280 
(H) assurances that the State will ensure 
compliance with the labor standards and protec-
tions described in section 1567(a) of this Act. 
(2) SUBMISSION
AND
APPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN.— 
(A) SUBMISSION
WITH
OTHER
PLANS.— 
The State plan described in this subsection may 
be submitted in conjunction with the State plan 
modification or request for funds required 
under section 1565, and may be submitted as 
a modification to a State plan that has been ap-
proved under section 112 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998. 
(B) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL.— 
(i) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 
submit a plan to the Secretary of Labor 
not later than 75 days after the enactment 
of this Act and the Secretary of Labor 
shall make a determination regarding the 
approval or disapproval of such plans not 
later than 45 days after the submission of 
such plan. If the plan is disapproved, the 
Secretary of Labor may provide a reason-
able period of time in which a disapproved 
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plan may be amended and resubmitted for 
approval. 
(ii) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall approve a State plan that the 
Secretary determines is consistent with re-
quirements of this section and reasonably 
appropriate and adequate to carry out the 
purposes of this section. If the plan is ap-
proved, the Secretary shall allot funds to 
States within 30 days after such approval. 
(3) MODIFICATIONS
TO
STATE
PLAN.—The 
Governor may submit a modification to a State plan 
under this subsection consistent with the require-
ments of this section. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE STATE.— 
(1) OPTION.—The State may administer the 
funds for activities under this section through— 
(A) the State and local entities responsible 
for the administration of the adult formula pro-
gram under subtitle B of title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act); 
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(B) the entities responsible for the admin-
istration of the TANF program under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act; or 
(C) a combination of the entities described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 
(A) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—The Gov-
ernor may reserve up to 5 percent of the allot-
ment under subsection (b)(2) for administration 
and technical assistance, and shall allocate the 
remainder, in accordance with the option elect-
ed under paragraph (1)— 
(i) among local workforce investment 
areas within the State in accordance with 
the factors identified in subsection (b)(2), 
except that for purposes of such allocation 
references to a State in such paragraph 
shall be deemed to be references to a local 
workforce investment area and references 
to all States shall be deemed to be ref-
erences to all local areas in the State in-
volved, of which not more than 10 percent 
of the funds allocated to a local workforce 
investment area may be used for the costs 
of administration of this section; or 
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(ii) through entities responsible for 
the administration of the TANF program 
under part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act in local areas in such manner as 
the State may determine appropriate. 
(B) LOCAL PLANS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case where 
the responsibility for the administration of 
activities is to be carried out by the enti-
ties described under paragraph (1)(A), in 
order to receive an allocation under sub-
paragraph (A)(i), a local workforce invest-
ment board, in partnership with the chief 
elected official of the local workforce in-
vestment area involved, shall submit to the 
Governor a local plan for the use of such 
funds under this section not later than 30 
days after the submission of the State 
plan. Such local plan may be submitted as 
a modification to a local plan approved 
under section 118 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act). 
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(ii) CONTENTS.—The local plan de-
scribed in clause (i) shall contain the ele-
ments described in subparagraphs (A)–(H) 
of subsection (c)(1), as applied to the local 
workforce investment area. 
(iii) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall 
approve or disapprove the local plan sub-
mitted under clause (i) within 30 days 
after submission, or if later, 30 days after 
the approval of the State plan. The Gov-
ernor shall approve the plan unless the 
Governor determines that the plan is in-
consistent with requirements of this section 
or is not reasonably appropriate and ade-
quate to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion. If the Governor has not made a de-
termination within the period specified 
under the first sentence of this clause, the 
plan shall be considered approved. If the 
plan is disapproved, the Governor may pro-
vide a reasonable period of time in which 
a disapproved plan may be amended and 
resubmitted for approval. The Governor 
shall allocate funds to local workforce in-
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vestment areas with approved plans within 
30 days after such approval. 
(C) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO LOCAL 
AREAS.—If a local workforce investment board 
does not submit a local plan by the time speci-
fied in subparagraph (B) or the Governor does 
not approve a local plan, the amount the local 
workforce investment area would have been eli-
gible to receive pursuant to the formula under 
subparagraph (A)(i) shall be allocated to local 
workforce investment areas that receive ap-
proval of the local plan under subparagraph 
(B). Such reallocations shall be made in accord-
ance with the relative share of the allocations to 
such local workforce investment areas applying 
the formula factors described under subpara-
graph (A)(i). 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds under this section 
shall be used to provide subsidized employment for 
unemployed, low-income adults. The State and local 
entities described in subsection (d)(1) may use a va-
riety of strategies in recruiting employers and identi-
fying appropriate employment opportunities, with a 
priority to be provided to employment opportunities 
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likely to lead to unsubsidized employment in emerg-
ing or in-demand occupations in the local area. 
Funds under this section may be used to provide 
support services, such as transportation and child 
care, that are necessary to enable the participation 
of individuals in subsidized employment opportuni-
ties. 
(2) LEVEL OF SUBSIDY AND DURATION.—The 
States or local entities described in subsection (d)(1) 
may determine the percentage of the wages and 
costs of employing a participant for which an em-
ployer may receive a subsidy with the funds provided 
under this section, and the duration of such subsidy, 
in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary. 
The State or local entities may establish criteria for 
determining such percentage or duration using ap-
propriate factors such as the size of the employer 
and types of employment. 
(f) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Secretary of Labor shall administer this section in 
coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to ensure the effective implementation of this sec-
tion. 
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SEC. 1565. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EM-
PLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR 
LOW-IN-
COME YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 
section 1563(a)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall make an 
allotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 
State plan modification (or other form of request for funds 
specified in guidance under subsection (b)) approved 
under subsection (d) and to each outlying area and Native 
American grantee under section 166 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act) that meets the requirements of this section, 
for the purpose of providing summer employment and 
year-round employment opportunities to low-income 
youth. 
(b) GUIDANCE
AND APPLICATION
OF REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen-
tation of this section. Such guidance shall, consistent 
with this section, include procedures for the submis-
sion and approval of State plan modifications, or for 
forms of requests for funds by the State as may be 
identified in such guidance, local plan modifications, 
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or other forms of requests for funds from local work-
force investment areas as may be identified in such 
guidance, and the allotment and allocation of funds, 
including reallotment and reallocation of such funds, 
that promote the expeditious and effective implemen-
tation of the activities authorized under this section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 
and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 
the funds provided for activities under this section 
shall be administered in accordance with subtitles B 
and E of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (as in effect on the day before the date of en-
actment of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act) relating to youth activities. 
(c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) RESERVATIONS FOR OUTLYING AREAS AND 
TRIBES.—Of the funds described subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall reserve— 
(A) not more than one-quarter of 1 percent 
to provide assistance to outlying areas to pro-
vide summer and year-round employment op-
portunities to low-income youth; and 
(B) 1.5 percent to provide assistance to 
grantees of the Native American programs 
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under section 166 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act) to provide summer and 
year-round employment opportunities to low-in-
come youth. 
(2) STATES.—After determining the amounts to 
be reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Labor shall allot the remainder of the amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a) among the States in ac-
cordance with the factors described in section 
1564(b)(2) of this Act. 
(3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 
does not submit a State plan modification or other 
request for funds specified in guidance under sub-
section (b) by the time specified in subsection 
(d)(2)(B), or a State does not receive approval of 
such State plan modification or request, the amount 
the State would have been eligible to receive pursu-
ant to the formula under paragraph (2) shall be 
added to the amounts available for the competitive 
grants under section 1563(a)(3). 
(d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 
receive an allotment of the funds under subsection 
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(c), the Governor of the State shall submit to the 
Secretary of Labor a modification to a State plan 
approved under section 112 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act), or other request for funds de-
scribed in guidance in subsection (b), in such form 
and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. At a minimum, such plan modification 
or request shall include— 
(A) a description of the strategies and ac-
tivities to be carried out to provide summer em-
ployment opportunities and year-round employ-
ment opportunities, including the linkages to 
educational activities, consistent with subsection 
(f); 
(B) a description of the requirements the 
States will apply relating to the eligibility of 
low-income 
youth, 
consistent 
with 
section 
1568(4), for summer employment opportunities 
and 
year-round 
employment 
opportunities, 
which may include criteria to target assistance 
to particular categories of such low-income 
youth, such as youth with disabilities, con-
sistent with subsection (f); 
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(C) a description of the performance out-
comes to be achieved by the State through the 
activities carried out under this section and the 
processes the State will use to track perform-
ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 
Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 
and processes and with section 1567(b); 
(D) a description of the timelines for im-
plementation of the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A), and the number of low-income 
youth expected to be placed in summer employ-
ment opportunities, and year-round employment 
opportunities, respectively, by quarter; 
(E) assurances that the State will report 
such information as the Secretary may require 
relating to fiscal, performance and other mat-
ters that the Secretary determines is necessary 
to effectively monitor the activities carried out 
under this section; and 
(F) assurances that the State will ensure 
compliance with the labor standards protections 
described in section 1567(a). 
(2) SUBMISSION
AND
APPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 
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(A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 
submit a modification of the State plan or other 
request for funds described in guidance in sub-
section (b) to the Secretary of Labor not later 
than 30 days after the issuance of such guid-
ance. The State plan modification or request for 
funds required under this subsection may be 
submitted in conjunction with the State plan re-
quired under section 1564. 
(B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall approve the plan or request submitted 
under subparagraph (A) within 30 days after 
submission, unless the Secretary determines 
that the plan or request is inconsistent with the 
requirements of this section. If the Secretary 
has not made a determination within 30 days, 
the plan or request shall be considered ap-
proved. If the plan or request is disapproved, 
the Secretary may provide a reasonable period 
of time in which a disapproved plan or request 
may be amended and resubmitted for approval. 
If the plan or request is approved, the Sec-
retary shall allot funds to States within 30 days 
after such approval. 
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(3) MODIFICATIONS
TO
STATE
PLAN
OR
RE-
QUEST.—The Governor may submit further modi-
fications to a State plan or request for funds identi-
fied under subsection (b) to carry out this section in 
accordance with the requirements of this section. 
(e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to the 
State under subsection (c), the Governor— 
(A) may reserve up to 5 percent of the al-
lotment for administration and technical assist-
ance; and 
(B) shall allocate the remainder of the al-
lotment among local workforce investment areas 
within the State in accordance with the factors 
identified in section 1564(b)(2), except that for 
purposes of such allocation references to a 
State in such paragraph shall be deemed to be 
references to a local workforce investment area 
and references to all States shall be deemed to 
be references to all local areas in the State in-
volved. Not more than 10 percent of the funds 
allocated to a local workforce investment area 
may be used for the costs of administration of 
this section. 
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(2) LOCAL PLAN.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an 
allocation under paragraph (1)(B), the local 
workforce investment board, in partnership with 
the chief elected official for the local workforce 
investment area involved, shall submit to the 
Governor a modification to a local plan ap-
proved under section 118 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act), or other form 
of request for funds as may be identified in the 
guidance issued under subsection (b), not later 
than 30 days after the submission by the State 
of the modification to the State plan or other 
request for funds identified in subsection (b), 
describing the strategies and activities to be 
carried out under this section. 
(B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap-
prove the local plan submitted under subpara-
graph (A) within 30 days after submission, un-
less the Governor determines that the plan is 
inconsistent with requirements of this section. 
If the Governor has not made a determination 
within 30 days, the plan shall be considered ap-
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proved. If the plan is disapproved, the Governor 
may provide a reasonable period of time in 
which a disapproved plan may be amended and 
resubmitted for approval. The Governor shall 
allocate funds to local workforce investment 
areas with approved plans within 30 days after 
approval. 
(3) REALLOCATION.—If a local workforce in-
vestment board does not submit a local plan modi-
fication (or other request for funds identified in 
guidance under subsection (b)) by the time specified 
in paragraph (2), or does not receive approval of a 
local plan, the amount the local workforce invest-
ment area would have been eligible to receive pursu-
ant to the formula under paragraph (1)(B) shall be 
allocated to local workforce investment areas that re-
ceive approval of the local plan modification or re-
quest for funds under paragraph (2). Such realloca-
tions shall be made in accordance with the relative 
share of the allocations to such local workforce in-
vestment areas applying the formula factors de-
scribed under paragraph (1)(B). 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds provided under 
this section shall be used— 
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(A) to provide summer employment oppor-
tunities for low-income youth, ages 16 through 
24, with direct linkages to academic and occu-
pational learning, and may include the provision 
of supportive services, such as transportation or 
child care, necessary to enable such youth to 
participate; and 
(B) to provide year-round employment op-
portunities, which may be combined with other 
activities authorized under section 129 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), to 
low-income youth, ages 16 through 24, with a 
priority to out-of school youth who are— 
(i) high school dropouts; or 
(ii) recipients of a secondary school 
diploma or its equivalent but who are basic 
skills deficient unemployed or under-
employed. 
(2) PROGRAM
PRIORITIES.—In administering 
the funds under this section, the local board and 
local chief elected officials shall give a priority to— 
(A) identifying employment opportunities 
that are— 
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(i) in emerging or in-demand occupa-
tions in the local workforce investment 
area; or 
(ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 
that meet community needs; and 
(B) linking year-round program partici-
pants to training and educational activities that 
will provide such participants an industry-recog-
nized certificate or credential. 
(3) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac-
tivities funded under this section, in lieu of the re-
quirements described in section 136 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act), State and local 
workforce investment areas shall provide such re-
ports as the Secretary of Labor may require regard-
ing the performance outcomes described in section 
1567(a)(5). 
SEC. 1566. WORK-BASED EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES OF 
DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 
section 1563(a)(3), the Secretary of Labor shall award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry 
out work-based strategies of demonstrated effectiveness. 
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(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The grants awarded under this 
section shall be used to support strategies and activities 
of demonstrated effectiveness that are designed to provide 
unemployed, low-income adults or low-income youth with 
the skills that will lead to employment as part of or upon 
completion of participation in such activities. Such strate-
gies and activities may include— 
(1) on-the-job training, registered apprentice-
ship programs, or other programs that combine work 
with skills development; 
(2) sector-based training programs that have 
been designed to meet the specific requirements of 
an employer or group of employers in that sector 
and where employers are committed to hiring indi-
viduals upon successful completion of the training; 
(3) training that supports an industry sector or 
an employer-based or labor-management committee 
industry partnership which includes a significant 
work-experience component; 
(4) acquisition of industry-recognized creden-
tials in a field identified by the State or local work-
force investment area as a growth sector or demand 
industry in which there are likely to be significant 
job opportunities in the short term; 
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(5) connections to immediate work opportuni-
ties, including subsidized employment opportunities, 
or summer employment opportunities for youth, that 
includes concurrent skills training and other sup-
ports; 
(6) career academies that provide students with 
the academic preparation and training, including 
paid internships and concurrent enrollment in com-
munity colleges or other postsecondary institutions, 
needed to pursue a career pathway that leads to 
postsecondary credentials and high-demand jobs; 
and 
(7) adult basic education and integrated basic 
education and training models for low-skilled adults, 
hosted at community colleges or at other sites, to 
prepare individuals for jobs that are in demand in 
a local area. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An eligible entity shall in-
clude a local chief elected official, in collaboration with the 
local workforce investment board for the local workforce 
investment area involved (which may include a partnership 
with of such officials and boards in the region and in the 
State), or an entity eligible to apply for an Indian and 
Native American grant under section 166 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day be-
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fore the date of enactment of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act), and may include, in partnership 
with such officials, boards, and entities, the following— 
(1) employers or employer associations; 
(2) adult education providers and postsecondary 
educational institutions, including community col-
leges; 
(3) community-based organizations; 
(4) joint labor-management committees; 
(5) work-related intermediaries; or 
(6) other appropriate organizations. 
(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking to re-
ceive a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Labor an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. At a minimum, the application shall— 
(1) describe the strategies and activities of dem-
onstrated effectiveness that the eligible entities will 
carry out to provide unemployed, low-income adults 
and low-income youth with the skills that will lead 
to employment upon completion of participation in 
such activities; 
(2) describe the requirements that will apply re-
lating to the eligibility of unemployed, low-income 
adults or low-income youth, consistent with para-
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graphs (4) and (6) of section 1568, for activities 
carried out under this section, which may include 
criteria to target assistance to particular categories 
of such adults and youth, such as individuals with 
disabilities or individuals who have exhausted all 
rights to unemployment compensation; 
(3) describe how the strategies and activities 
address the needs of the target populations identi-
fied in paragraph (2) and the needs of employers in 
the local area; 
(4) describe the expected outcomes to be 
achieved by implementing the strategies and activi-
ties; 
(5) provide evidence that the funds provided 
may be expended expeditiously and efficiently to im-
plement the strategies and activities; 
(6) describe how the strategies and activities 
will be coordinated with other Federal, State and 
local programs providing employment, education and 
supportive activities; 
(7) provide evidence of employer commitment to 
participate in the activities funded under this sec-
tion, including identification of anticipated occupa-
tional and skill needs; 
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(8) provide assurances that the grant recipient 
will report such information as the Secretary may 
require relating to fiscal, performance and other 
matters that the Secretary determines is necessary 
to effectively monitor the activities carried out under 
this section; and 
(9) provide assurances that the use of the funds 
provided under this section will comply with the 
labor standards and protections described section 
1567(a). 
(e) PRIORITY
IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall give a pri-
ority to applications submitted by eligible entities from 
areas of high poverty and high unemployment, as defined 
by the Secretary, such as Public Use Microdata Areas 
(PUMAs) as designated by the Census Bureau. 
(f) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Secretary of Labor shall administer this section in 
coordination with the Secretary of Education, Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, and other appropriate 
agency heads, to ensure the effective implementation of 
this section. 
SEC. 1567. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIONS.—Activi-
ties provided with funds under this Act shall be subject 
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to the requirements and restrictions, including the labor 
standards, described in section 181 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act) and the nondiscrimination provisions of 
section 188 of such Act, in addition to other applicable 
Federal laws. 
(b) REPORTING.—The Secretary may require the re-
porting of information relating to fiscal, performance and 
other matters that the Secretary determines is necessary 
to effectively monitor the activities carried out with funds 
provided under this Act. At a minimum, grantees and sub-
grantees shall provide information relating to— 
(1) the number individuals participating in ac-
tivities with funds provided under this Act and the 
number of such individuals who have completed such 
participation; 
(2) the expenditures of funds provided under 
the Act; 
(3) the number of jobs created pursuant to the 
activities carried out under this Act; 
(4) the demographic characteristics of individ-
uals participating in activities under this Act; and 
(5) the performance outcomes of individuals 
participating in activities under this Act, including— 
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(A) for adults participating in activities 
funded under section 1564 of this Act— 
(i) entry in unsubsidized employment, 
(ii) retention in unsubsidized employ-
ment, and 
(iii) earnings in unsubsidized employ-
ment; 
(B) for low-income youth participating in 
summer employment activities under sections 
1565 and 1566— 
(i) work readiness skill attainment 
using an employer validated checklist; and 
(ii) placement in or return to sec-
ondary or postsecondary education or 
training, or entry into unsubsidized em-
ployment; 
(C) for low-income youth participating in 
year-round employment activities under section 
1565 or in activities under section 1566— 
(i) placement in or return to post-sec-
ondary education; 
(ii) attainment of high school diploma 
or its equivalent; 
(iii) attainment of an industry-recog-
nized credential; and 
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(iv) entry into unsubsidized employ-
ment, retention, and earnings as described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
(D) for unemployed, low-income adults 
participating in activities under section 1566— 
(i) entry into unsubsidized employ-
ment, retention, and earnings as described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) the attainment of industry-recog-
nized credentials. 
(c) ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO BE ADDITIONAL.— 
Funds provided under this Act shall only be used for ac-
tivities that are in addition to activities that would other-
wise be available in the State or local area in the absence 
of such funds. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Labor may establish such additional requirements as the 
Secretary determines may be necessary to ensure fiscal in-
tegrity, effective monitoring, and the appropriate and 
prompt implementation of the activities under this Act. 
(e) REPORT OF INFORMATION AND EVALUATIONS TO 
CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall provide to the appropriate Committees of the Con-
gress and make available to the public the information re-
ported pursuant to subsection (b) and the evaluations of 
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activities carried out pursuant to the funds reserved under 
section 1563(b). 
SEC. 1568. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) LOCAL
CHIEF
ELECTED
OFFICIAL.—The 
term ‘‘local chief elected official’’ means the chief 
elected executive officer of a unit of local govern-
ment in a local workforce investment area or in the 
case where more than one unit of general govern-
ment, the individuals designated under an agreement 
described in section 117(c)(1)(B) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act). 
(2) LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA.— 
The term ‘‘local workforce investment area’’ means 
such area designated under section 116 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act). 
(3) LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.— 
The term ‘‘local workforce investment board’’ means 
such board established under section 117 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect on 
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the day before the date of enactment of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act). 
(4) LOW-INCOME YOUTH.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come youth’’ means an individual who— 
(A) is aged 16 through 24; 
(B) meets the definition of a low-income 
individual provided in section 101(25) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), 
except that States, local workforce investment 
areas under section 1565 and eligible entities 
under section 1566(c), subject to approval in 
the applicable State plans, local plans, and ap-
plications for funds, may increase the income 
level specified in subparagraph (B)(i) of such 
section to an amount not in excess of 200 per-
cent of the poverty line for purposes of deter-
mining eligibility for participation in activities 
under sections 1565 and 1566 of this Act; and 
(C) is in one or more of the categories 
specified in section 101(13)(C) of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998, as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
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(2) fail or refuse to consider for employment, or 
fail or refuse to hire, an individual as an employee 
because of the individual’s status as unemployed; or 
(3) direct or request that an employment agen-
cy take an individual’s status as unemployed into ac-
count to disqualify an applicant for consideration, 
screening, or referral for employment as an em-
ployee. 
(b) EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.—It shall be an unlaw-
ful employment practice for an employment agency to— 
(1) publish, in print or on the Internet or in 
any other medium, an advertisement or announce-
ment for any vacancy in a job, as an employee, that 
includes— 
(A) any provision stating or indicating that 
an individual’s status as unemployed disquali-
fies the individual for any employment oppor-
tunity; or 
(B) any provision stating or indicating that 
the employment agency or an employer will not 
consider or hire an individual for any employ-
ment opportunity based on that individual’s sta-
tus as unemployed; 
(2) screen, fail or refuse to consider, or fail or 
refuse to refer an individual for employment as an 
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‘‘(K) the amendments made by section 
2(a) of the Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation Extension Act;’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–240). 
SEC. 1702. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2005 of the Assistance for 
Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as 
contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2015’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF MATCHING FOR STATES WITH 
NO WAITING WEEK.—Section 5 of the Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘June 
30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2015’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS 
UNDER THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM.—Section 
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203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–240). 
SEC. 1703. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT 
SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT AND ELIGI-
BILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 
252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘through fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal 
year 2015’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–240). 
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