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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2381 

To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2013 

Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Jobs Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUTH JOBS FUND. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

7 Treasury of the United States an account that shall be 

8 known as the Youth Jobs Fund (referred to in this Act 

9 as ‘‘the Fund’’). 

10 (b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—Out of any 

11 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 

12 is appropriated $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, 

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1 which shall be paid to the Fund, to be used by the Sec2 retary of Labor to carry out this Act. 

3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts avail4 able to the Fund under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

5 Labor shall— 

6 (1) allot $1,500,000,000 in accordance with 

7 section 3 to provide summer and year-round employ8 ment opportunities to low-income youth; and 

9 (2) award $1,500,000,000 in allotments and 

10 competitive grants in accordance with section 4 to 

11 local entities to carry out work-based training and 

12 other work-related and educational strategies and 

13 activities of demonstrated effectiveness to unem14 ployed, low-income young adults and low-income 

15 youth to provide the skills and assistance needed to 

16 obtain employment. 

17 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts appro18 priated under this Act shall be available for obligation by 

19 the Secretary of Labor until December 31, 2014, and shall 

20 be available for expenditure by grantees (including sub21 grantees) until September 30, 2015. 

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1 SEC. 3. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOY2 MENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME 

3 YOUTH. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 

5 section 2(c)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall make an al6 lotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 

7 modification to a State plan approved under section 112 

8 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

9 2822) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘State plan modi10 fication’’) (or other State request for funds specified in 

11 guidance under subsection (b)) approved under subsection 

12 (d) and recipient under section 166(c) of the Workforce 

13 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2911(c)) (referred to 

14 in this section as a ‘‘Native American grantee’’) that 

15 meets the requirements of this section, for the purpose of 

16 providing summer employment and year-round employ17 ment opportunities to low-income youth. 

18 (b) GUIDANCE AND APPLICATION OF REQUIRE19 MENTS.— 

20 (1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen23 tation of this section. 

24 (2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con25 sistent with this section, include procedures for— 

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1 (A) the submission and approval of State 

2 plan modifications, for such other forms of re3 quests for funds by the State as may be identi4 fied in such guidance, for modifications to local 

5 plans approved under section 118 of the Work6 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833) 

7 (referred to individually in this section as a 

8 ‘‘local plan modification’’), or for such other 

9 forms of requests for funds by local workforce 

10 investment areas as may be identified in such 

11 guidance, that promote the expeditious and ef12 fective implementation of the activities author13 ized under this section; and 

14 (B) the allotment and allocation of funds, 

15 including reallotment and reallocation of such 

16 funds, that promote such implementation. 

17 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro18 vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 

19 and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 

20 the funds provided for activities under this section 

21 shall be administered in accordance with the provi22 sions of subtitles B and E of title I of the Workforce 

23 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq., 

24 2911 et seq.) relating to youth activities. 

25 (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described in 

2 subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall allot to 

3 each State the total of the amounts assigned to the 

4 State under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para5 graph (2). 

6 (2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— 

7 (A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de8 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

9 Labor shall assign to each State an amount 

equal to 1 10 ⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 

11 (B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

12 of Labor shall assign the remainder of the 

13 funds described in subsection (a) among the 

14 States by assigning— 

15 (i) one-half on the basis of the relative 

16 number of young unemployed individuals 

17 in areas of substantial youth unemploy18 ment in each State, compared to the total 

19 number of young unemployed individuals 

20 in areas of substantial youth unemploy21 ment in all States; and 

22 (ii) one-half on the basis of the rel23 ative number of disadvantaged young 

24 adults and youth in each State, compared 

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1 to the total number of disadvantaged 

2 young adults and youth in all States. 

3 (3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 

4 does not submit a State plan modification or other 

5 State request for funds specified in guidance under 

6 subsection (b) by the date specified in subsection 

7 (d)(2)(A), or a State does not receive approval of 

8 such State plan modification or request, the amount 

9 the State would have been eligible to receive pursu10 ant to paragraph (2) shall be transferred within the 

11 Fund and added to the amounts available for com12 petitive grants under sections 2(c)(2) and 4(b)(2). 

13 (4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 

14 (2): 

15 (A) AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL YOUTH UNEM16 PLOYMENT.—The term ‘‘area of substantial 

17 youth unemployment’’ means any contiguous 

18 area that has a population of at least 10,000, 

19 and that has an average rate of unemployment 

20 of at least 10 percent, among individuals who 

21 are not younger than 16 but are younger than 

22 25, for the most recent 12 months, as deter23 mined by the Secretary of Labor. 

24 (B) DISADVANTAGED YOUNG ADULT OR

25 YOUTH.—The term ‘‘disadvantaged young adult 

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1 or youth’’ means an individual who is not 

2 younger than 16 but is younger than 25 who 

3 received an income, or is a member of a family 

4 that received a total family income, that, in re5 lation to family size, does not exceed the higher 

6 of— 

7 (i) the poverty line; or 

8 (ii) 70 percent of the lower living 

9 standard income level. 

10 (C) YOUNG UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL.— 

11 The term ‘‘young unemployed individual’’ 

12 means an individual who is not younger than 

13 16 but is younger than 25. 

14 (d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 

16 receive an allotment of funds under subsection (c), 

17 the Governor of the State shall submit to the Sec18 retary of Labor a State plan modification, or other 

19 State request for funds specified in guidance under 

20 subsection (b), in such form and containing such in21 formation as the Secretary may require. At a min22 imum, such State plan modification or request shall 

23 include— 

24 (A) a description of the strategies and ac25 tivities to be carried out to provide summer emmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ployment opportunities and year-round employ2 ment opportunities, including linkages to train3 ing and educational activities, consistent with 

4 subsection (f); 

5 (B) a description of the requirements the 

6 State will apply relating to the eligibility of low7 income youth, consistent with section 2(4), for 

8 summer employment opportunities and year9 round employment opportunities, which require10 ments may include criteria to target assistance 

11 to particular categories of such low-income 

12 youth, such as youth with disabilities, con13 sistent with subsection (f); 

14 (C) a description of the performance out15 comes to be achieved by the State through the 

16 activities carried out under this section and the 

17 processes the State will use to track perform18 ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 

19 Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 

20 and processes and with section 5(b); 

21 (D) a description of the timelines for im22 plementation of the strategies and activities de23 scribed in subparagraph (A), and the number of 

24 low-income youth expected to be placed in sum25 mer employment opportunities, and year-round 

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1 employment opportunities, respectively, by 

2 quarter; 

3 (E) assurances that the State will report 

4 such information, relating to fiscal, perform5 ance, and other matters, as the Secretary may 

6 require and as the Secretary determines is nec7 essary to effectively monitor the activities car8 ried out under this section; 

9 (F) assurances that the State will ensure 

10 compliance with the requirements, restrictions, 

11 labor standards, and other provisions described 

12 in section 5(a); and 

13 (G) if a local board and chief elected offi14 cial in the State will provide employment oppor15 tunities with the link to training and edu16 cational activities described in subsection 

17 (f)(2)(B), a description of how the training and 

18 educational activities will lead to the industry19 recognized credential involved. 

20 (2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF STATE

21 PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 

22 (A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 

23 submit the State plan modification or other 

24 State request for funds specified in guidance 

25 under subsection (b) to the Secretary of Labor 

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1 not later than 30 days after the issuance of 

2 such guidance. 

3 (B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor 

4 shall approve the State plan modification or re5 quest submitted under subparagraph (A) within 

6 30 days after submission, unless the Secretary 

7 determines that the plan or request is incon8 sistent with the requirements of this section. If 

9 the Secretary has not made a determination 

10 within that 30-day period, the plan or request 

11 shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 

12 or request is disapproved, the Secretary may 

13 provide a reasonable period of time in which the 

14 plan or request may be amended and resub15 mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 

16 approved, the Secretary shall allot funds to the 

17 State under subsection (c) within 30 days after 

18 such approval. 

19 (3) MODIFICATIONS TO STATE PLAN OR RE20 QUEST.—The Governor may submit further modi21 fications to a State plan modification or other State 

22 request for funds specified under subsection (b), 

23 consistent with the requirements of this section. 

24 (e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA25 TION.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to the 

2 State under subsection (c), the Governor— 

3 (A) may reserve not more than 5 percent 

4 of the funds for administration and technical 

5 assistance; and 

6 (B) shall allocate the remainder of the 

7 funds among local workforce investment areas 

8 within the State in accordance with clauses (i) 

9 and (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B), except that for 

10 purposes of such allocation references to a 

11 State in subsection (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to 

12 be references to a local workforce investment 

13 area and references to all States shall be 

14 deemed to be references to all local workforce 

15 investment areas in the State involved. 

16 (2) LOCAL PLAN.— 

17 (A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an 

18 allocation under paragraph (1)(B), the local 

19 workforce investment board, in partnership with 

20 the chief elected official for the local workforce 

21 investment area involved, shall submit to the 

22 Governor a local plan modification, or such 

23 other request for funds by local workforce in24 vestment areas as may be specified in guidance 

25 under subsection (b), not later than 30 days 

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1 after the submission by the State of the State 

2 plan modification or other State request for 

3 funds specified in guidance under subsection 

4 (b), describing the strategies and activities to be 

5 carried out under this section. 

6 (B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap7 prove the local plan modification or other local 

8 request for funds submitted under subpara9 graph (A) within 30 days after submission, un10 less the Governor determines that the plan or 

11 request is inconsistent with requirements of this 

12 section. If the Governor has not made a deter13 mination within that 30-day period, the plan 

14 shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 

15 or request is disapproved, the Governor may 

16 provide a reasonable period of time in which the 

17 plan or request may be amended and resub18 mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 

19 approved, the Governor shall allocate funds to 

20 the local workforce investment area within 30 

21 days after such approval. 

22 (3) REALLOCATION.—If a local workforce in23 vestment board and chief elected official do not sub24 mit a local plan modification (or other local request 

25 for funds specified in guidance under subsection (b)) 

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1 by the date specified in paragraph (2), or the Gov2 ernor disapproves a local plan, the amount the local 

3 workforce investment area would have been eligible 

4 to receive pursuant to the formula under paragraph 

5 (1)(B) shall be allocated to local workforce invest6 ment areas that receive approval of their local plan 

7 modifications or local requests for funds under para8 graph (2). Each such local workforce investment 

9 area shall receive a share of the total amount avail10 able for reallocation under this paragraph, in accord11 ance with the area’s share of the total amount allo12 cated under paragraph (1)(B) to such local work13 force investment areas. 

14 (f) USE OF FUNDS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available 

16 under this section shall be used— 

17 (A) to provide summer employment oppor18 tunities for low-income youth, with direct link19 ages to academic and occupational learning, 

20 and may be used to provide supportive services, 

21 such as transportation or child care, that is 

22 necessary to enable the participation of such 

23 youth in the opportunities; and 

24 (B) to provide year-round employment op25 portunities, which may be combined with other 

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1 activities authorized under section 129 of the 

2 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

3 2854), to low-income youth. 

4 (2) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering 

5 the funds under this section, the local board and 

6 chief elected official shall give priority to— 

7 (A) identifying employment opportunities 

8 that are— 

9 (i) in emerging or in-demand occupa10 tions in the local workforce investment 

11 area; or 

12 (ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 

13 and meet community needs; and 

14 (B) linking participants in year-round em15 ployment opportunities to training and edu16 cational activities that will provide such partici17 pants an industry-recognized certificate or cre18 dential (referred to in this Act as an ‘‘industry19 recognized credential’’). 

20 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per21 cent of the funds allocated to a local workforce in22 vestment area under this section may be used for 

23 the costs of administration of this section. 

24 (4) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac25 tivities funded under this section, in lieu of meeting 

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1 the requirements described in section 136 of the 

2 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

3 2871), States and local workforce investment areas 

4 shall provide such reports as the Secretary of Labor 

5 may require regarding the performance outcomes de6 scribed in section 5(b)(5). 

7 SEC. 4. WORK-BASED EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES AND AC8 TIVITIES OF DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE9 NESS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 

11 section 2(c)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall make allot12 ments to States, and award grants to eligible entities, 

13 under subsection (b) to carry out work-based strategies 

14 and activities of demonstrated effectiveness. 

15 (b) ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS.— 

16 (1) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES FOR GRANTS.— 

17 (A) ALLOTMENTS.—Using funds described 

18 in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall 

allot to each State an amount equal to 1 19 ⁄2 of 1 

20 percent of such funds. 

21 (B) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The 

22 State shall use the funds to award grants, on 

23 a competitive basis, to eligible entities in the 

24 State. 

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1 (2) DIRECT GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

2 Using the funds described in subsection (a) that are 

3 not allotted under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

4 Labor shall award grants on a competitive basis to 

5 eligible entities. 

6 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

7 grant under ths section, an entity— 

8 (1) shall include— 

9 (A) a partnership involving a chief elected 

10 official and the local workforce investment 

11 board for the local workforce investment area 

12 involved (which may include a partnership with 

13 such elected officials and workforce investment 

14 boards and State elected officials and State 

15 boards (as defined in section 101 of the Work16 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

17 2801)) in the region and in the State); or 

18 (B) an entity eligible to apply for a grant, 

19 contract, or agreement under section 166 of the 

20 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

21 2911); and 

22 (2) may include, in combination with a partner23 ship or entity described in paragraph (1)— 

24 (A) employers or employer associations; 

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1 (B) adult education providers or postsec2 ondary educational institutions, including com3 munity colleges; 

4 (C) community-based organizations; 

5 (D) joint labor-management committees; 

6 (E) work-related intermediaries; or 

7 (F) other appropriate organizations. 

8 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

9 under this section, an entity shall submit to the Secretary 

10 of Labor (or to the State, if applying for a grant under 

11 subsection (b)(1)(B)) an application at such time, in such 

12 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

13 may require. At a minimum, the application shall— 

14 (1) describe the strategies and activities of dem15 onstrated effectiveness that the eligible entity will 

16 carry out to provide unemployed, low-income young 

17 adults and low-income youth with skills that will 

18 lead to employment upon completion of participation 

19 in such activities; 

20 (2) describe the requirements that will apply re21 lating to the eligibility of unemployed, low-income 

22 young adults and low-income youth, consistent with 

23 section 2, for activities carried out under this sec24 tion, which requirements may include criteria to tar25 get assistance to particular categories of such adults 

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1 and youth, such as individuals with disabilities or in2 dividuals who have exhausted all rights to unemploy3 ment compensation; 

4 (3) describe how the strategies and activities 

5 will address the needs of the target populations iden6 tified in paragraph (2) and the needs of employers 

7 in the local workforce investment area; 

8 (4) describe the expected outcomes to be 

9 achieved by implementing the strategies and activi10 ties; 

11 (5) provide evidence that the funds provided 

12 through the grant will be expended expeditiously and 

13 efficiently to implement the strategies and activities; 

14 (6) describe how the strategies and activities 

15 will be coordinated with other Federal, State and 

16 local programs providing employment, education and 

17 supportive activities; 

18 (7) provide evidence of employer commitment to 

19 participate in the activities funded under this sec20 tion, including identification of anticipated occupa21 tional and skill needs; 

22 (8) provide assurances that the eligible entity 

23 will report such information relating to fiscal, per24 formance, and other matters, as the Secretary of 

25 Labor may require and as the Secretary determines 

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1 is necessary to effectively monitor the activities car2 ried out under this section; 

3 (9) provide assurances that the eligible entity 

4 will ensure compliance with the requirements, re5 strictions, labor standards, and other provisions de6 scribed in section 5(a); and 

7 (10) if the entity will provide activities de8 scribed in subsection (f)(4), a description of how the 

9 activities will lead to the industry-recognized creden10 tials involved. 

11 (e) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 

12 under this section, the Secretary of Labor (or a State, 

13 under subsection (b)(1)(B)) shall give priority to applica14 tions submitted by eligible entities from areas of high pov15 erty and high unemployment, as defined by the Secretary, 

16 such as Public Use Microdata Areas designated by the Bu17 reau of the Census. 

18 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 

19 under this section shall use the funds made available 

20 through the grant to support work-based strategies and 

21 activities of demonstrated effectiveness that are designed 

22 to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low23 income youth with skills that will lead to employment as 

24 part of or upon completion of participation in such activi25 ties. Such strategies and activities may include— 

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1 (1) on-the-job training, registered apprentice2 ship programs, or other programs that combine work 

3 with skills development; 

4 (2) sector-based training programs that have 

5 been designed to meet the specific requirements of 

6 an employer or group of employers in that sector 

7 and for which employers are committed to hiring in8 dividuals upon successful completion of the training; 

9 (3) training that supports an industry sector or 

10 an employer-based or labor-management committee 

11 industry partnership and that includes a significant 

12 work-experience component; 

13 (4) activities that lead to the acquisition of in14 dustry-recognized credentials in a field identified by 

15 the State or local workforce investment area as a 

16 growth sector or in-demand industry in which there 

17 are likely to be significant job opportunities in the 

18 short-term; 

19 (5) activities that provide connections to imme20 diate work opportunities, including subsidized em21 ployment opportunities, or summer employment op22 portunities for youth, that include concurrent skills 

23 training and other supports; 

24 (6) activities offered through career academies 

25 that provide students with the academic preparation 

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1 and training, such as paid internships and concur2 rent enrollment in community colleges or other post3 secondary institutions, needed to pursue a career 

4 pathway that leads to postsecondary credentials and 

5 in-demand jobs; and 

6 (7) adult basic education and integrated basic 

7 education and training for low-skilled individuals 

8 who are not younger than 16 but are younger than 

9 25, hosted at community colleges or at other sites, 

10 to prepare individuals for jobs that are in demand 

11 in a local workforce investment area. 

12 (g) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRA13 TION.—The Secretary of Labor shall administer this sec14 tion in coordination with the Secretary of Education, the 

15 Secretary of Health and Human Services, and other ap16 propriate agency heads, to ensure the effective implemen17 tation of this section. 

18 SEC. 5. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 

19 (a) LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIONS.—Activi20 ties provided with funds made available under this Act 

21 shall be subject to the requirements and restrictions, in22 cluding the labor standards, described in section 181 of 

23 the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931) 

24 and the nondiscrimination provisions of section 188 of 

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1 such Act (29 U.S.C. 2938), in addition to other applicable 

2 Federal laws. 

3 (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Labor may re4 quire the reporting of information relating to fiscal, per5 formance and other matters that the Secretary determines 

6 is necessary to effectively monitor the activities carried out 

7 with funds provided under this Act. At a minimum, recipi8 ents of grants (including recipients of subgrants) under 

9 this Act shall provide information relating to— 

10 (1) the number of individuals participating in 

11 activities with funds provided under this Act and the 

12 number of such individuals who have completed such 

13 participation; 

14 (2) the expenditures of funds provided under 

15 this Act; 

16 (3) the number of jobs created pursuant to the 

17 activities carried out under this Act; 

18 (4) the demographic characteristics of individ19 uals participating in activities under this Act; and 

20 (5) the performance outcomes for individuals 

21 participating in activities under this Act, including— 

22 (A) for low-income youth participating in 

23 summer employment activities under sections 3 

24 and 4, performance on indicators consisting 

25 of— 

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1 (i) work readiness skill attainment 

2 using an employer validated checklist; 

3 (ii) placement in or return to sec4 ondary or postsecondary education or 

5 training, or entry into unsubsidized em6 ployment; 

7 (B) for low-income youth participating in 

8 year-round employment activities under section 

9 3 or in activities under section 4, performance 

10 on indicators consisting of— 

11 (i) placement in or return to postsec12 ondary education; 

13 (ii) attainment of a secondary school 

14 diploma or its recognized equivalent; 

15 (iii) attainment of an industry-recog16 nized credential; and 

17 (iv) entry into, retention in, and earn18 ings in, unsubsidized employment; and 

19 (C) for unemployed, low-income young 

20 adults participating in activities under section 

21 4, performance on indicators consisting of— 

22 (i) entry into, retention in, and earn23 ings in, unsubsidized employment; and 

24 (ii) attainment of an industry-recog25 nized credential. 

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1 (c) ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO BE ADDITIONAL.— 

2 Funds provided under this Act shall only be used for ac3 tivities that are in addition to activities that would other4 wise be available in the State or local workforce invest5 ment area in the absence of such funds. 

6 (d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 

7 Labor may establish such additional requirements as the 

8 Secretary determines may be necessary to ensure fiscal in9 tegrity, effective monitoring, and the appropriate and 

10 prompt implementation of the activities under this Act. 

11 (e) REPORT OF INFORMATION AND EVALUATIONS TO

12 CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary of Labor 

13 shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress 

14 and make available to the public the information reported 

15 pursuant to subsection (b). 

16 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.—The term 

19 ‘‘chief elected official’’ means the chief elected execu20 tive officer of a unit of local government in a local 

21 workforce investment area or in the case in which 

22 such an area includes more than one unit of general 

23 government, the individuals designated under an 

24 agreement described in section 117(c)(1)(B) of the 

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1 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

2 2832(c)(1)(B)). 

3 (2) LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA.— 

4 The term ‘‘local workforce investment area’’ means 

5 such area designated under section 116 of the Work6 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2831). 

7 (3) LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.— 

8 The term ‘‘local workforce investment board’’ means 

9 such board established under section 117 of the 

10 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

11 2832). 

12 (4) LOW-INCOME YOUTH.—The term ‘‘low-in13 come youth’’ means an individual who— 

14 (A) is not younger than 16 but is younger 

15 than 25; 

16 (B) meets the definition of a low-income 

17 individual provided in section 101(25) of the 

18 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

19 2801(25)), except that— 

20 (i) States and local workforce invest21 ment areas, subject to approval in the ap22 plicable State plans and local plans, may 

23 increase the income level specified in sub24 paragraph (B)(i) of such section to an 

25 amount not in excess of 200 percent of the 

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1 poverty line for purposes of determining 

2 eligibility for participation in activities 

3 under section 3; and 

4 (ii) eligible entities described in sec5 tion 4(c), subject to approval in the appli6 cable applications for funds, may make 

7 such an increase for purposes of deter8 mining eligibility for participation in activi9 ties under section 4; and 

10 (C) is in one or more of the categories 

11 specified in section 101(13)(C) of the Work12 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

13 2801(13)(C)). 

14 (5) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

15 means a poverty line as defined in section 673 of the 

16 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 9902), applicable to a family of the size involved. 

18 (6) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 

19 The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ 

20 means an apprenticeship program registered under 

21 the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 

22 the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 

23 chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

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1 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

2 the several States of the United States, and the Dis3 trict of Columbia. 

4 (8) UNEMPLOYED, LOW-INCOME YOUNG

5 ADULT.—The term ‘‘unemployed, low-income young 

6 adult’’ means an individual who— 

7 (A) is not younger than 18 but is younger 

8 than 35; 

9 (B) is without employment and is seeking 

10 assistance under this Act to obtain employment; 

11 and 

12 (C) meets the definition of a low-income 

13 individual specified in section 101(25) of the 

14 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

15 2801(25)), except that eligible entities described 

16 in section 4(c), subject to approval in the appli17 cable applications for funds, may increase the 

18 income level specified in subparagraph (B)(i) of 

19 such section to an amount not in excess of 200 

20 percent of the poverty line for purposes of de21 termining eligibility for participation in activi22 ties under section 4. 

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