work-based learning program for a period of not less than 
12 months. Such services may include the following: 
(1) 
PRE-EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES.—Services, 
provided in a pre-employment stage of the program, 
to expand access to a work-based learning program 
for individuals described in subsection (c)(7). Such 
services may include— 
(A) skills training; 
(B) career and technical education; 
(C) initial assessments; 
(D) providing work attire and necessary 
tools for a work site; 
(E) wrap-around services, such as child 
care and transportation; and 
(F) job placement assistance. 
(2) EARLY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—Services 
provided to individuals described in subsection (c)(7) 
who are participating in a work-based learning pro-
gram during their first 6 months of employment 
through such program, to assure the individuals suc-
ceed in the program. Such services may include— 
(A) ongoing case management and support 
services, including the services provided in the 
pre-employment stage described in paragraph 
(1); 
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(B) continued skills training, including ca-
reer and technical education, conducted in col-
laboration with employers of such individuals; 
(C) additional mentorship and retention 
supports for such individuals; 
(D) targeted training for frontline man-
agers, journey level workers working with such 
individuals (such as mentors), and human re-
source representatives within the business 
where such individuals are placed; and 
(E) subsidized wages and benefits for a pe-
riod of not more than 6 months, during which 
the eligible entities shall serve as the employers 
of record of such individuals. 
(3) EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—Services to en-
sure the individuals described in paragraph (2) 
maintain employment in the work-based learning 
program for at least 12 months. The services shall 
include support necessary to complete the work- 
based learning program, such as continuation of 
mentoring and support services provided under para-
graph (2). 
(e) EVALUATION
AND PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not 
later than 1 year after receiving a grant under this sub-
title, and annually thereafter, the eligible entity receiving 
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the grant shall submit a report to the Secretary and the 
Governor of the State that the eligible entity serves, 
that— 
(1) describes the activities funded by the grant; 
and 
(2) evaluates the progress the eligible entity has 
made towards achieving the strategic objectives iden-
tified under section 204(b)(5). 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An eligible entity may 
use not more than 5 percent of the funds awarded through 
a grant under this subtitle for administrative expenses in 
carrying out this section. 
SEC. 206. ADMINISTRATION BY THE SECRETARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use not more 
than 10 percent of the amount appropriated under section 
207 for each fiscal year for administrative expenses to 
carry out this subtitle, including the expenses of providing 
the technical assistance and oversight activities under sub-
section (b). 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; OVERSIGHT.—The Sec-
retary shall provide technical assistance and oversight to 
assist the eligible entities in applying for and admin-
istering grants awarded under this subtitle. 
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SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $350,000,000 
to carry out this subtitle through fiscal year 2023. 
Subtitle B—Reemployment 
SEC. 211. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE REEMPLOYMENT 
BONUS PROGRAM UNDER STATE UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 503) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(n)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the State law 
of a State must provide for a reemployment bonus pro-
gram, to be approved by the Secretary of Labor, under 
which a reemployment bonus, in an amount specified 
under paragraph (2), shall be paid, immediately following 
the end of the 16-week period described in subparagraph 
(B), to any individual described in paragraph (3) who— 
‘‘(A) becomes employed by an employer other 
than the individual’s most recent employer not later 
than 12 weeks after the date of the individual’s ini-
tial claim for unemployment compensation; and 
‘‘(B) remains employed by such employer for a 
period of at least 16 consecutive weeks. 
‘‘(2) The amount of a reemployment bonus paid to 
an individual under paragraph (1) shall be an amount 
equal to 1⁄2 of the difference between the total amount of 
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regular compensation that would be payable to the indi-
vidual during the benefit year under the State law if the 
individual were not employed in any week of such benefit 
year and the total amount of such regular compensation 
paid to the individual during the benefit year prior the 
week in which the individual becomes employed as de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(3) An individual described in this paragraph is an 
individual who— 
‘‘(A) is eligible for unemployment compensation 
for the week before the week in which the individual 
becomes employed as described in paragraph (1)(A); 
and 
‘‘(B) has been identified under subsection (j) as 
an individual likely to exhaust regular compensation. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the terms ‘regular compensa-
tion’ and ‘benefit year’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Un-
employment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 
note).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall, with respect to a State, apply to cer-
tifications for payment under section 302(a) of the Social 
Security Act in years beginning after the end of the 26- 
week period beginning on the first day of the first regu-
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larly scheduled session of the State legislature beginning 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 212. COORDINATING STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION PROGRAMS WITH THE WORK-
FORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. 
(a) REFERRALS
TO
WIOA SERVICES.—Section 
303(j)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
503(j)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘job search assist-
ance services’’ and inserting ‘‘job search assistance, train-
ing assistance, job relocation support, and income support 
services,’’. 
(b) REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ELIGIBILITY AS-
SESSMENTS.—Section 306(b)(3) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 306(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘program 
integration and service delivery’’ and inserting ‘‘program 
integration, service delivery, support services, and avail-
ability of training assistance’’. 
SEC. 213. PERMISSIBLE USE OF WORKFORCE INNOVATION 
AND OPPORTUNITY ACT FUNDS FOR WAGE 
INSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of subtitle B of title 
I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3171 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 135. PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS FOR WAGE INSUR-
ANCE. 
‘‘(a) WAGE INSURANCE FOR STATE UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION RECIPIENTS.—A State may use funds al-
lotted to the State under this chapter to provide a wage 
insurance program for individuals who file a claim under 
any State unemployment compensation law. 
‘‘(b) BENEFITS.—The wage insurance program pro-
vided for in subsection (a) may pay, for a period not to 
exceed 2 years, to a worker described in subsection (c), 
up to 50 percent of the difference between— 
‘‘(1) the average of the wages received by the 
worker over the last twelve months of employment; 
and 
‘‘(2) the wages received by the worker from re-
employment. 
‘‘(c) INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY.—The benefits de-
scribed in subsection (b) may be paid to an individual who 
is a claimant for unemployment compensation at the time 
such individual obtains reemployment and who— 
‘‘(1) is at least 50 years of age, or 45 years of 
age if such individual lives in a distressed commu-
nity; 
‘‘(2) earns not more than $50,000 per year in 
wages from reemployment; 
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‘‘(3) is employed on a full-time basis as defined 
by the law of the State; and 
‘‘(4) is not employed by the employer from 
which the individual was last separated. 
‘‘(d) TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—A State shall 
establish a maximum amount of payments per individual 
for purposes of payments described in subsection (b) dur-
ing the eligibility period described in such subsection. An 
employee shall report an increase in wages during the two- 
year period of participating in the wage insurance pro-
gram and their total amount of payments shall reflect any 
modification. 
‘‘(e) NON-DISCRIMINATION REGARDING WAGES.— 
An employer shall not pay a worker described in sub-
section (c) less than such employer pays to another worker 
in the same or substantially equivalent position. 
‘‘(f) DISTRESSED COMMUNITY DEFINED.—The term 
‘distressed community’ means a geographic unit, as de-
fined by the Secretary of Commerce, with— 
‘‘(1) a low per capita income; 
‘‘(2) an unemployment rate below the national 
average; or 
‘‘(3) actual or threatened severe unemployment 
or economic adjustment problems.’’. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
136 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3181) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) WAGE INSURANCE ACTIVITIES.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities de-
scribed in section 135 such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 214. TRAINING VOUCHERS. 
(a) REFERENCE.—In this section, any reference to 
a section or other provision shall be a reference to the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
(b) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE STATE BOARD.—Section 
101(d)(3) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) the development of strategies to pro-
mote the integration of workforce development 
services to unemployment insurance claim-
ants.’’. 
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(c) PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IN STATE PLANS.— 
Section 103(a)(2) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(L) the employment and training assist-
ance authorized in this Act; and 
‘‘(M) the job search support services au-
thorized in this Act.’’. 
(d) LOCAL PLANS.—Section 108(b) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (21), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (22), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(23) a description of how training assistance 
will be administered.’’. 
(e) REQUIRED LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS AND DISLOCATED WORKERS.— 
(1) TRAINING VOUCHERS.—Section 134(c)(3) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘a voucher for’’ after 
‘‘used to provide’’; and 
(ii) by redesignating subclauses (II), 
(III), and (IV) as subclauses (III), (IV), 
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and (V), and inserting after subclause (I) 
the following: 
‘‘(II) who select programs of 
training services that are linked to 
employment opportunities.’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (F)— 
(i) in clause (iii), by deleting the 
clause heading and inserting ‘‘TRAINING 
VOUCHERS.—’’ and by striking ‘‘through 
an individual training account’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘through a training voucher’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘coordi-
nate funding for individual training ac-
counts with funding from other Federal, 
State, local, or private job training pro-
grams or source’’ and inserting ‘‘and ar-
range for payment for such services 
through a training voucher. Such payments 
may not exceed $8,000 for up to two 
years.’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (G)(i), and by strik-
ing ‘‘individual training accounts’’ and inserting 
‘‘training vouchers’’. 
(2) INCOME SUPPORT.—Section 134(d)(1)(B) is 
amended— 
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(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘provide in-
come support for those adults and dislocated 
workers participating in a training program’’ 
after ‘‘enhancing employment’’; 
(B) in clause (ii), by; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) DURATION AND AMOUNTS.—The 
income support provided under clause (i) 
to individuals who are enrolled in training 
a weekly income stipend for up to 78 
weeks after such individual exhausts unem-
ployment insurance benefits, to help cover 
training-related costs like childcare or 
transportation. A participant’s weekly sti-
pend will be equal to 100 percent or 50 
percent of their unemployment insurance 
weekly 
benefit 
amount 
depending 
on 
whether, at the time of participation, their 
household income is below or above 130 
percent of the Federal poverty level.’’. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that additional funds should be appro-
priated under subsections (b) and (c) of section 136 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3181) to carry out the activities added 
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(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession 
of the United States. 
SEC. 302. DISTRESSED COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Dis-
tressed Community Investment Agency within the Depart-
ment of Commerce one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act with the mission of promoting, estab-
lishing, and strengthening venture capital investment in 
distressed communities, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private enti-
ties. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Distressed Community Invest-
ment Agency shall— 
(1) coordinate the plans, programs, and oper-
ations of the Federal Government which affect or 
may contribute to the promotion, establishment, and 
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strengthening of venture capital investment in dis-
tressed communities; 
(2) promote the mobilization of activities and 
resources of State and local governments, businesses 
and trade associations, institutions of higher edu-
cation, foundations, professional organizations, and 
volunteer and other groups towards the promotion, 
establishment, and strengthening of venture capital 
investment in distressed communities; 
(3) facilitate the coordination of the efforts of 
groups described in paragraph (2) with those of 
agencies; 
(4) establish satellite centers in distressed com-
munities across the United States for the develop-
ment, collection, summarization, and dissemination 
of information helpful to persons, State and local 
governments, businesses and trade associations, in-
stitutions of higher education, foundations, profes-
sional organizations, and volunteer and other groups 
in undertaking or promoting venture capital invest-
ment in distressed communities; 
(5) make grants, including contracts and coop-
erative agreements, to any State government or any 
agency thereof, any regional entity, any State-char-
tered development, any institution of higher edu-
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cation, or to any entity formed by two or more of 
the above entities to assist in establishing the sat-
ellite centers described in paragraph (4); 
(6) provide technical and management assist-
ance to public or private entities or organizations en-
gaged in promoting, establishing, and strengthening 
venture capital investment in distressed communities 
through workforce development and retention, at-
tracting businesses and industries, fostering innova-
tion, accelerating entrepreneurship and business 
growth, and marketing local, State, and regional 
ecosystems; and 
(7) defray all or part of the costs of pilot or 
demonstration projects conducted by public or pri-
vate entities or organizations which are designed to 
overcome the unique challenge of promoting, estab-
lishing, and strengthening venture capital invest-
ment in distressed communities, or otherwise to fur-
ther the purposes of this Act. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF COM-
MERCE.—The Secretary of Commerce, to enable the Dis-
tressed Community Investment Agency to better execute 
the functions described in this section and with the partici-
pation of the Economic Development Administration and 
other agencies, as appropriate, shall— 
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(1) develop comprehensive plans and specific 
program goals for the Distressed Community Invest-
ment Agency; 
(2) establish regular performance monitoring 
and reporting systems to assure that goals are being 
achieved; 
(3) evaluate the impact of Federal support in 
achieving the objectives established by this title; 
(4) require a coordinated review of all proposed 
Federal training and technical assistance activities 
in support of promoting, establishing, and strength-
ening venture capital investment in distressed com-
munities to assure consistency with the program 
goals of the Distressed Community Investment 
Agency and to avoid duplication; 
(5) convene, for purposes of coordination, meet-
ings of the heads of agencies, or their designees, 
whose programs and activities may affect or con-
tribute to the purposes of this title; 
(6) convene economic development organiza-
tions, venture capitalists, startup founders, entre-
preneurs, chambers of commerce, and other rep-
resentatives of the private sector who are engaged in 
growing venture capital investment in distressed 
communities or who could contribute to this growth 
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to propose, evaluate, and coordinate governmental 
and private activities in furtherance of the objectives 
of this title; 
(7) confer with and advise officials of State and 
local governments; 
(8) provide the managerial and organizational 
framework through which joint or collaborative un-
dertakings with agencies or private organizations 
can be planned and implemented; and 
(9) recommend appropriate legislative or execu-
tive actions. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER AGENCIES.— 
(1) COOPERATION.—The head of each agency, 
or a representative designated by such head, when 
and in the manner so requested by the Secretary of 
Commerce, shall furnish information, assistance, and 
reports to, and shall otherwise cooperate with, the 
Distressed Community Investment Agency. 
(2) DESIGNATION OF AGENCY CONTACT.—The 
head of each agency shall, when so requested by the 
Secretary of Commerce, designate the official to 
have primary and continuing responsibility for the 
participation and cooperation of that department or 
agency in matters related to promoting, establishing, 
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