paid family and medical leave, access to child care 
services, or other employment benefits; or 
(4) eligible partnerships with a plan to develop 
a shared training curriculum that can be used across 
local and regional networks of employers and train-
ing providers. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partnership that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 
for 1 or more of the following: 
(1) Providing training services under the dem-
onstration or pilot project, which may include train-
ing services that prepare workers for in-demand in-
dustry sectors or occupations. 
(2) Providing assistance for employers in devel-
oping a staff position for an individual who will be 
responsible for supporting training services provided 
under the grant. 
(3) Purchasing equipment or technology nec-
essary for training services provided under para-
graph (1). 
(4) Providing job search and other transitional 
assistance to workers in industries with high rates of 
job loss. 
(5) Providing a training stipend to workers for 
training services. 
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(6) Providing integrated education and train-
ing. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after an eligible 
partnership’s completion of a demonstration or pilot 
project supported under this section, the eligible partner-
ship shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a report 
regarding— 
(1) the number of workers who received train-
ing services through the demonstration or pilot 
project, disaggregated by type of training service 
and the age, gender, and race of the workers; 
(2) the number of such workers who success-
fully transitioned into a new position following com-
pletion of the training services; 
(3) the number of individuals who successfully 
transitioned into an in-demand industry sector or oc-
cupation following completion of the training serv-
ices; 
(4) annual earnings data for individuals who 
have completed training services through the dem-
onstration or pilot project; 
(5) the percentage of individuals described in 
paragraph (4) who are in education or training ac-
tivities, or in employment, during the second quarter 
after exit from the training services; 
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(6) the percentage of individuals described in 
paragraph (4) who are in education or training ac-
tivities, or in employment, during the fourth quarter 
after exit from the training services; and 
(7) any practices used by the partnership that 
should be considered best practices with respect to 
training workers in industries that have, or are ex-
pected to have, high rates of job loss as a result of 
automation. 
(f) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible partner-
ship that receives a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds in a manner that is consistent with the labor 
standards and protections described in section 181 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3241) and nondiscrimination provisions described in sec-
tion 188 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3248). 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for the first 5 full fiscal 
years beginning after the earlier of the date of submission 
of the GAO study on automation or October 1, 2022. 
SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF WORKER TRAINING SERVICES. 
(a) ADULT
AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOY-
MENT
AND
TRAINING.—Section 134(d)(1)(A) of the 
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3174(d)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xii), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xiii) training programs for individ-
uals who are, or are likely to become, dis-
located workers as a result of automation, 
including activities that prepare the indi-
viduals for occupations in the technology 
sector.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3225) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘ad-
vances in automation technology,’’ before ‘‘plant clo-
sures,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to any funds reserved under section 132(a)(2)(A) 
to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
Æ 
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