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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 145 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to include workforce 

investment programs on the Internet. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2009 

Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to include 

workforce investment programs on the Internet. 

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 The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Online Job Training 

5 Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS ON THE 

7 INTERNET. 

8 Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

9 (29 U.S.C. 2916) is amended by adding at the end the 

10 following: 


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1 ‘‘(f) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS ON THE

2 INTERNET.— 

3 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Secretary shall 

4 make 1 grant of not more than $100,000 to each 

5 State to demonstrate progress in implementing 

6 workforce investment programs that enable individ7 uals to take courses on the Internet to enhance em8 ployment opportunities within its workforce invest9 ment system under subtitle B. A State may use such 

10 grant to leverage other Federal, State, local, and 

11 private resources, in order to expand the participa12 tion of businesses, employees, and individuals in 

13 such workforce investment programs. 

14 ‘‘(2) GRANT TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL

15 INSTITUTION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) DESCRIPTION OF GRANT.—The Sec17 retary shall make 1 grant of not more than 

18 $1,000,000 to 1 eligible postsecondary edu19 cational institution to provide the services de20 scribed in this paragraph. 

21 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re22 ceive a grant under this subsection, a postsec23 ondary educational institution shall— 

24 ‘‘(i) have a proven record of working 

25 with State and local workforce investment 


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1 boards in developing and evaluating work2 force investment programs described in 

3 paragraph (1) for statewide and local 

4 workforce investment systems under sub5 title B; 

6 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated ability to dis7 seminate research on best practices for im8 plementing such workforce investment pro9 grams; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) be a national leader in pro11 ducing cutting-edge research on technology 

12 related to workforce investment systems 

13 under subtitle B. 

14 ‘‘(C) SERVICES.—The postsecondary edu15 cational institution that receives a grant under 

16 this subsection shall use such grant— 

17 ‘‘(i) to collaborate with, and to pro18 vide technical assistance to, States that re19 ceive grants under paragraph (1); 

20 ‘‘(ii) to conduct and to disseminate re21 search on best practices for implementing 

22 workforce investment programs described 

23 in paragraph (1) to such States; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) to demonstrate and to share cut2 ting-edge technological innovations in skills 

3 training with such States.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY. 

5 The authority under the amendments made by this 

6 Act shall be effective only to the extent, and in such 

7 amounts as, provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

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