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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1124 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1124

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                                 AN ACT

 
 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the 
                                  Act.

    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 ``WIOA Technical Amendments Act''.

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

    (a) Designation of Areas Served by Rural Concentrated Employment 
Programs as Local Areas.--
            (1) In general.--Section 106(b) of the Workforce Innovation 
        and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
                paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Areas served by rural concentrated employment 
        programs.--The Governor may approve, under paragraph (2) or 
        (3), a request for designation as a local area from an area 
        described in section 107(c)(1)(C).''.
    (b) Local Workforce Development Boards.--Section 107(i)(1)(B) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(i)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the day 
before the date of enactment of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998''.
    (c) Performance Accountability System.--Section 116 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 3141) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv), by striking ``clause 
        (i)(IV)'' and inserting ``clause (i)(VI)''; and
            (2) in subsection (g), by striking ``for a program 
        described in subsection (d)(2)(A)''.
    (d) State Allotments.--Section 132(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
3172(b)) is amended, in paragraphs (1)(B)(iv)(I) and (2)(B)(iii)(I), by 
inserting ``less than'' after ``fiscal year that is''.
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 102(b)(2)(D)(i)(III) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
        3112(b)(2)(D)(i)(III)) is amended by striking ``section 
        106(b)(5)'' and inserting ``section 106(b)(6)''.
            (2) Section 129(b)(1)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
        3164(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``subsections (b)(6) and 
        (c)(2) of section 106'' and inserting ``subsections (b)(7) and 
        (c)(2) of section 106''.
            (3) Section 134(a)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
        3174(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``section 106(b)(6)'' 
        and inserting ``section 106(b)(7)''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 400(b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 780(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Each member of the National Council shall serve for a term 
of 3 years.
    ``(2)(A) No member of the National Council may serve more than two 
consecutive full terms beginning on the date of commencement of the 
first full term on the Council. Members may serve after the expiration 
of their terms until their successors have taken office.
    ``(B) As used in this paragraph, the term `full term' means a term 
of 3 years.
    ``(3) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which such member's predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if enacted 1 day after the date of enactment of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).

            Passed the Senate May 6, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1124

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the 
                                  Act.
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