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opment services at the national, State, and local lev-
els. 
‘‘(4) Determining how participation in adult 
education, English language acquisition, and family 
literacy education programs prepares individuals for 
entry into and success in postsecondary education 
and employment, and in the case of prison-based 
services, the effect on recidivism. 
‘‘(5) Evaluating how different types of pro-
viders, including community and faith-based organi-
zations or private for-profit agencies measurably im-
prove the skills of participants in adult education, 
English language acquisition, and family literacy 
education programs. 
‘‘(6) Identifying model integrated basic and 
workplace skills education programs, including pro-
grams for English learners coordinated literacy and 
employment services, and effective strategies for 
serving adults with disabilities. 
‘‘(7) Initiating other activities designed to im-
prove the measurable quality and effectiveness of 
adult education, English language acquisition, and 
family literacy education programs nationwide.’’. 
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TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 
THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT 
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. 
The Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking sections 1 through 13; 
(2) in section 14 by inserting ‘‘of Labor’’ after 
‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(3) by amending section 15 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 15. WORKFORCE AND LABOR MARKET INFORMATION 
SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) SYSTEM CONTENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 
accordance with the provisions of this section, shall 
oversee the development, maintenance, and contin-
uous improvement of a nationwide workforce and 
labor market information system that includes— 
‘‘(A) statistical data from cooperative sta-
tistical survey and projection programs and 
data from administrative reporting systems 
that, taken together, enumerate, estimate, and 
project employment opportunities and condi-
tions at national, State, and local levels in a 
timely manner, including statistics on— 
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‘‘(i) employment and unemployment 
status of national, State, and local popu-
lations, including self-employed, part-time, 
and seasonal workers; 
‘‘(ii) industrial distribution of occupa-
tions, as well as current and projected em-
ployment opportunities, wages, benefits 
(where data is available), and skill trends 
by occupation and industry, with particular 
attention paid to State and local condi-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) the incidence of, industrial and 
geographical location of, and number of 
workers displaced by, permanent layoffs 
and plant closings; and 
‘‘(iv) employment and earnings infor-
mation maintained in a longitudinal man-
ner to be used for research and program 
evaluation; 
‘‘(B) information on State and local em-
ployment opportunities, and other appropriate 
statistical data related to labor market dynam-
ics, which— 
‘‘(i) shall be current and comprehen-
sive; 
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‘‘(ii) shall meet the needs identified 
through the consultations described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 
(e)(2); and 
‘‘(iii) shall meet the needs for the in-
formation identified in section 121; 
‘‘(C) technical standards (which the Sec-
retary shall publish annually) for data and in-
formation described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) that, at a minimum, meet the criteria of 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code; 
‘‘(D) procedures to ensure compatibility 
and additivity of the data and information de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) from na-
tional, State, and local levels; 
‘‘(E) procedures to support standardization 
and aggregation of data from administrative re-
porting systems described in subparagraph (A) 
of employment-related programs; 
‘‘(F) analysis of data and information de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) for uses 
such as— 
‘‘(i) national, State, and local policy-
making; 
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‘‘(ii) implementation of Federal poli-
cies (including allocation formulas); 
‘‘(iii) program planning and evalua-
tion; and 
‘‘(iv) researching labor market dynam-
ics; 
‘‘(G) wide dissemination of such data, in-
formation, and analysis in a user-friendly man-
ner and voluntary technical standards for dis-
semination mechanisms; and 
‘‘(H) programs of— 
‘‘(i) training for effective data dis-
semination; 
‘‘(ii) research and demonstration; and 
‘‘(iii) programs and technical assist-
ance. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—No officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government or agent of 
the Federal Government may— 
‘‘(i) use any submission that is fur-
nished for exclusively statistical purposes 
under the provisions of this section for any 
purpose other than the statistical purposes 
for which the submission is furnished; 
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‘‘(ii) disclose to the public any publi-
cation or media transmittal of the data 
contained in the submission described in 
clause (i) that permits information con-
cerning an individual subject to be reason-
ably inferred by either direct or indirect 
means; or 
‘‘(iii) permit anyone other than a 
sworn officer, employee, or agent of any 
Federal department or agency, or a con-
tractor (including an employee of a con-
tractor) of such department or agency, to 
examine an individual submission described 
in clause (i), 
without the consent of the individual, agency, or 
other person who is the subject of the submis-
sion or provides that submission. 
‘‘(B) IMMUNITY FROM LEGAL PROCESS.— 
Any submission (including any data derived 
from the submission) that is collected and re-
tained by a Federal department or agency, or 
an officer, employee, agent, or contractor of 
such a department or agency, for exclusively 
statistical purposes under this section shall be 
immune from the legal process and shall not, 
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