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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7321 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish grants 
to support the establishment of personal reemployment accounts to assist 
Americans in gaining skills and returning to work following the economic 
disruption caused by COVID–19. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2020 
Ms. STEFANIK (for herself and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
to establish grants to support the establishment of per-
sonal reemployment accounts to assist Americans in 
gaining skills and returning to work following the eco-
nomic disruption caused by COVID–19. 
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 ‘‘Elevating America’s 
Workforce Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT PERSONAL REEMPLOYMENT 
ACCOUNTS. 
Subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 5—PERSONAL REEMPLOYMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
‘‘SEC. 137A. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this chapter are to provide for the 
establishment of personal reemployment accounts for cer-
tain individuals identified as likely to need additional job 
training to make a successful transition to new employ-
ment following the economic disruption caused by 
COVID–19, in order to— 
‘‘(1) accelerate the reemployment of such indi-
viduals; 
‘‘(2) promote the retention in employment of 
such individuals; and 
‘‘(3) provide such individuals with enhanced 
flexibility, choice, and control in obtaining job train-
ing services. 
‘‘SEC. 137B. DEFINITION. 
‘‘In this chapter, the term ‘State’ means each of the 
several States of the United States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United 
States Virgin Islands. 
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‘‘SEC. 137C. GRANTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) reserve 1⁄10 of 1 percent of the amount ap-
propriated under section 136(d)) for use under sec-
tion 137I; and 
‘‘(2) use the remainder of the amount appro-
priated under section 136(d) to make allotments in 
accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT AMONG STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days 
after an amount is first appropriated under section 
136(d) and from the amount made available under 
subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall allot to each 
State an amount that is proportionate to the relative 
number of unemployed individuals in the State as 
compared to the total number of unemployed indi-
viduals in all States in order to provide assistance 
for eligible individuals in accordance with this chap-
ter. 
‘‘(2) SMALL
STATE
MINIMUM
ALLOTMENT.— 
The Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) each State (other than the United 
States Virgin Islands) shall receive an allotment 
under paragraph (1) that is not less than 3⁄10 
of 1 percent of the amount made available 
under subsection (a)(2) for the fiscal year; and 
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‘‘(B) the United States Virgin Islands shall 
receive an allotment under paragraph (1) that 
is not less than 1⁄10 of 1 percent of the amount 
made available under subsection (a)(2) for the 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) 
AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding 
section 
189(g)(1), amounts made available under subsection (a) 
to carry out this chapter shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure beginning on the date of the enactment 
of the Elevating America’s Workforce Act. 
‘‘SEC. 137D. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION. 
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount allotted to a 
State under section 137C— 
‘‘(1) not more than 10 percent of the amount 
may be reserved by the Governor of the State to— 
‘‘(A) of which 2 percent may be used to— 
‘‘(i) enhance labor market information 
tools and the availability of regional labor 
market information; and 
‘‘(ii) carry out other appropriate ac-
tivities to implement this chapter; and 
‘‘(B) of which any remaining amounts may 
be used to distribute funds to local areas for 
the establishment of personal reemployment ac-
counts described in section 137E for eligible in-
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dividuals in such local areas, based on a deter-
mination of need by the State for such funds; 
and 
‘‘(2) not later than 15 days after receiving such 
allotment, the remaining amount shall be allocated 
by the State to local areas in accordance with the 
formula described in subsection (b) for the establish-
ment of personal reemployment accounts described 
in section 137E for eligible individuals in such local 
areas, of which not more than 5 percent of the 
amount allocated to a local area may be reserved by 
the local board involved for start-up costs and other 
operating costs related to the provision of assistance 
under this chapter. 
‘‘(b) FORMULA.—A State shall allocate funds to local 
areas in the State under subsection (a)(2) in an amount 
that is proportionate to the relative number of unemployed 
individuals in the local area as compared to the total num-
ber of unemployed individuals in the State. 
‘‘SEC. 137E. PERSONAL REEMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) ACCOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
ACCOUNTS.— 
Not later than 6 months after funds are allo-
cated to a local area under section 137D, such 
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funds shall be used to establish personal reem-
ployment accounts for eligible individuals to be 
used in accordance with section 137F. 
‘‘(B) USE OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Any unobligated 
funds that remain in a deactivated account 
shall— 
‘‘(I) not later than 3 months of 
such deactivation, be used 
‘‘(II) to establish a new personal 
reemployment account described in 
subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(III) returned to the State to be 
used 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
137D(a)(1)(B). 
‘‘(ii) DEACTIVATED
ACCOUNT
DE-
FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term 
‘deactivated account’ means a personal re-
employment account— 
‘‘(I) that has been established for 
1 year; or 
‘‘(II) that has been established 
for 3 months in a case in which the 
individual has not begun the training 
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purchased using such account under 
section 137(a). 
‘‘(C) OTHER LIMITATIONS.—An eligible in-
dividual may receive only one personal reem-
ployment account, and such an account shall 
not be transferable. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—Each account shall be 
comprised of a training fund and a reemployment 
bonus, which shall function independently for the 
purposes designated in section 137F. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—The State shall establish the 
amount of the training fund and the reemployment 
bonus, which shall be uniform throughout the State, 
pursuant to the following criteria: 
‘‘(A) With respect to the training fund, the 
State may establish— 
‘‘(i) a maximum amount of $6,000; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a minimum amount is $3,000. 
‘‘(B) With respect to the reemployment 
bonus, the State may establish— 
‘‘(i) a maximum amount of $2,000; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a minimum amount of $1,000. 
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