assessment of physical and mental health 

19 outcomes of older individuals who live in the settings 

20 described in subsection (a)(1) in comparison to phys21 ical and mental health outcomes of older individuals 

22 who do not live in such settings; 

23 (2) an assessment of the extent to which living 

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1 (3) a description of the different types of such 

2 settings and whether, and to what extent, findings 

3 under paragraphs (1) and (2) vary across such dif4 ferent types. 

5 (c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 2 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

7 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen8 sions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate 

9 and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

10 the House of Representatives the report required by sub11 section (a). 

12 SEC. 209. IMPROVING BROADBAND COORDINATION AND 

13 REDUCING SOCIAL ISOLATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall, as 

15 appropriate, coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of 

16 Commerce for Communications and Information of the 

17 National Telecommunications and Information Adminis18 tration to ensure that the aging network (as defined in 

19 section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

20 U.S.C. 3002)) and other relevant stakeholders are aware 

21 of, and, subject to applicable eligibility criteria, have ac22 cess to, Federal programs relating to digital literacy and 

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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall pre3 pare, and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 

4 Labor, and Pensions, the Special Committee on Aging, 

5 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor6 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 

7 the Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report 

8 regarding any coordination efforts carried out pursuant to 

9 subsection (a). 

10 TITLE III—ENHANCING INNOVA11 TION AND FLEXIBILITY IN NU12 TRITION SERVICES 

13 SEC. 301. MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102(14) (42 U.S.C. 

15 3002(14)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, which 

17 may include counseling related to the provision of 

18 medically tailored meals,’’ after ‘‘counseling’’; and 

19 (2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘(includ20 ing from medically tailored meals)’’ after ‘‘improved 

21 nutrition’’. 

22 (b) ADMINISTRATION OF NUTRITION SERVICES.— 

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1 (1) in clause (vi), by inserting ‘‘, including 

2 through the use of innovative approaches’’ after 

3 ‘‘systems’’; and 

4 (2) in clause (viii), by inserting ‘‘and innovative 

5 interventions’’ after ‘‘including strategies’’. 

6 (c) NUTRITION EDUCATION.—Section 214(2)(C) (42 

7 U.S.C. 3020e(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 

8 interventions,’’ after ‘‘other activities’’. 

9 (d) NUTRITION SERVICES PURPOSES.—Section 

10 330(3) (42 U.S.C. 3030d–21(3)) is amended by inserting 

11 ‘‘, tailored to their individual medical and nutritional 

12 needs to the extent feasible,’’ after ‘‘services’’. 

13 SEC. 302. GRAB-AND-GO MEALS. 

14 Section 308(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 3028(b)(4)) is amended 

15 by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(E) A State may elect in its plan under section 307 

17 to allow use of not more than 25 percent of the funds 

18 received by such State under subpart 1 of part C, cal19 culated after any transfers under subparagraphs (A) and 

20 (B) are completed, to make meals available at congregate 

21 meal sites or other community locations for consumption 

22 by older individuals outside such sites and locations, such 

23 as carry-out or similar meals. A State electing to allow 

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1 ‘‘(i) ensure that such allowable use com2 plements the delivery of services through the con3 gregate meals program under section 331; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) notify the Assistant Secretary of such elec5 tion, including a description of the amount and per6 centage of funds received by such State under sub7 part 1 of part C to be used for such purposes.’’. 

8 SEC. 303. GAO STUDY ON NUTRITION SERVICES INCENTIVE 

9 PROGRAM. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

11 United States shall conduct a study to evaluate the Nutri12 tion Services Incentive Program under section 311 (42 

13 U.S.C. 3030a) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Pro14 gram’’). 

15 (b) INCLUSIONS.—The study under this section— 

16 (1) shall— 

17 (A) include an assessment of how States 

18 and Tribal organizations use funding provided 

19 under the Program, including the degree to 

20 which States and Tribal organizations use such 

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1 (B) identify any challenges or barriers to 

2 increasing the use of local and regional pro3 ducers under the Program; and 

4 (2) may make recommendations related to im5 proving the effectiveness of the Program, including 

6 with respect to the use of local and regional pro7 ducers. 

8 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 

9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp10 troller General of the United States shall submit to the 

11 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

12 and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate and 

13 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

14 House of Representatives a report on the results of the 

15 study under this section. 

16 SEC. 304. INNOVATIONS IN NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND 

17 SERVICES. 

18 Subpart 3 of part C of title III (42 U.S.C. 3030g– 

19 21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 340. INNOVATIONS IN NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND 

21 SERVICES. 

22 ‘‘(a) DEMONSTRATION TO REDUCE HUNGER, FOOD

23 INSECURITY, AND MALNUTRITION.— 

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1 make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible enti2 ties, to achieve the purposes of section 330(1) by de3 veloping, testing, implementing, and evaluating inno4 vative local or regional approaches to improve the 

5 quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and outcomes of nu6 trition projects and services described in sections 

7 311, 331, and 336. 

8 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for a 

9 grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) be— 

11 ‘‘(i) a State agency, an area agency 

12 on aging, an Indian Tribe, a Tribal organi13 zation, or another public or nonprofit pri14 vate entity, including a nutrition service 

15 provider, a multipurpose senior center, a 

16 health care entity, or an institution of 

17 higher education; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) a partnership between any enti19 ties described in clause (i); and 

20 ‘‘(B) submit an application at such time 

21 and in such manner as the Assistant Secretary 

22 may require, including— 

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1 the entity proposes to implement under the 

2 grant; 

3 ‘‘(ii) a plan for evaluating the effec4 tiveness, including cost-effectiveness, of the 

5 innovative approach proposed; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) a plan for the publication of the 

7 results of such evaluation. 

8 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities 

9 for grants under this subsection, the Assistant Sec10 retary shall give priority to eligible entities proposing 

11 to carry out a grant in 1 or more rural areas. 

12 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

13 date of enactment of the Older Americans Act Reau14 thorization Act of 2024, and annually thereafter, the 

15 Assistant Secretary shall submit a report to the 

16 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen17 sions and the Special Committee on Aging of the 

18 Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

19 Workforce of the House of Representatives describ20 ing any activities carried out under paragraph (1), 

21 an assessment of the outcomes of such activities 

22 using rigorous methodologies, and recommendations 

23 for inclusion of any successful innovative approaches 

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1 ‘‘(5) RESERVATION.—From the total of the 

2 amounts made available for a fiscal year under para3 graphs (1) and (2) of section 303(b) and in section 

4 311(e), the Assistant Secretary shall reserve an 

5 amount equal to not more than 1 percent to carry 

6 out activities described in paragraph (1) of this sub7 section. 

8 ‘‘(b) INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO REDUCE HUN9 GER, FOOD INSECURITY, AND MALNUTRITION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (6), 

11 in carrying out nutrition projects established under 

12 this Act, a State agency or title VI grantee may im13 plement innovative approaches, including any appli14 cable approaches implemented previously by the As15 sistant Secretary or pursuant to subsection (a), that 

16 are demonstrated to be effective, to achieve the pur17 poses described in section 330(1) by improving— 

18 ‘‘(A) the quality, composition, preparation, 

19 modality, delivery, or location of meals provided 

20 to older individuals under this Act; or 

21 ‘‘(B) the efficiency and effectiveness of dis22 tributing, delivering, or otherwise making meals 

23 available to older individuals under this Act. 

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1 the Assistant Secretary may waive any requirements 

2 of subpart 1 or 2 with respect to such State agency 

3 if such requirements impede the ability of such State 

4 agency to successfully implement such an approach. 

5 ‘‘(3) FLEXIBILITY.—The Secretary shall pro6 vide maximum flexibility to a title VI grantee imple7 menting an approach under paragraph (1) in the 

8 same manner as the Secretary provides maximum 

9 flexibility in accordance with section 614(c)(3). 

10 ‘‘(4) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out ac11 tivities described in paragraph (1) shall expire on 

12 October 1, 2029. 

13 ‘‘(5) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 

14 2028, the Assistant Secretary shall submit a report 

15 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

16 Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the 

17 Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

18 Workforce of the House of Representatives describ19 ing any activities carried out by State agencies or 

20 title VI grantees under paragraph (1), an assess21 ment of the outcomes of such activities using rig22 orous methodologies, and recommendations for inclu23 sion of any successful innovative approaches within 

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1 ‘‘(6) USE OF ALLOTMENT.—If the amount ap2 propriated to carry out section 311 for a fiscal year 

3 exceeds the amount appropriated to carry out sec4 tion 311 for the prior fiscal year or fiscal year 2024, 

5 whichever is greater, a State agency and title VI 

6 grantee in receipt of an allotment under section 

7 311(b) may elect to use the difference between the 

8 allotment received for the fiscal year and the allot9 ment received for the prior fiscal year or fiscal year 

10 2024, whichever is greater, for activities described in 

11 paragraph (1). 

12 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

13 this subsection shall be construed as limiting or pro14 hibiting the requirements described in section 339 

15 from applying to nutrition projects utilizing an inno16 vative approach under this subsection.’’. 

17 TITLE IV—SUPPORTING FAMILY 

18 CAREGIVERS 

19 SEC. 401. IMPROVING THE NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER 

20 SUPPORT PROGRAM. 

21 (a) STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AND COMMU22 NITY PROGRAMS ON AGING GRANTS.—Section 

23 305(a)(3)(E) (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)(3)(E)) is amended— 

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1 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 

2 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(iii) available supports for family 

5 caregivers and older relative caregivers (as 

6 defined in section 372(a)).’’. 

7 (b) AREA PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

8 306(a)(7)(D) (42 U.S.C. 3026(a)(7)(D)) is amended— 

9 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (2) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 

11 semicolon; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) available supports for family 

14 caregivers and older relative caregivers (as 

15 defined in section 372(a));’’. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL FAM17 ILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 372(a) (42 U.S.C. 

19 3030s(a)) is amended— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

22 ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 

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1 (I) by striking the period at the 

2 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘Such assess4 ment shall be administered through’’ 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESS7 MENTS.—A caregiver assessment under sub8 paragraph (A) shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) be administered through’’; and 

10 (III) by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(ii) take into account— 

13 ‘‘(I) linguistic and cultural dif14 ferences; 

15 ‘‘(II) the ease for the caregiver to 

16 access information, supports, or serv17 ices, and the timeliness of access to 

18 such information, supports, or serv19 ices; 

20 ‘‘(III) barriers to accessing infor21 mation, supports, or services; 

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1 ‘‘(V) the quality of information, 

2 supports, or services received, and the 

3 degree to which it is helpful to the 

4 caregiver.’’; 

5 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert6 ing the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) CHILD OR YOUTH.—The term ‘child or 

8 youth’ means an individual who is not more than— 

9 ‘‘(A) 18 years of age; or 

10 ‘‘(B) 22 years of age, in the case of an in11 dividual who is enrolled in any form of school12 ing (including on a part-time basis), includ13 ing— 

14 ‘‘(i) in high school or secondary school 

15 (as such terms are defined in section 8101 

16 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); or 

18 ‘‘(ii) in an institution of higher edu19 cation (as defined in section 102 of the 

20 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

21 1002)).’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

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1 (ii) by amending clause (iii) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(iii)(I) has a legal relationship to the 

4 child or youth, such as legal custody, adop5 tion, or guardianship, or is raising the 

6 child or youth informally; and 

7 ‘‘(II) in the case of a child or youth 

8 described in paragraph (2)(B) who is 18 

9 years of age or older, had established such 

10 a legal relationship, or began raising such 

11 child or youth informally, prior to the child 

12 or youth reaching the age of 18; and’’. 

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part E of 

14 title III (42 U.S.C. 3030s et seq.) is amended— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘or youth’’ after ‘‘child’’ 

16 each place it appears (other than in sections 

17 372(a)(2) (as amended by paragraph (1)(B)) 

18 and 372(a)(4)(B)(iii) (as amended by para19 graph (1)(C)(ii))); and 

20 (B) in section 373(c)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 

21 3030s–1(c)(2)(B)), by inserting ‘‘or youth’’ 

22 after ‘‘children’’. 

23 (d) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Section 373 (42 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘which may include trau2 ma-informed services, peer supports,’’ after ‘‘in3 dividual counseling,’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘elder abuse prevention,’’ 

5 after ‘‘nutrition,’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (c)— 

7 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘PRIORITY’’ and inserting ‘‘PRIORITY; CONSID9 ERATION’’; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—In providing services 

12 under this part, the State shall consider— 

13 ‘‘(A) that older relative caregivers caring 

14 for multiple children or youth may need greater 

15 resources and supports; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the circumstances and unique needs 

17 of different types of caregivers, including the 

18 needs of children or youth and their older rel19 ative caregivers whose families have been af20 fected by substance use disorder, including 

21 opioid use disorder.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (e)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

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1 and inserting ‘‘The Assistant Secretary shall, 

2 on a regular basis’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

7 (C) as subparagraph (D); and 

8 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

9 (B) the following: 

10 ‘‘(C) the use of caregiver assessments; 

11 and’’; and 

12 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘make 

13 available’’ and inserting ‘‘prepare, publish, and 

14 disseminate’’; 

15 (4) in subsection (i)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, which 

17 may include the improvement of the quality and 

18 consistency of caregiver assessments and access 

19 to other information, supports, or services’’ 

20 after ‘‘section 631’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(in22 cluding outcome measures)’’ after ‘‘program 

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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all that fol3 lows through ‘‘shall provide technical assist4 ance’’ and inserting ‘‘Beginning not later than 

5 1 year after the date of enactment of the Older 

6 Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, 

7 the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with 

8 stakeholders with appropriate expertise and, as 

9 appropriate, informed by the most recent strat10 egy developed under the RAISE Family Care11 givers Act (42 U.S.C. 3030s note) and the most 

12 recent report developed under the Supporting 

13 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (Pub14 lic Law 115–196; 132 Stat. 1511), shall pro15 vide ongoing technical assistance’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

19 paragraph (4); and 

20 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

21 following: 

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1 SEC. 402. EMPHASIZING RESPITE CARE. 

2 Section 321(a)(19) (42 U.S.C. 3030d(a)(19)) is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(19) services, which may include respite care 

5 through various models, designed to support family 

6 members and other persons providing voluntary care 

7 to older individuals that need long-term care serv8 ices, which may include older individuals with cog9 nitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease and 

10 related disorders with neurological and organic brain 

11 dysfunction;’’. 

12 SEC. 403. CLARIFYING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 

13 Section 321(a)(18) (42 U.S.C. 3030d(a)(18)) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘mentally impaired older individuals’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘older individuals with cognitive, physical, 

16 or mental impairments’’. 

17 SEC. 404. DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE RESOURCE CENTER. 

18 Section 411(a)(13) (42 U.S.C. 3032(a)(13)) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

21 the end; 

22 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

23 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjust24 ing the margins accordingly; 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘and, as appropriate, the 

2 heads of other relevant Federal departments 

3 and agencies’’ after ‘‘Labor’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘workers, and the solic5 iting,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘workers, 

6 including— 

7 ‘‘(A) the soliciting,’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) the establishment and operation of a 

10 national resource center that supports the 

11 growth and professionalization of the direct 

12 care workforce necessary to meet the needs of 

13 older individuals and individuals with disabil14 ities, and, in a manner that does not unneces15 sarily duplicate the activities of other resource 

16 centers supported by the Assistant Secretary, 

17 that addresses training and other educational 

18 needs of family caregivers, which activities of 

19 the center may include— 

20 ‘‘(i) the provision of training and 

21 technical assistance, including through the 

22 development and dissemination of edu23 cational materials, to States, long-term 

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1 ‘‘(ii) promoting existing, and sup2 porting the demonstration of new, strate3 gies for the recruitment, retention, career 

4 development, or advancement of direct care 

5 workers to reduce barriers to entry for a 

6 diverse and high-quality direct care work7 force, including providing wages, benefits, 

8 and advancement opportunities needed to 

9 attract or retain direct care workers;’’. 

10 SEC. 405. SUPPORTING GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRAND11 CHILDREN ACT. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—The Supporting Grandparents Rais13 ing Grandchildren Act (Public Law 115–196; 132 Stat. 

14 1511) is amended by striking section 2. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—The Supporting Grandparents 

16 Raising Grandchildren Act is amended by redesignating 

17 section 4 as section 2 and moving the section so as to 

18 follow section 1. 

19 (c) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 3 of the Sup20 porting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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1 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (G) through (I) as subparagraphs (H) 

3 through (J); 

4 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (F) the following: 

6 ‘‘(G) The Assistant Secretary for Health.’’; 

7 (iii) in subparagraph (I), as so redes8 ignated, by striking ‘‘of children’’; and 

9 (iv) in subparagraph (J), as so redes10 ignated, by striking ‘‘relatives’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘relative caregivers’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON NON-FEDERAL MEM14 BERS.—Not more than 10 members of the Advisory 

15 Council may be individuals who are not Federal offi16 cers or employees.’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

21 (i), by striking ‘‘relatives’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘relative caregivers’’; and 

23 (II) in clause (i)— 

24 (aa) by striking ‘‘the 

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1 and long-term health, including 

2 mental health,’’; and 

3 (bb) by striking ‘‘care; and’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘care, including 

5 any needs related to the cir6 cumstances that caused such 

7 children to be raised by a grand8 parent or older relative caregiver; 

9 and’’; and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and all that 

12 follows through ‘‘In’’ and inserting 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In’’; and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘needs of those 

16 affected by the opioid crisis’’ and in17 serting ‘‘needs and challenges of indi18 viduals affected by substance use dis19 order, including opioid use disorder, 

20 or, as applicable and appropriate, 

21 needs and challenges of individuals re22 lated to other circumstances, which 

23 may include public health emer24 gencies’’; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 

2 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘enact3 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘enact4 ment of the Older Americans Act Reau5 thorization Act of 2024’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (I) in clause (i)— 

8 (aa) by striking ‘‘relatives’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘relative care10 givers’’; and 

11 (bb) by striking ‘‘needs of 

12 children’’ and all that follows 

13 through ‘‘epidemic;’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘needs of children and their 

15 older relative caregivers who have 

16 been affected by substance use 

17 disorder, including opioid use dis18 order;’’; 

19 (II) in clause (ii), by striking the 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (III) by redesignating clause (iii) 

22 as clause (iv); and 

23 (IV) by inserting after clause (ii) 

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1 ‘‘(iii) a description of any activities of 

2 the Department of Health and Human 

3 Services to evaluate the effectiveness of 

4 supportive services in addressing the needs 

5 of children and their older relative care6 givers, including those who have been af7 fected by substance use disorder, including 

8 opioid use disorder, and any related find9 ings; and’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding subpara12 graph (A)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and all that 

14 follows through ‘‘Not’’ and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) FOLLOW-UP REPORTS.—Not’’; 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and in18 serting ‘‘180 days’’; and 

19 (III) by inserting after ‘‘sub20 mitted,’’ the following: ‘‘and every 2 

21 years thereafter until the Advisory 

22 Council terminates under subsection 

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1 (D) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘rel2 atives’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘rel3 ative caregivers’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the Federal 

5 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).’’ and in6 serting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code.’’; 

7 and 

8 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘terminate’’ 

9 and all that follows through ‘‘Act.’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘terminate on September 30, 2029.’’. 

11 SEC. 406. RAISE FAMILY CAREGIVERS ACT. 

12 (a) STRATEGY.—Section 3 of the RAISE Family 

13 Caregivers Act (42 U.S.C. 3030s note) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

16 by inserting ‘‘(or the Secretary’s designee)’’ 

17 after ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 

19 made publicly available by the Secretary,’’ after 

20 ‘‘caregiver programs,’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘in’’ after 

22 ‘‘caregiver programs’’. 

23 (b) COUNCIL.—Section 4(e) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

3 (c) SUNSET EXTENSION.—Section 6 of that Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 3030s note) is amended by striking ‘‘terminate’’ 

5 and all that follows through ‘‘Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘termi6 nate on September 30, 2029.’’. 

7 TITLE V—COMMUNITY SERVICE 

8 SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES ACT 

9 SEC. 501. IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOY10 MENT PROGRAM. 

11 (a) PROGRAM.—Section 502(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 

12 3056(b)(1)) is amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘section 

14 513(a)(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 513(a)(2)(F)’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘older in17 dividuals,’’ after ‘‘youth,’’. 

18 (b) PERFORMANCE.—Section 513 (42 U.S.C. 3056k) 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (D)(iii), by inserting 

22 ‘‘, including toward the long-term performance 

23 goals determined by the Department of Labor 

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1 Stat. 285) and the amendments made by such 

2 Act,’’ after ‘‘core measures’’; 

3 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

4 subparagraph (F); and 

5 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(E) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than 

8 2 years after the date of enactment of the Older 

9 Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, 

10 and every 2 years thereafter during the period 

11 of the program described in section 502(a)(1), 

12 the Secretary shall prepare, make publicly avail13 able, and submit to the Committee on Health, 

14 Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Spe15 cial Committee on Aging of the Senate and the 

16 Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

17 the House of Representatives a report regard18 ing the methodology used to arrive at the ex19 pected levels of performance described in sub20 paragraph (B) for each grantee, including the 

21 particular statistical model used and other fac22 tors taken into account, as described in sub23 paragraph (D).’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘fourth 

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1 ‘‘second quarter after exit from the project and re2 main in unsubsidized employment during the fourth 

3 quarter after exit from the project’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (c) and paragraphs (1)(A), 

5 (2)(A), and (3)(A) of subsection (d), by striking 

6 ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

7 (a)(2)(F)’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by adding at 

10 the end the following: ‘‘For grants awarded on 

11 or after the date that is 2 years after the date 

12 of enactment of the Older Americans Act Reau13 thorization Act of 2024, any grantee who has 

14 failed to meet the expected levels of perform15 ance for the 2 consecutive years prior to the 

16 subsequent grant competition under section 514 

17 shall not be allowed to compete in the subse18 quent grant competition under section 514 fol19 lowing the second consecutive year of failure 

20 but may compete in the next such grant com21 petition after that subsequent competition.’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by adding at 

24 the end the following: ‘‘For grants awarded on 

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1 of enactment of the Older Americans Act Reau2 thorization Act of 2024, if the Secretary deter3 mines that the State fails to meet the expected 

4 levels of performance described in subparagraph 

5 (A) for 2 consecutive program years, the Sec6 retary shall provide for the conduct by the 

7 State of a competition to award the funds allot8 ted to the State under section 506(e) for the 

9 first full program year following the Secretary’s 

10 determination.’’. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS AND RULE.— 

12 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 518(a)(1)(A) (42 

13 U.S.C. 3056p(a)(1)(A)) is amended to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(A) social, health, welfare, and edu16 cational services (including literacy tutoring and 

17 services provided by the aging network), legal 

18 and other counseling services and assistance 

19 (including tax counseling and assistance and fi20 nancial counseling), and library, recreational, 

21 and other similar services;’’. 

22 (2) RULE.—Section 518(b)(2)(F) (42 U.S.C. 

23 3056p(b)(2)(F)) is amended to read as follows: 

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1 lowing career services provided under title I of the 

2 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

3 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.)— 

4 ‘‘(i) initial or comprehensive skills assess5 ment; 

6 ‘‘(ii) labor exchange services; 

7 ‘‘(iii) provision of workforce and labor mar8 ket information or job search assistance; 

9 ‘‘(iv) development of an individual employ10 ment plan; 

11 ‘‘(v) group or individual counseling; 

12 ‘‘(vi) career planning; 

13 ‘‘(vii) internship, work experience, work14 force preparation activities, or prevocational 

15 services; 

16 ‘‘(viii) English language acquisition and in17 tegrated education and training; or 

18 ‘‘(ix) followup services;’’. 

19 SEC. 502. GAO REPORT ON ALIGNMENT WITHIN THE COM20 MUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 

21 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 18 months after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

23 of the United States shall complete a review in which the 

24 Comptroller General— 

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1 (A) the distinct differences and similarities 

2 between the older American community service 

3 employment program as authorized under title 

4 V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

5 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and the programs carried 

6 out under title I of the Workforce Innovation 

7 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.); 

8 and 

9 (B) how the programs described in sub10 paragraph (A) serve older individuals in seeking 

11 and obtaining community service employment; 

12 (2) analyzes the expected levels of performance 

13 described in section 513(a) of the Older Americans 

14 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056k(a)), the efficacy and 

15 impacts of the indicators of performance described 

16 in section 513(b) of the Older Americans Act of 

17 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056k(b)), and corrective measures 

18 described in section 513(d) of the Older Americans 

19 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056k(d)) for the older 

20 American community service employment program, 

21 compared with the expected levels of performance, 

22 efficacy and impacts of the indicators of perform23 ance, and corrective measures described in section 

24 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

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1 under title I of such Act, including the efficacy of 

2 the indicators of performance described in section 

3 513(b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3056k(b)) for individuals described in sub5 section (a)(3)(B)(ii) or subsection (b) of section 518 

6 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

7 3056p); 

8 (3) develops recommendations for any alter9 native measures that may better measure the effi10 cacy of the older American community service em11 ployment program as authorized under title V of the 

12 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et 

13 seq.) for individuals described in subsection 

14 (a)(3)(B)(ii) or subsection (b) of section 518 of the 

15 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056p) to 

16 achieve the objectives described in section 101 of the 

17 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001); and 

18 (4) evaluates how the Department of Labor co19 ordinates delivery of services with State and national 

20 grantees under title V of the Older Americans Act 

21 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and with States 

22 and local workforce development areas under title I 

23 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

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1 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the review required under this section is completed, 

3 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 

4 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Spe5 cial Committee on Aging of the Senate and the Committee 

6 on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep7 resentatives a report on the results of such review. 

8 TITLE VI—IMPROVING SERVICES 

9 FOR NATIVE ELDERS 

10 SEC. 601. OLDER AMERICANS TRIBAL ADVISORY COM11 MITTEE. 

12 Section 201(c) (42 U.S.C. 3011(c)) is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4)(A) In addition to other methods of govern15 ment-to-government consultation between the Ad16 ministration and Indian Tribes and conferring with 

17 organizations representing Native Hawaiians, the 

18 Assistant Secretary shall establish an advisory com19 mittee, to be known as the ‘Older Americans Tribal 

20 Advisory Committee’ (referred to in this paragraph 

21 as the ‘Committee’) to provide advice and guidance 

22 to the Assistant Secretary on matters relating to the 

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1 ‘‘(B) The Committee shall be composed of 11 

2 voting, non-Federal members, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) geographically diverse individuals with 

4 expertise on the range of issues affecting Indian 

5 Tribes, organizations representing Native Ha6 waiians, and older individuals who are Native 

7 Americans; 

8 ‘‘(ii) not less than 1 member who is an 

9 Alaska Native; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) not less than 1 member who is a Na11 tive Hawaiian. 

12 ‘‘(C) The Committee shall include non-voting, 

13 ex officio representatives of relevant Federal depart14 ments and agencies, including— 

15 ‘‘(i) the Administration; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Indian Health Service; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

18 Services; 

19 ‘‘(iv) the Department of the Interior; 

20 ‘‘(v) the Department of Labor; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) any other agency or office with sub22 ject matter expertise that the Assistant Sec23 retary determines appropriate. 

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1 ‘‘(E) The Committee shall coordinate, as appro2 priate, with the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Com3 mittee of the Department of Health and Human 

4 Services. 

5 ‘‘(F)(i) Not less frequently than once each year, 

6 the Committee shall submit to the Assistant Sec7 retary and make publicly available a report that de8 scribes— 

9 ‘‘(I) the activities of the Committee during 

10 the previous year; and 

11 ‘‘(II) recommendations for administrative 

12 action, including the identification of any statu13 tory barriers to carrying out such recommenda14 tions, for the following year. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Not later than 60 days after the date on 

16 which the Assistant Secretary receives a report 

17 under clause (i), the Assistant Secretary shall sub18 mit to the Committee a written response to such re19 port. 

20 ‘‘(G) Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall 

21 not apply to the Committee. 

22 ‘‘(H) In establishing, developing procedures for, and 

23 operating the Committee, the Assistant Secretary shall— 

24 ‘‘(i) consult with Indian Tribes and confer with 

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1 ‘‘(ii) take into consideration best practices of 

2 other Tribal advisory committees operated by the 

3 Department of Health and Human Services before 

4 the date of enactment of the Older Americans Act 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2024.’’. 

6 SEC. 602. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; SET ASIDE. 

7 (a) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—Section 636 (42 U.S.C. 

8 3057k–21) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘may’’ and in10 serting ‘‘shall, as practicable,’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘in-home 

12 assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘in-home services’’. 

13 (b) FUNDING SET ASIDE.—Section 644 (42 U.S.C. 

14 3057o) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘Of’’ and inserting the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Of’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

20 of enactment of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization 

21 Act of 2024, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the 

22 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

23 the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 

24 Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report on 

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1 ‘‘(1) the total amount of funds made available 

2 under subsection (a) to carry out part D for each 

3 fiscal year; 

4 ‘‘(2) a list of award recipients under part D; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(3) a summary of supportive services for 

7 healthy aging and independence provided under part 

8 D.’’. 

9 SEC. 603. GAO REPORT ON TRIBAL SERVICES. 

10 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

12 shall submit to Congress a report that— 

13 (1) evaluates and identifies barriers to Indian 

14 Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self15 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

16 U.S.C. 5304)) and organizations serving Native Ha17 waiians accessing programs under title VI of the 

18 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057 et 

19 seq.), and coordination of such programs under such 

20 title VI with programs funded under titles III and 

21 IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3021 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 

22 3031 et seq.), including by— 

23 (A) estimating the number of Native 

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1 (B) identifying States and area agencies 

2 on aging making grants to Indian Tribes under 

3 such title III; and 

4 (C) providing estimates of funding nec5 essary to support programs under such title VI 

6 for all Tribal organizations (as defined in sec7 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 

8 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) 

9 and organizations serving Native Hawaiians 

10 that are not eligible under such title VI (as in 

11 effect on the date of enactment of this Act); 

12 and 

13 (2) details how grantees under title V of the 

14 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et 

15 seq.) are serving older individuals who are Native 

16 Americans with funds received under such title V, 

17 including by evaluating how the Secretary of Labor 

18 coordinates with State and national grantees under 

19 such title V to serve older individuals who are Native 

20 Americans. 

21 SEC. 604. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

22 The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 

23 et seq.) is amended— 

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1 (A) in paragraph (27), by striking ‘‘the 

2 term ‘Indian tribe’ means any tribe’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘the term ‘Indian Tribe’ means any Tribe’’; 

4 and 

5 (B) in paragraph (56), by striking ‘‘the 

6 term ‘tribal organization’ means’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘the term ‘Tribal organization’ means’’; 

8 (2) in section 418(a)(2)(6) (42 U.S.C. 

9 3032g(a)(2)(6)), by striking ‘‘Speaker of the House 

10 of Representatives and the President pro tempore of 

11 the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Health, 

12 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 

13 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

14 the House of Representatives’’; 

15 (3) in section 612(c) (42 U.S.C. 3057c(c))— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘terms ‘Indian tribe’ and 

17 ‘tribal organization’ have’’ and inserting ‘‘terms 

18 ‘Indian Tribe’ and ‘Tribal organization’ have’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450b)’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304)’’; and 

22 (4) by striking ‘‘tribe’’, ‘‘tribes’’, and ‘‘tribal’’ 

23 each place such terms appear and inserting ‘‘Tribe’’, 

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1 TITLE VII—STRENGTHENING 

2 THE LONG-TERM CARE OM3 BUDSMAN PROGRAMS AND 

4 ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION 

5 SEC. 701. DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF LONG-TERM CARE 

6 OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS. 

7 Section 201(d)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 3011(d)(2)(A)) is 

8 amended, in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘serve on 

9 a full-time basis and’’ after ‘‘shall’’. 

10 SEC. 702. LEGAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING RESOURCES RE11 LATING TO ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION. 

12 Section 201(e)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 3011(e)(2)(A)) is 

13 amended by striking clause (v) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(v) establishing an information clear15 inghouse to collect, maintain, and dissemi16 nate information concerning best practices 

17 and resources for training, technical assist18 ance, and other activities, which may in19 clude training resources for paralegals or 

20 law students who are under the direct su21 pervision of an attorney, to assist State 

22 Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs, 

23 adult protective services programs, and 

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1 tion, and the matters described in clause 

2 (ii)(I), and to assist States and commu3 nities to carry out evidence-based programs 

4 to prevent and address elder abuse, ne5 glect, and exploitation;’’. 

6 SEC. 703. IMPROVING TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS UNDER 

7 THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN 

8 PROGRAM. 

9 Section 712 (42 U.S.C. 3058g) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (h)(5)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

12 (A)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘the representatives’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘each type of representa15 tive’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘types of’’ before 

17 ‘‘unpaid volunteers’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘for 

19 each such type of representative’’ before the 

20 semicolon at the end; 

21 (C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (D) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

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1 ‘‘(D) with respect to representatives of the 

2 Office who are unpaid volunteers, take into con3 sideration the degree to which each such type of 

4 unpaid volunteer performs activities requiring 

5 specialized training, with a goal of reducing un6 necessary training requirements for prospective 

7 unpaid volunteers;’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(k) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNPAID VOL10 UNTEERS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In providing the model 

12 standards described in subsection (h)(5), the Direc13 tor of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman 

14 Programs shall review and, as necessary, update 

15 such model standards on a regular basis to tailor 

16 such model standards to the individualized training 

17 needs of each type of representative of the Office, in18 cluding each type of unpaid volunteer. 

19 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out para20 graph (1), the Director of the Office of Long-Term 

21 Care Ombudsman Programs shall take into consider22 ation the degree to which each type of representative 

23 of the Office performs activities that require special24 ized training, with a goal of reducing unnecessary 

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1 SEC. 704. REPORTING ON STATE LONG-TERM CARE OM2 BUDSMAN PROGRAMS. 

3 Chapter 2 of subtitle A of title VII (42 U.S.C. 3058f 

4 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 714. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

6 ‘‘Each year, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to 

7 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen8 sions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate 

9 and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

10 the House of Representatives, and make publicly available, 

11 a report that— 

12 ‘‘(1) aggregates all reports submitted under sec13 tion 712(h) for such year; and 

14 ‘‘(2) provides a summary of the findings of 

15 such reports.’’. 

16 SEC. 705. STUDY ON STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN 

17 PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

19 seek to enter into a contract with the National Academies 

20 of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this 

21 section as the ‘‘National Academies’’) to conduct a study 

22 on the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs car23 ried out under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

24 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), including an assessment of the effec25 tiveness of such programs and any related challenges and 

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1 of the current (as of the date on which the contract is 

2 entered into) recommended staff-to-bed ratio for such pro3 grams, as appropriate. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

5 date on which a contract is entered into under subsection 

6 (a), the National Academies shall publicly issue a report 

7 on the findings of the study under this section. 

8 TITLE VIII—AUTHORIZATIONS 

9 OF APPROPRIATIONS 

10 SEC. 801. ADMINISTRATION ON AGING. 

11 Section 216 (42 U.S.C. 3020f) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking 

13 ‘‘$43,937,410’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

14 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$55,469,968 for fiscal 

15 year 2025, $55,469,968 for fiscal year 2026, 

16 $55,469,968 for fiscal year 2027, $55,469,968 for 

17 fiscal year 2028, and $55,469,968 for fiscal year 

18 2029’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

21 ‘‘$2,180,660’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fis22 cal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,753,033 for 

23 fiscal year 2025, $2,753,033 for fiscal year 

24 2026, $2,753,033 for fiscal year 2027, 


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1 $2,753,033 for fiscal year 2028, and 

2 $2,753,033 for fiscal year 2029’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

4 ‘‘$1,988,060’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fis5 cal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,509,880 for 

6 fiscal year 2025, $2,509,880 for fiscal year 

7 2026, $2,509,880 for fiscal year 2027, 

8 $2,509,880 for fiscal year 2028, and 

9 $2,509,880 for fiscal year 2029’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking 

11 ‘‘$1,371,740’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fis12 cal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,731,790 for 

13 fiscal year 2025, $1,731,790 for fiscal year 

14 2026, $1,731,790 for fiscal year 2027, 

15 $1,731,790 for fiscal year 2028, and 

16 $1,731,790 for fiscal year 2029’’; and 

17 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking 

18 ‘‘$8,687,330’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fis19 cal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,967,554 for 

20 fiscal year 2025, $10,967,554 for fiscal year 

21 2026, $10,967,554 for fiscal year 2027, 

22 $10,967,554 for fiscal year 2028, and 

23 $10,967,554 for fiscal year 2029’’. 


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1 SEC. 802. GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 

2 ON AGING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 (42 U.S.C. 3023) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

6 ‘‘$412,029,180’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

7 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$520,177,347 for fiscal 

8 year 2025, $520,177,347 for fiscal year 2026, 

9 $520,177,347 for fiscal year 2027, $520,177,347 for 

10 fiscal year 2028, and $520,177,347 for fiscal year 

11 2029’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

14 ‘‘$530,015,940’’ and all that follows through 

15 ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$669,132,913 

16 for fiscal year 2025, $669,132,913 for fiscal 

17 year 2026, $669,132,913 for fiscal year 2027, 

18 $669,132,913 for fiscal year 2028, and 

19 $669,132,913 for fiscal year 2029’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

21 ‘‘$268,935,940’’ and all that follows through 

22 ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$381,342,000 

23 for fiscal year 2025, $381,342,000 for fiscal 

24 year 2026, $381,342,000 for fiscal year 2027, 

25 $381,342,000 for fiscal year 2028, and 

26 $381,342,000 for fiscal year 2029’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection (d), by striking 

2 ‘‘$26,587,360’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

3 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$33,565,929 for fiscal 

4 year 2025, $33,565,929 for fiscal year 2026, 

5 $33,565,929 for fiscal year 2027, $33,565,929 for 

6 fiscal year 2028, and $33,565,929 for fiscal year 

7 2029’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (e), by striking 

9 ‘‘$193,869,020’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

10 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$244,755,171 for fiscal 

11 year 2025, $244,755,171 for fiscal year 2026, 

12 $244,755,171 for fiscal year 2027, $244,755,171 for 

13 fiscal year 2028, and $244,755,171 for fiscal year 

14 2029’’. 

15 (b) NUTRITION SERVICES INCENTIVE PROGRAM.— 

16 Section 311(e) (42 U.S.C. 3030a(e)) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘$171,273,830’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

18 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$216,229,264 for fiscal year 

19 2025, $216,229,264 for fiscal year 2026, $216,229,264 

20 for fiscal year 2027, $216,229,264 for fiscal year 2028, 

21 and $216,229,264 for fiscal year 2029’’. 

22 SEC. 803. ACTIVITIES FOR HEALTH, INDEPENDENCE, AND 

23 LONGEVITY. 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 

2 ‘‘$14,514,550’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

3 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,564,974 for fiscal 

4 year 2025, $26,564,974 for fiscal year 2026, 

5 $26,564,974 for fiscal year 2027, $26,564,974 for 

6 fiscal year 2028, and $26,564,974 for fiscal year 

7 2029’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 

9 ‘‘$15,613,440’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

10 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$19,711,608 for fiscal 

11 year 2025, $19,711,608 for fiscal year 2026, 

12 $19,711,608 for fiscal year 2027, $19,711,608 for 

13 fiscal year 2028, and $19,711,608 for fiscal year 

14 2029’’. 

15 SEC. 804. COMMUNITY SERVICE SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES 

16 ACT. 

17 Section 517(a) (42 U.S.C. 3056o(a)) is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘$428,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fis19 cal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$540,340,139 for fiscal 

20 year 2025, $540,340,139 for fiscal year 2026, 

21 $540,340,139 for fiscal year 2027, $540,340,139 for fis22 cal year 2028, and $540,340,139 for fiscal year 2029’’. 

23 SEC. 805. GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS. 

24 Section 643 (42 U.S.C. 3057n) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 

2 ‘‘$37,102,560’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

3 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$47,028,435 for fiscal 

4 year 2025, $47,028,435 for fiscal year 2026, 

5 $47,028,435 for fiscal year 2027, $47,028,435 for 

6 fiscal year 2028, and $47,028,435 for fiscal year 

7 2029’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking 

9 ‘‘$10,759,920’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

10 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,584,151 for fiscal 

11 year 2025, $13,584,151 for fiscal year 2026, 

12 $13,584,151 for fiscal year 2027, $13,584,151 for 

13 fiscal year 2028, and $13,584,151 for fiscal year 

14 2029’’. 

15 SEC. 806. ALLOTMENTS FOR ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION 

16 ACTIVITIES. 

17 Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 3058a) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking 

19 ‘‘$18,066,950’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal 

20 year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$22,809,108 for fiscal 

21 year 2025, $22,809,108 for fiscal year 2026, 

22 $22,809,108 for fiscal year 2027, $22,809,108 for 

23 fiscal year 2028, and $22,809,108 for fiscal year 

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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$5,107,110’’ 

2 and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘$6,447,609 for fiscal year 2025, 

4 $6,447,609 for fiscal year 2026, $6,447,609 for fis5 cal year 2027, $6,447,609 for fiscal year 2028, and 

6 $6,447,609 for fiscal year 2029’’. 

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