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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4830 

To promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their 

increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they 

currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Mr. POLIS of Colorado (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. 

CAPPS, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FILNER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARE, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KILPATRICK of 

Michigan, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

OLVER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Ms. RICHARDSON, 

Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 

SESTAK, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income 

women through their increased participation in highwage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce. 

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 ‘‘Women and Workforce 

3 Investment for Nontraditional Jobs’’ or ‘‘Women WIN 

4 Jobs’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) According to the Council of Economic Advi8 sors, ‘‘occupations requiring higher educational at9 tainment are projected to grow much faster than 

10 those with lower education requirements between 

11 2006 and 2016, with the fastest growth among occu12 pations that require an associate’s degree or a post13 secondary vocational award.’’ Some of the occupa14 tions cited in the report include electricians, plumb15 ers, aircraft mechanics and service technicians, elec16 trical power line installers and repairers, and envi17 ronmental engineering technicians, all of which are 

18 nontraditional occupations for women, as defined 

19 under the Carl T. Perkins Career and Technical 

20 Education Act of 2006. 

21 (2) Only 6.2 percent of employed women 

22 worked in nontraditional occupations in 2008. 

23 (3) More than one-half of all working women 

24 are clustered in 25 of 504 job categories tracked by 

25 the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Excluding teachers 

26 and nurses, most of these categories are among the 


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1 lowest-paid occupations. In general, women working 

2 in nontraditional fields earn 20 to 30 percent more 

3 than women in traditionally female fields. 

4 (4) The National Association of Manufacturers 

5 estimates a need for 10 million new workers by 2020 

6 due to the aging of the current work force. More7 over, 90 percent of manufacturers are experiencing 

8 a shortage of qualified employees including machin9 ists, operators, craft workers, distributors, and tech10 nicians. Women hold only 4.7 percent of welding, 

11 soldering, and brazing jobs. 

12 (5) Women make up 75.5 percent of cashiers, 

13 whose hourly wage averages $9.08, but only 3.3 per14 cent of electrical power-line installers and repairers, 

15 who earn an average hourly wage of $26.11, and 

16 only 3 percent of telecommunications line installers 

17 and repairers, who earn an average hourly wage of 

18 $22.75. 

19 (6) Women comprise 73.2 percent of wait staff, 

20 whose hourly wage averages $9.41, but only 2 per21 cent of HVAC mechanics and installers, who make 

22 an average hourly wage of $20.31. 

23 (7) Women make up 95.6 percent of child care 

24 workers, whose hourly wage averages $9.79, but only 


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1 1 percent of electricians, who make an average hour2 ly wage of $23.98. 

3 (8) Women comprise 93.6 percent of reception4 ists and information clerks, whose hourly wage aver5 ages $12.21, but only 4.9 percent of surveying and 

6 mapping technicians who make an average hourly 

7 wage of $18.03. 

8 (9) Women make up 84.4 percent of office 

9 clerks, whose hourly wage averages $12.20, but only 

10 10.5 percent of computer, ATM and office machine 

11 repairers, who make an average hourly wage of 

12 $18.95, and only 13 percent of avionics technicians, 

13 who earn an average hourly wage of $23.73. 

14 (10) Women are only 5 percent of surveying 

15 and mapping technicians with a median weekly wage 

16 of $794; 11 percent of computer, ATM, and office 

17 machine repair persons with a median weekly wage 

18 of $823; and 18 percent of web developers or pro19 grammers with a median weekly wage of $1,218. 

20 (11) Girls comprise only 15 percent of students 

21 enrolled in high school courses leading to nontradi22 tional occupations. This proportion has stayed rel23 atively constant for the past 30 years. 

24 (12) An independent study conducted in 2001 

25 found that when programs, such as those under the 


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1 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occu2 pations (WANTO) Act of 1992, were implemented 

3 in an area, local women were 25 percent more likely 

4 to hold a nontraditional job and were more likely to 

5 hold these jobs years after the intervention. 

6 (13) More than half of the individuals receiving 

7 training services under the Workforce Investment 

8 Act are women. However, males who complete train9 ing are 11 times more likely to be employed in the 

10 occupational category farming, fishing, forestry, con11 struction and extraction and 7 times more likely in 

12 the area installation, repair, production, transpor13 tation, and material moving. In 2007, quarterly 

14 earnings of females who completed training were 18 

15 percent lower than the earnings of males who com16 pleted the training. 

17 (14) Among women who received training serv18 ices under the Workforce Investment Act in either 

19 the adult or dislocated worker program, the share of 

20 those employed in nontraditional occupations the 

21 first quarter after exiting declined from 4.9 percent 

22 and 6.2 percent in each program respectively in pro23 gram year 2002 to 2.3 percent and 2.8 percent re24 spectively in program year 2007. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

3 (1) the term ‘‘designated region’’ has the mean4 ing given such term in section 116(c)(5)(A) of the 

5 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

6 2831(c)(5(A)); 

7 (2) the term ‘‘eligible entity’’means a partner8 ship— 

9 (A) among— 

10 (i) a community-based organization 

11 experienced in serving women; 

12 (ii) 1 or more employers or a business 

13 association; 

14 (iii) a registered apprenticeship pro15 gram if available in a designated region; 

16 and 

17 (iv) a public postsecondary education 

18 institution; and 

19 (B) in addition to the required partners 

20 described in subparagraph (A), that may in21 clude business and trade associations, labor 

22 unions, high schools, and workforce and eco23 nomic development agencie; 

24 (3) the term ‘‘self-sufficiency standard’’ means 

25 a measure of how much income families need to 

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1 mined or recognized by the State for an applicable 

2 local area using a consistent methodology that cal3 culates the costs of living and working (including 

4 taxes) based upon sub-State geographic location and 

5 family size and composition; 

6 (4) the term ‘‘non-traditional occupations’’ 

7 means those occupations in which women make up 

8 less than 25 percent of the current workforce (as de9 fined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

10 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)); 

11 (5) the term ‘‘public postsecondary education 

12 institution’’ means— 

13 (A) a junior or community college, as de14 fined in section 312(f) of the Higher Education 

15 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)); or 

16 (B) an area technical school, as defined in 

17 section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

18 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

19 2302); 

20 (6) the term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro21 gram’’ means a program registered under the Act of 

22 August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National 

23 Apprenticeship Act’’ (29 U.S.C. 50 note)); and 

24 (7) the term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given 

25 such term in section 3 of the of the Carl D. Perkins 


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1 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

2 U.S.C. 2302). 

3 SEC. 4. GRANTS TO STATES. 

4 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any fiscal year in which 

6 the total amount appropriated under section 11 ex7 ceeds $50,000,000, the Secretary of Labor shall, 

8 from the amount appropriated under section 11 to 

9 carry out this section, allocate funds to States using 

10 a formula based on each State’s share of the na11 tional population of women from families with an in12 come of less than 200 percent of the poverty thresh13 old, according to the most recent data available by 

14 the Bureau of the Census. 

15 (2) REALLOCATION.—If a State does not re16 ceive funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

17 reallocate such funds to other States in the same 

18 proportion funds are allocated under such para19 graph. 

20 (b) SUBMISSION OF STATE PLAN.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an alloca22 tion of funds under subsection (a), the Governor of 

23 a State shall submit a State Plan that describes how 

24 the State plans to— 


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1 (A) distribute such funds to eligible enti2 ties located in the State to increase women’s 

3 participation in high-wage, high-demand occu4 pations in which women are currently underrep5 resented in the State’s workforce in accordance 

6 with section 5; and 

7 (B) use such funds to carry out the state8 wide activities described in subsection (c). 

9 (2) ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PLAN.—The 

10 State Plan described in paragraph (1) shall be ad11 ministered by a State workforce development board 

12 (as referred to in the Workforce Investment Act of 

13 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.)), in consultation with 

14 a State entity (as defined in section 118(c) of the 

15 Carl D. Perkins Career Technical Education Act of 

16 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2328)). 

17 (3) REVIEW OF PLAN.—The Secretary of Labor 

18 shall review each State plan submitted pursuant to 

19 this subsection within 60 days of receipt. 

20 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—The designated State entity 

21 may reserve not more than 15 percent of the grant for 

22 statewide activities to— 

23 (1) provide technical assistance to eligible enti24 ties receiving funding under this Act and to State 

25 registered apprenticeship programs and sponsors 


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1 and joint apprenticeship training councils on meet2 ing their enrollment goal for women in nontradi3 tional occupations; 

4 (2) develop institutional and cross-agency poli5 cies and protocols such as memoranda of under6 standing that set goals for the hiring of specific per7 centages of women served under this Act into reg8 istered apprenticeships and permanent employment 

9 openings in publicly assisted projects; 

10 (3) engage in public education and outreach ac11 tivities, to overcome stereotypes about women in 

12 nontraditional occupations, including the develop13 ment of educational and marketing materials; and 

14 (4) provide training and technical assistance to 

15 overcome gender inequity among employers, reg16 istered apprenticeship programs, and State equal 

17 employment opportunity and affirmative action 

18 agencies. 

19 SEC. 5. STATE GRANTS TO PARTNERSHIPS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 (1) ALLOCATIONS AUTHORIZED.—A State re22 ceiving funds under section 4 shall allocate the funds 

23 not reserved to carry out the statewide activities de24 scribed in section 4(c) to eligible entities in the State 


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1 to support the recruitment, training, placement, and 

2 retention of women in nontraditional occupations. 

3 (2) ALLOCATION DURATION.—An allocation 

4 under this section to an eligible entity shall be made 

5 for not more than 2 years with the possibility of a 

6 multi-year renewal upon submission of a renewal ap7 plication containing information— 

8 (A) about the effectiveness of the services 

9 and activities provided under subsection (d)(1) 

10 using the funds made available under the first 

11 allocation; and 

12 (B) any such additional information as the 

13 Secretary may require. 

14 (3) ALLOCATION AMOUNT.—An allocation 

15 under this section to an eligible entity shall be of 

16 sufficient size and scope to support the effective im17 plementation of the services and activities described 

18 in subsection (d)(1). 

19 (b) APPLICATION PROCESS.—An eligible entity that 

20 desires to receive funds under this section shall submit an 

21 application to the designated State agency. Such applica22 tion shall provide a plan detailing the roles and respon23 sibilities of partnership members and how funds will be 

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1 vate sources to carry out the activities described in sub2 section (d). 

3 (c) PRIORITIES.—In allocating funds under this sec4 tion, a State agency shall give priority to eligible entities 

5 that— 

6 (1) include entities with demonstrated success 

7 in recruiting and preparing low-income women for 

8 nontraditional occupations, and local workforce 

9 boards established under the Workforce Investment 

10 Act; or 

11 (2) leverage additional public and private re12 sources to fund training programs, including cash or 

13 in-kind matches from employers. 

14 (d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

15 (1) SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.—An eligible en16 tity receiving funds under this section shall— 

17 (A) conduct public education and outreach 

18 designed to overcome stereotypes and develop 

19 family support and encouragement; 

20 (B) recruit low-income women for careers 

21 in nontraditional occupations and provide com22 prehensive career guidance and counseling, in23 cluding regional labor market information and 

24 projections about nontraditional jobs and salary 

25 information; 


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1 (C) conduct individual assessments and 

2 employment counseling, including instruction on 

3 the use of online job search databases; 

4 (D) assist low-income women to access 

5 programs leading to a degree, industry recog6 nized certificate or credential, and apprentice7 ship programs that will prepare them for high8 demand, high-skill occupations, including pro9 viding information about— 

10 (i) the quality and cost of the pro11 grams; 

12 (ii) available financial aid; and 

13 (iii) the use of self-sufficiency calcula14 tors where available; 

15 (E) conduct education and pre-apprentice16 ship and pre-employment skill development ac17 tivities including basic skills, education, literacy, 

18 including financial literacy, and training; 

19 (F) coordinate with public secondary edu20 cation institutions to improve the transition of 

21 participants into— 

22 (i) an institution of higher education 

23 (as defined in section 101 of the Higher 

24 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); 


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1 (ii) a program of study (as described 

2 in section 122(c)(1)(A) of the Carl D. Per3 kins Career and Technical Education Act 

4 of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2342(c)(1)(A)); or 

5 (iii) a registered apprenticeship pro6 gram; 

7 (G) engage in necessary activities for the 

8 recruitment, preparation, placement, and reten9 tion of participants in registered apprentice10 ships, and postsecondary training programs, 

11 and permanent employment; 

12 (H) provide access to pre- and post-place13 ment supportive services such as child care, 

14 transportation, tools, application fees, dues, 

15 needs-based payments or stipends, and 

16 mentorships as may be necessary to complete 

17 training and retain employment; 

18 (I) develop or obtain curricula, handbooks, 

19 tools and equipment; 

20 (J) build capacity through staff training, 

21 organizational development and technology up22 grades; 

23 (K) engage in activities requested by the 

24 national clearinghouse established pursuant to 

25 section 9; 


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1 (L) develop incentives for employers and 

2 sponsors of registered apprenticeship program 

3 to retain women in nontraditional occupations 

4 for more than 6 months; 

5 (M) provide technical assistance to employ6 ers on how to create a safe and healthy work7 place environment designed to retain and ad8 vance women, including best practices for ad9 dressing sexual harassment; 

10 (N) provide post-placement assistance to 

11 participants in order to promote employment 

12 retention, including exit interviews, mentoring, 

13 networking and leadership development for 

14 women employed in the field; and 

15 (O) develop and collect data, consistent 

16 with the requirements of the Workforce Invest17 ment Act of 1998, to track women by race, eth18 nicity, and age throughout the process and es19 tablish benchmarks such as numbers contacted 

20 through outreach, placement into training and 

21 completion rates, and employment outcomes, in22 cluding earnings progression. 

23 (2) TARGET PARTICIPANTS.—In providing serv24 ices and activities described in paragraph (1), eligi25 ble entities shall target women with family incomes 


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1 below the local self-sufficiency standard, when avail2 able, or women in families with income of less than 

3 200 percent of the poverty threshold (as determined 

4 by the Bureau of the Census). 

5 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds provided 

6 under this section shall supplement and not supplant other 

7 Federal, State, or local funds that would, in the absence 

8 of funds provided under this section, be available for the 

9 purposes described in this section. 

10 SEC. 6. ALLOCATIONS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

11 (a) ALLOCATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any year in which the 

13 total amount appropriated under section 11 is an 

14 amount less than $50,000,000, the Secretary of 

15 Labor shall, from the amount appropriated under 

16 section 11 to carry out this section, allocate funds 

17 to eligible entities to support the recruitment, train18 ing, placement, and retention of women in nontradi19 tional occupations. 

20 (2) ALLOCATION DURATION.—An allocation 

21 under this section shall be made to an eligible entity 

22 for not more than 2 years with the possibility of 

23 multi-year renewals upon submission of a renewal 

24 application containing information— 


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1 (A) about the effectiveness of the services 

2 and activities provided under section (5)(d)(1) 

3 using the funds made available under the first 

4 allocation; and 

5 (B) any such additional information as the 

6 Secretary may require. 

7 (3) ALLOCATION AMOUNT.—An allocation 

8 under this section to an eligible entity shall be of 

9 sufficient size and scope to support the effective im10 plementation of the services and activities described 

11 in subsection (d). 

12 (b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring to re13 ceive an allocation under this section shall submit an ap14 plication to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such 

15 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

16 may require. An application shall provide a plan detailing 

17 the roles and responsibilities of partnership members and 

18 how funds will be used in conjunction with funding from 

19 other public or private sources to carry out the services 

20 and activities described in subsection (d). 

21 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec22 tion, the Secretary of Labor shall give priority to eligible 

23 entities that— 

24 (1) include entities with demonstrated success 

25 in recruiting and preparing low-income women for 


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1 nontraditional occupations, and local workforce 

2 boards created under the Workforce Investment Act; 

3 or 

4 (2) leverage additional public and private re5 sources to fund training programs, including cash or 

6 in-kind matches from participating employers. 

7 (d) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving 

8 funds under this section shall uses such funds to carry 

9 out the services and activities described in section 5(d). 

10 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds provided 

11 under this section shall supplement and not supplant other 

12 Federal, State, or local funds that would, in the absence 

13 of funds provided under this section, be available for the 

14 purposes described in this section. 

15 SEC. 7. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF 

16 WOMEN IN HIGH–DEMAND AND HIGH–WAGE 

17 NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in con19 sultation with the Secretary of Education, shall convene 

20 a national commission (in this section referred to as the 

21 ‘‘Commission’’) for the purpose of examining and making 

22 recommendations for improving the status of women in 

23 high-demand, high-wage nontraditional occupations. 

24 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall include 30 

25 members, of which 15 members shall be appointed by the 


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1 President, 5 members by the Speaker and 3 members by 

2 the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and 

3 4 members by the majority leader and 3 members by the 

4 minority leader of the Senate. Members shall include rep5 resentatives from— 

6 (1) business or trade associations in industries 

7 with high-wage, high demand nontraditional occupa8 tions and sponsors of registered apprenticeship pro9 gram; 

10 (2) women’s organizations and other nonprofit 

11 organizations serving low-income women; 

12 (3) labor unions and labor-management organi13 zations; 

14 (4) high school and public postsecondary edu15 cation institutions; 

16 (5) State workforce and economic development 

17 agencies or agencies responsible for the Workforce 

18 Investment Act and the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

19 Technical Education Act; and 

20 (6) academics, researchers, and other stake21 holders. 

22 A minimum of 10 members must have demonstrated expe23 rience in serving low-income women. 

24 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Commission shall be 

25 to— 


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1 (1) develop a 5-year plan to encourage the full 

2 participation of women in high-wage, high-demand 

3 nontraditional occupations; 

4 (2) hold hearings on the national and regional 

5 levels on the goal of ending gender segregation in oc6 cupations, particularly the underrepresentation of 

7 women in high-demand, high-wage occupations; 

8 (3) recommend policies and programs, including 

9 the establishment of sanctions and bonuses for Fed10 eral contractors in designated sectors and the use of 

11 on-site equal opportunity monitors on all large feder12 ally funded projects; and 

13 (4) submit its progress report and policy rec14 ommendations to Congress and related Federal 

15 agencies not later than 1 year after the Commission 

16 is convened and every 2 years thereafter. 

17 SEC. 8. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING. 

18 The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall collect data on 

19 the status of women’s participation in underrepresented 

20 sectors of the economy and shall examine the status of 

21 women in relation to that of men. Such data shall in22 clude— 

23 (1) the gender, race, age of participants, includ24 ing cross tabulations of those three; 

25 (2) occupation; 


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1 (3) geography; 

2 (4) advancement salary; 

3 (5) pay equity within categories within occupa4 tions; and 

5 (6) assignment disparity measured as through 

6 income and hours worked. 

7 The Bureau shall collect such information on an annual 

8 basis and submit it to relevant Federal agencies (including 

9 the Departments of Labor, Education, Commerce, the 

10 commission established under section 6, and to Congress. 

11 The Bureau shall also make such information available to 

12 the public on the Bureau’s Web site. 

13 SEC. 9. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE. 

14 The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Sec15 retary of Education, shall establish a national clearing16 house to collect and distribute best practices. The clearing17 house shall— 

18 (1) convene national and regional meetings and 

19 conferences to bring together stakeholders at all lev20 els; 

21 (2) collect and disseminate best practices of col22 laborative models for the recruitment, preparation, 

23 placement and retention of women in nontraditional 

24 employment; 


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1 (3) provide legal, policy and technical assistance 

2 in order to sustain and advance the promotion, em3 ployment and retention of women in high-wage, 

4 high-demand nontraditional occupations; and 

5 (4) develop and conduct a national training pro6 gram, including through distance learning, for staff, 

7 partners and board members of grantees and sub8 grantees. 

9 SEC. 10. EVALUATION. 

10 (a) EVALUATION.—Beginning 2 years after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct 

12 an independent, comprehensive, and scientifically sound 

13 evaluation, by grant or contract and using the highest 

14 quality research design available, of the impact of activi15 ties carried out under this Act in promoting the economic 

16 self-sufficiency of low-income women through their in17 creased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupa18 tions where they currently represent 25 percent or less of 

19 the workforce. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, 

22 the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 

23 results of the evaluation described in subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated 

3 $100,000,000 to the Secretary of Labor to carry out this 

4 Act, of which a minimum of $3,000,000 is authorized to 

5 be used to carry out sections 8 and 9. 

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