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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4903 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4903

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require youth 
representation on each State workforce development board, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2024

 Ms. Butler (for herself and Mr. Kaine) 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 require youth 
representation on each State workforce development board, 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 ``Generation Now Workforce 
Representation Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.

    Section 101 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3111) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(iii)--
                    (A) in subclause (I)(bb), by striking ``and'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause 
                (IV); and
                    (C) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:
                                    ``(II) shall include not less than 
                                one representative of youth in the 
                                State who is selected in coordination 
                                with the State educational agency of 
                                the State and--
                                            ``(aa) is--

                                                    ``(AA) an out-of-
                                                school youth; or

                                                    ``(BB) not younger 
                                                than age 16 or older 
                                                than age 24 and 
                                                disconnected from 
                                                school and work; or

                                            ``(bb) has successfully 
                                        completed a program of youth 
                                        workforce investment activities 
                                        under subtitle B or activities 
                                        under section 171;
                                    ``(III) shall include not less than 
                                one representative from a youth-serving 
                                nonprofit organization in the State 
                                that--
                                            ``(aa) is described in 
                                        section 501(c)(3) of the 
                                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                                        and exempt from taxation under 
                                        section 501(a) of such Code; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) provides supportive 
                                        services to youth; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Standing Youth Workforce Committee.--The State board shall 
have a standing youth workforce committee of members of the State board 
that shall provide recommendations to the full State board regarding 
youth workforce investment activities under subtitle B or activities 
under section 171.''.
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