I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2943
To establish a comprehensive workforce preparation and development system
in the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 6, 1993
Mr. GOODLING
(for himself, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr.
HOEKSTRA, Mr. MCKEON, and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor
A BILL
To establish a comprehensive workforce preparation and
development system in the United States.
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 ‘‘National Workforce
Preparation and Development Reform Act’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 4. Funding for implementation grants and technical assistance.
Sec. 5. Definitions.
TITLE I—FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Subtitle A—Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council
Sec. 101. Establishment.
Sec. 102. Membership.
Sec. 103. Co-chairpersons.
Sec. 104. Duties.
Sec. 105. Administration.
Sec. 106. Agency contributions.
Sec. 107. Report.
Subtitle B—National Advisory Board on Workforce Preparation and
Development
Sec. 111. Establishment.
Sec. 112. Membership.
Sec. 113. Terms.
Sec. 114. Compensation.
Sec. 115. Chairperson.
Sec. 116. Duties.
Sec. 117. Administration.
Sec. 118. Termination.
Subtitle C—Federal Waiver Authority for Provisions of Workforce
Preparation and Development Programs
Sec. 121. Waiver authority.
Sec. 122. Application.
Sec. 123. Review of application.
Sec. 124. Approval and disapproval of application.
Sec. 125. Revocation of waiver.
Sec. 126. Notification of inspector general.
Subtitle D—Implementation Grants and Technical Assistance
Sec. 131. Authority.
Sec. 132. Use of amounts.
Sec. 133. Allocation requirement.
TITLE II—STATE RESPONSIBILITIES
Subtitle A—State Human Resource Investment Council
Sec. 201. Establishment.
Sec. 202. Chairperson.
Sec. 203. Duties.
Sec. 204. Administration.
Subtitle B—Unified Single State Plan
Sec. 211. Establishment.
Sec. 212. Contents.
Sec. 213. Annual reports.
Subtitle C—Unified Service Areas
Sec. 221. Establishment.
Sec. 222. Criteria.
Subtitle D—Local Workforce Development Boards
Sec. 231. Establishment.
Sec. 232. Membership.
Sec. 233. Chairperson.
Sec. 234. Duties.
Sec. 235. Unified local plan.
Sec. 236. Annual reports.
Subtitle E—Community Job Resource Centers
Sec. 241. Purpose.
Sec. 242. Establishment.
Sec. 243. Duties.
Sec. 244. Contribution of resources.
TITLE III—CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO WAGNER-PEYSER ACT
Sec. 301. Conforming amendment.
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION
Sec. 401. Effective date.
Sec. 402. Transition provisions.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) one of our Nation’s greatest economic re-
sources is our workers, who are the most productive
in the world;
(2) due to emerging technologies in the work-
place, global competition, the restructuring of work
organizations, the emergence of quality managing,
the loss of many low-skilled jobs, and more frequent
job and career shifts, American workers will need to
enhance their skills now and on a continuing and
lifelong basis;
(3) because our education and training pro-
grams have been developed independently of each
other over many years, there is no national strategy
for a coherent, well-coordinated workforce prepara-
tion and development system;
(4) most of the pieces needed to develop a co-
herent workforce preparation and development sys-
tem exist at the Federal, State, and local levels, and
therefore massive new programs are not necessary;
(5) a strategic planning process is needed at all
levels of government to rationalize the use of re-
sources from numerous Federal education and train-
ing programs to ensure that each program contrib-
utes to a well-designed, high performance workforce
preparation and development system;
(6) many States and communities are experi-
menting with and designing workforce preparation
and development systems responsive to their needs,
and Federal efforts must enhance and encourage
their efforts, and not prescribe a single national so-
lution;
(7) the private sector must be viewed as a criti-
cal partner in the workforce preparation and devel-
opment system; and
(8) the public, which funds and uses workforce
preparation and development programs, should hold
the system accountable to high standards of per-
formance.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to establish a framework at the Federal,
State, and local levels to develop a strategic planning
process and a coordinated, coherent administrative
structure for programs that prepare youths and
adults for the workplace;
(2) to encourage States and local communities
to develop strategic, collaborative leadership in the
planning and administration of Federal workforce
preparation and development programs to ensure
that such programs are responsive to the needs of
individuals desiring such services, workers, the com-
munity, and business and industry, as well as result-
ing in the elimination of fragmentation and duplica-
tion between workforce preparation and development
programs;
(3) to provide States and communities in-
creased flexibility in the design of a comprehensive
workforce preparation and development system by
waiving legislated and regulatory mandates of indi-
vidual workforce preparation and development pro-
grams, thereby allowing State and local innovation
and experimentation;
(4) to encourage communities to establish com-
munity job resource centers to serve as easily acces-
sible and recognized single points of entry into the
local workforce preparation and development system
where youths and adults may receive information
and assistance about the local labor market and re-
lated career opportunities, and assistance in entering
the appropriate workforce preparation and develop-
ment program;
(5) to expand and improve the quality and effi-
ciency of services provided under workforce prepara-
tion and development programs, particularly for in-
dividuals eligible for services under such programs
who have significant barriers to employment;
(6) to hold workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs accountable for providing high qual-
ity services; and
(7) to improve access to information regarding
career opportunities, eligibility for services, program
availability, and program performance through ex-
pansion of State and local management information
systems and improved and compatible data collec-
tion.
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
From amounts appropriated after the date of the en-
actment of this Act for each of the fiscal years 1994
through 1998 to carry out part D of title IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1731 et seq.) and
to establish and operate one-stop career centers, the fol-
lowing amounts shall be made available for each such fis-
cal year to provide implementation grants and technical
assistance to States under subtitle D of title I:
(1) $7,500,000 from amounts appropriated to
carry out part D of title IV of the Job Training
Partnership Act.
(2) $42,500,000 from amounts appropriated to
establish and operate one-stop career centers.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions
apply:
(1) ADVISORY
BOARD.—The term ‘‘Advisory
Board’’ means the National Advisory Board on
Workforce Preparation and Development established
in accordance with subtitle B of title I.
(2) LOCAL BOARD.—The term ‘‘Local Board’’
means the Local Workforce Development Board es-
tablished in accordance with subtitle D of title II.
(3) 
SCHOOL-TO-WORK
TRANSITION
PRO-
GRAMS.—The term ‘‘school-to-work transition pro-
grams’’ means those programs which—
(A) provide integrated academic and occu-
pational learning, integrated school-based and
work-based learning, and establish linkages be-
tween secondary and postsecondary education;
(B) result in the achievement by students
of academic and occupational skills, workplace
readiness competencies, and experience in the
workplace; and
(C) include programs such as—
(i) youth apprenticeship programs;
(ii) technical preparation programs es-
tablished under the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Applied Technology Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
(iii) cooperative education programs;
(iv) high school career academies; and
(v) career awareness and exploration
programs.
(4) SERVICE
DELIVERY
AREA.—The term
‘‘service delivery area’’ means the area established
under section 101 of the Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1511).
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and Palau.
(6) STATE COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘State Coun-
cil’’ means the State human resource investment
council established in accordance with subtitle A of
title II.
(7) WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND DEVELOP-
MENT
PROGRAMS.—The term ‘‘workforce prepara-
tion and development programs’’ means programs
under any of the following provisions of law:
(A) The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.).
(B) The Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(C) The Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49
et seq.).
(D) The Job Opportunities and Basic
Skills Training Program authorized under part
F of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 681 et seq.).
(E) The Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1201 et seq.).
(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
(G) Chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.).
(H) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977.
(I) Veterans vocational training programs
authorized under chapter 106 of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, and chapters 30, 31, 32, and
35 of title 38, United States Code.
(J) Federal school-to-work transition pro-
grams.
(K) Title IV of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
(L) Chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
(M) Other Federal employment, education,
or training programs, identified and determined
appropriate by the Federal Council.
TITLE I—FEDERAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
Subtitle 
A—Federal 
Workforce
Preparation and Development
Council
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established the Federal Workforce Prepara-
tion and Development Council (in this Act referred to as
the ‘‘Federal Council’’).
SEC. 102. MEMBERSHIP.
The Federal Council shall be composed of the follow-
ing members or their designees:
(1) The Secretary of Labor.
(2) The Secretary of Education.
(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
(4) The Secretary of Commerce.
(5) The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
(6) The heads of such other Federal agencies as
the President may designate.
SEC. 103. CO-CHAIRPERSONS.
The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of
Education shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Federal
Council.
SEC. 104. DUTIES.
The Federal Council shall—
(1) based upon the recommendations of the Ad-
visory Board, develop a strategic plan to ensure that
workforce preparation and development programs
contribute to a coherent workforce preparation and
development system in the United States;
(2) based on the experience of States in using
waivers of Federal rules and regulations, make rec-
ommendations to appropriate Federal agencies relat-
ing to changes in such rules and regulations govern-
ing workforce preparation and development pro-
grams to ensure consistent interpretation, guidance,
and coordination of such programs across Federal
agencies;
(3) develop criteria for approving unified single
State plans containing waiver requests of Federal
rules, regulations, and provisions of law governing
workforce preparation and development programs;
(4) review and approve or disapprove such
State plans;
(5) provide grants and technical assistance to
States for the purpose of implementing such State
plans, as appropriate;
(6) evaluate the performance of States in imple-
menting unified single State plans and the results of
waivers of Federal rules, regulations, and provisions
of law governing workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs in meeting stated goals and objec-
tives contained in the State plans;
(7) develop recommendations for a common set
of core, competency-based outcome measurements
that can be used to determine individual and pro-
gram performance across workforce preparation and
development programs, and which, to the extent
practicable, should utilize educational competencies
and skill standards, and, at a minimum, should
measure—
(A) academic competency attainment and
gains of program participants;
(B) occupational competency attainment
and gains of program participants;
(C) employment or educational continu-
ation of program participants; and
(D) employment retention and earnings of
program participants;
(8) make recommendations to the Congress on
changes needed in Federal legislation to develop a
coherent workforce preparation and development
system in the United States, including specific rec-
ommendations for the elimination of fragmentation
and duplication among workforce preparation and
development programs and providing for the consoli-
dation of similar programs, where appropriate;
(9) make recommendations for the consolidation
of Federal administration of workforce preparation
and development programs, to the maximum extent
possible; and
(10) oversee the implementation and adminis-
tration of this Act.
SEC. 105. ADMINISTRATION.
The Federal Council is authorized—
(1) to prescribe such rules and regulations as
may be necessary for conducting the business of the
Federal Council; and
(2) to use the services, personnel, facilities, and
information of any Federal agency, State agency,
local agency, and private agency or organization,
with the consent of such agency.
SEC. 106. AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.
Upon request made by the co-chairpersons of the
Federal Council, each Federal agency (including the Na-
tional Occupational Information Coordinating Committee)
is authorized and directed to make its services, personnel,
facilities, and information available to the greatest prac-
ticable extent to the Federal Council for the purpose of
carrying out the duties specified in section 104.
SEC. 107. REPORT.
Not later than 3 years after the effective date of this
Act, the Federal Council shall submit to the President and
the Congress a report containing—
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of unified
single State plans relating to waivers of provisions of
law (and regulations under such provisions) under
workforce preparation and development programs,
including—
(A) the efficiency of services offered to in-
dividuals under such programs;
(B) the effectiveness of such programs in
meeting labor market needs and the needs of
businesses for a skilled workforce; and
(C) how individuals eligible for services
under such programs are impacted, especially
with regard to attainment of academic and oc-
cupational competencies and job retention;
(2) recommendations for a common perform-
ance measurement system that States and local sys-
tems may use in the development of integrated per-
formance measurement systems for all workforce
preparation and development systems; and
(3) recommendations for the elimination of
fragmentation and duplication among workforce
preparation and development programs, including
recommendations for the elimination or consolidation
of duplicative programs where appropriate, and rec-
ommendations on the consolidation of Federal ad-
ministration of such programs.
Subtitle 
B—National 
Advisory
Board on Workforce Prepara-
tion and Development
SEC. 111. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a bipartisan National Advisory
Board on Workforce Preparation and Development (in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Board’’).
SEC. 112. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Board shall be com-
posed of the following individuals:
(1) 4 members of Congress, of whom—
(A) 1 member shall be a Senator, ap-
pointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(B) 1 member shall be a Senator, ap-
pointed by the minority leader of the Senate;
(C) 1 member shall be a member of the
House of Representatives, appointed by the ma-
jority leader of the House of Representatives;
and
(D) 1 member shall be a member of the
House of Representatives, appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives.
(2) Such other individuals, appointed by the
President, as follows:
(A) Individuals who are representatives of
business and industry (including small busi-
ness), who have expertise and interest in
workforce preparation and development and
who are selected from among nominees submit-
ted by national business organizations and na-
tional trade associations.
(B) Individuals who are representatives of
employees, both organized and nonunion. Rep-
resentatives of organized labor shall be selected
from among nominees submitted by national
labor organizations.
(C) Individuals who are experts in the
fields of education and job training, including
representatives of vocational education, commu-
nity and technical colleges, and individuals with
knowledge and qualifications with respect to the
special educational and career development
needs of special populations, including individ-
uals with disabilities.
(D) Individuals who are representatives of
State and local government, including—
(i) governors, selected from among a
list of nominees submitted by the National
Governor’s Association;
(ii) members of State legislatures, se-
lected from among a list of nominees sub-
mitted by the President of the National
Conference of State Legislatures; and
(iii) locally-elected officials, selected
from among a list of nominees submitted
by the National Association of Counties
and the National Conference on Mayors.
(b) ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.—In making ap-
pointments under subsection (a)(2), the President shall—
(1) appoint a substantial number of members
from among representatives of business and industry
under subparagraph (A) of such subsection; and
(2) to the extent practicable, ensure that the
membership is equitably representative of both the
political party of the President and the opposite po-
litical party of the President.
SEC. 113. TERMS.
The members of the Advisory Board shall serve for
such terms as the President may prescribe.
SEC. 114. COMPENSATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), each member of the Advisory Board shall serve with-
out compensation.
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Advi-
sory Board shall receive travel expenses, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections
5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 115. CHAIRPERSON.
The Advisory Board shall elect a chairperson from
among members who are representatives of business and
industry under section 112(a)(2)(A).
SEC. 116. DUTIES.
The Advisory Board shall advise the President and
the Federal Council regarding—
(1) the development of a strategic plan for a co-
herent workforce preparation and development sys-
tem, identifying how investment in such a system
may contribute to keeping United States business
and industry competitive in a global economy;
(2) a strategy to tie together the K–12 edu-
cation system, workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs, and postsecondary education pro-
grams into a seamless system of lifelong learning;
(3) strategies to link education and training
more closely with economic development and job cre-
ation;
(4) methods to eliminate fragmentation and du-
plication among workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs and the feasibility of consolidating
the Federal administration of such programs;
(5) changes that should be made to workforce
preparation and development programs to improve
their performance, expand services to eligible popu-
lations, as well as to the general public, and ensure
that such programs are responsive to the changing
skill needs of business;
(6) the development of a system of core, com-
petency-based outcome measures to be used by
States to determine individual and program perform-
ance across all workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs; and
(7) the development of a comprehensive occupa-
tional and labor market information system that can
serve all education and training programs.
SEC. 117. ADMINISTRATION.
The Advisory Board is authorized to use the services,
personnel, facilities, and information of the agencies rep-
resented on the Federal Council for the purpose of carry-
ing out the duties under section 117.
SEC. 118. TERMINATION.
Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply with respect to the
termination of the Advisory Board.
Subtitle C—Federal Waiver Author-
ity for Provisions of Workforce
Preparation and Development
Programs
SEC. 121. WAIVER AUTHORITY.
(a) STATE
PLANNING
AND
REPORTING
PROC-
ESSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Federal Council, in accordance with the requirements of
this subtitle, may waive provisions of law (or regulations
under such provisions) relating to State planning and re-
porting processes under workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs contained in the unified single State
plan submitted under subtitle B of title II for the purpose
of consolidating such planning and reporting processes.
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Federal Council, in accordance
with the requirements of this subtitle, may waive
other provisions of law (or regulations under such
provisions) under workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs contained in the unified single
State plan submitted under subtitle B of title II that
would prevent the application of consistent practices
and procedures relating to—
(A) the use of common definitions and
terms;
(B) performance standards;
(C) collection of common participant and
program data;
(D) common cost categories and cost limi-
tations; and
(E) except as provided in subsection (c),
any other appropriate provisions or procedures,
as determined by the Federal Council.
(2) REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO WAIVER
OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—The Federal Coun-
cil may waive a provision of law (or a regulation
under such provision) referred to in subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (1) (relating to performance stand-
ards) under a workforce preparation and develop-
ment program only if the State seeking the waiver
provides for the establishment of a single, integrated
performance measurement system to be used across
all workforce preparation and development programs
in accordance with section 212(7).
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The Federal Council may not
grant waivers of provisions of law (or regulations under
such provisions) under workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs that would alter—
(1) the purposes or goals of such programs;
(2) the allocation of funds under such pro-
grams;
(3) any provision of law under such programs
relating to public health or safety, civil rights, pro-
tections granted under sections 503 and 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 793 and
794), occupational safety and health, environmental
protection, displacement of current employees, or
fraud and abuse; and
(4) eligibility requirements under such pro-
grams, except that the Federal Council may grant a
waiver with respect to an eligibility requirement if
such waiver would provide for increased flexibility in
developing common definitions for individuals eligi-
ble for such programs.
(d) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.—The Fed-
eral Council may not waive provisions of law or regulations
under—
(1) title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); and
(2) chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701
et seq.).
SEC. 122. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State may, in accordance with
the requirements of this Act, submit to the Federal Coun-
cil an application in such form and containing such infor-
mation as the Federal Council may reasonably require for
the purpose of—
(1) waiving provisions of law or regulations
under workforce preparation and development pro-
grams conducted in such State for the 2-year period
beginning on the date such application is approved
by the Federal Council; and
(2) receiving grants and technical assistance
under subtitle D to carry out the activities described
in section 132.
(b) CONTENTS.—Such application shall contain—
(1) the unified single State plan developed
under subtitle B of title II containing the specific
provisions of law or regulations under the workforce
preparation and development programs for which the
State is seeking a waiver or waivers, including assur-
ances that such waiver or waivers will result in ex-
panded and improved services to and outcomes for
individuals eligible for assistance under such pro-
grams;
(2) assurances that the Governor of the State
has established unified service areas in the State in
accordance with subtitle C of title II;
(3) assurances that the State has established
local workforce development boards in accordance
with subtitle D of title II; and
(4) assurances that the State has established or
will provide for the establishment of community job
resource centers in accordance with subtitle E of
title II.
SEC. 123. REVIEW OF APPLICATION.
The Federal Council shall review each application
submitted by a State under section 122. In reviewing each
waiver request contained in each such application, the
Federal Council shall seek the input of the member of the
Council who has jurisdiction over the workforce prepara-
tion and development program to which such waiver re-
quest relates. In the case of a waiver request for a
workforce preparation and development program under
the jurisdiction of a Federal agency not represented on
the Federal Council, the Federal Council shall consult
with the head of such agency with respect to such waiver
request.
SEC. 124. APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF APPLICATION.
(a) TIMING.—The Federal Council shall review each
application submitted by a State in accordance with sec-
tion 122 promptly upon receipt and shall approve or dis-
approve such application not later than the end of the 30-
day period beginning on the date the Council receives such
application.
(b) APPROVAL.—The Federal Council may approve
an application and grant the waiver or waivers proposed
in such application (for the 2-year period beginning on the
date such application is approved by the Council), or pro-
vide a grant and technical assistance under subtitle D to
carry out the unified single State plan under subtitle B
of title II, as the case may be, if the State demonstrates
in the application that such waiver or waivers, or grant
and technical assistance, as the case may be, would
achieve coordination, expansion, and improvement in the
quality of services under workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs.
(c) DISAPPROVAL AND RESUBMISSION.—If the Fed-
eral Council determines the application is incomplete or
unsatisfactory, the Council shall, before the end of the
period referred to in subsection (a)—
(1) notify the State of the reasons for the fail-
ure to approve the application;
(2) notify the State that the application may be
resubmitted during the period referred to in para-
graph (3); and
(3) permit the State to resubmit a corrected or
amended application during the 30-day period begin-
ning on notification under this subsection.
(d) REVIEW OF RESUBMITTED APPLICATION.—The
Federal Council shall review and approve or disapprove
any application resubmitted under subsection (c) begin-
ning before the expiration of the 30-day period beginning
upon such resubmission.
SEC. 125. REVOCATION OF WAIVER.
If, after approving an application under section 124,
the Federal Council finds that the waiver or waivers ap-
proved under subsection (b) of such section do not achieve
coordination, expansion, and improvement in the quality
of services under the workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs to which such waiver or waivers relate, the
Federal Council may revoke the waiver or waivers in whole
or in part, effective at such time as the Council deems
appropriate.
SEC. 126. NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
The Federal Council shall notify the inspector general
of any Federal agency which has jurisdiction over a
workforce preparation and development program for which
the Council has approved a waiver or waivers under
section 124(b).
Subtitle D—Implementation Grants
and Technical Assistance
SEC. 131. AUTHORITY.
The Federal Council is authorized to provide grants
and technical assistance to States that have in effect an
application approved pursuant to section 124 for the pur-
pose of carrying out the single State plan approved in such
application.
SEC. 132. USE OF AMOUNTS.
A State shall use amounts received from a grant
under section 131 for activities at both the State and local
levels to carry out the unified single State plan, including
activities that will promote leadership development, profes-
sional development, and cross-training of personnel from
the affected State and local agencies, team-building, stra-
tegic planning, development of new coordination strate-
gies, development of computerized management informa-
tion systems or labor market information systems, and de-
velopment and improvement of the system of community
job resource centers under subtitle E of title II.
SEC. 133. ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.
A State shall provide at least 70 percent of amounts
received from a grant under section 131 to the Local
Boards in such State.
TITLE II—STATE
RESPONSIBILITIES
Subtitle A—State Human Resource
Investment Council
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), any State that desires—
(1) to participate in the development of a State-
wide, comprehensive workforce preparation and de-
velopment system,
(2) to have a unified single State plan approved
under subtitle B,
(3) to receive a waiver of provisions of law or
regulations under workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs under title I, and
(4) to receive a grant and technical assistance
under subtitle D of title I,
(A) current and projected demand for
workers by occupation;
(B) skill levels of the workforce and the
needs of business for a skilled workforce;
(C) economic development needs of the
State; and
(D) the type and availability of workforce
preparation and development programs in the
State;
(2) develop a unified single State plan in ac-
cordance with subtitle B for workforce preparation
and development programs, which shall include the
assessment of needs required under paragraph (1);
(3) develop guidelines for the establishment of
Local Boards, including criteria—
(A) to be used for the selection of members
of such Boards; and
(B) to measure the effectiveness of such
Boards;
(4) provide, through the appropriate State
agencies, grants and technical assistance to Local
Boards in the State;
(5) provide a mechanism for waiving State rules
and provisions of law with respect to workforce prep-
aration and development programs upon request of
Local Boards;
(6) provide advice to the Governor with respect
to the designation of unified service areas estab-
lished under subtitle C;
(7) develop a strategy on how to use industry-
specific skill standards in the development of a
workforce preparation and development system, and
on how to encourage widespread use of such stand-
ards by business, industry, and providers of edu-
cation and training; and
(8) develop a strategy to collect and utilize in-
formation on the effectiveness of workforce prepara-
tion and development programs, and that of individ-
ual service providers, and to share such information
with consumers of such programs (through the use
of computer networks, where appropriate).
SEC. 204. ADMINISTRATION.
Each State Council may obtain the services of such
professional, technical, and clerical personnel as may be
necessary to carry out the duties specified in section 203.
Subtitle B—Unified Single State
Plan
SEC. 211. ESTABLISHMENT.
Any State that desires—
(1) to participate in the development of a State-
wide, comprehensive workforce preparation and de-
velopment system,
(2) to receive a waiver of provisions of law or
regulations under workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs under title I, and
(3) to receive a grant and technical assistance
under subtitle D of title I,
shall establish a unified single State plan for the purpose
of coordinating services under workforce preparation and
development programs. Such plan shall be developed by
the State Council, in consultation with the State education
agency and the State labor agency, and shall be approved
or disapproved by the Governor.
SEC. 212. CONTENTS.
Such unified single State plan shall contain the
following:
(1) Both short-term and long-term goals, and
related strategies, to ensure that workforce prepara-
tion and development programs contribute to a co-
herent workforce preparation and development sys-
tem in the State.
(2) An identification of the Federal workforce
preparation and development programs to be in-
cluded in the State’s overall workforce preparation
and development system.
(3) A description of the State planning, report-
ing, and data collection processes for workforce
preparation and development programs, including a
description of the waivers requested with respect to
such processes, which, at a minimum, shall include
programs under the provisions of law referred to in
subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 5(7), for
the purpose of consolidating such planning, report-
ing, and data collection processes.
(4) A description of all other waivers requested
for provisions of law or regulations under workforce
preparation and development programs, which in-
cludes the rationale for such requests and assur-
ances that the receipt of such waivers will result in
improved quality and efficiency of such programs.
(5) A description of how individuals eligible for
services under workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs, especially individuals with signifi-
cant barriers to employment, will be served in the
State.
(6) The types of services to be provided under
such programs, including a description of how each
individual workforce preparation and development
program will support and contribute to the overall
mission of the system.
(7) The performance measurement system or
systems the State will use to determine the effective-
ness of such programs. States that elect to establish
a single, integrated performance measurement sys-
tem for all such programs, should, at a minimum,
include the following 4 outcome measurements:
(A) Academic competency attainment and
gains of program participants.
(B) Occupational competency attainment
and gains of program participants.
(C) Employment or educational continu-
ation of program participants.
(D) Employment retention and earnings of
program participants.
(8) A description of the State waivers available
to local programs.
SEC. 213. ANNUAL REPORTS.
Any State that desires to participate in the develop-
ment of a comprehensive workforce preparation and devel-
opment system, and to receive a waiver of provisions of
law (or regulations under such provisions) under
workforce development programs under title I, shall sub-
mit to the Federal Council an annual report which evalu-
ates the progress in achieving the goals stated in the uni-
fied single State plan.
Subtitle C—Unified Service Areas
SEC. 221. ESTABLISHMENT.
The Governor of any State that desires to have a uni-
fied single State plan approved under subtitle B, to receive
grants and technical assistance under subtitle D of title
I, and to receive a waiver of provisions of law (or regula-
tions under such provisions) under workforce preparation
and development programs under title I shall, based upon
the recommendations of the State Council, and in con-
sultation and cooperation with local communities, ensure
the establishment of unified service areas throughout each
such State in accordance with this subtitle for the purpose
of providing community-wide workforce preparation and
development services in such State.
SEC. 222. CRITERIA.
In establishing unified service areas under section
221, the Governor, in consultation with local commu-
nities—
(1) shall take into consideration existing labor
market areas, units of general local government,
service delivery areas established under section 101
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1511), and the distance travelled by individuals to
receive services;
(2) may merge existing service delivery areas;
(3) may not approve the establishment of any
unified service area that divides existing service de-
livery areas; and
(4) may not approve a total number of unified
service areas which is greater than the total number
of existing service delivery areas in that State.
Subtitle D—Local Workforce
Development Boards
SEC. 231. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of any State that
desires to participate in the development of a workforce
preparation and development system, and receive a waiver
of provisions of law (or regulations under such provisions)
under workforce preparation and development programs
under title I, shall, in consultation with local communities,
ensure the establishment of a Local Workforce Develop-
ment Board (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Local Board’’)
in each unified service area established under subtitle C.
(b) DESIGNATION OF EXISTING WORKFORCE POLICY
COUNCILS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chief elected officials in
a unified service area may designate existing
workforce policy councils as the Local Board only if
such councils—
(A) satisfy the membership requirements
under section 232;
(B) satisfy the selection criteria established
by the State Council; and
(C) are capable of performing the duties
specified in section 234.
(2) APPROVAL
OR
DISAPPROVAL
BY
GOV-
ERNOR.—The Governor shall approve or disapprove
any designation of an existing workforce policy coun-
cil under paragraph (1).
SEC. 232. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Local Board shall consist
of—
(1) heads of local agencies responsible for pro-
grams under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act, the Job Training
Partnership Act, the Job Opportunities and Basic
Skills Training Program authorized under part F of
title IV of the Social Security Act, the Wagner-
Peyser Act, the Adult Education Act, and adminis-
trators of other workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs (as determined to be appropriate),
including the local program administrator respon-
sible for economic development in the unified service
area (consistent with the criteria established by the
State Council pursuant to section 203(3));
(2) representatives from business and industry,
including individuals serving on private industry
councils established under section 102 of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512) who are
owners of businesses, chief executives or chief oper-
ating officers of private businesses, and other busi-
ness executives with optimum policy-making author-
ity in local businesses, selected from among a list of
nominees submitted by local business organizations
and trade associations;
(3) representatives of employees, both organized
and non-union, with representatives of organized
labor selected from among nominees submitted by
local labor organizations;
(4) representatives of educational, social service,
and community-based organizations, including indi-
viduals nominated by regional or local educational
agencies or associations (including vocational edu-
cation), community and technical colleges, local
school boards, and organizations representing indi-
viduals with knowledge of and qualifications with re-
spect to serving individuals with disabilities;
(5) locally-elected officials; and
(6) such other individuals as determined appro-
priate by the chief elected officials in the unified
service area (consistent with the selection criteria es-
tablished by the State Council pursuant to section
203(3)).
(b) SELECTION PROCESS.—
(1) ONE UNIT OF GOVERNMENT.—In any case
in which there is only one unit of general local gov-
ernment in the unified service area, the chief elected
official of such unit shall appoint the members to
the Local Board in accordance with the criteria de-
veloped by the State Council pursuant to section
203(3).
(2) TWO OR MORE UNITS OF GOVERNMENT.—
In any case in which there are two or more units of
general local government in the unified service area,
the chief elected officials of such units shall appoint
the members to the Local Board in accordance with
an agreement entered into by such units and in ac-
cordance with the criteria developed by the State
Council pursuant to section 203(3).
(c) TERMS.—The members of the Local Board shall
be appointed for either fixed or staggered terms and may
serve until their successors are appointed, consistent with
criteria established by the State Council pursuant to sec-
tion 203(3).
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A majority of the
members of the Local Board shall consist of representa-
tives from business and industry under subsection (a)(2).
SEC. 233. CHAIRPERSON.
The Local Board shall select a chairperson of the
Local Board from among the members of the Board who
are representatives from business and industry under sub-
section (a)(2).
SEC. 234. DUTIES.
Each Local Board, in partnership with the unit or
units of general local government within the unified serv-
ice area, shall—
(1) develop an annual unified local plan, as re-
quired under section 235, and submit such plan to
the State Council for approval;
(2) coordinate workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs in the unified service area, which,
at a minimum, shall include programs under the
provisions of law referred to in subparagraphs (A)
through (E) of section 5(7);
(3) develop a strategy to measure the perform-
ance of programs and individual service providers in
the unified service area to determine if the goals in
the unified local plan are being achieved;
(4) establish a network of community job re-
source centers for the unified service area for the
purpose of providing a ‘‘1-stop shopping’’ point of
entry for individuals desiring to participate in
workforce preparation and development programs
and similar State programs;
(5) receive and use funds from a grant received
by the State under subtitle D of title I;
(6) promote the adoption of industry-recognized
skill standards by local business and industry and
education and training providers;
(7) submit requests for waivers of provisions of
law and regulations under workforce preparation
and development programs to the State Council;
(8) help develop, as part of the community job
resource center, information available and appro-
priate for public use on eligibility requirements, the
availability, and the effectiveness of workforce prepa-
ration and development programs in the unified
service area; and
(9) carry out such other duties as determined
to be appropriated by the State Council.
SEC. 235. UNIFIED LOCAL PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A Local Board that desires—
(1) to participate in the development of a com-
prehensive workforce preparation and development
system in its unified service area,
(2) to receive funds for implementation and
technical assistance as provided in subtitle D of title
I, and
(3) to benefit from the issuance of waivers (as
provided for in the State plan),
shall, in partnership with the unit or units of general local
government within the unified service area, submit an an-
nual unified local plan to the State Council for approval
by such Council.
(b) CONTENTS.— Such local plan shall be consistent
with the unified single State plan and shall include the
following:
(1) Short-term and long-term goals, and related
strategies, to ensure that workforce preparation and
development programs contribute to a coherent
workforce preparation and development system in
the unified service area.
(2) A description of the Federal, and where ap-
plicable, State programs to be included in the uni-
fied service area’s comprehensive workforce prepara-
tion and development system, including a description
of how funds used to carry out Federal workforce
preparation and development program funds in the
unified service area will be utilized.
(3) A description of requests for waivers of pro-
visions of law (or regulations under such provisions)
under Federal workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs, the rationale behind such waiver re-
quests, and assurances that the use of such waivers
will improve the quality and efficiency of the delivery
of services in the unified service area, as well as ex-
pand and improve such services to individuals eligi-
ble for services under such programs.
(4) A description of the role of the Local Board
in coordinating the efforts of individual workforce
preparation and development programs, and in fa-
cilitating an agreed upon identification of the roles
and responsibilities of individual programs in the
comprehensive workforce preparation and develop-
ment system.
(5) A description of strategies the Local Board
will undertake to fully involve local employers, and
other consumers, in the development of the
workforce preparation and development system, and
a description of how such system will be tied to both
short-term and long-term labor market and economic
development needs in the unified service area.
(6) A description of strategies the Local Board
will undertake to meet the needs of significant seg-
ments of the population, including the economically
disadvantaged, welfare recipients, at-risk youth, dis-
located workers, individuals with disabilities, and
other targeted populations with barriers to employ-
ment.
(7) A description of the performance measure-
ment system that the Local Board will utilize to de-
termine if the goals established in the unified local
plan are being achieved.
(8) A description of how community job re-
source centers are or will be established in the uni-
fied service area, including—
(A) a description of services to be offered
at such centers;
(B) an identification of the roles of individ-
ual workforce preparation and development pro-
grams in the operation of the centers; and
(C) a description of how the Local Board
will expand services at such center to the gen-
eral public, including, where appropriate, a de-
scription of a fee for service structure to be im-
plemented by the Local Board.
(9) Such other information as requested by the
State Council.
SEC. 236. ANNUAL REPORTS.
Each Local Board shall submit to the State Council
an annual report that—
(1) evaluates the progress in achieving the goals
stated in the annual unified local plan developed and
submitted under section 235; and
(2) evaluates the effectiveness of coordinating
services under workforce preparation and develop-
ment programs.
Subtitle E—Community Job
Resource Centers
SEC. 241. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to encourage the estab-
lishment of a network of community job resource centers
in each unified service area to—
(1) improve access of individuals to workforce
preparation and development programs by creating
local common points of entry to such programs;
(2) better inform individuals regarding employ-
ment opportunities, local labor market conditions,
and on eligibility requirements, the availability, and
the performance of workforce preparation and devel-
opment programs; and
(3) encourage greater coordination and mini-
mize duplication of services among federally funded
workforce preparation and development programs.
SEC. 242. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any State that desires to receive
a waiver of provisions of law or regulations under
workforce preparation and development programs under
title I shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that each
Local Board, in consultation with a broad range of appro-
priate organizations, designates or establishes a network
of community job resource centers in the unified service
area of such Board to be composed of the eligible entities
described in subsection (b).
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Any entity or consortium
of entities located in the unified service area may apply
to be designated as a community job resource center under
this section. Such entities may include community and
technical colleges, local educational agencies, administra-
tive entities under the Job Training Partnership Act, em-
ployment service offices, welfare offices, community-based
organizations, and other interested organizations and
entities.
SEC. 243. DUTIES.
(a) CORE SERVICES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each community job re-
source center established under section 242 shall
make available the following core services to inter-
ested individuals in the unified service area in which
such center is located:
(A) Outreach and intake services for
workforce preparation and development pro-
grams.
(B) A preliminary assessment of the skill
levels and service needs of each individual,
which may include such factors as basic skills,
occupational skills, career development skills,
prior work experience, employability, interests,
aptitudes, and supportive services.
(C) Information relating to local and
State, and if appropriate to regional or na-
tional, occupations in demand and skills re-
quirements for such occupations.
(D) Information relating to youth and
adult apprenticeship and other school-to-work
transition programs.
(E) Career counseling and career planning
based on a preliminary assessment of the indi-
vidual.
(F) Employability development services,
which may include assistance in the preparation
of a resume, job interview techniques, and work
deportment.
(G) Information relating to federally fund-
ed education and job training programs and
student aid programs, including the eligibility
requirements of and services provided by such
programs.
(H) Information relating to workforce
preparation and development programs avail-
able within the community.
(I) Information on how workforce prepara-
tion and development programs meet the per-
formance standards established by the State.
(J) A repository of information on indus-
try-recognized skill standards and assessments.
(K) Referral to agencies and programs
providing literacy services, workforce prepara-
tion and development, and supportive services.
(L) Worker profiling activities, which shall
identify those workers receiving unemployment
insurance benefits who are the most likely to be
long-term unemployed. Such activities shall be
conducted early in the process for claims of
viduals who are not eligible under workforce preparation
and development programs and who are able to afford
such services on a reasonable fee-for-service basis to be
determined by the Local Board and approved by the State
Council.
(e) COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.—
To the extent possible, the community job resource center
should utilize fully computerized information management
systems to facilitate access to labor market information,
program services, and information on program perform-
ance.
(f) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In providing serv-
ices under subsections (a) through (e), each community
job resource center shall ensure that referrals of individ-
uals to education or training programs are not based on
any financial incentives related to placement of such indi-
viduals.
SEC. 244. CONTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, adminis-
trators of local workforce preparation and development
programs may contribute staff and other resources for the
operation of community job resource centers that would
otherwise be used to perform similar services such as those
services described in section 243.
TITLE 
III—CONFORMING
AMENDMENT 
TO 
WAGNER-
PEYSER ACT
SEC. 301. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
Section 7 of the Wagner-Peyser Act is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) The local employment service office shall partici-
pate in the operation of the community job resource cen-
ters established under subtitle D of title II of the National
Workforce Preparation and Development Reform Act
based on the plan developed by the Local Board under
such Act. Local employment service offices may apply to
be designated as a community job resource center in ac-
cordance with section 242 of such Act.’’.
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE AND
TRANSITION
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect on July 1, 1994.
SEC. 402. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
Each member of the Federal Council, in consultation
with the Federal Council, may establish for programs
under such member’s jurisdiction such rules and proce-
dures as may be necessary to provide for an orderly transi-
tion to and implementation of the requirements estab-
lished under this Act and the amendments made by this
Act.
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