I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6220 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to make non-union training 
programs eligible for Federal funding under the ‘‘Green Jobs’’ program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2008 
Mr. KLINE of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. BARRETT
of South Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. PENCE, 
Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GOODE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. FORTUN˜O, 
Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Ms. 
GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FEENEY, and Mr. SHADEGG) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to make 
non-union training programs eligible for Federal funding 
under the ‘‘Green Jobs’’ program. 
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 ‘‘Green Jobs Improve-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF NON-UNION PROGRAMS FOR 
GREEN JOBS FUNDING. 
Section 171(e) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subclause (I) of paragraph 
(2)(B)(ii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) includes participation of in-
dustry and may include workforce in-
vestment boards, community-based or-
ganizations, qualified service and con-
servation corps, educational institu-
tions, small businesses, public employ-
ers, cooperatives, State and local vet-
erans agencies, veterans service orga-
nizations, and labor organizations, in-
cluding joint labor-management train-
ing programs; and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(D)(iii)(I), by striking ‘‘in-
cludes the equal participation of’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘includes participation of indus-
try and may include workforce investment boards, 
community-based organizations, qualified service and 
conservation corps, educational institutions, small 
businesses, public employers, cooperatives, State and 
local veterans agencies, veterans service organiza-
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tions, and labor organizations, including joint labor- 
management training programs’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii)(I)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘adults or 
youth,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and labor organizations 
representing workers in such industry sectors’’; 
and 
(4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(4) 
WORKER
PROTECTIONS
AND
NON-
DISCRIMINATION
REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions 
of sections 181 and 188 shall apply to all programs 
carried out with assistance under this subsection.’’. 
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