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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3617 

To authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To authorize a national grant program for on-the-job 

training. 

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 ‘‘Learning, Educating, 

5 Achieving, and Retraining for the Nation Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘LEARN Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Work9 force Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting 

10 after section 173A (29 U.S.C. 2918a) the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 173B. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘feder3 ally recognized tribal organization’ means an entity de4 scribed in section 166(c)(1). 

5 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—From the amount made available 

6 under subsection (h), and subject to subsection (d)— 

7 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall make grants on a dis8 cretionary basis to States, local boards, and federally 

9 recognized tribal organizations, for adult on-the-job 

10 training, or dislocated worker on-the-job training, 

11 carried out under section 134 and for State func12 tions described in subsection (f); and 

13 ‘‘(2) using an amount that is not more than 10 

14 percent of the funds made available under subsection 

15 (h), the Secretary shall make grants to States, local 

16 boards, and federally recognized tribal organizations 

17 for developing on-the-job training programs, includ18 ing providing capacity building activities for local 

19 staff who will be engaged in the development of the 

20 programs, in consultation with the Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

22 under subsection (b), a State, local board, or federally rec23 ognized tribal organization shall submit an application to 

24 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con25 taining such information as the Secretary may require. In 

26 preparing such an application for a grant under subsection 


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1 (b)(1), a local board shall consult with the corresponding 

2 State. 

3 ‘‘(d) REIMBURSEMENT OF WAGE RATES.—Notwith4 standing the limitation in section 101(31)(B), in making 

5 the grants described in subsection (b)(1) the Secretary 

6 may allow for higher levels of reimbursement of wage rates 

7 the Secretary determines are appropriate based on factors 

8 such as— 

9 ‘‘(1) employer size, in order to facilitate the 

10 participation of small- and medium-sized employers; 

11 ‘‘(2) target populations, in order to enhance job 

12 creation for persons with barriers to employment; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(3) the number of employees that will partici15 pate in the on-the-job training, the wage and benefit 

16 levels of the employees (before the training and an17 ticipated on completion of the training), the relation18 ship of the training to the competitiveness of the 

19 employer and employees, and the existence of other 

20 employer-provided training and advancement oppor21 tunities. 

22 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY.—The Sec23 retary may use an amount that is not more than 1 percent 

24 of the funds made available under subsection (h) for the 

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1 grams, activities, and grants, funded under subsection (b), 

2 including the evaluation of, and dissemination of informa3 tion on lessons learned through, the use of such funds. 

4 ‘‘(f) STATE OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING.—A local 

5 board that receives a grant under subsection (b)(1) and 

6 is located in a State, shall provide not less than 5 percent 

7 of the grant funds to the State for State functions de8 scribed in sections 136(f), 184, and 185. 

9 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed to affect the manner in which sub11 title B is implemented, for activities funded through 

12 amounts appropriated under section 137. 

13 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015 and 

16 each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

17 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

18 section 1(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is 

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 173A the following: 

‘‘Sec. 173B. On-the-job training.’’. 

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