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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4824 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a scholarship 

program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning 

into manufacturing employment. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2014 

Mr. ENYART 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 establish 

a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment. 

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 ‘‘Workers Opportunity 

5 and Retraining Competitive Grant Program Act of 2014’’ 

6 or the ‘‘WORC Grant Program Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING WORKER TRANSITION SCHOLAR2 SHIP PROGRAM. 

3 Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

4 (29 U.S.C. 2916) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(f) MANUFACTURING WORKER TRANSITION SCHOL7 ARSHIP PROGRAM.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab9 lish a manufacturing worker scholarship program to 

10 award States competitive grants to be used to pro11 vide scholarships to dislocated workers or unem12 ployed individuals through State and local boards to 

13 support worker’s endeavors to transition into manu14 facturing positions. 

15 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 

16 ‘‘(A) WORKER ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligi17 ble for the scholarship program established 

18 under this subsection, dislocated workers or un19 employed individuals shall be enrolled in a 

20 qualifying manufacturing training course de21 signed to provide skills for employment in man22 ufacturing. 

23 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—State or 

24 local boards participating in the scholarship 

25 program established under this subsection 

26 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) have formal agreements or part2 nerships with qualifying manufacturing 

3 training course providers; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) have commitments from local 

5 employers, community leaders, and State 

6 or local economic development initiatives to 

7 mentor dislocated workers or unemployed 

8 individuals in order to aid their transition 

9 into manufacturing industries. 

10 ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Activities to be car12 ried out under the scholarship program estab13 lished under this subsection shall be coordi14 nated by State or local boards, including trans15 ferring scholarship awards to qualifying manu16 facturing training course providers on behalf of 

17 the dislocated workers or unemployed individ18 uals receiving scholarships. 

19 ‘‘(B) STATE AND LOCAL BOARD DISCRE20 TION.—For purposes of scholarship awards dis21 tributed by a State or local board, such board 

22 shall define the term ‘manufacturing’. 

23 ‘‘(C) REPAYMENT UPON ELIGIBILITY VIO24 LATIONS.—If a dislocated worker or unem25 ployed individual does not complete the qualiVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:44 Jun 11, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4824.IH H4824

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1 fying manufacturing training course or sub2 stitutes non-manufacturing courses for manu3 facturing courses, the amount of the awarded 

4 scholarship shall be repaid to the State or local 

5 board. 

6 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) MONETARY AWARD LIMIT.—Scholar8 ship funding for any dislocated worker or un9 employed individual may not exceed $2,000 per 

10 year. 

11 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY LIMIT.—Scholarship 

12 funding for any dislocated worker or unem13 ployed individual may not exceed 2 years. 

14 ‘‘(C) SCHOLARSHIP USE LIMIT.—A schol15 arship awarded under this subsection may only 

16 be used for payment towards qualifying manu17 facturing training courses. 

18 ‘‘(D) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES LIMIT.—A 

19 scholarship awarded under this subsection may 

20 not be used for supportive services. 

21 ‘‘(5) QUALIFYING MANUFACTURING TRAINING

22 COURSE DEFINED.—The term ‘qualifying manufac23 turing training course’— 

24 ‘‘(A) means any course or job training ac25 tivity that is offered by a postsecondary eduVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:44 Jun 11, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4824.IH H4824

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1 cational institution, area vocational education 

2 school, or other eligible provider that— 

3 ‘‘(i) provides knowledge and skills re4 lated to manufacturing in emerging indus5 tries or industries where there are jobs 

6 available in the community, as determined 

7 by a State or local board; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) offers credits or other credentials 

9 to enrollees for completion of the program; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) may include internships or appren12 ticeships that provide credit or other credentials 

13 for completion of the program.’’. 

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