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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 588 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to authorize a national 

grant program for on-the-job training. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2011 

Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to 

authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training. 

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 ‘‘Marcellus Shale On5 the-Job Training Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Work8 force Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting 

9 after section 173A (29 U.S.C. 2918a) the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 173B. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR THE MARCELLUS 

2 SHALE REGION. 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—From the amount made available 

4 under subsection (f), and subject to subsection (c), the 

5 Secretary shall make grants on a discretionary basis to 

6 local areas, for adult on-the-job training, or dislocated 

7 worker on-the-job-training, carried out under section 134, 

8 at worksites directly related to the exploration for, produc9 tion of, and transportation of natural gas from the 

10 Marcellus Shale formation. 

11 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

12 under subsection (a), a State, or a local board in consulta13 tion with the State in which the local board is located, 

14 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

15 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

16 Secretary may require. 

17 ‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT OF WAGE RATES.—Notwith18 standing the limitation in section 101(31)(B), in making 

19 the grants described in subsection (a) the Secretary may 

20 allow for higher levels of reimbursement of wage rates that 

21 the Secretary determines are appropriate based on factors 

22 such as— 

23 ‘‘(1) employer size, in order to facilitate the 

24 participation of small- and medium-sized employers; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(2) target populations, in order to enhance job 

2 creation for persons with barriers to employment. 

3 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may use an 

4 amount that is not more than 1 percent of the funds made 

5 available under subsection (f) for the administration, man6 agement, and oversight of the programs, activities, and 

7 grants, funded under subsection (a), including the evalua8 tion of the use of such funds. 

9 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed to affect the manner in which sub11 title B is implemented, for activities funded through 

12 amounts appropriated under section 137. 

13 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012 and 

16 each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

17 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

18 section 1(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is 

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 173A the following: 

‘‘Sec. 173B. On-the-job training for the Marcellus Shale region.’’. 

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