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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3280 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require onestop delivery systems under such Act to offer services through Internet 

websites and to direct the Secretary of Labor to develop standards 

and best practices for such websites, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself, Mr. HUDSON, and Ms. STEFANIK) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to require one-stop delivery systems under such Act to 

offer services through Internet websites and to direct 

the Secretary of Labor to develop standards and best 

practices for such websites, 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 ‘‘Widening Internet 

5 Readiness for Employment Development Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘WIRED Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ONLINE PROVISION OF ONE-STOP SERVICES. 

2 (a) ONLINE PROVISION OF ONE-STOP SERVICES.— 

3 Subparagraph (D) of section 121(e)(2) of the Workforce 

4 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

5 3151(e)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(D) as applicable and practicable, shall 

7 make programs, services, and activities acces8 sible to individuals through an Internet website 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(i) is unique to the particular one11 stop delivery system; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) meets the standards and incor13 porates the best practices established by 

14 the Secretary of Labor under subsection 

15 (j).’’. 

16 (b) STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE

17 PROVISION OF SERVICES BY ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYS18 TEMS.—Section 121 of the Workforce Innovation and Op19 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3951) is amended by adding at 

20 the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(j) STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE

22 PROVISION OF SERVICES.—After soliciting public com23 ments and consulting with and receiving input from rel24 evant parties, including State workforce development 

25 boards, the Secretary of Labor shall establish and main26 tain standards and best practices for Internet websites 

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1 maintained by one-stop delivery systems under subsection 

2 (e)(2)(D), and for the provision of services through such 

3 websites. Such standards and best practices shall in4 clude— 

5 ‘‘(1) a requirement for user-friendly, up-to-date 

6 websites available to all dislocated workers; 

7 ‘‘(2) a requirement that such websites promi8 nently display the address and hours of operation of 

9 all physical one-stop centers in the local area, and a 

10 description of services provided in and events held at 

11 each such center; 

12 ‘‘(3) best practices for providing, through such 

13 websites, services such as resume assistance, cover 

14 letter review, job searching, interview preparations, 

15 and online employment-related practice tests, 

16 through videos, video-conferencing, or other means; 

17 ‘‘(4) best practices for assuring a secure net18 work and the protection of any personal information; 

19 ‘‘(5) best practices for incorporating social 

20 media and networking capabilities into such 

21 websites; and 

22 ‘‘(6) best practices for making such websites ac23 cessible by mobile devices to the extent practicable.’’. 

24 (c) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall establish the 

25 initial standards and best practices required by section 

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1 121(j) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

2 (as added by subsection (b)) not later than 1 year after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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