I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3280 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require one- 
stop delivery systems under such Act to offer services through Internet 
websites and to direct the Secretary of Labor to develop standards 
and best practices for such websites, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself, Mr. HUDSON, and Ms. STEFANIK) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
to require one-stop delivery systems under such Act to 
offer services through Internet websites and to direct 
the Secretary of Labor to develop standards and best 
practices for such websites, 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 ‘‘Widening Internet 
Readiness for Employment Development Act’’ or the 
‘‘WIRED Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ONLINE PROVISION OF ONE-STOP SERVICES. 
(a) ONLINE PROVISION OF ONE-STOP SERVICES.— 
Subparagraph (D) of section 121(e)(2) of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3151(e)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) as applicable and practicable, shall 
make programs, services, and activities acces-
sible to individuals through an Internet website 
that— 
‘‘(i) is unique to the particular one- 
stop delivery system; and 
‘‘(ii) meets the standards and incor-
porates the best practices established by 
the Secretary of Labor under subsection 
(j).’’. 
(b) STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE 
PROVISION OF SERVICES BY ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYS-
TEMS.—Section 121 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3951) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(j) STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE 
PROVISION OF SERVICES.—After soliciting public com-
ments and consulting with and receiving input from rel-
evant parties, including State workforce development 
boards, the Secretary of Labor shall establish and main-
tain standards and best practices for Internet websites 
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maintained by one-stop delivery systems under subsection 
(e)(2)(D), and for the provision of services through such 
websites. Such standards and best practices shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) a requirement for user-friendly, up-to-date 
websites available to all dislocated workers; 
‘‘(2) a requirement that such websites promi-
nently display the address and hours of operation of 
all physical one-stop centers in the local area, and a 
description of services provided in and events held at 
each such center; 
‘‘(3) best practices for providing, through such 
websites, services such as resume assistance, cover 
letter review, job searching, interview preparations, 
and 
online 
employment-related 
practice 
tests, 
through videos, video-conferencing, or other means; 
‘‘(4) best practices for assuring a secure net-
work and the protection of any personal information; 
‘‘(5) best practices for incorporating social 
media 
and 
networking 
capabilities 
into 
such 
websites; and 
‘‘(6) best practices for making such websites ac-
cessible by mobile devices to the extent practicable.’’. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall establish the 
initial standards and best practices required by section 
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121(j) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(as added by subsection (b)) not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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