ment agency of jurisdiction regarding the procedures 
for reporting and investigating potentially illegal ac-
tivity on Job Corps campuses. 
‘‘(5) INCIDENT
REPORTING.—The Secretary 
shall establish procedures for— 
‘‘(A) reporting significant health incidents, 
including substance abuse, self-harm, and acci-
dents resulting in bodily harm; and 
‘‘(B) reporting significant behavioral inci-
dents, defined as acts of violence or illegal ac-
tivity. 
‘‘(6) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
establish standards under which a Job Corps cam-
pus shall be required to take performance improve-
ment actions described in section 159(f), based on 
an evaluation of such Job Corps campus, which shall 
take into account reporting data collected under 
paragraph (5) and recommendations of the advisory 
group pursuant to paragraph (3).’’. 
(i) EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 156(a) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PROJECTS.—The Secretary may carry out ex-
perimental, research, or demonstration projects relating to 
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evidence-based strategies for improving the operations of 
a Job Corps campus that was ranked among the bottom 
10 percent of Job Corps campuses. The Secretary may 
waive any provisions of this subtitle that the Secretary 
finds would prevent the Secretary from carrying out the 
projects (other than sections 145, 147, and 159(c)) pro-
vided that— 
‘‘(1) the project will not result in a reduction in 
the number of students served; and 
‘‘(2) if the Secretary informs the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, in writing, not 
less than 90 days in advance of issuing such waiv-
er.’’. 
(j) APPLICATION
OF
PROVISIONS
OF
FEDERAL 
LAW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 157 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3207) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) SERVICE CONTRACT ACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Operators and service pro-
viders, including subcontractors thereto, are subject 
to and shall be required to abide by chapter 67 of 
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title 41, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 
1965’). 
‘‘(2) ACADEMIC AND CAREER TECHNICAL IN-
STRUCTIONAL
EMPLOYEES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 6701(3)(C) of such chapter, an academic or ca-
reer technical instructional employee at a Job Corps 
campus shall be considered a ‘service employee’ for 
purposes of applying such chapter under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—To the extent 
compensation levels being paid or scheduled to be 
paid by an employer are, in the aggregate, greater 
than those determined by the Secretary of Labor to 
be required under this subsection, or as set forth in 
a collective bargaining agreement, nothing herein 
shall be construed to require a reduction of such 
compensation.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(A) AGREEMENTS IN EFFECT ON DATE OF 
ENACTMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall, subject to appropriations, modify all 
agreements with operators and service providers 
in effect as of such date of enactment to include 
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the requirements imposed by the amendment 
made by paragraph (1). 
(B) PENDING SOLICITATIONS.—Upon the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall include the requirements imposed by the 
amendment made by paragraph (1) in any 
pending solicitation for an operator or service 
provider. 
(k) STAFFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance with 
chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service 
Contract Act of 1965’), as such chapter is applied 
by section 157(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act, the staffing plan and the associ-
ated budget of an entity proposing to be an operator 
or service provider for a Job Corps campus shall in-
corporate hourly wages (or salaries as appropriate) 
and fringe benefit costs for occupational classifica-
tions at least equal to the wage determination deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor for the locality of 
the Job Corps campus. In preparing such wage de-
termination, the Secretary shall compare the specific 
job classifications at the Job Corps campus with 
those occupations most closely correlated with those 
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employed by public education providers in the local-
ity with the goal of ensuring equivalency to the max-
imum extent feasible. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS PERMITTED.—The Secretary 
may further adjust compensation levels in a contract 
with an operator or service provider to ensure suffi-
cient availability and retention of qualified personnel 
in the locality. 
(3) ANNUAL
UPDATES.—The Secretary shall 
update hourly wages (or salaries as appropriate) and 
fringe benefit levels for such occupations covered in 
this paragraph on an annual basis. 
(l) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—Section 158(f) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3208(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘di-
rectors of Job Corps campuses’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Job Corps or individual’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any 
real property acquired shall be directly transferred 
to the Secretary in accordance with chapter 5 of title 
40 and on a nonreimbursable basis.’’. 
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