(L) develop incentives for employers and 
sponsors of registered apprenticeship program 
to retain women in nontraditional occupations 
for more than 6 months; 
(M) provide technical assistance to employ-
ers on how to create a safe and healthy work-
place environment designed to retain and ad-
vance women, including best practices for ad-
dressing sexual harassment; 
(N) provide post-placement assistance to 
participants in order to promote employment 
retention, including exit interviews, mentoring, 
networking and leadership development for 
women employed in the field; and 
(O) develop and collect data, consistent 
with the requirements of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998, to track women by race, eth-
nicity, and age throughout the process and es-
tablish benchmarks such as numbers contacted 
through outreach, placement into training and 
completion rates, and employment outcomes, in-
cluding earnings progression. 
(2) TARGET PARTICIPANTS.—In providing serv-
ices and activities described in paragraph (1), eligi-
ble entities shall target women with family incomes 
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below the local self-sufficiency standard, when avail-
able, or women in families with income of less than 
200 percent of the poverty threshold (as determined 
by the Bureau of the Census). 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds provided 
under this section shall supplement and not supplant other 
Federal, State, or local funds that would, in the absence 
of funds provided under this section, be available for the 
purposes described in this section. 
SEC. 6. ALLOCATIONS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In any year in which the 
total amount appropriated under section 11 is an 
amount less than $50,000,000, the Secretary of 
Labor shall, from the amount appropriated under 
section 11 to carry out this section, allocate funds 
to eligible entities to support the recruitment, train-
ing, placement, and retention of women in nontradi-
tional occupations. 
(2) ALLOCATION
DURATION.—An allocation 
under this section shall be made to an eligible entity 
for not more than 2 years with the possibility of 
multi-year renewals upon submission of a renewal 
application containing information— 
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(A) about the effectiveness of the services 
and activities provided under section (5)(d)(1) 
using the funds made available under the first 
allocation; and 
(B) any such additional information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(3) 
ALLOCATION
AMOUNT.—An 
allocation 
under this section to an eligible entity shall be of 
sufficient size and scope to support the effective im-
plementation of the services and activities described 
in subsection (d). 
(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring to re-
ceive an allocation under this section shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. An application shall provide a plan detailing 
the roles and responsibilities of partnership members and 
how funds will be used in conjunction with funding from 
other public or private sources to carry out the services 
and activities described in subsection (d). 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Labor shall give priority to eligible 
entities that— 
(1) include entities with demonstrated success 
in recruiting and preparing low-income women for 
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nontraditional occupations, and local workforce 
boards created under the Workforce Investment Act; 
or 
(2) leverage additional public and private re-
sources to fund training programs, including cash or 
in-kind matches from participating employers. 
(d) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving 
funds under this section shall uses such funds to carry 
out the services and activities described in section 5(d). 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds provided 
under this section shall supplement and not supplant other 
Federal, State, or local funds that would, in the absence 
of funds provided under this section, be available for the 
purposes described in this section. 
SEC. 7. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF 
WOMEN IN HIGH–DEMAND AND HIGH–WAGE 
NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education, shall convene 
a national commission (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Commission’’) for the purpose of examining and making 
recommendations for improving the status of women in 
high-demand, high-wage nontraditional occupations. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall include 30 
members, of which 15 members shall be appointed by the 
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President, 5 members by the Speaker and 3 members by 
the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and 
4 members by the majority leader and 3 members by the 
minority leader of the Senate. Members shall include rep-
resentatives from— 
(1) business or trade associations in industries 
with high-wage, high demand nontraditional occupa-
tions and sponsors of registered apprenticeship pro-
gram; 
(2) women’s organizations and other nonprofit 
organizations serving low-income women; 
(3) labor unions and labor-management organi-
zations; 
(4) high school and public postsecondary edu-
cation institutions; 
(5) State workforce and economic development 
agencies or agencies responsible for the Workforce 
Investment Act and the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act; and 
(6) academics, researchers, and other stake-
holders. 
A minimum of 10 members must have demonstrated expe-
rience in serving low-income women. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Commission shall be 
to— 
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