I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7731 
To promote workforce recovery through the provision of additional training 
services and workforce investment activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2020 
Mr. VAN DREW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To promote workforce recovery through the provision of addi-
tional training services and workforce investment activi-
ties, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Workforce Recovery 
and Training Services Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. WORKFORCE RECOVERY AND TRAINING SERVICES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
QUALIFYING
EMERGENCY.—The 
term 
‘‘qualifying emergency’’ means— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—From the funds re-
served under subsection (b)(2)(A), the Gov-
ernor— 
(i) shall allocate not less than 50 per-
cent of the funds to the local areas most 
significantly impacted by a qualifying 
emergency, as determined by the Governor, 
to enable the local areas to carry out ac-
tivities under paragraph (2); and 
(ii) with the funds that are not allo-
cated under clause (i) or reserved under 
subparagraph (B), may— 
(I) carry out rapid response ac-
tivities 
described 
in 
section 
134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Inno-
vation and Opportunity (29 U.S.C. 
3174(a)(2)(A)); 
(II) carry out activities to facili-
tate remote access to employment and 
training activities, including career 
services, through a one-stop center; 
(III) in coordination with local 
areas, carry out activities necessary to 
expand online learning opportunities 
and make available resources to sup-
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port or allow for online service deliv-
ery, including online delivery of train-
ing services, by providers identified as 
eligible providers of training services 
under subsection (d) or (h) of section 
122 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152); 
(IV) assist local boards through 
the purchase of technology, supplies, 
and online training materials for dis-
tribution or use by local areas; and 
(V) expand the list of eligible 
providers of training services estab-
lished under section 122(d) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)). 
(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of the funds reserved under subsection 
(b)(2)(A) shall be used by the State for admin-
istrative activities related to carrying out this 
section. 
(2) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds allocated 
to a local area under subsection (b)(2)(B) or para-
graph (1)(A)(i)— 
(A) shall be used for— 
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(i) the provision of in-person and vir-
tual training services, aligned with indus-
try needs, that shall include— 
(I) on-the-job training, for which 
the local board may take into account 
the impact of a qualifying emergency 
as a factor in determining whether to 
increase the amount of a reimburse-
ment to an amount of up to 75 per-
cent of the wage rate of a participant 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
134(c)(3)(H) of the Workforce Inno-
vation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(H)); 
(II) 
customized 
training, 
for 
which the local board may take into 
account the impact of a qualifying 
emergency as a factor in determining 
the portion of the cost of training an 
employer shall provide; 
(III) transitional jobs as de-
scribed in section 134(d)(5) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(5)) 
(but for adults or dislocated workers 
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determined eligible by a one-stop oper-
ator or one-stop partner), including 
positions in contact tracing, public 
health, or infrastructure, if provision 
of the jobs does not displace any cur-
rently employed employee (as of the 
date of the participation in the transi-
tional job); and 
(IV) incumbent worker training 
described in section 134(d)(4) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(4)) to 
support worker retention; 
(ii) training services provided through 
individual training accounts, which, not-
withstanding section 122 of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 3152), eligible individuals may ob-
tain from providers identified as eligible 
providers of training services under sub-
section (d) or (h) of that section 122 or 
from another provider that is identified by 
the State board or local board involved; 
(iii) short-term training— 
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(I) in which a current employee 
(as of the date of the participation), 
including an employee participating in 
a transitional job described in clause 
(i)(III), may participate; 
(II) for which the participant 
may receive an employer-sponsored in-
dividual training account; 
(III) for which the employer 
agrees to pay— 
(aa) not less than 10 per-
cent of the costs of such training 
in the case of an employer that is 
a small business concern, as de-
fined in section 3(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)); 
and 
(bb) not less than 20 per-
cent of such costs in the case of 
any other employer; and 
(IV) for which the participant is 
provided the opportunity to choose a 
provider from among the providers 
identified as eligible providers of 
training services under subsection (d) 
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or (h) of section 122 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act or a 
provider identified by the employer as 
having the ability to provide the skills 
necessary for the individual to be 
hired permanently or to advance the 
individual’s career; and 
(iv) short-term training in fields in 
which the local area needs workers to meet 
the demands for health care, direct care, 
and frontline workers responding to a 
qualifying emergency; and 
(B) may be used for— 
(i) the establishment and expansion of 
partnerships with public and private enti-
ties to support online programs of training 
services— 
(I) which programs are identified 
under section 122 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act and 
lead to an industry-recognized creden-
tial in high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-
mand industry sectors or occupations, 
in areas such as technology, health 
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