I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7884 
To reauthorize the Job Corps program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2024 
Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Job Corps program, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Job 
Corps Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOB CORPS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 142 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3192) is amended— 
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(A) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(7) JOB
CORPS
CAMPUS.—The term ‘Job 
Corps campus’ means a campus run by an operator 
selected by the Secretary pursuant to section 147, 
carrying out Job Corps activities.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 3, except that such 
term also includes outlying areas (as defined in sec-
tion 3).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subtitle C of 
title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Job Corps center’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Job 
Corps campus’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Job Corps centers’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Job 
Corps campuses’’. 
(b) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB CORPS.— 
Section 144 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3194) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) not less than age 16 and not more than 
age 24 on the date of enrollment, except that such 
maximum age limitation may be waived by the Sec-
retary, in accordance with regulations of the Sec-
retary, up to age 28 in the case of an individual with 
a disability or a justice-involved individual; and’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2) and by amending such para-
graph— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Basic skills deficient’’ and inserting ‘‘An 
individual with foundational skill needs’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘A school dropout’’ and inserting ‘‘An op-
portunity youth’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
‘‘or an individual who is pregnant’’ before 
the period; 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G)(i) A low-income individual as defined 
in subsection (h)(4) of section 402A of the 
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Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a–11) as determined using proce-
dures similar to those in subsection 402a(e) of 
such section; or 
‘‘(ii) a resident of a qualified opportunity 
zone as defined in section 1400Z–1(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE
FOR VETERANS.—A veteran 
shall be eligible to become an enrollee if the veteran meets 
the requirements of subsection (a)(1).’’. 
(c) RECRUITMENT, SCREENING, SELECTION, AND 
ASSIGNMENT
OF ENROLLEES.—Section 145(a) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3195(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) assist one-stop centers and other en-
tities identified in paragraph (3) in developing 
joint applications for Job Corps, YouthBuild, 
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and youth workforce investment activities under 
which an applicant may submit a single applica-
tion for all such programs.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the last sen-
tence. 
(d) JOB CORPS CAMPUSES.—Section 147 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3197) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
at the end the following: ‘‘Such award shall 
be based upon best value and fair and rea-
sonable pricing.’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) STUDENT OUTCOMES.—In select-
ing an entity to operate a Job Corps cam-
pus, the Secretary shall consider a numeric 
metric of recent past effectiveness of the 
entity in assisting opportunity youth to 
connect to the workforce, to be calculated 
based on data regarding— 
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