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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4391 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to recognize digital 

skills and digital literacy as critical adult education and literacy objectives, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2024 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. KAINE) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to recognize digital skills and digital literacy as critical 

adult education and literacy objectives, 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 ‘‘Investing in Digital 

5 Skills Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor8 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through 

2 (71) as paragraphs (16) through (72), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(15) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.—The term 

7 ‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 

8 term in section 202 of the Museum and Library 

9 Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101).’’. 

10 SEC. 3. ADULT DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS. 

11 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 202 of the Workforce Innova12 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3271) is amended— 

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

15 ‘‘(1) assist adults to become literate and obtain 

16 the knowledge and skills (including digital literacy 

17 skills and information literacy) necessary for employ18 ment, economic self-sufficiency, and full participa19 tion in all aspects of adult life;’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (4)(A)— 

21 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; and 

23 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(iii) digital literacy skills and infor2 mation literacy; and’’. 

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 203 of the Workforce In4 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through 

7 (17) as paragraphs (11) through (18), respectively; 

8 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

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

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

12 subparagraph (D); and 

13 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(C) develop and use digital technology 

16 skills; and’’; 

17 (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, digital 

18 skills activities offered in conjunction with other 

19 adult education and literacy activities’’ after ‘‘family 

20 literacy activities’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (9), by adding at the end the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(E) Digital literacy and information lit24 eracy activities to enable parents or family 

25 members to develop and use digital literacy 


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1 skills and information literacy to support their 

2 children’s learning.’’; and 

3 (5) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(10) INFORMATION LITERACY.—The term ‘in6 formation literacy’ means the set of skills needed to 

7 find, retrieve, understand, evaluate, analyze, and ef8 fectively use information (which encompasses spoken 

9 and broadcast words and videos, printed materials, 

10 and digital content, data, and images).’’. 

11 (6) in paragraph (14), as redesignated by para12 graph (1), by striking ‘‘and solve problems,’’ and all 

13 that follows through the period at the end and in14 serting ‘‘solve problems, and use digital technology 

15 at levels of proficiency necessary to function effec16 tively as an employee, a parent or a family member, 

17 and a member of society.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PRO19 GRAMS THAT INVOLVE POLITICAL ACTIVI20 TIES. 

21 Section 194(6) of the Workforce Innovation and Op22 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3254(6)) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘title’’ and inserting ‘‘Act’’. 

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