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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5489 

To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. RANGEL, and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for youth jobs, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employ Young Ameri5 cans Now Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPLOY YOUNG AMERICANS 

7 FUND. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

9 Treasury of the United States an account that shall be 

10 known as the Employ Young Americans Fund (referred 

11 to in this Act as the ‘‘Fund’’). 


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1 (b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—Out of any 

2 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 

3 is appropriated $5,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, 

4 which shall be paid to the Fund, to be used by the Sec5 retary of Labor to carry out this Act. 

6 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts avail7 able to the Fund under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

8 Labor shall— 

9 (1) allot $4,000,000,000 in accordance with 

10 section 3 to provide summer and year-round employ11 ment opportunities to low-income youth; and 

12 (2) award $1,500,000,000 in allotments and 

13 competitive grants in accordance with section 4 to 

14 local entities to carry out work-based training and 

15 other work-related and educational strategies and 

16 activities of demonstrated effectiveness to unem17 ployed, low-income young adults and low-income 

18 youth to provide the skills and assistance needed to 

19 obtain employment. 

20 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts appro21 priated under this Act shall be available for obligation by 

22 the Secretary of Labor, and shall be available for expendi23 ture by grantees (including subgrantees), until expended. 


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1 SEC. 3. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOY2 MENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME 

3 YOUTH. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 

5 section 2(c)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall make an al6 lotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 

7 modification to a State plan approved under section 112 

8 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

9 2822) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘State plan modi10 fication’’) (or other State request for funds specified in 

11 guidance under subsection (b)) approved under subsection 

12 (d) and recipient under section 166(c) of the Workforce 

13 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2911(c)) (referred to 

14 in this section as a ‘‘Native American grantee’’) that 

15 meets the requirements of this section, for the purpose of 

16 providing summer employment and year-round employ17 ment opportunities to low-income youth. 

18 (b) GUIDANCE AND APPLICATION OF REQUIRE19 MENTS.— 

20 (1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen23 tation of this section. 

24 (2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con25 sistent with this section, include procedures for— 


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1 (A) the submission and approval of State 

2 plan modifications, for such other forms of re3 quests for funds by the State as may be identi4 fied in such guidance, for modifications to local 

5 plans approved under section 118 of the Work6 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833) 

7 (referred to individually in this section as a 

8 ‘‘local plan modification’’), or for such other 

9 forms of requests for funds by local areas as 

10 may be identified in such guidance, that pro11 mote the expeditious and effective implementa12 tion of the activities authorized under this sec13 tion; and 

14 (B) the allotment and allocation of funds, 

15 including reallotment and reallocation of such 

16 funds, that promote such implementation. 

17 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro18 vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 

19 and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 

20 the funds provided for activities under this section 

21 shall be administered in accordance with the provi22 sions of subtitles B and E of title I of the Workforce 

23 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq., 

24 2911 et seq.) relating to youth activities. 

25 (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described in 

2 subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall allot to 

3 each State the total of the amounts assigned to the 

4 State under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para5 graph (2). 

6 (2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— 

7 (A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de8 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

9 Labor shall assign to each State an amount 

equal to 1 10 ⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 

11 (B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

12 of Labor shall assign the remainder of the 

13 funds described in subsection (a) among the 

14 States by assigning— 

(i) 331 15 ⁄3 percent on the basis of the 

16 relative number of individuals in the civil17 ian labor force who are not younger than 

18 16 but younger than 25 in each State, 

19 compared to the total number of individ20 uals in the civilian labor force who are not 

21 younger than 16 but younger than 25 in 

22 all States; 

(ii) 331 23 ⁄3 percent on the basis of the 

24 relative number of unemployed individuals 

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1 ber of unemployed individuals in all States; 

2 and 

(iii) 331 3 ⁄3 on the basis of the relative 

4 number of disadvantaged young adults and 

5 youth in each State, compared to the total 

6 number of disadvantaged young adults and 

7 youth in all States. 

8 (3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 

9 does not submit a State plan modification or other 

10 State request for funds specified in guidance under 

11 subsection (b) by the date specified in subsection 

12 (d)(2)(A), or a State does not receive approval of 

13 such State plan modification or request, the amount 

14 the State would have been eligible to receive pursu15 ant to paragraph (2) shall be transferred within the 

16 Fund and added to the amounts available for com17 petitive grants under sections 2(c)(2) and 4(b)(2). 

18 (4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 

19 (2), the term ‘‘disadvantaged young adult or youth’’ 

20 means an individual who is not younger than 16 but 

21 is younger than 25 who received an income, or is a 

22 member of a family that received a total family in23 come, that, in relation to family size, does not exceed 

24 the higher of— 

25 (A) the poverty line; or 


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1 (B) 70 percent of the lower living standard 

2 income level. 

3 (d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 

5 receive an allotment of funds under subsection (c), 

6 the Governor of the State shall submit to the Sec7 retary of Labor a State plan modification, or other 

8 State request for funds specified in guidance under 

9 subsection (b), in such form and containing such in10 formation as the Secretary may require. At a min11 imum, such State plan modification or request shall 

12 include— 

13 (A) a description of the strategies and ac14 tivities to be carried out to provide summer em15 ployment opportunities and year-round employ16 ment opportunities, including linkages to train17 ing and educational activities, consistent with 

18 subsection (f); 

19 (B) a description of the requirements the 

20 State will apply relating to the eligibility of low21 income youth, consistent with section 2(4), for 

22 summer employment opportunities and year23 round employment opportunities, which require24 ments may include criteria to target assistance 

25 to particular categories of such low-income 


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1 youth, such as youth with disabilities, con2 sistent with subsection (f); 

3 (C) a description of the performance out4 comes to be achieved by the State through the 

5 activities carried out under this section and the 

6 processes the State will use to track perform7 ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 

8 Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 

9 and processes and with section 5(b); 

10 (D) a description of the timelines for im11 plementation of the strategies and activities de12 scribed in subparagraph (A), and the number of 

13 low-income youth expected to be placed in sum14 mer employment opportunities, and year-round 

15 employment opportunities, respectively, by 

16 quarter; 

17 (E) assurances that the State will report 

18 such information, relating to fiscal, perform19 ance, and other matters, as the Secretary may 

20 require and as the Secretary determines is nec21 essary to effectively monitor the activities car22 ried out under this section; 

23 (F) assurances that the State will ensure 

24 compliance with the requirements, restrictions, 


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1 labor standards, and other provisions described 

2 in section 5(a); and 

3 (G) if a local board and chief elected offi4 cial in the State will provide employment oppor5 tunities with the link to training and edu6 cational activities described in subsection 

7 (f)(2)(B), a description of how the training and 

8 educational activities will lead to the industry9 recognized credential involved. 

10 (2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF STATE

11 PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 

12 (A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 

13 submit the State plan modification or other 

14 State request for funds specified in guidance 

15 under subsection (b) to the Secretary of Labor 

16 not later than 30 days after the issuance of 

17 such guidance. 

18 (B) PROCESS.—On the date on which the 

19 Governor submits a State plan modification or 

20 request under this section, the Secretary 

21 shall— 

22 (i) make available copies of a pro23 posed State plan modification or request to 

24 the public through electronic and other 


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1 means, such as public hearings and local 

2 news media; 

3 (ii) allow members of the public, in4 cluding representatives of business, rep5 resentatives of labor organizations, and 

6 representatives of education to submit to 

7 the Secretary comments on the State plan 

8 modification or request, not later than the 

9 end of the 90-day period beginning on the 

10 date on which the proposed state plan 

11 modification or request is made available; 

12 and 

13 (iii) include with the State plan modi14 fication or request submitted to the Gov15 ernor under this section any such com16 ments that represent disagreement with 

17 the plan. 

18 (C) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor 

19 shall approve the State plan modification or re20 quest submitted under subparagraph (A) within 

21 90 days after submission, unless the Secretary 

22 determines that the plan or request is incon23 sistent with the requirements of this section. If 

24 the Secretary has not made a determination 

25 within that 90-day period, the plan or request 


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1 shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 

2 or request is disapproved, the Secretary may 

3 provide a reasonable period of time in which the 

4 plan or request may be amended and resub5 mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 

6 approved, the Secretary shall allot funds to the 

7 State under subsection (c) within 30 days after 

8 such approval. 

9 (3) MODIFICATIONS TO STATE PLAN OR RE10 QUEST.—The Governor may submit further modi11 fications to a State plan modification or other State 

12 request for funds specified under subsection (b), 

13 consistent with the requirements of this section. 

14 (e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA15 TION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to the 

17 State under subsection (c), the Governor— 

18 (A) may reserve not more than 5 percent 

19 of the funds for administration and technical 

20 assistance; and 

21 (B) shall allocate the remainder of the 

22 funds among local areas within the State in ac23 cordance with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of sub24 section (c)(2)(B), except that for purposes of 

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1 section (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ref2 erences to a local area and references to all 

3 States shall be deemed to be references to all 

4 local areas in the State involved. 

5 (2) LOCAL PLAN.— 

6 (A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an 

7 allocation under paragraph (1)(B), the local 

8 board, in partnership with the chief elected offi9 cial for the local area involved, shall submit to 

10 the Governor a local plan modification, or such 

11 other request for funds by local areas as may 

12 be specified in guidance under subsection (b), 

13 not later than 30 days after the submission by 

14 the State of the State plan modification or 

15 other State request for funds specified in guid16 ance under subsection (b), describing the strat17 egies and activities to be carried out under this 

18 section. 

19 (B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap20 prove the local plan modification or other local 

21 request for funds submitted under subpara22 graph (A) within 30 days after submission, un23 less the Governor determines that the plan or 

24 request is inconsistent with requirements of this 

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1 mination within that 30-day period, the plan 

2 shall be considered to be approved. If the plan 

3 or request is disapproved, the Governor may 

4 provide a reasonable period of time in which the 

5 plan or request may be amended and resub6 mitted for approval. If the plan or request is 

7 approved, the Governor shall allocate funds to 

8 the local area within 30 days after such ap9 proval. 

10 (3) REALLOCATION.—If a local board and chief 

11 elected official do not submit a local plan modifica12 tion (or other local request for funds specified in 

13 guidance under subsection (b)) by the date specified 

14 in paragraph (2), or the Governor disapproves a 

15 local plan, the amount the local area would have 

16 been eligible to receive pursuant to the formula 

17 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be allocated to local 

18 areas that receive approval of their local plan modi19 fications or local requests for funds under paragraph 

20 (2). Each such local area shall receive a share of the 

21 total amount available for reallocation under this 

22 paragraph, in accordance with the area’s share of 

23 the total amount allocated under paragraph (1)(B) 

24 to such local areas. 

25 (f) USE OF FUNDS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available 

2 under this section shall be used— 

3 (A) to provide summer employment oppor4 tunities for low-income youth, with direct link5 ages to academic and occupational learning, 

6 and may be used to provide supportive services, 

7 such as transportation or child care, that is 

8 necessary to enable the participation of such 

9 youth in the opportunities; and 

10 (B) to provide year-round employment op11 portunities, which may be combined with other 

12 activities authorized under section 129 of the 

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

14 2854), to low-income youth. 

15 (2) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering 

16 the funds under this section, the local board and 

17 chief elected official shall give priority to— 

18 (A) identifying employment opportunities 

19 that are— 

20 (i) in emerging or in-demand occupa21 tions in the local area; or 

22 (ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 

23 and meet community needs; and 

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1 cational activities that will provide such partici2 pants an industry-recognized certificate or cre3 dential (referred to in this Act as an ‘‘industry4 recognized credential’’). 

5 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per6 cent of the funds allocated to a local area under this 

7 section may be used for the costs of administration 

8 of this section. 

9 (4) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac10 tivities funded under this section, in lieu of meeting 

11 the requirements described in section 136 of the 

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

13 2871), States and local areas shall provide such re14 ports as the Secretary of Labor may require regard15 ing the performance outcomes described in section 

16 5(b)(5). 

17 SEC. 4. WORK-BASED EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES AND AC18 TIVITIES OF DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE19 NESS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 

21 section 2(c)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall make allot22 ments to States, and award grants to eligible entities, 

23 under subsection (b) to carry out work-based strategies 

24 and activities of demonstrated effectiveness. 

25 (b) ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS.— 


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1 (1) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES FOR GRANTS.— 

2 (A) ALLOTMENTS.—Using funds described 

3 in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall 

allot to each State an amount equal to 1 4 ⁄2 of 1 

5 percent of such funds. 

6 (B) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The 

7 State shall use the funds to award grants, on 

8 a competitive basis, to eligible entities in the 

9 State. 

10 (2) DIRECT GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

11 Using the funds described in subsection (a) that are 

12 not allotted under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

13 Labor shall award grants on a competitive basis to 

14 eligible entities. 

15 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

16 grant under this section, an entity— 

17 (1) shall include— 

18 (A) a partnership involving a chief elected 

19 official and the local board for the local area in20 volved (which may include a partnership with 

21 such elected officials and boards and State 

22 elected officials and State boards (as defined in 

23 section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

24 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801)) in the region and in 

25 the State); or 


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1 (B) an entity eligible to apply for a grant, 

2 contract, or agreement under section 166 of the 

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

4 2911); and 

5 (2) may include, in combination with a partner6 ship or entity described in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) employers or employer associations; 

8 (B) adult education providers or postsec9 ondary educational institutions, including com10 munity colleges; 

11 (C) community-based organizations; 

12 (D) joint labor-management committees; 

13 (E) work-related intermediaries; 

14 (F) training sponsored by a labor organi15 zation or employment upgrade programs; or 

16 (G) other appropriate organizations. 

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

18 under this section, an entity shall submit to the Secretary 

19 of Labor (or to the State, if applying for a grant under 

20 subsection (b)(1)(B)) an application at such time, in such 

21 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

22 may require. At a minimum, the application shall— 

23 (1) describe the strategies and activities of dem24 onstrated effectiveness that the eligible entity will 

25 carry out to provide unemployed, low-income young 


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1 adults and low-income youth with skills that will 

2 lead to employment upon completion of participation 

3 in such activities; 

4 (2) describe the requirements that will apply re5 lating to the eligibility of unemployed, low-income 

6 young adults and low-income youth, consistent with 

7 section 2, for activities carried out under this sec8 tion, which requirements may include criteria to tar9 get assistance to particular categories of such adults 

10 and youth, such as individuals with disabilities or in11 dividuals who have exhausted all rights to unemploy12 ment compensation; 

13 (3) describe how the strategies and activities 

14 will address the needs of the target populations iden15 tified in paragraph (2) and the needs of employers 

16 in the local area; 

17 (4) describe the expected outcomes to be 

18 achieved by implementing the strategies and activi19 ties; 

20 (5) provide evidence that the funds provided 

21 through the grant will be expended expeditiously and 

22 efficiently to implement the strategies and activities; 

23 (6) describe how the strategies and activities 

24 will be coordinated with other Federal, State and 


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1 local programs providing employment, education and 

2 supportive activities; 

3 (7) provide evidence of employer commitment to 

4 participate in the activities funded under this sec5 tion, including identification of anticipated occupa6 tional and skill needs; 

7 (8) provide assurances that the eligible entity 

8 will report such information relating to fiscal, per9 formance, and other matters, as the Secretary of 

10 Labor may require and as the Secretary determines 

11 is necessary to effectively monitor the activities car12 ried out under this section; 

13 (9) provide assurances that the eligible entity 

14 will ensure compliance with the requirements, re15 strictions, labor standards, and other provisions de16 scribed in section 5(a); and 

17 (10) if the entity will provide activities de18 scribed in subsection (f)(4), a description of how the 

19 activities will lead to the industry-recognized creden20 tials involved. 

21 (e) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 

22 under this section, the Secretary of Labor (or a State, 

23 under subsection (b)(1)(B)) shall give priority to applica24 tions submitted by eligible entities from areas of high pov25 erty and high unemployment, as defined by the Secretary, 


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1 such as Public Use Microdata Areas designated by the Bu2 reau of the Census. 

3 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 

4 under this section shall use the funds made available 

5 through the grant to support work-based strategies and 

6 activities of demonstrated effectiveness that are designed 

7 to provide unemployed, low-income young adults and low8 income youth with skills that will lead to employment as 

9 part of or upon completion of participation in such activi10 ties. Such strategies and activities may include— 

11 (1) on-the-job training, registered apprentice12 ship programs, or other programs that combine work 

13 with skills development; 

14 (2) sector-based training programs that have 

15 been designed to meet the specific requirements of 

16 an employer or group of employers in that sector 

17 and for which employers are committed to hiring in18 dividuals upon successful completion of the training; 

19 (3) training that supports an industry sector or 

20 an employer-based or labor-management committee 

21 industry partnership and that includes a significant 

22 work-experience component; 

23 (4) activities that lead to the acquisition of in24 dustry-recognized credentials in a field identified by 

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1 mand industry in which there are likely to be signifi2 cant job opportunities in the short-term; 

3 (5) activities that provide connections to imme4 diate work opportunities, including subsidized em5 ployment opportunities, or summer employment op6 portunities for youth, that include concurrent skills 

7 training and other supports; 

8 (6) activities offered through career academies 

9 that provide students with the academic preparation 

10 and training, such as paid internships and concur11 rent enrollment in community colleges or other post12 secondary institutions, needed to pursue a career 

13 pathway that leads to postsecondary credentials and 

14 in-demand jobs; and 

15 (7) adult basic education and integrated basic 

16 education and training for low-skilled individuals 

17 who are not younger than 16 but are younger than 

18 25, hosted at community colleges or at other sites, 

19 to prepare individuals for jobs that are in demand 

20 in a local area. 

21 (g) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRA22 TION.—The Secretary of Labor shall administer this sec23 tion in coordination with the Secretary of Education, the 

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1 propriate agency heads, to ensure the effective implemen2 tation of this section. 

3 SEC. 5. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 

4 (a) LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIONS.—Activi5 ties provided with funds made available under this Act 

6 shall be subject to the requirements and restrictions, in7 cluding the labor standards, described in section 181 of 

8 the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931) 

9 and the nondiscrimination provisions of section 188 of 

10 such Act (29 U.S.C. 2938), in addition to other applicable 

11 Federal laws. 

12 (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Labor may re13 quire the reporting of information relating to fiscal, per14 formance and other matters that the Secretary determines 

15 is necessary to effectively monitor the activities carried out 

16 with funds provided under this Act. At a minimum, recipi17 ents of grants (including recipients of subgrants) under 

18 this Act shall provide information relating to— 

19 (1) the number of individuals participating in 

20 activities with funds provided under this Act and the 

21 number of such individuals who have completed such 

22 participation; 

23 (2) the expenditures of funds provided under 

24 this Act; 


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1 (3) the number of jobs created pursuant to the 

2 activities carried out under this Act; 

3 (4) the demographic characteristics of individ4 uals participating in activities under this Act; and 

5 (5) the performance outcomes for individuals 

6 participating in activities under this Act, including— 

7 (A) for low-income youth participating in 

8 summer employment activities under sections 3 

9 and 4, performance on indicators consisting 

10 of— 

11 (i) work readiness skill attainment 

12 using an employer validated checklist; and 

13 (ii) placement in or return to sec14 ondary or postsecondary education or 

15 training, or entry into unsubsidized em16 ployment; 

17 (B) for low-income youth participating in 

18 year-round employment activities under section 

19 3 or in activities under section 4, performance 

20 on indicators consisting of— 

21 (i) placement in or return to postsec22 ondary education; 

23 (ii) attainment of a secondary school 

24 diploma or its recognized equivalent; 


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1 (iii) attainment of an industry-recog2 nized credential; and 

3 (iv) entry into, retention in, and earn4 ings in, unsubsidized employment; and 

5 (C) for unemployed, low-income young 

6 adults participating in activities under section 

7 4, performance on indicators consisting of— 

8 (i) entry into, retention in, and earn9 ings in, unsubsidized employment; and 

10 (ii) attainment of an industry-recog11 nized credential. 

12 (c) ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO BE ADDITIONAL.— 

13 Funds provided under this Act shall only be used for ac14 tivities that are in addition to activities that would other15 wise be available in the State or local area in the absence 

16 of such funds. 

17 (d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 

18 Labor may establish such additional requirements as the 

19 Secretary determines may be necessary to ensure fiscal in20 tegrity, effective monitoring, and the appropriate and 

21 prompt implementation of the activities under this Act. 

22 (e) REPORT OF INFORMATION AND EVALUATIONS TO

23 CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary of Labor 

24 shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress 


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1 and make available to the public the information reported 

2 pursuant to subsection (b). 

3 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.—The term 

6 ‘‘chief elected official’’ means the chief elected execu7 tive officer of a unit of local government in a local 

8 area or in the case in which such an area includes 

9 more than one unit of general government, the indi10 viduals designated under an agreement described in 

11 section 117(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Investment 

12 Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832(c)(1)(B)). 

13 (2) LOCAL AREA.—The term ‘‘local area’’ 

14 means an area designated under section 116 of the 

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

16 2831). 

17 (3) LOCAL BOARD.—The term ‘‘local board’’ 

18 means a board established under section 117 of the 

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

20 2832). 

21 (4) LOW-INCOME YOUTH.—The term ‘‘low-in22 come youth’’ means an individual who— 

23 (A) is not younger than 16 but is younger 

24 than 25; 


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1 (B) meets the definition of a low-income 

2 individual provided in section 101(25) of the 

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

4 2801(25)), except that— 

5 (i) States and local areas, subject to 

6 approval in the applicable State plans and 

7 local plans, may increase the income level 

8 specified in subparagraph (B)(i) of such 

9 section to an amount not in excess of 200 

10 percent of the poverty line for purposes of 

11 determining eligibility for participation in 

12 activities under section 3; and 

13 (ii) eligible entities described in sec14 tion 4(c), subject to approval in the appli15 cable applications for funds, may make 

16 such an increase for purposes of deter17 mining eligibility for participation in activi18 ties under section 4; and 

19 (C) is in one or more of the categories 

20 specified in section 101(13)(C) of the Work21 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

22 2801(13)(C)). 

23 (5) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

24 means a poverty line as defined in section 673 of the 


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1 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 9902), applicable to a family of the size involved. 

3 (6) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 

4 The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ 

5 means an apprenticeship program registered under 

6 the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 

7 the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 

8 chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

9 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

10 the several States of the United States, and the Dis11 trict of Columbia. 

12 (8) UNEMPLOYED, LOW-INCOME YOUNG

13 ADULT.—The term ‘‘unemployed, low-income young 

14 adult’’ means an individual who— 

15 (A) is not younger than 18 but is younger 

16 than 35; 

17 (B) is without employment and is seeking 

18 assistance under this Act to obtain employment; 

19 and 

20 (C) meets the definition of a low-income 

21 individual specified in section 101(25) of the 

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

23 2801(25)), except that eligible entities described 

24 in section 4(c), subject to approval in the appli25 cable applications for funds, may increase the 


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1 income level specified in subparagraph (B)(i) of 

2 such section to an amount not in excess of 200 

3 percent of the poverty line for purposes of de4 termining eligibility for participation in activi5 ties under section 4. 

6 SEC. 7. TRANSITION AMENDMENTS. 

7 Effective July 1, 2015— 

8 (1) section 3 is amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (a)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘section 112 of the 

11 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

12 U.S.C. 2822)’’ and inserting ‘‘(before July 

13 1, 2016) section 112 of the Workforce In14 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2822) 

15 and (after June 30, 2016) section 102 or 

16 103 of the Workforce Innovation and Op17 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113)’’; 

18 and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 166(c) of the 

20 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

21 U.S.C. 2911(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

22 166(c) of the Workforce Innovation and 

23 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221(c))’’; 

24 (B) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

2 ‘‘section 118 of the Workforce Investment 

3 Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833)’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘(before July 1, 2016) section 118 of 

5 the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

6 U.S.C. 2833) and (after June 30, 2016) 

7 section 108 of the Workforce Innovation 

8 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123)’’; 

9 and 

10 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

11 ‘‘subtitles B and E of title I of the Work12 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

13 2811 et seq., 2911 et seq.)’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘subtitles A, B, and E of title I of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

16 (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq., 3151 et seq., 

17 3241 et seq.)’’; and 

18 (C) in subsection (f)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘section 129 of the 

20 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

21 U.S.C. 2854)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 129 

22 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor23 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164)’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 136 of the 

25 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 


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1 U.S.C. 2871)’’ and inserting ‘‘(before July 

2 1, 2016) section 136 of the Workforce In3 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871) 

4 and (after June 30, 2016) section 116 of 

5 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

6 Act (29 U.S.C. 3141)’’; 

7 (2) section 4(c)(1) is amended— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec9 tion 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

10 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

12 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘section 166 of the Work14 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

15 2911)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 166 of the Work16 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

17 U.S.C. 3221)’’; 

18 (3) in section 5(a)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘section 181 of the Work20 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

21 2931)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 181 of the Work22 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

23 U.S.C. 3241)’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘section 188 of such Act 

2 (29 U.S.C. 2938)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 188 

3 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3248)’’; and 

4 (4) in section 6— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 

6 117(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act 

7 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832(c)(1)(B))’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘section 107(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce In9 novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

10 3122(c)(1)(B))’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 

12 116 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

13 (29 U.S.C. 2831)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 106 

14 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

15 Act (29 U.S.C. 3121)’’; 

16 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 

17 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

18 (29 U.S.C. 2832)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 107 

19 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

20 Act (29 U.S.C. 3122)’’; 

21 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

23 ‘‘section 101(25) of the Workforce Invest24 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801(25))’’ 

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1 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

2 U.S.C. 3102(36))’’; and 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

4 ‘‘section 101(13)(C) of the Workforce In5 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

6 2801(13)(C))’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara7 graph (B)(iii) or (C)(iv) of section 

8 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and 

9 Opportunity Act’’; and 

10 (E) in paragraph (8)(C), by striking ‘‘sec11 tion 101(25) of the Workforce Investment Act 

12 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801(25))’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘section 3(36) of the Workforce Innovation and 

14 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(36))’’. 

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