I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4063 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary 
of Labor to develop performance measures for individuals who receive 
entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity, 
to create requirements for providers of workforce investment activities 
that offer entrepreneurial training, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2014 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct 
the Secretary of Labor to develop performance measures 
for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as 
a part of any workforce investment activity, to create 
requirements for providers of workforce investment ac-
tivities that offer entrepreneurial training, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Growing Small Busi-
nesses Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
PERFORMANCE 
MEASURES 
FOR 
ENTREPRE-
NEURIAL TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 136(i) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(i)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ENTREPRENEURSHIP METRIC.—The Sec-
retary shall develop separate performance measures 
for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training 
as a part of any workforce investment activity fund-
ed under this subtitle.’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor 
shall initiate a rulemaking process to develop the perform-
ance measures described in section 136(i)(4) of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(i)(4)). 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF WORKFORCE 
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES THAT OFFER EN-
TREPRENEURIAL TRAINING. 
Section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF 
ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING SERVICES.— 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A provider of 
training services that offers entrepre-
neurial training services under this para-
graph shall— 
‘‘(I) use intake tools that assess 
an individual’s suitability for referral 
to entrepreneurial training services; 
‘‘(II) submit a report to the local 
workforce investment board that in-
cludes the number of individuals who 
express interest in self-employment or 
starting a business and enroll entre-
preneurial training services; and 
‘‘(III) develop partnerships with 
microbusiness development organiza-
tions that have demonstrated capacity 
to provide education, training, coun-
seling, and coaching focused on help-
ing new and low and moderate income 
entrepreneurs succeed. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph— 
‘‘(I) the term ‘microbusiness de-
velopment organization’ means a non-
profit entity or a program adminis-
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tered by such an entity that provides 
services to disadvantaged or prospec-
tive entrepreneurs; and 
‘‘(II) the term ‘low and moderate 
income entrepreneur’ means an entre-
preneur located in a HUBZone (as 
defined in section 3(p) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p))), an 
Urban Empowerment Zone or Urban 
Enterprise Community (as designated 
by the Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development), a 
Rural Empowerment Zone or Rural 
Enterprise Community (as designated 
by the Secretary of the Department of 
Agriculture), an area of Low Income 
or Moderate Income (as recognized by 
the Federal Financial Institutions Ex-
amination Council), or a county with 
Persistent Poverty (as classified by 
the Economic Research Service of the 
Department of Agriculture).’’. 
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