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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4063 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary 

of Labor to develop performance measures for individuals who receive 

entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity, 

to create requirements for providers of workforce investment activities 

that offer entrepreneurial training, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 

Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct 

the Secretary of Labor to develop performance measures 

for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as 

a part of any workforce investment activity, to create 

requirements for providers of workforce investment activities that offer entrepreneurial training, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Small Busi3 nesses Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ENTREPRE5 NEURIAL TRAINING. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 136(i) of the Workforce 

7 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(i)) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(4) ENTREPRENEURSHIP METRIC.—The Sec10 retary shall develop separate performance measures 

11 for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training 

12 as a part of any workforce investment activity fund13 ed under this subtitle.’’. 

14 (b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 6 months after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor 

16 shall initiate a rulemaking process to develop the perform17 ance measures described in section 136(i)(4) of the Work18 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(i)(4)). 

19 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF WORKFORCE 

20 INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES THAT OFFER EN21 TREPRENEURIAL TRAINING. 

22 Section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act 

23 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following new subparagraph: 

25 ‘‘(H) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF

26 ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING SERVICES.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A provider of 

2 training services that offers entrepre3 neurial training services under this para4 graph shall— 

5 ‘‘(I) use intake tools that assess 

6 an individual’s suitability for referral 

7 to entrepreneurial training services; 

8 ‘‘(II) submit a report to the local 

9 workforce investment board that in10 cludes the number of individuals who 

11 express interest in self-employment or 

12 starting a business and enroll entre13 preneurial training services; and 

14 ‘‘(III) develop partnerships with 

15 microbusiness development organiza16 tions that have demonstrated capacity 

17 to provide education, training, coun18 seling, and coaching focused on help19 ing new and low and moderate income 

20 entrepreneurs succeed. 

21 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara22 graph— 

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1 tered by such an entity that provides 

2 services to disadvantaged or prospec3 tive entrepreneurs; and 

4 ‘‘(II) the term ‘low and moderate 

5 income entrepreneur’ means an entre6 preneur located in a HUBZone (as 

7 defined in section 3(p) of the Small 

8 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p))), an 

9 Urban Empowerment Zone or Urban 

10 Enterprise Community (as designated 

11 by the Secretary of the Department of 

12 Housing and Urban Development), a 

13 Rural Empowerment Zone or Rural 

14 Enterprise Community (as designated 

15 by the Secretary of the Department of 

16 Agriculture), an area of Low Income 

17 or Moderate Income (as recognized by 

18 the Federal Financial Institutions Ex19 amination Council), or a county with 

20 Persistent Poverty (as classified by 

21 the Economic Research Service of the 

22 Department of Agriculture).’’. 

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