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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2714 

To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Ms. JACKSON

LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for youth jobs, 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 ‘‘Employ Young Ameri5 cans Now Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPLOY YOUNG AMERICANS 

7 FUND. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

9 Treasury of the United States an account that shall be 

10 known as the Employ Young Americans Fund (referred 

11 to in this Act as the ‘‘Fund’’). 


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1 (b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—Out of any 

2 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 

3 is appropriated $5,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, 

4 which shall be paid to the Fund, to be used by the Sec5 retary of Labor to carry out this Act. 

6 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts avail7 able to the Fund under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

8 Labor shall— 

9 (1) allot $4,000,000,000 in accordance with 

10 section 3 to provide summer and year-round employ11 ment opportunities to low-income youth; and 

12 (2) award $1,500,000,000 in allotments and 

13 competitive grants in accordance with section 4 to 

14 local entities to carry out work-based training and 

15 other work-related and educational strategies and 

16 activities of demonstrated effectiveness to unem17 ployed, low-income young adults and low-income 

18 youth to provide the skills and assistance needed to 

19 obtain employment. 

20 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts appro21 priated under this Act shall be available for obligation by 

22 the Secretary of Labor, and shall be available for expendi23 ture by grantees (including subgrantees), until expended. 


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1 SEC. 3. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOY2 MENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME 

3 YOUTH. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 

5 section 2(c)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall make an al6 lotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 

7 modification to a State plan (referred to in this section 

8 as a ‘‘State plan modification’’) (or other State request 

9 for funds specified in guidance under subsection (b)) ap10 proved under subsection (d), and recipient under section 

11 166(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

12 (29 U.S.C. 3221(c)) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘Na13 tive American grantee’’), that meets the requirements of 

14 this section, for the purpose of providing summer employ15 ment and year-round employment opportunities to low-in16 come youth. 

17 (b) GUIDANCE AND APPLICATION OF REQUIRE18 MENTS.— 

19 (1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

21 Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen22 tation of this section. 

23 (2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con24 sistent with this section, include procedures for— 

25 (A) the submission and approval of State 

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1 quests for funds by the State as may be identi2 fied in such guidance, for modifications to local 

3 plans (referred to individually in this section as 

4 a ‘‘local plan modification’’), or for such other 

5 forms of requests for funds by local areas as 

6 may be identified in such guidance, that pro7 mote the expeditious and effective implementa8 tion of the activities authorized under this sec9 tion; and 

10 (B) the allotment and allocation of funds, 

11 including reallotment and reallocation of such 

12 funds, that promote such implementation. 

13 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro14 vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 

15 and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 

16 the funds provided for activities under this section 

17 shall be administered in accordance with the provi18 sions of subtitles A, B, and E of title I of the Work19 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3111 et seq., 3151 et seq., 3241 et seq.) relating to 

21 youth activities. 

22 (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described in 

24 subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall allot to 

25 each State the total of the amounts assigned to the 


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1 State under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para2 graph (2). 

3 (2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— 

4 (A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de5 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

6 Labor shall assign to each State an amount 

equal to 1 7 ⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 

8 (B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

9 of Labor shall assign the remainder of the 

10 funds described in subsection (a) among the 

11 States by assigning— 

(i) 331 12 ⁄3 percent on the basis of the 

13 relative number of individuals in the civil14 ian labor force who are not younger than 

15 16 but younger than 25 in each State, 

16 compared to the total number of individ17 uals in the civilian labor force who are not 

18 younger than 16 but younger than 25 in 

19 all States; 

(ii) 331 20 ⁄3 percent on the basis of the 

21 relative number of unemployed individuals 

22 in each State, compared to the total num23 ber of unemployed individuals in all States; 

24 and 


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(iii) 331 1 ⁄3 on the basis of the relative 

2 number of disadvantaged young adults and 

3 youth in each State, compared to the total 

4 number of disadvantaged young adults and 

5 youth in all States. 

6 (3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 

7 does not submit a State plan modification or other 

8 State request for funds specified in guidance under 

9 subsection (b) by the date specified in subsection 

10 (d)(2)(A), or a State does not receive approval of 

11 such State plan modification or request, the amount 

12 the State would have been eligible to receive pursu13 ant to paragraph (2) shall be transferred within the 

14 Fund and added to the amounts available for com15 petitive grants under sections 2(c)(2) and 4(b)(2). 

16 (4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 

17 (2), the term ‘‘disadvantaged young adult or youth’’ 

18 means an individual who is not younger than 16 but 

19 is younger than 25 who received an income, or is a 

20 member of a family that received a total family in21 come, that, in relation to family size, does not exceed 

22 the higher of— 

23 (A) the poverty line; or 

24 (B) 70 percent of the lower living standard 

25 income level. 


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1 (d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 

3 receive an allotment of funds under subsection (c), 

4 the Governor of the State shall submit to the Sec5 retary of Labor a State plan modification, or other 

6 State request for funds specified in guidance under 

7 subsection (b), in such form and containing such in8 formation as the Secretary may require. At a min9 imum, such State plan modification or request shall 

10 include— 

11 (A) a description of the strategies and ac12 tivities to be carried out to provide summer em13 ployment opportunities and year-round employ14 ment opportunities, including linkages to train15 ing and educational activities, consistent with 

16 subsection (f); 

17 (B) a description of the requirements the 

18 State will apply relating to the eligibility of low19 income youth, consistent with section 2(4), for 

20 summer employment opportunities and year21 round employment opportunities, which require22 ments may include criteria to target assistance 

23 to particular categories of such low-income 

24 youth, such as youth with disabilities, con25 sistent with subsection (f); 


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1 (C) a description of the performance out2 comes to be achieved by the State through the 

3 activities carried out under this section and the 

4 processes the State will use to track perform5 ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 

6 Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 

7 and processes and with section 5(b); 

8 (D) a description of the timelines for im9 plementation of the strategies and activities de10 scribed in subparagraph (A), and the number of 

11 low-income youth expected to be placed in sum12 mer employment opportunities, and year-round 

13 employment opportunities, respectively, by 

14 quarter; 

15 (E) assurances that the State will report 

16 such information, relating to fiscal, perform17 ance, and other matters, as the Secretary may 

18 require and as the Secretary determines is nec19 essary to effectively monitor the activities car20 ried out under this section; 

21 (F) assurances that the State will ensure 

22 compliance with the requirements, restrictions, 

23 labor standards, and other provisions described 

24 in section 5(a); and 


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1 (G) if a local board and chief elected offi2 cial in the State will provide employment oppor3 tunities with the link to training and edu4 cational activities described in subsection 

5 (f)(2)(B), a description of how the training and 

6 educational activities will lead to the industry7 recognized credential involved. 

8 (2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF STATE

9 PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 

10 (A) SUBMISSION.— 

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Governor shall 

12 submit the State plan modification or 

13 other State request for funds specified in 

14 guidance under subsection (b) to the Sec15 retary of Labor not later than 30 days 

16 after the issuance of such guidance. 

17 (ii) PROCESS.—The Secretary shall— 

18 (I) make copies of the State plan 

19 modification or request available to 

20 the public on the Web site of the De21 partment of Labor and through other 

22 electronic means, on the date on 

23 which the Governor submits the State 

24 plan modification or request under 

25 this section; 


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1 (II) allow members of the public, 

2 including representatives of business, 

3 representatives of labor organizations, 

4 and representatives of educational in5 stitutions, to submit to the Secretary 

6 comments on the State plan modifica7 tion or request, during a comment pe8 riod beginning on the submission date 

9 and ending 60 days after the submis10 sion date; and 

11 (III) include with the notification 

12 of approval or disapproval of the 

13 State plan modification or request, 

14 submitted to the Governor under sub15 paragraph (B), any such comments 

16 that represent disagreement with the 

17 plan modification or request. 

18 (B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor 

19 shall approve the State plan modification or re20 quest submitted under subparagraph (A) not 

21 later than 90 days after the submission date, 

22 unless the Secretary determines that the plan 

23 or request is inconsistent with the requirements 

24 of this section. If the Secretary has not made 

25 a determination with that 90-day period, the 


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1 plan or request shall be considered to be ap2 proved. If the plan or request is disapproved, 

3 the Secretary may provide a reasonable period 

4 of time in which the plan or request may be 

5 amended and resubmitted for approval. If the 

6 plan or request is approved, the Secretary shall 

7 allot funds to the State under subsection (c) 

8 within 90 days after such approval. 

9 (3) MODIFICATIONS TO STATE PLAN OR RE10 QUEST.—The Governor may submit further modi11 fications to a State plan modification or other State 

12 request for funds specified under subsection (b), 

13 consistent with the requirements of this section. 

14 (e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA15 TION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to the 

17 State under subsection (c), the Governor— 

18 (A) may reserve not more than 5 percent 

19 of the funds for administration and technical 

20 assistance; and 

21 (B) shall allocate the remainder of the 

22 funds among local areas within the State in ac23 cordance with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of sub24 section (c)(2)(B), except that for purposes of 

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1 section (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ref2 erences to a local area and references to all 

3 States shall be deemed to be references to all 

4 local areas in the State involved. 

5 (2) LOCAL PLAN.— 

6 (A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an 

7 allocation under paragraph (1)(B), the local 

8 board, in partnership with the chief elected offi9 cial for the local area involved, shall submit to 

10 the Governor a local plan modification, or such 

11 other request for funds by local areas as may 

12 be specified in guidance under subsection (b), 

13 not later than 30 days after the submission by 

14 the State of the State plan modification or 

15 other State request for funds specified in guid16 ance under subsection (b), describing the strat17 egies and activities to be carried out under this 

18 section. 

19 (B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap20 prove the local plan modification or other local 

21 request for funds submitted under subpara22 graph (A) not later than 30 days after the sub23 mission date, unless the Governor determines 

24 that the plan or request is inconsistent with re25 quirements of this section. If the Governor has 


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1 not made a determination within that 30-day 

2 period, the plan shall be considered to be ap3 proved. If the plan or request is disapproved, 

4 the Governor may provide a reasonable period 

5 of time in which the plan or request may be 

6 amended and resubmitted for approval. If the 

7 plan or request is approved, the Governor shall 

8 allocate funds to the local area within 30 days 

9 after such approval. 

10 (3) REALLOCATION.—If a local board and chief 

11 elected official do not submit a local plan modifica12 tion (or other local request for funds specified in 

13 guidance under subsection (b)) by the date specified 

14 in paragraph (2), or the Governor disapproves a 

15 local plan modification (or other local request), the 

16 amount the local area would have been eligible to re17 ceive pursuant to the formula under paragraph 

18 (1)(B) shall be allocated to local areas that receive 

19 approval of their local plan modifications or local re20 quests for funds under paragraph (2). Each such 

21 local area shall receive a share of the total amount 

22 available for reallocation under this paragraph, in 

23 accordance with the area’s share of the total amount 

24 allocated under paragraph (1)(B) to such local 

25 areas. 


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1 (f) USE OF FUNDS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available 

3 under this section shall be used— 

4 (A) to provide summer employment oppor5 tunities for low-income youth, with direct link6 ages to academic and occupational learning, 

7 and may be used to provide supportive services, 

8 such as transportation or child care, that is 

9 necessary to enable the participation of such 

10 youth in the opportunities; and 

11 (B) to provide year-round employment op12 portunities, which may be combined with other 

13 activities authorized under section 129 of the 

14 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

15 U.S.C. 3164), to low-income youth. 

16 (2) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering 

17 the funds under this section, the local board and 

18 chief elected official shall give priority to— 

19 (A) identifying employment opportunities 

20 that are— 

21 (i) in emerging or in-demand occupa22 tions in the local area; or 

23 (ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 

24 and meet community needs; and 


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1 (B) linking participants in year-round em2 ployment opportunities to training and edu3 cational activities that will provide such partici4 pants an industry-recognized certificate or cre5 dential (referred to in this Act as an ‘‘industry6 recognized credential’’). 

7 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per8 cent of the funds allocated to a local area under this 

9 section may be used for the costs of administration 

10 of this section. 

11 (4) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac12 tivities funded under this section, in lieu of meeting 

13 the requirements described in (before July 1, 2016) 

14 section 136 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

15 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871) and (after June 30, 2016) 

16 section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor17 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141), States and local areas 

18 shall provide such reports as the Secretary of Labor 

19 may require regarding the performance outcomes de20 scribed in section 5(b)(5). 

21 SEC. 4. WORK-BASED EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES AND AC22 TIVITIES OF DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE23 NESS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 

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1 ments to States, and award grants to eligible entities, 

2 under subsection (b) to carry out work-based strategies 

3 and activities of demonstrated effectiveness. 

4 (b) ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS.— 

5 (1) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES FOR GRANTS.— 

6 (A) ALLOTMENTS.—Using funds described 

7 in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall 

allot to each State an amount equal to 1 8 ⁄2 of 1 

9 percent of such funds. 

10 (B) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The 

11 State shall use the funds to award grants, on 

12 a competitive basis, to eligible entities in the 

13 State. 

14 (2) DIRECT GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

15 Using the funds described in subsection (a) that are 

16 not allotted under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

17 Labor shall award grants on a competitive basis to 

18 eligible entities. 

19 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

20 grant under this section, an entity— 

21 (1) shall include— 

22 (A) a partnership involving a chief elected 

23 official and the local board for the local area in24 volved (which may include a partnership with 

25 such elected officials and boards and State 


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1 elected officials and State boards, in the region 

2 and in the State); or 

3 (B) an entity eligible to apply for a grant, 

4 contract, or agreement under section 166 of the 

5 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

6 U.S.C. 3221); and 

7 (2) may include, in combination with a partner8 ship or entity described in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) employers or employer associations; 

10 (B) adult education providers or postsec11 ondary educational institutions, including com12 munity colleges; 

13 (C) community-based organizations; 

14 (D) joint labor-management committees; 

15 (E) work-related intermediaries; 

16 (F) labor organizations that sponsor train17 ing or employment upgrade programs; and 

18 (G) other appropriate organizations. 

19 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

20 under this section, an entity shall submit to the Secretary 

21 of Labor (or to the State, if applying for a grant under 

22 subsection (b)(1)(B)) an application at such time, in such 

23 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

24 may require. At a minimum, the application shall— 


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1 (1) describe the strategies and activities of dem2 onstrated effectiveness that the eligible entity will 

3 carry out to provide unemployed, low-income young 

4 adults and low-income youth with skills that will 

5 lead to employment upon completion of participation 

6 in such activities; 

7 (2) describe the requirements that will apply re8 lating to the eligibility of unemployed, low-income 

9 young adults and low-income youth, consistent with 

10 section 2, for activities carried out under this sec11 tion, which requirements may include criteria to tar12 get assistance to particular categories of such adults 

13 and youth, such as individuals with disabilities or in14 dividuals who have exhausted all rights to unemploy15 ment compensation; 

16 (3) describe how the strategies and activities 

17 will address the needs of the target populations iden18 tified in paragraph (2) and the needs of employers 

19 in the local area; 

20 (4) describe the expected outcomes to be 

21 achieved by implementing the strategies and activi22 ties; 

23 (5) provide evidence that the funds provided 

24 through the grant will be expended expeditiously and 

25 efficiently to implement the strategies and activities; 


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1 (6) describe how the strategies and activities 

2 will be coordinated with other Federal, State and 

3 local programs providing employment, education and 

4 supportive activities; 

5 (7) provide evidence of employer commitment to 

6 participate in the activities funded under this sec7 tion, including identification of anticipated occupa8 tional and skill needs; 

9 (8) provide assurances that the eligible entity 

10 will report such information relating to fiscal, per11 formance, and other matters, as the Secretary of 

12 Labor may require and as the Secretary determines 

13 is necessary to effectively monitor the activities car14 ried out under this section; 

15 (9) provide assurances that the eligible entity 

16 will ensure compliance with the requirements, re17 strictions, labor standards, and other provisions de18 scribed in section 5(a); and 

19 (10) if the entity will provide activities de20 scribed in subsection (f)(4), a description of how the 

21 activities will lead to the industry-recognized creden22 tials involved. 

23 (e) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 

24 under this section, the Secretary of Labor (or a State, 

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1 tions submitted by eligible entities from areas of high pov2 erty and high unemployment, as defined by the Secretary, 

3 such as Public Use Microdata Areas designated by the Bu4 reau of the Census. 

5 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 

6 under this section shall use the funds made available 

7 through the grant to support work-based strategies and 

8 activities of demonstrated effectiveness that are designed 

9 to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low10 income youth with skills that will lead to employment as 

11 part of or upon completion of participation in such activi12 ties. Such strategies and activities may include— 

13 (1) on-the-job training, registered apprentice14 ship programs, or other programs that combine work 

15 with skills development; 

16 (2) sector-based training programs that have 

17 been designed to meet the specific requirements of 

18 an employer or group of employers in that sector 

19 and for which employers are committed to hiring in20 dividuals upon successful completion of the training; 

21 (3) training that supports an industry sector or 

22 an employer-based or labor-management committee 

23 industry partnership and that includes a significant 

24 work-experience component; 


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1 (4) activities that lead to the acquisition of in2 dustry-recognized credentials in a field identified by 

3 the State or local area as a growth sector or in-de4 mand industry in which there are likely to be signifi5 cant job opportunities in the short-term; 

6 (5) activities that provide connections to imme7 diate work opportunities, including subsidized em8 ployment opportunities, or summer employment op9 portunities for youth, that include concurrent skills 

10 training and other supports; 

11 (6) activities offered through career academies 

12 that provide students with the academic preparation 

13 and training, such as paid internships and concur14 rent enrollment in community colleges or other post15 secondary institutions, needed to pursue a career 

16 pathway that leads to postsecondary credentials and 

17 in-demand jobs; and 

18 (7) adult basic education and integrated basic 

19 education and training for low-skilled individuals 

20 who are not younger than 16 but are younger than 

21 25, hosted at community colleges or at other sites, 

22 to prepare individuals for jobs that are in demand 

23 in a local area. 

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1 tion in coordination with the Secretary of Education, the 

2 Secretary of Health and Human Services, and other ap3 propriate agency heads, to ensure the effective implemen4 tation of this section. 

5 SEC. 5. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 

6 (a) LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIONS.—Activi7 ties provided with funds made available under this Act 

8 shall be subject to the requirements and restrictions, in9 cluding the labor standards, described in section 181 of 

10 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

11 3241) and the nondiscrimination provisions of section 188 

12 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3248), in addition to other applica13 ble Federal laws. 

14 (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Labor may re15 quire the reporting of information relating to fiscal, per16 formance and other matters that the Secretary determines 

17 is necessary to effectively monitor the activities carried out 

18 with funds provided under this Act. At a minimum, recipi19 ents of grants (including recipients of subgrants) under 

20 this Act shall provide information relating to— 

21 (1) the number of individuals participating in 

22 activities with funds provided under this Act and the 

23 number of such individuals who have completed such 

24 participation; 


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1 (2) the expenditures of funds provided under 

2 this Act; 

3 (3) the number of jobs created pursuant to the 

4 activities carried out under this Act; 

5 (4) the demographic characteristics of individ6 uals participating in activities under this Act; and 

7 (5) the performance outcomes for individuals 

8 participating in activities under this Act, including— 

9 (A) for low-income youth participating in 

10 summer employment activities under sections 3 

11 and 4, performance on indicators consisting 

12 of— 

13 (i) work readiness skill attainment 

14 using an employer validated checklist; and 

15 (ii) placement in or return to sec16 ondary or postsecondary education or 

17 training, or entry into unsubsidized em18 ployment; 

19 (B) for low-income youth participating in 

20 year-round employment activities under section 

21 3 or in activities under section 4, performance 

22 on indicators consisting of— 

23 (i) placement in or return to postsec24 ondary education; 


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1 (ii) attainment of a secondary school 

2 diploma or its recognized equivalent; 

3 (iii) attainment of an industry-recog4 nized credential; and 

5 (iv) entry into, retention in, and earn6 ings in, unsubsidized employment; and 

7 (C) for unemployed, low-income young 

8 adults participating in activities under section 

9 4, performance on indicators consisting of— 

10 (i) entry into, retention in, and earn11 ings in, unsubsidized employment; and 

12 (ii) attainment of an industry-recog13 nized credential. 

14 (c) ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO BE ADDITIONAL.— 

15 Funds provided under this Act shall only be used for ac16 tivities that are in addition to activities that would other17 wise be available in the State or local area in the absence 

18 of such funds. 

19 (d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 

20 Labor may establish such additional requirements as the 

21 Secretary determines may be necessary to ensure fiscal in22 tegrity, effective monitoring, and the appropriate and 

23 prompt implementation of the activities under this Act. 

24 (e) REPORT OF INFORMATION AND EVALUATIONS TO

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1 shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress 

2 and make available to the public the information reported 

3 pursuant to subsection (b). 

4 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.—The term 

7 ‘‘chief elected official’’ means the chief elected execu8 tive officer of a unit of local government in a local 

9 area or in the case in which such an area includes 

10 more than one unit of general government, the indi11 viduals designated under an agreement described in 

12 section 107(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 

13 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(c)(1)(B)). 

14 (2) LOCAL AREA.—The term ‘‘local area’’ has 

15 the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 

16 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

17 U.S.C. 3102). 

18 (3) LOCAL BOARD.—The term ‘‘local board’’ 

19 has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 

20 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

21 (4) LOCAL PLAN.—The term ‘‘local plan’’— 

22 (A) means a local plan approved, before 

23 July 1, 2016, under section 118 of the Work24 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833); 

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1 (B) after June 30, 2016, means a local 

2 plan as defined in section 3 of the Workforce 

3 Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

4 (5) LOW-INCOME YOUTH.—The term ‘‘low-in5 come youth’’ means an individual who— 

6 (A) is not younger than 16 but is younger 

7 than 25; 

8 (B) meets the definition of a low-income 

9 individual provided in section 3(36) of the 

10 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 3102(36)), except that— 

12 (i) States and local areas, subject to 

13 approval in the applicable State plans and 

14 local plans, may increase the income level 

15 specified in subparagraph (B)(i) of such 

16 section to an amount not in excess of 200 

17 percent of the poverty line for purposes of 

18 determining eligibility for participation in 

19 activities under section 3; and 

20 (ii) eligible entities described in sec21 tion 4(c), subject to approval in the appli22 cable applications for funds, may make 

23 such an increase for purposes of deter24 mining eligibility for participation in activi25 ties under section 4; and 


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1 (C) is in one or more of the categories 

2 specified in subparagraph (B)(iii) or (C)(iv) of 

3 section 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation 

4 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)). 

5 (6) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

6 means a poverty line as defined in section 673 of the 

7 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 9902), applicable to a family of the size involved. 

9 (7) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 

10 The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ 

11 means an apprenticeship program registered under 

12 the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 

13 the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 

14 chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

15 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

16 the several States of the United States, and the Dis17 trict of Columbia. 

18 (9) STATE PLAN.—The term ‘‘State plan’’ 

19 means a State plan approved— 

20 (A) before July 1, 2016, under section 112 

21 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

22 U.S.C. 2822); or 

23 (B) after June 30, 2016, under section 

24 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 

25 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113). 


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1 (10) UNEMPLOYED, LOW-INCOME YOUNG

2 ADULT.—The term ‘‘unemployed, low-income young 

3 adult’’ means an individual who— 

4 (A) is not younger than 18 but is younger 

5 than 35; 

6 (B) is without employment and is seeking 

7 assistance under this Act to obtain employment; 

8 and 

9 (C) meets the definition of a low-income 

10 individual specified in section 3(36) of the 

11 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

12 U.S.C. 3102(36)), except that eligible entities 

13 described in section 4(c), subject to approval in 

14 the applicable applications for funds, may in15 crease the income level specified in subpara16 graph (B)(i) of such section to an amount not 

17 in excess of 200 percent of the poverty line for 

18 purposes of determining eligibility for participa19 tion in activities under section 4. 

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