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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7884 

To reauthorize the Job Corps program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Job Corps program, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Job 

5 Corps Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOB CORPS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 142 of the Work9 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

10 3192) is amended— 


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1 (A) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(7) JOB CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Job 

4 Corps campus’ means a campus run by an operator 

5 selected by the Secretary pursuant to section 147, 

6 carrying out Job Corps activities.’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(11) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean9 ing given the term in section 3, except that such 

10 term also includes outlying areas (as defined in sec11 tion 3).’’. 

12 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subtitle C of 

13 title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

14 Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) is amended— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘Job Corps center’’ each 

16 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Job 

17 Corps campus’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘Job Corps centers’’ each 

19 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Job 

20 Corps campuses’’. 

21 (b) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB CORPS.— 

22 Section 144 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

23 Act (29 U.S.C. 3194) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(1) not less than age 16 and not more than 

4 age 24 on the date of enrollment, except that such 

5 maximum age limitation may be waived by the Sec6 retary, in accordance with regulations of the Sec7 retary, up to age 28 in the case of an individual with 

8 a disability or a justice-involved individual; and’’; 

9 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

10 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

11 paragraph (2) and by amending such para12 graph— 

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

14 ‘‘Basic skills deficient’’ and inserting ‘‘An 

15 individual with foundational skill needs’’; 

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

17 ‘‘A school dropout’’ and inserting ‘‘An op18 portunity youth’’; 

19 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

20 ‘‘or an individual who is pregnant’’ before 

21 the period; 

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

24 ‘‘(G)(i) A low-income individual as defined 

25 in subsection (h)(4) of section 402A of the 


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1 Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 

2 U.S.C. 1070a–11) as determined using proce3 dures similar to those in subsection 402a(e) of 

4 such section; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) a resident of a qualified opportunity 

6 zone as defined in section 1400Z–1(a) of the 

7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’; and 

8 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR VETERANS.—A veteran 

11 shall be eligible to become an enrollee if the veteran meets 

12 the requirements of subsection (a)(1).’’. 

13 (c) RECRUITMENT, SCREENING, SELECTION, AND

14 ASSIGNMENT OF ENROLLEES.—Section 145(a) of the 

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

16 3195(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

21 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(F) assist one-stop centers and other en24 tities identified in paragraph (3) in developing 

25 joint applications for Job Corps, YouthBuild, 


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1 and youth workforce investment activities under 

2 which an applicant may submit a single applica3 tion for all such programs.’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the last sen5 tence. 

6 (d) JOB CORPS CAMPUSES.—Section 147 of the 

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

8 3197) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

12 at the end the following: ‘‘Such award shall 

13 be based upon best value and fair and rea14 sonable pricing.’’; and 

15 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

16 read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) STUDENT OUTCOMES.—In select19 ing an entity to operate a Job Corps cam20 pus, the Secretary shall consider a numeric 

21 metric of recent past effectiveness of the 

22 entity in assisting opportunity youth to 

23 connect to the workforce, to be calculated 

24 based on data regarding— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the percentage of students 

2 served by the entity who were in edu3 cation or training activities, or in un4 subsidized employment, during the 

5 second quarter after exit from the rel6 evant program; 

7 ‘‘(II) the percentage of students 

8 served by the entity who were in edu9 cation or training activities, or in un10 subsidized employment, during the 

11 fourth quarter after exit from the rel12 evant program; 

13 ‘‘(III) the median earnings of 

14 students served by the entity who 

15 were in unsubsidized employment dur16 ing the second quarter after exit from 

17 the relevant program; 

18 ‘‘(IV) the percentage of students 

19 served by the entity who obtained a 

20 recognized postsecondary credential, 

21 or a secondary school diploma or its 

22 recognized equivalent, during partici23 pation in or within 1 year after exit 

24 from the relevant program; 


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1 ‘‘(V) expected levels of perform2 ance established under section 

3 159(c)(2) or similar metrics for re4 cruitment of eligible youth for rel5 evant contracts or grants. 

6 ‘‘(ii) MARKET DEVELOPMENT.— 

7 ‘‘(I) MENTOR-PROTE ́GE ́ PRO8 GRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out 

9 a mentor-prote ́ge ́ program in accord10 ance with section 45 of the Small 

11 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r) with 

12 respect to Job Corps campus oper13 ations. 

14 ‘‘(II) PAST-PERFORMANCE.—The 

15 Secretary shall publish comparable al16 ternative metrics for entities without 

17 previous experience in Job Corps cam18 pus operations to demonstrate their 

19 past effectiveness in accordance with 

20 the requirements of clause (i).’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

23 ‘‘high-skill, high-wage, or’’ before ‘‘in-de24 mand’’; 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

2 ‘‘Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘Workforce Innovation and Op4 portunity Act’’; 

5 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

6 (K) as subparagraph (L); and 

7 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

8 (J) the following: 

9 ‘‘(K) A description of the entity’s ability to 

10 demonstrate a record of successfully operating 

11 a safe learning and residential environment for 

12 opportunity youth.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs 

14 (2) and (3) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) HIGH PERFORMANCE.—An entity shall be 

16 considered to be an operator of a high-performing 

17 campus if the Job Corps campus operated by the en18 tity was ranked among the top 25 percent of Job 

19 Corps campuses, excluding Civilian Conservation 

20 Centers described in subsection (d), for the two most 

21 recent preceding program years.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(4) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 

25 of Agriculture may appoint, without regard to the 


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1 provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, 

2 United States Code (other than sections 3303 and 

3 3328 of such title), a graduate of a Civilian Con4 servation Center who successfully completed a train5 ing program focused on forestry, wildland fire6 fighting, or another topic relating to the mission of 

7 the Forest Service directly to a position with the De8 partment of Agriculture, Forest Service, for which 

9 the candidate meets Office of Personnel Manage10 ment qualification standards.’’; 

11 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘4-year’’; and 

13 (5) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘the pre14 ceding year for which information is available’’ and 

15 all that follows through the end and inserting ‘‘the 

16 preceding year for which information is available, 

17 such campus has been ranked in the lowest 10 per18 cent of Job Corps campuses.’’. 

19 (e) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Section 148(a) of the 

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

21 3198(a)) is amended, in the subsection heading, by insert22 ing ‘‘Academic’’ before ‘‘Activities’’. 

23 (f) SUPPORT.—Section 150 of the Workforce Innova24 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3200) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘3 months’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘12 months’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding the 

5 requirements of section 146(b), Job Corps graduates may 

6 remain enrolled and a resident of a Job Corps campus 

7 for not more than 1 month after graduation, subject to 

8 approval by the director of the Job Corps Campus, in 

9 order to facilitate their transition into independent living 

10 and employment.’’. 

11 (g) OPERATIONS.—Section 151 of the Workforce In12 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3201) is amend13 ed to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 151. OPERATIONS. 

15 ‘‘(a) OPERATING PLAN.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of the con17 tract between the Secretary and an entity selected to 

18 operate a Job Corps campus shall, including any 

19 subsequent modifications to such contract, serve as 

20 an operating plan for the Job Corps campus. 

21 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL CHANGES TO OPERATING

22 PLAN.—The Secretary may require the operator to 

23 submit additional information, as the Secretary 

24 deems necessary for compliance with any relevant 


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1 regulations, which shall be considered part of the op2 erating plan. 

3 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 

4 the operating plan described in paragraphs (1) and 

5 (2), excluding any proprietary information, available 

6 on a publicly accessible website. 

7 ‘‘(b) LOCAL AUTHORITIES.—Subject to the limita8 tions of their approved budgets, the operators of Job 

9 Corps campuses shall have the authority, without prior ap10 proval from the Secretary, to— 

11 ‘‘(1) hire staff and invest in staff professional 

12 development; 

13 ‘‘(2) enter into agreements with local partners, 

14 such as secondary and postsecondary schools or em15 ployers; and 

16 ‘‘(3) engage with and educate stakeholders 

17 about Job Corps operations and activities.’’. 

18 (h) STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.—Section 152 of the 

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

20 3202) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking the second 

22 sentence; 

23 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol24 lows: 

25 ‘‘(b) BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the operating 

2 plan defined in section 151(a), the director of each 

3 Job Corps campus shall develop and implement a be4 havioral management plan, subject to the approval 

5 of the Secretary. Such plan shall include student 

6 standards of conduct, positive behavioral interven7 tions and supports, and multi-tier systems of sup8 ports. 

9 ‘‘(2) DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AND DRUG

10 TESTING.— 

11 ‘‘(A) DISCIPLINARY MEASURES.—To pro12 mote the proper behavioral standards in the 

13 Job Corps, the director of each Job Corps cam14 pus shall, consistent with the applicable behav15 ioral management plan described in paragraph 

16 (1), have the authority to take appropriate dis17 ciplinary measures against enrollees if such di18 rector determines that an enrollee has com19 mitted a violation of the standards of conduct. 

20 The director shall adopt a policy of dismissing 

21 enrollees for an act of violence that seriously 

22 endangers the safety of students, staff, or the 

23 local community, and for illegal activity on the 

24 campus. 

25 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(i) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—The 

2 term ‘controlled substance’ has the mean3 ing given the term in section 102 of the 

4 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

5 802). 

6 ‘‘(ii) ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.—The 

7 term ‘zero tolerance policy’ means a policy 

8 under which an enrollee shall be automati9 cally dismissed from the Job Corps after a 

10 determination by the director that the en11 rollee has carried out an act of violence 

12 that seriously endangers the safety of stu13 dents, staff, or the local community or en14 gaged in an illegal activity on the campus. 

15 ‘‘(3) ADVISORY GROUP.—The Secretary shall 

16 periodically convene an advisory group of Job Corps 

17 operators and service providers and subject matter 

18 experts to review the reporting data collected under 

19 paragraph (5) and provide recommendations for Job 

20 Corps behavioral management plans based on evi21 dence-based research regarding effective and equi22 table behavioral policies. 

23 ‘‘(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS.—The 

24 directors of each Job Corps campus shall enter into 

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1 ment agency of jurisdiction regarding the procedures 

2 for reporting and investigating potentially illegal ac3 tivity on Job Corps campuses. 

4 ‘‘(5) INCIDENT REPORTING.—The Secretary 

5 shall establish procedures for— 

6 ‘‘(A) reporting significant health incidents, 

7 including substance abuse, self-harm, and acci8 dents resulting in bodily harm; and 

9 ‘‘(B) reporting significant behavioral inci10 dents, defined as acts of violence or illegal ac11 tivity. 

12 ‘‘(6) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Secretary shall 

13 establish standards under which a Job Corps cam14 pus shall be required to take performance improve15 ment actions described in section 159(f), based on 

16 an evaluation of such Job Corps campus, which shall 

17 take into account reporting data collected under 

18 paragraph (5) and recommendations of the advisory 

19 group pursuant to paragraph (3).’’. 

20 (i) EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL AS21 SISTANCE.—Section 156(a) of the Workforce Innovation 

22 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended to 

23 read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(a) PROJECTS.—The Secretary may carry out ex25 perimental, research, or demonstration projects relating to 


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1 evidence-based strategies for improving the operations of 

2 a Job Corps campus that was ranked among the bottom 

3 10 percent of Job Corps campuses. The Secretary may 

4 waive any provisions of this subtitle that the Secretary 

5 finds would prevent the Secretary from carrying out the 

6 projects (other than sections 145, 147, and 159(c)) pro7 vided that— 

8 ‘‘(1) the project will not result in a reduction in 

9 the number of students served; and 

10 ‘‘(2) if the Secretary informs the Committee on 

11 Education and Labor of the House of Representa12 tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

13 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, in writing, not 

14 less than 90 days in advance of issuing such waiv15 er.’’. 

16 (j) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL

17 LAW.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 157 of the Work19 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3207) is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(d) SERVICE CONTRACT ACT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Operators and service pro24 viders, including subcontractors thereto, are subject 

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1 title 41, United States Code (commonly known as 

2 the ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 

3 1965’). 

4 ‘‘(2) ACADEMIC AND CAREER TECHNICAL IN5 STRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES.—Notwithstanding sec6 tion 6701(3)(C) of such chapter, an academic or ca7 reer technical instructional employee at a Job Corps 

8 campus shall be considered a ‘service employee’ for 

9 purposes of applying such chapter under paragraph 

10 (1). 

11 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—To the extent 

12 compensation levels being paid or scheduled to be 

13 paid by an employer are, in the aggregate, greater 

14 than those determined by the Secretary of Labor to 

15 be required under this subsection, or as set forth in 

16 a collective bargaining agreement, nothing herein 

17 shall be construed to require a reduction of such 

18 compensation.’’. 

19 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

20 (A) AGREEMENTS IN EFFECT ON DATE OF

21 ENACTMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 shall, subject to appropriations, modify all 

24 agreements with operators and service providers 

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1 the requirements imposed by the amendment 

2 made by paragraph (1). 

3 (B) PENDING SOLICITATIONS.—Upon the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 shall include the requirements imposed by the 

6 amendment made by paragraph (1) in any 

7 pending solicitation for an operator or service 

8 provider. 

9 (k) STAFFING.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance with 

11 chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code (com12 monly known as the ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service 

13 Contract Act of 1965’), as such chapter is applied 

14 by section 157(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 

15 Opportunity Act, the staffing plan and the associ16 ated budget of an entity proposing to be an operator 

17 or service provider for a Job Corps campus shall in18 corporate hourly wages (or salaries as appropriate) 

19 and fringe benefit costs for occupational classifica20 tions at least equal to the wage determination deter21 mined by the Secretary of Labor for the locality of 

22 the Job Corps campus. In preparing such wage de23 termination, the Secretary shall compare the specific 

24 job classifications at the Job Corps campus with 

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1 employed by public education providers in the local2 ity with the goal of ensuring equivalency to the max3 imum extent feasible. 

4 (2) ADJUSTMENTS PERMITTED.—The Secretary 

5 may further adjust compensation levels in a contract 

6 with an operator or service provider to ensure suffi7 cient availability and retention of qualified personnel 

8 in the locality. 

9 (3) ANNUAL UPDATES.—The Secretary shall 

10 update hourly wages (or salaries as appropriate) and 

11 fringe benefit levels for such occupations covered in 

12 this paragraph on an annual basis. 

13 (l) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—Section 158(f) of the 

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

15 3208(f)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘di17 rectors of Job Corps campuses’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘the Job Corps or individual’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘such’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any 

21 real property acquired shall be directly transferred 

22 to the Secretary in accordance with chapter 5 of title 

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1 (m) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION.—Section 159 of 

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

3 3209) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL RECONCILIATION.—Prior to the 

7 expiration of any appropriated Job Corps operations 

8 funds for any fiscal year, any anticipated unobli9 gated funds may, subject to appropriations, be obli10 gated to projects identified under subsection 

11 (h)(1).’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

14 follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND INDICA16 TORS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the start of each 

18 contract period, and at least every two program 

19 years in the case of Civilian Conservation Cen20 ters, the Secretary shall establish expected lev21 els of performance for each Job Corps campus 

22 relating to each of the primary indicators of 

23 performance for eligible youth described in sec24 tion 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) using the model described 

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1 ‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE MODEL.—At least 

2 every four years and no more than every two 

3 years, the Secretary shall develop a model for 

4 establishing the expected levels of performance 

5 for each Job Corps campus, in accordance with 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(i) EQUITY.—The model shall ac8 count for significant correlations between 

9 various factors and student outcomes, in10 cluding: 

11 ‘‘(I) Student demographics, in12 cluding age, gender, race, ethnicity, 

13 documented disabilities, and education 

14 level on entry. 

15 ‘‘(II) Employment conditions in 

16 students’ home communities. 

17 ‘‘(ii) DEVELOPMENT.—The model 

18 shall be developed by subject matter ex19 perts in the fields of Job Corps operations, 

20 program evaluation, statistical analysis, 

21 and related fields using available Job 

22 Corps data as well as regional economic 

23 data. 

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1 ric identified in section 147(a)(2)(B)(i), in2 cluding the procedures outlined in section 

3 147(a)(2)(B)(iv), shall be published for 

4 comment in the Federal Register.’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

8 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) the number of enrollees recruited that 

11 meet the requirements of section 144(a); and 

12 ‘‘(C) the measurement described in sub13 paragraph (K) of subsection (d)(1).’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

18 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

19 and’’; and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C) information on the performance of 

23 the Job Corps selection process in section 

24 147(a)(2) with respect to increasing perform25 ance as measured pursuant to subparagraph 


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1 (A), specifically including information on the 

2 performance of each Job Corps campus as com3 pared to its annual performance immediately 

4 prior to its current operating agreement.’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (d)(1)— 

6 (A) by striking subparagraph (I); and 

7 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 

8 through (O) as subparagraphs (I) through (N), 

9 respectively; 

10 (4) in subsection (f)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (E), by adding 

13 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

15 ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a period; and 

16 (iii) by striking subparagraph (G); 

17 and 

18 (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(4) CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS.—In 

21 addition to the primary indicators of performance 

22 specified in subsection (c)(1), Civilian Conservation 

23 Centers shall be evaluated on their contribution to 

24 the nation’s conservation goals by the Secretaries of 

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1 conclude that a Civilian Conservation Center is not 

2 meeting these dual performance goals, they may 

3 take performance improvement actions described in 

4 subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) of 

5 this subsection.’’; and 

6 (5) in subsection (g)(2)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘has entered’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘enters’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘comply’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘attest to compliance’’. 

11 (n) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of title I 

12 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

13 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Committee 

14 on Education and the Workforce’’ each place it appears 

15 and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and Labor’’. 

16 (o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

17 162 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

18 U.S.C. 3212) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 162. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap21 propriated to carry out this subtitle— 

22 ‘‘(1) $1,809,857,925 for fiscal year 2025; 

23 ‘‘(2) $1,873,202,952 for fiscal year 2026; 

24 ‘‘(3) $1,938,765,056 for fiscal year 2027; 

25 ‘‘(4) $2,006,621,833 for fiscal year 2028; 


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1 ‘‘(5) $2,076,853,597 for fiscal year 2029; and 

2 ‘‘(6) $2,149,543,473 for fiscal year 2030. 

3 ‘‘(b) CONSTRUCTION COSTS.—Of the amount author4 ized in subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

5 2030, $107,800,000 shall be for construction, rehabilita6 tion, and acquisition of Job Corps Campuses.’’. 

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