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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3971 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2014 

Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. FARR, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, and 

Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

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 ‘‘On-the-Job Training 

5 Act of 2013’’. 

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. 

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘feder3 ally recognized tribal organization’ means an entity de4 scribed in section 166(c)(1). 

5 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—From the amount made available 

6 under subsection (i), and subject to subsection (e)— 

7 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall make grants on a dis8 cretionary basis to eligible entities described in sub9 section (c) for adult on-the-job training, or dis10 located worker on-the-job training, carried out under 

11 section 134 and for State functions described in sub12 section (g); and 

13 ‘‘(2) using an amount that is not more than 10 

14 percent of the funds made available under subsection 

15 (i), the Secretary shall make grants to such eligible 

16 entities for developing on-the-job training programs, 

17 including providing capacity building activities for 

18 local staff who will be engaged in the development 

19 of the programs, in consultation with the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities are 

21 eligible to receive a grant under this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) States. 

23 ‘‘(2) Units of local government and local 

24 boards. 

25 ‘‘(3) Indian tribes. 

26 ‘‘(4) Institutions of higher education. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Business trade associations. 

2 ‘‘(6) Local educational agencies. 

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

4 under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall submit an ap5 plication to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

6 and containing such information as the Secretary may re7 quire. In preparing such an application for a grant under 

8 subsection (b)(1), a local board shall consult with the cor9 responding State. 

10 ‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT OF WAGE RATES.—Notwith11 standing the limitation in section 101(31)(B), in making 

12 the grants described in subsection (b)(1) the Secretary 

13 may allow for higher levels of reimbursement of wage rates 

14 the Secretary determines are appropriate based on factors 

15 such as— 

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

17 participation of small- and medium-sized employers; 

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

19 creation for persons with barriers to employment; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(3) the number of employees that will partici22 pate in the on-the-job training, the wage and benefit 

23 levels of the employees (before the training and an24 ticipated on completion of the training), the relation25 ship of the training to the competitiveness of the 


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1 employer and employees, and the existence of other 

2 employer-provided training and advancement oppor3 tunities. 

4 ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY.—The Sec5 retary may use an amount that is not more than 1 percent 

6 of the funds made available under subsection (i) for the 

7 administration, management, and oversight of the pro8 grams, activities, and grants, funded under subsection (b), 

9 including the evaluation of, and dissemination of informa10 tion on lessons learned through, the use of such funds. 

11 ‘‘(g) STATE OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING.—A local 

12 board that receives a grant under subsection (b)(1) and 

13 is located in a State, shall provide not less than 5 percent 

14 of the grant funds to the State for State functions de15 scribed in sections 136(f), 184, and 185. 

16 ‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec17 tion shall be construed to affect the manner in which sub18 title B is implemented, for activities funded through 

19 amounts appropriated under section 137. 

20 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015 and 

23 each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

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

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


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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

2 173A the following: 

‘‘Sec. 173B. On-the-job training.’’. 

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