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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7748 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to award grants 
to States to develop, convene, or expand industry or sector partnerships, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2022 
Mrs. LEE of Nevada (for herself and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
to award grants to States to develop, convene, or expand 
industry or sector partnerships, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Community-Based 
Workforce Development Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
SECTORAL 
EMPLOYMENT 
THROUGH 
CAREER 
TRAINING FOR OCCUPATIONAL READINESS 
(SECTOR) PROGRAM. 
Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 173. SECTORAL EMPLOYMENT THROUGH CAREER 
TRAINING FOR OCCUPATIONAL READINESS 
(SECTOR) PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under subsection (e)(1), and not reserved under subsection 
(e)(2), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) use not less than 80 percent of such 
amounts to award grants under subsection (b) to 
each State to develop, convene, or expand industry 
or sector partnerships; and 
‘‘(2) use not less than 20 percent of such 
amounts to award grants under subsection (c), on a 
competitive basis, to eligible industry or sector part-
nerships for the purposes of expanding workforce de-
velopment and employment opportunities for high- 
skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or 
occupations, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(C) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—A local 
board may transfer, if such a transfer is ap-
proved by the Governor, up to and including 
100 percent of the funds allocated to the local 
area under section 133(b), and up to and in-
cluding 100 percent of the funds allocated to 
the local area under this subsection for a fiscal 
year between— 
‘‘(i) adult employment and training 
activities; and 
‘‘(ii) activities under this section. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The funds awarded 
under paragraph (1) may be used to— 
‘‘(A) regularly convene stakeholders in a 
collaborative structure to identify, develop, im-
prove, or expand training, employment, and 
growth opportunities for high-skill, high-wage, 
or in-demand industry sectors or occupations; 
‘‘(B) form, expand, and improve training 
programs, to be managed by eligible industry 
and sector partnerships that include attainment 
of industry-recognized credentials, the integra-
tion of work-based learning activities with train-
ing curricula and occupational certification pro-
grams, and that address specific workforce 
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issues and needs of groups of workers, with a 
priority on individuals with a barrier to employ-
ment, within regional labor markets in the 
State; 
‘‘(C) strengthen the coordination of eligible 
industry and sector partnerships and programs 
with the programs administered under subtitle 
B of this title and with the one-stop partners 
described in section 121; and 
‘‘(D) to directly provide, or arrange for the 
provision of, services to help individuals with 
barriers to employment and other participants 
complete and successfully transition out of 
training described in subparagraph (B), which 
services shall include career services, supportive 
services, or the provision of needs-related pay-
ments. 
‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amount 
determined by the Secretary under subsection (a)(2), 
the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible industry or sector partnerships for 
the purposes described in subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.— 
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‘‘(A) FORM AND PROCEDURE.—To receive 
a grant under this subsection, the lead appli-
cant on behalf of an eligible industry or sector 
partnership shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as specified by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An application sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall contain at a 
minimum the following: 
‘‘(i) Identification of the high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or 
occupation on which such partnership is 
focused. 
‘‘(ii) A description of the activities to 
be carried out under the grant. 
‘‘(iii) A description of the workers 
that will be targeted for recruitment as 
program participants, how a priority of 
service under the grant will be provided to 
individuals with barriers to employment, 
and how the activities will be designed to 
maximize access and eliminate barriers to 
entry to training and other activities for 
such individuals. 
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‘‘(iv) A description of other Federal or 
non-Federal resources that will be lever-
aged in support of the eligible industry or 
sector partnership (including cash or in- 
kind 
contributions 
from 
private-sector 
partners). 
‘‘(3) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible industry or 
sector partnership awarded a grant under this sub-
section shall use such grant funds— 
‘‘(A) to engage and regularly convene 
stakeholders in a collaborative structure to 
identify, develop, improve, or expand training, 
employment, and growth opportunities for the 
high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry 
sector or occupation on which such partnership 
is focused; 
‘‘(B) to directly provide, or arrange for the 
provision of, high-quality, evidence-based train-
ing for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand in-
dustry sectors or occupations on which such 
partnership is focused, which shall include 
training that leads to the attainment of nation-
ally or regionally portable and stackable recog-
nized postsecondary credentials for the industry 
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sector or occupations described in paragraph 
(A), including— 
‘‘(i) training provided through appren-
ticeship programs, or pre-apprenticeship 
programs that articulate to apprenticeship 
programs, labor organizations, or joint 
labor-management partnerships; 
‘‘(ii) on-the-job training, customized 
training, and paid internships and work 
experience; 
‘‘(iii) incumbent worker training to 
support lower wage workers in upgrading 
skills and advancing along a career path-
way; and 
‘‘(iv) training services, in addition to 
those described in clauses (i) through (iii), 
that 
are 
authorized 
under 
section 
134(c)(3)(D), including occupational skills 
training; and 
‘‘(C) to directly provide, or arrange for the 
provision of, services to help individuals with 
barriers to employment and other participants 
complete and successfully transition out of 
training described in subparagraph (B), which 
services shall include career services, supportive 
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