I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5206 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a 
fund to provide support services for individuals participating in certain 
training activities under such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2019 
Mr. SMITH of Washington 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 establish a fund to provide support services for indi-
viduals participating in certain training activities under 
such Act. 
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 ‘‘Empowering Individ-
uals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Train-
ing Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TRAINING FUND. 
Subtitle D of chapter 4 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3206) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 172 as section 173; 
and 
(2) by adding after section 171 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 172. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TRAINING FUND. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 
TRAINING FUND.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section, the Secretary shall award competi-
tive grants to local boards, a consortium of local boards, 
or a State board acting on behalf of or in partnership with 
a consortium of local boards to provide support services 
for individuals participating in training activities covered 
under section 134(c)(3) of title I and section 231 of title 
II of this Act. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this 
subsection a local board shall submit to the Secretary an 
application describing how the local board (or State board) 
plans to partner with other organizations, including the 
State agency responsible for administering the State pro-
gram for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) 
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
and the supplemental nutrition assistance program under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012 et 
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seq.), to provide specific support services, and in such 
manner, at such time, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) PARTICIPANT
ELIGIBILITY.—Individuals 
participating in training services covered under sec-
tion 134(c)(3) of title I or section 231 of title II of 
this Act are eligible to receive support services pro-
vided under this section. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED SUPPORT SERVICES.—Support 
services to be provided under this section are those 
described in section 3(59) of the this Act, or other 
support services not covered under such section that 
a grantee identifies as important for an individual to 
successfully complete training services covered under 
this section. 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT.—The amount of an individual grant 
awarded under this section shall not exceed more than 
$2,000,000 per year. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary.’’. 
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