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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3971 
To authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2014 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. FARR, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, and 
Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize a national grant program for on-the-job 
training. 
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 ‘‘On-the-Job Training 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting 
after section 173A (29 U.S.C. 2918a) the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 173B. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘feder-
ally recognized tribal organization’ means an entity de-
scribed in section 166(c)(1). 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—From the amount made available 
under subsection (i), and subject to subsection (e)— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall make grants on a dis-
cretionary basis to eligible entities described in sub-
section (c) for adult on-the-job training, or dis-
located worker on-the-job training, carried out under 
section 134 and for State functions described in sub-
section (g); and 
‘‘(2) using an amount that is not more than 10 
percent of the funds made available under subsection 
(i), the Secretary shall make grants to such eligible 
entities for developing on-the-job training programs, 
including providing capacity building activities for 
local staff who will be engaged in the development 
of the programs, in consultation with the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities are 
eligible to receive a grant under this section: 
‘‘(1) States. 
‘‘(2) Units of local government and local 
boards. 
‘‘(3) Indian tribes. 
‘‘(4) Institutions of higher education. 
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‘‘(5) Business trade associations. 
‘‘(6) Local educational agencies. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. In preparing such an application for a grant under 
subsection (b)(1), a local board shall consult with the cor-
responding State. 
‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT OF WAGE RATES.—Notwith-
standing the limitation in section 101(31)(B), in making 
the grants described in subsection (b)(1) the Secretary 
may allow for higher levels of reimbursement of wage rates 
the Secretary determines are appropriate based on factors 
such as— 
‘‘(1) employer size, in order to facilitate the 
participation of small- and medium-sized employers; 
‘‘(2) target populations, in order to enhance job 
creation for persons with barriers to employment; 
and 
‘‘(3) the number of employees that will partici-
pate in the on-the-job training, the wage and benefit 
levels of the employees (before the training and an-
ticipated on completion of the training), the relation-
ship of the training to the competitiveness of the 
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employer and employees, and the existence of other 
employer-provided training and advancement oppor-
tunities. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION
BY SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary may use an amount that is not more than 1 percent 
of the funds made available under subsection (i) for the 
administration, management, and oversight of the pro-
grams, activities, and grants, funded under subsection (b), 
including the evaluation of, and dissemination of informa-
tion on lessons learned through, the use of such funds. 
‘‘(g) STATE OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING.—A local 
board that receives a grant under subsection (b)(1) and 
is located in a State, shall provide not less than 5 percent 
of the grant funds to the State for State functions de-
scribed in sections 136(f), 184, and 185. 
‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the manner in which sub-
title B is implemented, for activities funded through 
amounts appropriated under section 137. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015 and 
each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
173A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 173B. On-the-job training.’’. 
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