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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5350 
To address the needs of workers in industries likely to be impacted by 
rapidly evolving technologies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 
Mr. SCHNEIDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To address the needs of workers in industries likely to be 
impacted by rapidly evolving technologies. 
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 ‘‘Investing in Tomor-
row’s Workforce Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) A 2019 Government Accountability Office 
report found that while there are many Federal em-
ployment and training programs, their total funding 
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levels remain at nearly $20,000,000,000, or less 
than 0.1 percent of the gross domestic product of 
the United States. 
(2) The number of workers receiving federally 
supported training has declined in the past 3 dec-
ades as advances in technology have simultaneously 
shifted labor market demand over time. 
(3) Job losses from automation are more likely 
to impact women, people of color, and workers mak-
ing less than $40,000 annually. 
(4) The COVID–19 pandemic accelerated 
trends in automation, with 43 percent of businesses 
in the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs sur-
vey indicating they plan to reduce their workforce as 
a result of technology integration. 
(5) Strong Federal investment in expanding 
training services for workers whose jobs may be lost 
due to automation could prepare the United States 
workforce to better adapt to changes in the labor 
market and enter into skilled positions in techno-
logically oriented occupations and industries. 
(6) A focus on preparing the workforce of the 
United States for jobs that utilize advanced tech-
nologies and require digital literacy could grow 
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wages, increase economic productivity, and boost the 
competitiveness of the United States. 
(7) Studies show that the United States would 
need to invest $72,000,000,000 more annually just 
to reach the average investment in workforce policies 
of other industrial countries. For training alone, the 
United 
States 
would 
need 
to 
invest 
nearly 
$8,500,000,000 just to reach the average amount in-
vested by member countries of the Organisation on 
Economic Co-operation and Development. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AUTOMATION.—The term ‘‘automation’’ 
means a device, process, or system that functions 
without continuous input from an operator, includ-
ing— 
(A) advanced technologies, such as— 
(i) data collection, classification proc-
essing, and analytics; and 
(ii) 3-D printing, digital design and 
simulation, and digital manufacturing; 
(B) robotics, including collaborative robot-
ics, and worker augmentation technology; 
(C) autonomous vehicle technology; or 
(D) autonomous machinery technology. 
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(2) COVERED
POPULATION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered population’’ means a population of individuals 
with a barrier to employment described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (N) of section 3(24) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102(24)). 
(3) DIGITAL LITERACY.—The term ‘‘digital lit-
eracy’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
60301 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (47 U.S.C. 1721). 
(4) DISLOCATED
WORKER.—The term ‘‘dis-
located worker’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(5) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term eligible 
partnership means an industry or sector partnership, 
as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act, except that— 
(A) for purposes of applying paragraph 
(26)(A)(iii) of that section, the term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); and 
(B) the partnership shall include, in addi-
tion to the representatives described in clauses 
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(i) through (iii) of section 3(26)(A) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 
representatives of— 
(i) a State workforce development 
board or a local workforce development 
board; and 
(ii) an economic development organi-
zation. 
(6) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCUPA-
TION.—The term ‘‘in-demand industry sector or oc-
cupation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(7) INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING.— 
The term ‘‘integrated education and training’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 203 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3272). 
(8) LOCAL AND STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
MENT BOARDS.—The terms ‘‘local workforce devel-
opment board’’ and ‘‘State workforce development 
board’’ have the meanings given the terms ‘‘local 
board’’ and ‘‘State board’’, respectively, in section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
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(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
(10) TRAINING SERVICES.—The term ‘‘training 
services’’ means training services described in sec-
tion 134(c)(3)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(D)) and 
may include digital literacy skills. 
SEC. 4. GRANTS TO IMPROVE TRAINING FOR WORKERS IM-
PACTED BY AUTOMATION. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (g) and beginning in fiscal 
year 2024, the Secretary shall award grants, on a 
competitive basis, to eligible partnerships to support 
demonstration and pilot projects relating to the 
training needs of workers who are, or are likely to 
become, dislocated workers as a result of automa-
tion. 
(2) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period not to exceed 4 years. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an eligible partnership shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
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in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary shall reasonably require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall include a description of 
the demonstration or pilot project to be completed 
with the grant funds, which description shall in-
clude— 
(A) a description of the members of the el-
igible partnership who will be involved in the 
demonstration or pilot project and the services 
each member will provide; 
(B) a description of the training services 
that will be available to individuals participating 
in the demonstration or pilot project, which 
may include— 
(i) a plan to train dislocated workers 
from industries likely to be impacted by 
automation and transition the workers into 
regionally in-demand industry sectors or 
occupations; and 
(ii) a plan to partner with local busi-
nesses to retrain, upskill, and re-deploy 
workers within an industry as an alter-
native to layoffs; 
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(C) a plan to provide workers with tech-
nology-based skills training, which may include 
training to provide skills related to coding, sys-
tems engineering, or information technology se-
curity, in addition to other skills; 
(D) a description of the goals that the eli-
gible partnership intends to achieve to upskill 
workers and prepare them for in-demand indus-
try sectors or occupations; and 
(E) a description of how and which covered 
populations within the area will be supported 
through this grant, including a plan for stake-
holder engagement. 
(c) PRIORITIES.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall— 
(1) first give priority to eligible partnerships 
that are located in areas with a high percentage of 
individuals from covered populations; and 
(2) to the extent amounts remain available for 
additional grants after carrying out paragraph (1), 
give priority to— 
(A) eligible partnerships that are located in 
an area with a high concentration of— 
(i) industries with a higher likelihood 
of being impacted by automation; or 
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(ii) industries included in in-demand 
industry sectors, as determined under sub-
paragraphs (A)(i) and (B) of section 3(23) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(23)); 
(B) eligible partnerships— 
(i) with a plan to provide incumbent 
worker training— 
(I) to assist workers in obtaining 
the skills necessary to retain employ-
ment or avert layoffs; or 
(II) that allows a worker working 
for an employer to acquire new skills 
that allow the worker to obtain a 
higher-skilled or higher-paid position 
with such employer; and 
(ii) that partner with local employers 
that intend to backfill the pre-training po-
sitions of the incumbent workers by hiring 
new workers to fill those positions; 
(C) eligible partnerships that will provide 
workers with a transportation stipend, paid sick 
leave, paid family and medical leave, access to 
child care services, or other employment bene-
fits; or 
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(D) eligible partnerships with a plan to de-
velop a shared training curriculum that can be 
used across local and regional networks of em-
ployers and training providers. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partnership that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 
for 1 or more of the following: 
(1) Providing training services under the dem-
onstration or pilot project, which may include train-
ing services that prepare workers for in-demand in-
dustry sectors or occupations. 
(2) Providing assistance for employers in devel-
oping a staff position for an individual who will be 
responsible for supporting training services provided 
under the grant. 
(3) Purchasing equipment or technology nec-
essary for training services provided under para-
graph (1). 
(4) Providing job search and other transitional 
assistance to workers in industries with high rates of 
job loss. 
(5) Providing a training stipend to workers for 
training services. 
(6) Providing integrated education and train-
ing. 
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(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
an eligible partnership’s completion of a demonstra-
tion or pilot project supported under this section, 
the eligible partnership shall prepare and submit to 
the Secretary a report regarding— 
(A) the number of workers who received 
training services through the demonstration or 
pilot project; 
(B) the number of such workers who suc-
cessfully transitioned into a new position fol-
lowing completion of the training services; 
(C) the number of individuals who success-
fully transitioned into an in-demand industry 
sector or occupation following completion of the 
training services; 
(D) annual earnings data for individuals 
who have completed training services through 
the demonstration or pilot project; 
(E) the percentage of individuals described 
in subparagraph (D) who are in education or 
training activities, or in employment, during the 
second quarter after exit from the training serv-
ices; 
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(F) the percentage of individuals described 
in subparagraph (D) who are in education or 
training activities, or in employment, during the 
fourth quarter after exit from the training serv-
ices; and 
(G) any practices used by the partnership 
that should be considered best practices with 
respect to training workers in industries that 
have, or are expected to have, high rates of job 
loss as a result of automation. 
(2) DISAGGREGATION.—Each eligible partner-
ship shall provide the information required under 
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1) in 
the aggregate and disaggregated by type of training 
service and by age, gender, and race of the workers. 
(f) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible partner-
ship that receives a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds in a manner that is consistent with the labor 
standards and protections described in section 181 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3241) and nondiscrimination provisions described in sec-
tion 188 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3248). 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2024 
through 2028. 
SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF WORKER TRAINING SERVICES. 
(a) ADULT
AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOY-
MENT
AND
TRAINING.—Section 134(d)(1)(A) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3174(d)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xii), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xiii) training programs for individ-
uals who are, or are likely to become, dis-
located workers as a result of automation, 
including activities that prepare the indi-
viduals for occupations in the technology 
sector.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3225) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘ad-
vances in automation technology,’’ before ‘‘plant clo-
sures,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition 
to any funds reserved under section 132(a)(2)(A) to carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028.’’. 
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