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‘‘(iii) WIOA FUNDS.—A local area 
may not use funds made available to the 
local area for a fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3174(c)(1)(B)) to make payments under 
subparagraph (A) until the funds allocated 
to the local area pursuant to paragraph (1) 
of this subsection for such fiscal year have 
been exhausted. 
‘‘(iv) 
EXHAUSTION
OF
ALLOCA-
TIONS.—Upon the exhaustion of the funds 
allocated to the local area pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, for the 
purpose of paying, through the use of indi-
vidual training accounts under subpara-
graph (A), the costs of training services for 
eligible dislocated workers in the local area 
seeking such services, the local area— 
‘‘(I) shall use any funds made 
available to the local area pursuant to 
section 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)(B)) to pay for such 
costs under subparagraph (A) (other
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than any costs that exceed the limit 
set by the local area pursuant to sub-
clause (II)); and 
‘‘(II) for any eligible dislocated 
worker who is not a low-income indi-
vidual, 
may 
limit 
the 
maximum 
amount available for the individual 
training account under subparagraph 
(A) for such worker to an amount 
that is less than $5,000. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE DISLOCATED WORKER.—A dis-
located worker shall be an eligible dislocated worker 
for purposes of this subsection if the dislocated 
worker— 
‘‘(A) meets the requirements under section 
134(c)(3)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3174(c)(3)(A)(i)) to be eligible for training 
services; 
‘‘(B) has not received training services 
through an individual training account under 
this 
subsection 
or 
under 
section 
134(c)(3)(F)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)) during the preceding 5-year
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period or, if such a worker has received such 
training services during such period, the worker 
has been granted an exception by the local area 
due to an exceptional circumstance, as deter-
mined by the local area; and 
‘‘(C) is not subject to any limitations es-
tablished by the local area or State involved 
pursuant to paragraph (4), which would dis-
qualify such dislocated worker from being an el-
igible dislocated worker under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) STATE OR LOCAL AREA LIMITATIONS.—A 
State or local area may establish limitations on the 
eligibility of an otherwise eligible dislocated worker 
who has previously received training services through 
an individual training account under this subsection 
or under section 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3174(c)(3)(F)(iii)) to receive a subsequent individual 
training account under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) EXCESS DEMAND.—Upon the exhaustion 
of the funds allocated to a local area pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of this subsection and any funds that 
may be available to such local area pursuant to sec-
tion 134(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(1)(B)) for the
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purpose described in paragraph (2)(A) of this sub-
section, the local area— 
‘‘(A) may request additional funds for such 
purpose from the Governor under section 
134(a)(2)(A)(i)(III) of the Workforce Innova-
tion 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3174(a)(2)(A)(i)(III)); and 
‘‘(B) shall not be required to pay for train-
ing services or establish an individual training 
account for an eligible dislocated worker. 
‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise speci-
fied, a term used in this subsection shall have the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102). 
‘‘(7) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to provide an indi-
vidual with an entitlement to a service under this 
subsection or under title I of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) 
or to mandate a State or local area to provide a 
service if Federal funds are not available for such 
service.’’.
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SEC. 303. ACCESS TO NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW 
HIRES. 
Section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653(j)(8)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or conducting the report-
ing and evaluation activities required under sec-
tion 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141)’’ after ‘‘State 
law’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such programs’’ ; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘pur-
poses of administering a program referred to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the purposes specified’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 9, 2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6655 
AN ACT 
To amend and reauthorize the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act.