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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3877 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3877

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to permit greater 
flexibility in carrying out incumbent worker training programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2024

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Hickenlooper) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to permit greater 
flexibility in carrying out incumbent worker training programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lifelong Learning Act''.

SEC. 2. INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING AND TRANSITIONAL JOBS STANDARD 
              RESERVATION OF FUNDS.

    Section 134(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3174(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking ``20'' and 
        inserting ``30''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``10'' and inserting ``15''.

SEC. 3. REPORTING INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING OUTCOMES.

    Section 116(d)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(d)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(A) information'' and inserting ``(A)(i) 
        information'';
            (2) in clause (i), as so designated, by adding ``and'' at 
        the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) in the case of a State in which local areas 
                are implementing incumbent worker training programs 
                under section 134(d)(4), information on the levels of 
                performance achieved for those programs with respect to 
                the primary indicators of performance described in 
                subsection (b)(2)(A), which information shall be used 
                by the State and the Secretary of Labor in conjunction 
                with the Secretary of Education to adapt the State 
                adjusted levels of performance with respect to such 
                indicators for the adult program and for the dislocated 
                worker program authorized under chapter 3 of subtitle 
                B.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANDING THE FLEXIBILITY OF ONE-STOP OPERATORS.

    Section 121(d)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3151(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(vi), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) subject to approval from the chief elected 
                official and Governor and in accordance with any other 
                eligibility criteria established by the State, and 
                notwithstanding subparagraph (B), may be a local board, 
                if the local board--
                            ``(i) enters into a written agreement with 
                        the chief elected official and clarifies how 
                        the local board will carry out the functions 
                        and responsibilities of a one-stop operator in 
                        a manner that complies with appropriate 
                        internal controls to prevent any conflicts of 
                        interest, which shall include how the local 
                        board, while serving as a one-stop operator, 
                        will comply with--
                                    ``(I) the relevant Office of 
                                Management and Budget circulars 
                                relating to conflicts of interest; and
                                    ``(II) any applicable State 
                                conflict of interest policy; and
                            ``(ii) complies with the other applicable 
                        requirements of this subsection.''.
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