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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6601 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to codify a competitive grant program to build community colleges’ capacity to provide 

employment and training programs for in-demand industries or occupations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 5, 2023 

Mrs. MCBATH (for herself, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. 

THOMPSON of California) 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 codify a competitive grant program to build community colleges’ capacity to provide employment and training programs for in-demand industries or occupations. 

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 ‘‘Training, Retention, 

5 And Investment Now for a Better America Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘TRAIN Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES TRAIN2 ING GRANTS PROGRAM. 

3 Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

4 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating section 172 as section 173; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 171 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 172. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 

9 TRAINING GRANTS PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

11 ‘‘(1) to establish, improve, or expand high-qual12 ity educational or career training programs at com13 munity colleges; and 

14 ‘‘(2) to expand opportunities for individuals to 

15 obtain recognized postsecondary credentials that are 

16 nationally or regionally portable and stackable for 

17 high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupa18 tions. 

19 ‘‘(b) STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES

20 TRAINING GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro22 priated to carry out this section under subsection (k) 

23 and not reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary 

24 shall, on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible 

25 institutions to carry out the activities described in 

26 subsection (e). 


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1 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts appro2 priated to carry out this section under subsection 

3 (k), the Secretary may reserve not more than two 

4 percent for the administration of grants awarded 

5 under this section, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance and 

7 targeted outreach to support eligible institu8 tions serving a high number or high percentage 

9 of low-income individuals or individuals with 

10 barriers to employment, and rural-serving eligi11 ble institutions, to provide guidance and assist12 ance in the process of applying for grants under 

13 this section; and 

14 ‘‘(B) evaluating and reporting on the per15 formance and impact of activities funded under 

16 this section in accordance with subsections (f) 

17 through (h). 

18 ‘‘(c) AWARD PERIODS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each grant under this sec20 tion shall be awarded for a grant period of not more 

21 than 4 years. 

22 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—An eligible insti23 tution that receives a grant for a 4-year grant period 

24 under this section may receive one or more addi25 tional grants under this section for periods of not 


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1 more than 4 years, if the Secretary determines that 

2 the eligible institution’s performance with respect to 

3 activities supported by each preceding grant received 

4 under this section qualifies the institution for such 

5 additional grant. 

6 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

8 grant under this section, an eligible institution shall 

9 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

10 in such manner, and containing such information as 

11 the Secretary may require. 

12 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, an applica13 tion submitted by an eligible institution under para14 graph (1) shall include each the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) A description of the community col16 lege and industry partnership to be established 

17 by the eligible institution under subsection 

18 (e)(1), including— 

19 ‘‘(i) the expected participation and re20 sponsibilities of each of the partners in21 cluded in the community college and indus22 try partnership; 

23 ‘‘(ii) evidence of such partnership’s 

24 capacity to carry out activities described in 

25 subsection (e); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the methods and strategies the 

2 partnership will use to engage with em3 ployers in in-demand industry sectors or 

4 occupations. 

5 ‘‘(B) A description of the industries or sec6 tors to be served by the activities to be carried 

7 out under the grant, including— 

8 ‘‘(i) how such industries or sectors 

9 will be identified by the eligible institution 

10 through working with businesses, industry 

11 associations and organizations, labor orga12 nizations, labor management organizations, 

13 State boards, local boards, economic devel14 opment agencies, or other organizations 

15 that the eligible institution determines nec16 essary; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) data demonstrating such indus18 tries or sectors are aligned with employer 

19 demand in the geographic area to be 

20 served by the eligible institution with such 

21 grant. 

22 ‘‘(C) The extent to which the eligible insti23 tution has prior experience in leading capacity 

24 building projects, which demonstrates such in25 stitution’s ability to accomplish multi-pronged, 


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1 complex projects and an explanation of the re2 sults of any such projects. 

3 ‘‘(D) The extent to which the eligible insti4 tution can— 

5 ‘‘(i) leverage additional resources to 

6 support the education or career training 

7 program, career pathway program, or 

8 work-based learning program described in 

9 subsection (e)(2)(A) to be funded with the 

10 grant; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate the future sustain12 ability of such program. 

13 ‘‘(E) A description of each proposed pro14 gram referred to in subparagraph (D)(i) to be 

15 supported by the grant, including— 

16 ‘‘(i) whether such program— 

17 ‘‘(I) is part of a career pathway; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(II) includes an integrated edu20 cation and training; 

21 ‘‘(ii) steps the eligible institution will 

22 take to ensure the quality of such program; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the estimated number of individ2 uals to receive training under such pro3 gram. 

4 ‘‘(F) A description of any recognized post5 secondary credential that the eligible institution 

6 proposes to offer or develop using such grant, 

7 and an assurance that such credential shall 

8 be— 

9 ‘‘(i) nationally portable; 

10 ‘‘(ii) an industry recognized credential 

11 in an industry that the eligible institution 

12 proposes to support using the grant or, if 

13 not available for such industry, another 

14 credential determined by the Secretary to 

15 be appropriate; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) related to the in-demand indus17 try or sector that the eligible partnership 

18 proposes to support using the grant, and 

19 stackable with respect to other credentials. 

20 ‘‘(G) A description of how each credential 

21 described in subparagraph (F) is aligned with 

22 quality job opportunities, including, with re23 spect to such opportunities— 

24 ‘‘(i) the wage level, and whether such 

25 wages support economic self-sufficiency; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the availability of benefits, such 

2 as paid time off, health insurance, and re3 tirement savings plan; 

4 ‘‘(iii) the availability of predictable 

5 work hours; 

6 ‘‘(iv) the history of employer compli7 ance with Federal and State health, safety, 

8 and employment standards; and 

9 ‘‘(v) the opportunities for advance10 ment within an industry or sector, which 

11 may include additional education and 

12 training opportunities and mentorship. 

13 ‘‘(H) The needs that will be addressed by 

14 the community college and industry partnership 

15 supported by the grant. 

16 ‘‘(I) A description of the population and 

17 geographic area to be served by the eligible in18 stitution, including how— 

19 ‘‘(i) such eligible institution will serve 

20 unemployed individuals, low-income indi21 viduals, dislocated workers, individuals 

22 with barriers to employment, individuals 

23 with disabilities, veterans, and women; and 

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1 nate barriers to training and employment 

2 for individuals described under clause (i). 

3 ‘‘(J) The evidence upon which the edu4 cation and training strategies to be used in the 

5 programs are based and an explanation of how 

6 such evidence influenced the design of the edu7 cational or training programs to improve edu8 cation and employment outcomes. 

9 ‘‘(K) A description of the activities to be 

10 carried out under the grant, and whether, and 

11 to what extent, such activities are expected to 

12 align with the workforce strategies identified 

13 in— 

14 ‘‘(i) any State plan or local plan sub15 mitted under this Act by the State, out16 lying area, or locality in which the partner17 ship is expected to operate; 

18 ‘‘(ii) any State plan submitted under 

19 section 122 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

20 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

21 U.S.C. 2342) by such State or outlying 

22 area; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) any economic development plan 

24 of the chief executive of such State or out25 lying area. 


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1 ‘‘(L) The goals of the eligible institution 

2 with respect to— 

3 ‘‘(i) capacity building (as described in 

4 subsection (f)(1)(B)); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the expected performance of indi6 viduals participating in the programs to be 

7 offered by the eligible institution, including 

8 with respect to performance applicable 

9 under section 116 or subsection (f) of this 

10 section. 

11 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERI12 ENCE.—The Secretary may not disqualify an other13 wise eligible institution from receiving a grant under 

14 this section solely because such institution lacks pre15 vious experience in capacity building projects, as de16 scribed in subparagraph (2)(C). 

17 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

18 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 

19 entities that will use the grant to serve— 

20 ‘‘(A) individuals with barriers to employ21 ment; or 

22 ‘‘(B) incumbent workers who need to gain 

23 or improve foundational skills to enhance their 

24 employability. 

25 ‘‘(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INDUSTRY

2 PARTNERSHIP.—For the purpose of carrying out the 

3 activities specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), an eli4 gible institution that receives a grant under this sec5 tion shall establish a community college and industry 

6 partnership, or continue an existing partnership, 

7 with one or more employers in an in-demand indus8 try sector or occupation and shall maintain such 

9 partnership for the duration of the grant period. 

10 The eligible institution shall ensure that the partner11 ship— 

12 ‘‘(A) targets one or more specific in-de13 mand industry or sector; 

14 ‘‘(B) supports industry recognized creden15 tials that are aligned with quality job opportu16 nities; 

17 ‘‘(C) includes collaboration with the work18 force development system; 

19 ‘‘(D) serves adult and dislocated workers, 

20 incumbent workers, and new entrants to the 

21 workforce; 

22 ‘‘(E) uses an evidence-based program de23 sign that is appropriate for the activities carried 

24 out by the partnership; and 


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1 ‘‘(F) incorporates, to the extent appro2 priate, virtual service delivery to facilitate tech3 nology-enabled learning. 

4 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—The partnership 

5 established by the eligible institution under para6 graph (1), shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) establish, improve, or expand high 

8 quality, evidence-based education or career 

9 training programs, career pathway programs, or 

10 work-based learning programs (including ap11 prenticeship programs or pre-apprenticeships 

12 that qualify an individual for participation in an 

13 apprenticeship program) that are aligned with 

14 industry recognized credentials and quality job 

15 opportunities; and 

16 ‘‘(B) use not less than 15 percent of the 

17 grant to provide supportive services to individ18 uals participating in the programs funded with 

19 the grant to facilitate retention and program 

20 completion, which may include— 

21 ‘‘(i) childcare, transportation, mental 

22 health services, substance use disorder pre23 vention and treatment, and assistance in 

24 obtaining health insurance coverage and 

25 housing; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) assistance in accessing State and 

2 Federal means-tested benefits programs; 

3 ‘‘(iii) career navigation, coaching, 

4 mentorship, and case management serv5 ices, including providing information and 

6 outreach to individuals with barriers to 

7 employment to encourage such individuals 

8 to participate in programs funded with the 

9 grant; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) providing access to course mate11 rials, technological devices, required equip12 ment, and other supports necessary for 

13 participation in and successful completion 

14 of such programs. 

15 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 

16 the activities required under paragraph (2), the 

17 partnership established under paragraph (1) shall 

18 carry out one or more of the following activities: 

19 ‘‘(A) Establish, improve, or expand— 

20 ‘‘(i) articulation agreements (as de21 fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher 

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 1093a(a))); 

24 ‘‘(ii) credit transfer agreements; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) corequisite remediation pro2 grams that enable a student to receive re3 medial education services while enrolled in 

4 a postsecondary course rather than requir5 ing the student to receive remedial edu6 cation before enrolling in a such a course; 

7 ‘‘(iv) dual or concurrent enrollment 

8 programs; 

9 ‘‘(v) competency-based education and 

10 assessment; or 

11 ‘‘(vi) policies and processes to award 

12 academic credit for prior learning or for 

13 the programs described in paragraph (2). 

14 ‘‘(B) Make available, in a format that is 

15 open, searchable, and easily comparable, infor16 mation on— 

17 ‘‘(i) curricula and recognized postsec18 ondary credentials offered through pro19 grams funded with the grant, including 

20 any curricula or credentials created or fur21 ther developed using such grant; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the skills or competencies devel23 oped by individuals who participate in such 

24 programs; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) related employment and earn2 ings outcomes. 

3 ‘‘(C) Establish or implement plans for pro4 viders of the programs described in paragraph 

5 (2) to meet the criteria and carry out the proce6 dures necessary to be included on the eligible 

7 training services provider list described in sec8 tion 122(d). 

9 ‘‘(D) Purchase, lease, or refurbish special10 ized equipment as necessary to carry out such 

11 programs. 

12 ‘‘(E) Reduce or eliminate unmet financial 

13 need relating to participants’ cost of attendance 

14 (as defined under section 472 of the Higher 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll)) in 

16 such programs. 

17 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 

18 institution may use not more than 10 percent of the 

19 funds received under this section for administrative 

20 costs, including costs related to collecting informa21 tion, analysis, and coordination for purposes of sub22 section (f). 

23 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE

24 REVIEWS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con2 duct an annual performance review with respect to 

3 activities carried out under this section, which shall 

4 include— 

5 ‘‘(A) an assessment of outcomes of stu6 dents who participated in an education or train7 ing program supported by a grant under this 

8 section, including whether such students have 

9 proficient levels of performance based on indica10 tors described in section 116(b); 

11 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the eligible insti12 tution— 

13 ‘‘(i) engaged employers and secured 

14 investment in educational and training pro15 grams in the in-demand industry sectors 

16 and occupations targeted by the eligible in17 stitution; 

18 ‘‘(ii) utilized, designed, or imple19 mented new and accelerated instructional 

20 techniques or technologies, including the 

21 use of advanced online and technology-en22 abled learning; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) supported program and policy 

24 alignment across systems and addressed 

25 duplicative services or service gaps; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) such other indicators of success as 

2 determined by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO MEET PROFICIENT PERFORM4 ANCE.—After conducting a performance review 

5 under paragraph (1), if the Secretary determines 

6 that an eligible institution did not achieve proficient 

7 performance based on the criteria described in such 

8 paragraph the Secretary shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the eli10 gible institution; and 

11 ‘‘(B) develop a performance improvement 

12 plan for the eligible institution. 

13 ‘‘(g) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 

15 after the date on which the first grant is made 

16 under this section, the Secretary shall design and 

17 conduct an evaluation to determine the overall effec18 tiveness of the eligible institutions receiving a grant 

19 under this section. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation conducted 

21 under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of 

22 the general effectiveness of programs and activities 

23 supported by grants awarded under this section, in24 cluding the extent to which the programs and activi25 ties— 


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1 ‘‘(A) developed new or expanded existing 

2 successful industry sector strategies, including 

3 the extent to which such eligible institutions 

4 deepened employer engagement and developed 

5 education and training programs that met in6 dustry skill needs; 

7 ‘‘(B) created, expanded, or enhanced ca8 reer pathways, including the extent to which the 

9 eligible institutions developed or improved com10 petency-based education and assessment, credit 

11 for prior learning, modularized and self-paced 

12 curricula, integrated education and career 

13 training, dual enrollment in secondary and post14 secondary career pathways, stacked and latticed 

15 credentials, and online and distance learning; 

16 ‘‘(C) created alignment between commu17 nity colleges and the workforce development 

18 system; 

19 ‘‘(D) assisted individuals with finding, re20 taining, or advancing in employment; 

21 ‘‘(E) assisted individuals with earning rec22 ognized postsecondary credentials; 

23 ‘‘(F) served various demographic groups, 

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1 ‘‘(G) increased access to industry recog2 nized credentials and supported pathways to 

3 quality job opportunities for individuals with 

4 barriers to employment. 

5 ‘‘(3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation 

6 under this subsection shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) be designed by the Secretary (acting 

8 through the Chief Evaluation Officer) in con9 junction with the eligible institutions being eval10 uated; 

11 ‘‘(B) include analysis of participant feed12 back and outcome and process measures; and 

13 ‘‘(C) use designs that employ the most rig14 orous analytical and statistical methods that 

15 are reasonably feasible, such as the use of con16 trol groups. 

17 ‘‘(4) DATA ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary 

18 shall make available on a publicly accessible website 

19 of the Department of Labor any data collected as 

20 part of the evaluation under this subsection. Such 

21 data shall be made available in an aggregated for22 mat that does not reveal personally identifiable in23 formation. 


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1 ‘‘(5) PUBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVAL2 UATION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through 

3 the Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) not later than one year after the ini5 tial award of grants under this section, publish 

6 an interim report on the preliminary results of 

7 the evaluation conducted under this subsection; 

8 ‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 

9 on which the evaluation is completed under this 

10 subsection, submit to the Committee on Edu11 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Health, 

13 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

14 a report on such evaluation; and 

15 ‘‘(C) not later than 90 days after such 

16 completion date, publish and make the results 

17 of the evaluation available on a publicly acces18 sible website of the Department of Labor. 

19 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall make 

20 available on a publicly accessible website of the Depart21 ment of Labor, in transparent, linked, open, and inter22 operable data formats, the following information: 

23 ‘‘(1) The performance of eligible institution 

24 based on the assessment of student outcomes de25 scribed in subsection (f)(1)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(2) The number of individuals enrolled in em2 ployment and training activities funded with a grant 

3 under this section. 

4 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com6 munity college’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu8 cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 

9 Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), at 

10 which— 

11 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

12 associate degree; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

14 frequently awarded degree; 

15 ‘‘(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public 

16 institution of higher education (as defined in 

17 section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch 

19 campus— 

20 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

21 associate degree; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

23 frequently awarded degree; 

24 ‘‘(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 

25 (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 


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1 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 1059c(b)(3))); or 

3 ‘‘(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 

4 University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 

5 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 1059c(b)(3))) at which— 

7 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

8 associate degree; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

10 frequently awarded degree. 

11 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi12 ble institution’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) a community college; 

14 ‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 

15 (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 

17 ‘‘(C) a consortium of such colleges or insti18 tutions. 

19 ‘‘(j) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

20 available under this section shall be used to supplement, 

21 and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public 

22 funds made available for carrying out the activities de23 scribed in this section. 


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1 ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec3 tion— 

4 ‘‘(1) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

5 ‘‘(2) $121,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

6 ‘‘(3) $133,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

7 ‘‘(4) $146,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 

8 ‘‘(5) $161,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; and 

9 ‘‘(6) $176,000,000 for fiscal year 2029.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE TABLE OF 

11 CONTENTS. 

12 The table of contents of the Workforce Innovation 

13 and Opportunity Act in section 1(b) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking the item relating to section 172; 

15 and 

16 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec17 tion 171, the following: 

‘‘Sec. 172. Strengthening community colleges training grants program. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

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