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Union Calendar No. 9 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 803 
[Report No. 113–14, Part I] 
To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation 
to put Americans back to work and make the United States more 
competitive in the 21st century. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 
Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. KLINE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. 
MCKEON, 
Mr. 
MARCHANT, 
Mr. 
SALMON, 
Mr. 
GUTHRIE, 
Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mrs. BROOKS of Indi-
ana, Mr. MESSER, Mrs. ELLMERS, and Mr. STIVERS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agri-
culture, Veterans’ Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation 
and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
MARCH 12, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. ROBY, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
HUELSKAMP, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. RADEL, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 
FLORES, and Mr. KELLY 
MARCH 12, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 12, 2013 
The Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, Energy and 
Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 25, 2013] 
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To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system 
of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make 
the United States more competitive in the 21st century. 
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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 ‘‘Supporting Knowledge 
and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act’’ or the ‘‘SKILLS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Effective date. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 
1998 
Subtitle A—Workforce Investment Definitions 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—Statewide and Local Workforce Investment Systems 
Sec. 102. Purpose. 
Sec. 103. State workforce investment boards. 
Sec. 104. State plan. 
Sec. 105. Local workforce investment areas. 
Sec. 106. Local workforce investment boards. 
Sec. 107. Local plan. 
Sec. 108. Establishment of one-stop delivery system. 
Sec. 109. Identification of eligible providers of training services. 
Sec. 110. General authorization. 
Sec. 111. State allotments. 
Sec. 112. Within State allocations. 
Sec. 113. Use of funds for employment and training activities. 
Sec. 114. Performance accountability system. 
Sec. 115. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—Job Corps 
Sec. 116. Job Corps purposes. 
Sec. 117. Job Corps definitions. 
Sec. 118. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps. 
Sec. 119. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees. 
Sec. 120. Job Corps centers. 
Sec. 121. Program activities. 
Sec. 122. Counseling and job placement. 
Sec. 123. Support. 
Sec. 124. Operations. 
Sec. 125. Community participation. 
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Sec. 126. Workforce councils. 
Sec. 127. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 128. Special provisions. 
Sec. 129. Performance accountability management. 
Subtitle D—National Programs 
Sec. 130. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 131. Evaluations. 
Subtitle E—Administration 
Sec. 132. Requirements and restrictions. 
Sec. 133. Prompt allocation of funds. 
Sec. 134. Fiscal controls; sanctions. 
Sec. 135. Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 136. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 137. State legislative authority. 
Sec. 138. General program requirements. 
Sec. 139. Federal agency staff. 
Subtitle F—State Unified Plan 
Sec. 140. State unified plan. 
TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY EDUCATION 
Sec. 201. Amendment. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT 
Sec. 301. Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act. 
TITLE IV—REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 401. Repeals. 
Sec. 402. Amendment to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980. 
Sec. 403. Amendments to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
Sec. 404. Amendments to section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
Sec. 405. Amendments relating to the Second Chance Act of 2007. 
Sec. 406. Amendments to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968. 
Sec. 407. Conforming amendments to the United States Code. 
Sec. 408. Conforming amendment to table of contents. 
TITLE V—AMENDMENTS TO THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 
Sec. 501. Findings. 
Sec. 502. Rehabilitation services administration. 
Sec. 503. Definitions. 
Sec. 504. State plan. 
Sec. 505. Scope of services. 
Sec. 506. Standards and indicators. 
Sec. 507. Collaboration with industry. 
Sec. 508. Reservation for expanded transition services. 
Sec. 509. Client assistance program. 
Sec. 510. Title III amendments. 
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Sec. 511. Repeal of title VI. 
Sec. 512. Chairperson. 
Sec. 513. Authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 514. Conforming amendments. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the amendment or repeal shall be considered to be made 
to a section or other provision of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall be effective with respect to 
fiscal year 2014 and succeeding fiscal years. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
WORKFORCE 
INVESTMENT 
ACT OF 1998 
Subtitle A—Workforce Investment 
Definitions 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 101 (29 U.S.C. 2801) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (13) and (24); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (12) 
as paragraphs (3) through (14), and paragraphs (14) 
through (23) as paragraphs (15) through (24), respec-
tively; 
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(3) by striking paragraphs (52) and (53); 
(4) by inserting after ‘‘In this title:’’ the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) ACCRUED EXPENDITURES.—The term ‘ac-
crued expenditures’ means charges incurred by recipi-
ents of funds under this title for a given period re-
quiring the provision of funds for goods or other tan-
gible property received; services performed by employ-
ees, contractors, subgrantees, subcontractors, and other 
payees; and other amounts becoming owed under pro-
grams assisted under this title for which no current 
services or performance is required, such as annuities, 
insurance claims, and other benefit payments. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The term ‘admin-
istrative costs’ means expenditures incurred by State 
and local workforce investment boards, direct recipi-
ents (including State grant recipients under subtitle 
B and recipients of awards under subtitles C and D), 
local grant recipients, local fiscal agents or local 
grant subrecipients, and one-stop operators in the 
performance of administrative functions and in car-
rying out activities under this title which are not re-
lated to the direct provision of workforce investment 
services (including services to participants and em-
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ployers). Such costs include both personnel and non- 
personnel and both direct and indirect.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘Except in sections 127 and 132, the’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(6) by amending paragraph (5) (as so redesig-
nated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
SCHOOL.—The term ‘area career and technical edu-
cation school’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(3)).’’; 
(7) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by in-
serting ‘‘(or such other level as the Governor may es-
tablish)’’ after ‘‘8th grade level’’; 
(8) in paragraph (10)(C) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘not less than 50 percent of the cost of the 
training’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant portion of the 
cost of training, as determined by the local board (or, 
in the case of an employer in multiple local areas in 
the State, as determined by the Governor), taking into 
account the size of the employer and such other factors 
as the local board determines to be appropriate’’; 
(9) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘section 134(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 121(e)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘134(d)(4)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘134(c)(4)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘intensive services de-
scribed in section 134(d)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘work ready services described in section 
117(d)(5)(C)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E)(i) is the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces on active duty for a period of 
more than 30 days (as defined in section 
101(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code) who 
has experienced a loss of employment as a direct 
result of relocation to accommodate a permanent 
change in duty station of such member; or 
‘‘(ii) is the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces on active duty who meets the cri-
teria described in paragraph (12)(B).’’; 
(10) in paragraph (12)(A) (as redesignated)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘or’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A)(i)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) is the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces on active duty for a period of 
more than 30 days (as defined in section 
101(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code) whose 
family income is significantly reduced because of 
a deployment (as defined in section 991(b) of 
title 10, United States Code, or pursuant to 
paragraph (4) of such section), a call or order to 
active duty pursuant to a provision of law re-
ferred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, 
United States Code, a permanent change of sta-
tion, or the service-connected (as defined in sec-
tion 101(16) of title 38, United States Code) 
death or disability of the member; and’’; 
(11) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated), by 
inserting ‘‘or regional’’ after ‘‘local’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(12) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 122(e)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122’’; 
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(B) by striking subparagraph (B), and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) work ready services, means a provider 
who is identified or awarded a contract as de-
scribed in section 117(d)(5)(C); or’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (C). 
(13) in paragraph (15) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘adult or dislocated worker’’ and inserting 
‘‘individual’’; 
(14) in paragraph (25)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘high-
er of—’’ and all that follows through clause (ii) 
and inserting ‘‘poverty line for an equivalent pe-
riod;’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), 
respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
following: 
‘‘(D) receives or is eligible to receive free or 
reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.);’’; 
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(15) in paragraph (32), by striking ‘‘the Repub-
lic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
Micronesia,’’; 
(16) by amending paragraph (33) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(33) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘out- 
of-school youth’ means— 
‘‘(A) an at-risk youth who is a school drop-
out; or 
‘‘(B) an at-risk youth who has received a 
secondary school diploma or its recognized equiv-
alent but is basic skills deficient, unemployed, or 
underemployed.’’. 
(17) 
in 
paragraph 
(38), 
by 
striking 
‘‘134(a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘134(a)(1)(B)’’; 
(18) by amending paragraph (49) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(49) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 
same meaning given the term in section 2108(1) of 
title 5, United States Code.’’; 
(19) by amending paragraph (50) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(50) CAREER
AND
TECHNICAL
EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘career and technical education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. 
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Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
(20 U.S.C. 2302).’’; 
(20) in paragraph (51) by striking ‘‘, and a 
youth activity’’; and 
(21) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(52) AT-RISK YOUTH.—Except as provided in 
subtitle C, the term ‘at-risk youth’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(A) is not less than age 16 and not more 
than age 24; 
‘‘(B) is a low-income individual; and 
‘‘(C) is an individual who is one or more 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) a secondary school dropout; 
‘‘(ii) a youth in foster care (including 
youth aging out of foster care); 
‘‘(iii) a youth offender; 
‘‘(iv) a youth who is an individual 
with a disability; or 
‘‘(v) a migrant youth. 
‘‘(53) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.—The 
term ‘industry or sector partnership’ means a part-
nership of a State or local board and one or more in-
dustries and other entities that have the capability to 
help the State or local board determine the immediate 
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and long term skilled workforce needs of in-demand 
industries and other occupations important to the 
State or local economy, respectively. 
‘‘(54) INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED
CREDENTIAL.— 
The term ‘industry-recognized credential’ means a 
credential that is sought or accepted by companies 
within the industry sector involved, across multiple 
States, as recognized, preferred, or required for re-
cruitment, screening, or hiring. 
‘‘(55) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ 
means a credential awarded by a training provider 
or postsecondary educational institution based on 
completion of all requirements for a program of 
study, including coursework or tests or other perform-
ance evaluations. The term includes an industry-rec-
ognized credential, a certificate of completion of an 
apprenticeship, or an associate or baccalaureate de-
gree. 
‘‘(56) PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACT STRAT-
EGY.—The term ‘pay-for-performance contract strat-
egy’ means a strategy in which a contract to provide 
a program of employment and training activities in-
corporates— 
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‘‘(A) the performance outcome described in 
subclauses 
(I) 
through 
(IV) 
of 
section 
136(b)(2)(A)(i); 
‘‘(B) a fixed amount that will be paid to a 
provider of such employment and training ac-
tivities for each program participant who 
achieves the agreed to levels of performance based 
upon the outcome measures described in sub-
paragraph (A), within a defined timetable, and 
may include a bonus payment to such provider 
which may be used to expand the capacity of 
such provider; 
‘‘(C) the ability for a provider to recoup the 
costs of training a participant who has not met 
such outcome measures, but for whom the pro-
vider is able to demonstrate that such partici-
pant gained specific competencies required for 
education and career advancement that are, 
where feasible, tied to industry-recognized cre-
dentials and related standards, or State licensing 
requirements; and 
‘‘(D) the ability for a provider that does not 
meet the requirements under section 122(a)(2) to 
participate in such pay-for-performance contract 
and to not be required to report on the perform-
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ance and cost information required under section 
122(d).’’. 
Subtitle B—Statewide and Local 
Workforce Investment Systems 
SEC. 102. PURPOSE. 
Section 106 (29 U.S.C. 2811) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘It is also the purpose of this sub-
title to provide workforce investment activities in a manner 
that enhances employer engagement, promotes customer 
choices in the selection of training services, and ensures ac-
countability in the use of the taxpayer funds.’’. 
SEC. 103. STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS. 
Section 111 (29 U.S.C. 2821) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) 
as subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B) (as so redes-
ignated)— 
(I) by amending clause (i)(I), by 
striking ‘‘section 117(b)(2)(A)(i)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 117(b)(2)(A)’’; 
(II) by amending clause (i)(II) to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘(II) represent businesses, includ-
ing large and small businesses, with 
immediate and long-term employment 
opportunities in in-demand industries 
and other occupations important to the 
State economy; and’’; 
(III) by striking clause (iii) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) a State agency official respon-
sible for economic development; and’’; 
(IV) by striking clauses (iv) 
through (vi); 
(V) by amending clause (vii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(vii) such other representatives and 
State agency officials as the Governor may 
designate, including— 
‘‘(I) members of the State legisla-
ture; 
‘‘(II) representatives of individ-
uals and organizations that have expe-
rience with respect to youth activities; 
‘‘(III) representatives of individ-
uals and organizations that have expe-
rience and expertise in the delivery of 
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workforce investment activities, includ-
ing chief executive officers of commu-
nity colleges and community-based or-
ganizations within the State; 
‘‘(IV) representatives of the lead 
State agency officials with responsi-
bility for the programs and activities 
that are described in section 121(b) 
and carried out by one-stop partners; 
or 
‘‘(V) representatives of veterans 
service organizations.’’; and 
(VI) by redesignating clause (vii) 
(as so amended) as clause (iv); and 
(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) MAJORITY.—A 2⁄3 majority of the members 
of the board shall be representatives described in 
paragraph (1)(B)(i).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(b)(1)(C)(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(B)(i)’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) FUNCTIONS.—The State board shall assist the 
Governor of the State as follows: 
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‘‘(1) STATE PLAN.—Consistent with section 112, 
develop a State plan. 
‘‘(2) STATEWIDE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
SYSTEM.—Review and develop statewide policies and 
programs in the State in a manner that supports a 
comprehensive Statewide workforce development sys-
tem that will result in meeting the workforce needs of 
the State and its local areas. Such review shall in-
clude determining whether the State should consoli-
date additional programs into the Workforce Invest-
ment Fund in accordance with section 501(e). 
‘‘(3) WORKFORCE AND LABOR MARKET INFORMA-
TION
SYSTEM.—Develop a statewide workforce and 
labor market information system described in section 
15(e) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, which may include 
using existing information conducted by the State 
economic development entity or related entity in de-
veloping such system. 
‘‘(4) EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT.—Develop strate-
gies across local areas that meet the needs of employ-
ers and support economic growth in the State by en-
hancing communication, coordination, and collabora-
tion among employers, economic development entities, 
and service providers. 
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‘‘(5) DESIGNATION OF LOCAL AREAS.—Designate 
local areas as required under section 116. 
‘‘(6) ONE-STOP
DELIVERY
SYSTEM.—Identify 
and disseminate information on best practices for ef-
fective operation of one-stop centers, including use of 
innovative business outreach, partnerships, and serv-
ice delivery strategies. 
‘‘(7) PROGRAM
OVERSIGHT.—Conduct the fol-
lowing program oversight: 
‘‘(A) Reviewing and approving local plans 
under section 118. 
‘‘(B) Ensuring the appropriate use and 
management of the funds provided for State em-
ployment and training activities authorized 
under section 134. 
‘‘(C) Preparing an annual report to the 
Secretary described in section 136(d). 
‘‘(8) DEVELOPMENT
OF
PERFORMANCE
MEAS-
URES.—Develop and ensure continuous improvement 
of comprehensive State performance measures, includ-
ing State adjusted levels of performance, as described 
under section 136(b).’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and redesignating 
subsection (f) as subsection (e); 
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(5) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by in-
serting ‘‘or participate in any action taken’’ after 
‘‘vote’’; 
(6) by inserting after subsection (e) (as so redes-
ignated), the following: 
‘‘(f) STAFF.—The State board may employ staff to as-
sist in carrying out the functions described in subsection 
(d).’’; and 
(7) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘electronic 
means and’’ after ‘‘on a regular basis through’’. 
SEC. 104. STATE PLAN. 
Section 112 (29 U.S.C. 2822)— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘127 or’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘5-year strategy’’ and in-
serting ‘‘3-year strategy’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) information describing— 
‘‘(A) the economic conditions in the State; 
‘‘(B) the immediate and long-term skilled 
workforce needs of in-demand industries, small 
businesses, and other occupations important to 
the State economy; 
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‘‘(C) the knowledge and skills of the work-
force in the State; and 
‘‘(D) workforce development activities (in-
cluding education and training) in the State;’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(7) a description of the State criteria for deter-
mining the eligibility of training providers in accord-
ance with section 122, including how the State will 
take into account the performance of providers and 
whether the training programs relate to occupations 
that are in-demand;’’; 
(C) by amending paragraph (8) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8)(A) a description of the procedures that will 
be taken by the State to assure coordination of, and 
avoid duplication among, the programs and activities 
identified under section 501(b)(2); and 
‘‘(B) a description of common data collection 
and reporting processes used for the programs and ac-
tivities described in subparagraph (A), which are car-
ried out by one-stop partners, including— 
‘‘(i) assurances that such processes use 
quarterly wage records for performance measures 
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described in section 136(b)(2)(A) that are appli-
cable to such programs or activities; or 
‘‘(ii) if such wage records are not being used 
for the performance measures, an identification 
of the barriers to using such wage records and a 
description of how the State will address such 
barriers within one year of the approval of the 
plan;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘, includ-
ing comment by representatives of businesses and 
representatives of labor organizations,’’; 
(E) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘under 
sections 127 and 132’’ and inserting ‘‘under sec-
tion 132’’; 
(F) by striking paragraph (12); 
(G) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (18) as paragraphs (12) through (17), 
respectively; 
(H) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘111(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘111(e)’’; 
(I) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘134(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘121(e)’’; 
(J) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated), 
by 
striking 
‘‘116(a)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘116(a)(4)’’; 
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(K) in paragraph (16) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘to 
dislocated workers’’; 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘134(d)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘134(c)(4)’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of clause (iii); 
(IV) by amending clause (iv) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(iv) how the State will serve the em-
ployment and training needs of dislocated 
workers (including displaced homemakers), 
low-income individuals (including recipi-
ents of public assistance such as supple-
mental nutrition assistance program bene-
fits pursuant to the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)), long-term 
unemployed individuals (including individ-
uals who have exhausted entitlement to 
State and Federal unemployment com-
pensation), English learners, homeless indi-
viduals, individuals training for nontradi-
tional employment, youth (including out-of- 
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school youth and at-risk youth), older work-
ers, ex-offenders, migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers, refugee and entrants, veterans 
(including disabled and homeless veterans), 
and Native Americans; and’’; and 
(V) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(v) how the State will— 
‘‘(I) consistent with section 188 
and Executive Order 13217 (42 U.S.C. 
12131 note), serve the employment and 
training needs of individuals with dis-
abilities; and 
‘‘(II) consistent with sections 504 
and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973, include the provision of outreach, 
intake, assessments, and service deliv-
ery, the development of performance 
measures, the training of staff, and 
other aspects of accessibility to pro-
grams and services under this sub-
title;’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘to the extent practicable’’ and inserting 
‘‘in accordance with the requirements of the 
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Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107–288) 
and the amendments made by such Act’’; 
and 
(L) by striking paragraph (17) (as so redes-
ignated) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(17) a description of the strategies and services 
that will be used in the State— 
‘‘(A) to more fully engage employers, in-
cluding small businesses and employers in in-de-
mand industries and occupations important to 
the State economy; 
‘‘(B) to meet the needs of employers in the 
State; and 
‘‘(C) to better coordinate workforce develop-
ment programs with economic development ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(18) a description of how the State board will 
convene (or help to convene) industry or sector part-
nerships that lead to collaborative planning, resource 
alignment, and training efforts across multiple firms 
for a range of workers employed or potentially em-
ployed by a targeted industry cluster— 
‘‘(A) to encourage industry growth and 
competitiveness and to improve worker training, 
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