Title: 21st Century SKILLS Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
21st Century Skills are Key to Individuals' Life-Long Success Act or the 21st Century SKILLS Act
This bill establishes certain workforce innovation and opportunity accounts to provide employed or unemployed individuals and dislocated workers access to upskill training and other educational opportunities in order to meet 21st century workforce demands.
Specifically, the bill (1) expands the use of certain workforce investment funds to provide workers with training and opportunities, and (2) replaces Technical Learning Accounts with Upskill Accounts to prepare employed or unemployed individuals for workforce demands.
The Department of Labor must award grants to states to provide for subgrants to certain sector partnerships or labor-management partnerships. Priority must be given to sector partnerships or labor-management partnerships that (1) demonstrate they will prepare the local workforce for employment in growing in-demand industry sectors or occupations, and (2) target low-income individuals.
In addition, Labor must also maintain a CareerOneStop website that contains, among other things (1) an Upskill Account Portal for eligible individuals to request such accounts, and (2) lists of approved training providers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1911 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1911

   To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide 
training services linked to employment demand through Upskill Accounts, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 19, 2019

  Ms. Harris introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide 
training services linked to employment demand through Upskill Accounts, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Skills are Key to 
Individuals' Life-Long Success Act'' or the ``21st Century SKILLS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 1962, Congress authorized the first substantial 
        Federal job training programs in the postwar period, to retrain 
        workers displaced because of technological change.
            (2) For nearly 60 years, Federal workforce development 
        programs have emphasized targeted education and job training 
        and reemployment activities, service coordination and delivery, 
        and a demand-driven approach that is responsive to consumer 
        choice for participants and to the labor needs of local 
        employers.
            (3) Now the 21st century economy demands systems that equip 
        workers to be able to think critically and creatively, solve 
        complex problems, make evidence-based decisions, adapt to 
        evolving technologies, and work collaboratively.
            (4) Increasing 21st century skills development is linked to 
        improving employment prospects and work success. Removal of 
        structural barriers to employment prospects and work success, 
        such as implicit bias, hiring discrimination, transportation 
        gaps, and housing insecurity, requires raising employer 
        responsibility and job standards and improving connections for 
        individuals with barriers to employment.
            (5) Sector partnerships bring together employers, education 
        and training providers, labor organizations and joint labor-
        management partnerships, local workforce boards, and other 
        stakeholders to collaborate to identify local needs and align 
        training and education opportunities with local employment 
        demand, including through the use of career pathways for 
        workers.
            (6) Building on the functions of entities in the workforce 
        development system, including aggregating data and acting as 
        catalysts to promote careers with good pay, will contribute to 
        fostering inclusive economic growth.
            (7) This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, will 
        remove barriers to inclusive economic growth by allowing 
        workers to access training opportunities through eligible 
        providers of training services, including community colleges 
        and registered apprenticeship programs, and by providing 
        supportive services, including child care and transportation.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Career pathway.--The term ``career pathway'' means a 
        combination of rigorous and high-quality education, training, 
        and other services that--
                    (A) aligns with the skill needs of industries in 
                the economy of the State or regional economy involved;
                    (B) prepares an individual to be successful in any 
                of a full range of secondary or postsecondary education 
                options, including registered apprenticeship programs;
                    (C) includes counseling to support an individual in 
                achieving the individual's education and career goals;
                    (D) includes, as appropriate, education offered 
                concurrently with and in the same context as workforce 
                preparation activities and training for a specific 
                occupation or occupational cluster;
                    (E) organizes education, training, and other 
                services to meet the particular needs of an individual 
                in a manner that accelerates the educational and career 
                advancement of the individual to the extent 
                practicable;
                    (F) enables an individual to attain a secondary 
                school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and at 
                least 1 recognized postsecondary credential (as defined 
                in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
                Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)); and
                    (G) helps an individual enter or advance within a 
                specific occupation or occupational cluster.
            (2) Eligible provider of training services.--The term 
        ``eligible provider of training services'' means a provider of 
        training services that, subject to the provisions of the 
        Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101), as 
        amended by this Act, is--
                    (A) an institution of higher education that 
                provides a program that leads to a recognized 
                postsecondary credential, as defined in section 3 of 
                the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
                3102);
                    (B) an entity that carries out a registered 
                apprenticeship program; or
                    (C) another public or private provider of a program 
                of training services, which may include a joint labor-
                management organization or an eligible providers of 
                adult education and literacy activities under the Adult 
                Education and Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) if 
                such activities are provided in combination with 
                occupational skills training.
            (3) Registered apprenticeship program.--The term 
        ``registered apprenticeship program'' means an apprenticeship 
        program that is registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
        (commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50 
        Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
            (4) Sector partnership.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``sector partnership'' 
                means an industry or sector partnership, as defined in 
                section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
                Act (29 U.S.C. 3102), meaning a workforce 
                collaborative, convened by or acting in partnership 
                with a State board or local board, that--
                            (i) organizes key stakeholders in an 
                        industry cluster into a working group that 
                        focuses on the shared goals and human resources 
                        needs of the industry cluster and that 
                        includes, at the appropriate stage of 
                        development of the partnership--
                                    (I) representatives of multiple 
                                businesses or other employers in the 
                                industry cluster, including small and 
                                medium-sized employers when 
                                practicable;
                                    (II) 1 or more representatives of a 
                                recognized State labor organization or 
                                central labor council, or another labor 
                                representative, as appropriate; and
                                    (III) 1 or more representatives of 
                                an institution of higher education 
                                with, or another provider of, education 
                                or training programs that support the 
                                industry cluster; and
                            (ii) may include representatives of--
                                    (I) State or local government;
                                    (II) State or local economic 
                                development agencies;
                                    (III) State boards or local boards, 
                                as appropriate;
                                    (IV) a State workforce agency or 
                                other entity providing employment 
                                services;
                                    (V) other State or local agencies;
                                    (VI) business or trade 
                                associations;
                                    (VII) economic development 
                                organizations;
                                    (VIII) nonprofit organizations, 
                                community-based organizations, or 
                                intermediaries;
                                    (IX) philanthropic organizations;
                                    (X) industry associations; and
                                    (XI) other organizations, as 
                                determined to be necessary by the 
                                members comprising the industry or 
                                sector partnership.
                    (B) WIOA terms.--A term used in subparagraph (A) 
                shall have the meaning given the term, if any, in 
                section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 3102).

SEC. 4. UPSKILL ACCOUNTS.

    (a) Discretionary Funding for Activities Other Than Training 
Services.--
            (1) Allotments.--Section 132 of the Workforce Innovation 
        and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172) is amended by adding at 
        the end the following:
    ``(d) Discretionary and Mandatory Funding.--
            ``(1) Mandatory funding.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this chapter, none of the funds appropriated under 
        subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 136, and allotted or 
        otherwise provided under this section, may be used to provide 
        training services, except under the provisions described in 
        paragraph (2). Funds appropriated under section 136(d) shall be 
        used to provide training services and supportive services under 
        section 134(c)(3), and additional sums described in section 
        134(c)(3)(C)(ii) for career services under section 134(c)(2).
            ``(2) Exceptions.--The provisions described in this 
        paragraph are section 129(b), paragraph (2) or (3) of section 
        134(a), or section 134(d), 169(c) or 170.''.
            (2) Allocations.--Section 133(b)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
        3173(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``The'' and inserting 
        ``Subject to section 132(d), the''.
    (b) Mandatory Funding for Training Services.--Section 134 of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3174) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Local Employment and Training Activities.--
            ``(1) Training services.--Funds appropriated under section 
        136(d) shall be used to pay or reimburse local boards for the 
        cost of providing training services, supportive services, and 
        career services as described in section 136(d).
            ``(2) Other employment and training activities.--Funds 
        allocated to a local area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or 
        (3), as appropriate, of section 133(b), and funds allocated to 
        a local area for dislocated workers under section 
        133(b)(2)(B)--
                    ``(A) shall be used to carry out employment and 
                training activities described in subsection (c), other 
                than subsection (c)(3), for adults or dislocated 
                workers, respectively; and
                    ``(B) may be used to carry out employment and 
                training activities described in subsection (d) for 
                adults or dislocated workers, respectively.''.
    (c) Accounts.--Section 134(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking clause (iii); and
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) 
                        as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Training services, supportive services, and 
                career services funds.--Funds appropriated under 
                section 136(d) shall be used to provide training 
                services, supportive services, and career services as 
                described in section 136(d) to adults and dislocated 
                workers who are eligible for the services involved.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Funds 
                described in paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``Funds 
                described in paragraph (1) or made available under 
                paragraph (3)(C)(ii)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Priority.--With respect to funds allocated to 
                a local area for adult employment and training 
                activities under paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of section 
                133(b), priority shall be given to recipients of public 
                assistance, other low-income individuals, and 
                individuals who are basic skills deficient for receipt 
                of career services described in subparagraph (A)(xii). 
                The appropriate local board and the Governor shall 
                direct the one-stop operators in the local area with 
                regard to making determinations related to such 
                priority.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
                                    (I) by striking ``funds allocated 
                                to a local area for adults under 
                                paragraph (2)(A) or (3), as 
                                appropriate, of section 133(b), and 
                                funds allocated to the local area for 
                                dislocated workers under section 
                                133(b)(2)(B),'' and inserting ``funds 
                                appropriated under section 136(d) and 
                                made available under subparagraph 
                                (C)(i)''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``, 
                                respectively''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking ``who 
                        are'' and all that follows and inserting ``who 
                        meet the requirements of subparagraph (E).'';
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(C) Arrangements for obtaining federal funding.--
                            ``(i) Training services and supportive 
                        services.--The Secretary shall establish 
                        arrangements by which a local board shall 
                        obtain payment in advance for the cost of 
                        providing training services and supportive 
                        services through Upskill Accounts or contracts 
                        to individuals who have been determined to meet 
                        the requirements of subparagraph (A) and are 
                        therefore eligible for the services involved.
                            ``(ii) Career services and coordination 
                        activities.--When the Secretary provides 
                        payment under clause (i) to a local board for 
                        an amount under such clause, the Secretary 
                        shall also provide an additional sum equal to 
                        10 percent of the amount to the local board. 
                        The local board shall use the additional sum to 
                        pay for--
                                    ``(I) career services described in 
                                paragraph (2), including--
                                            ``(aa) making the services 
                                        described in clauses (v), 
                                        (vii), (ix), (x), (xi), and 
                                        (xii) of paragraph (2)(A) 
                                        available to any Upskill 
                                        Account recipient outside of 
                                        traditional working hours, as 
                                        defined by the Secretary; and
                                            ``(bb) the provision of 
                                        information, in formats that 
                                        are usable by and 
                                        understandable to individuals 
                                        eligible to receive services 
                                        through the one-stop delivery 
                                        system, about--

                                                    ``(AA) the local 
                                                availability of pre-
                                                apprenticeship and 
                                                apprenticeship 
                                                programs, and the costs 
                                                of these programs to 
                                                the Upskill Account 
                                                recipient as compared 
                                                to the costs of 
                                                training programs 
                                                provided by other 
                                                eligible providers of 
                                                training services; and

                                                    ``(BB) 
                                                apprenticeship programs 
                                                in industries in which 
                                                apprenticeship programs 
                                                have not been 
                                                traditionally used, 
                                                including information 
                                                for populations 
                                                traditionally 
                                                underrepresented in 
                                                apprenticeship 
                                                programs; and

                                    ``(II) activities to build 
                                relationships between local boards and 
                                local eligible providers of training 
                                services, such as--
                                            ``(aa) working with such 
                                        local eligible providers to 
                                        improve data reporting to local 
                                        boards on the primary 
                                        indicators of performance 
                                        described in subclauses (I) 
                                        through (IV) of section 
                                        116(b)(2)(A)(i) and, if the 
                                        local boards and local eligible 
                                        providers agree, any primary 
                                        indicator of performance 
                                        described in subclause (V) or 
                                        (VI) of such section;
                                            ``(bb) negotiating with 
                                        such local eligible providers 
                                        of training services regarding 
                                        any adjusted levels of 
                                        performance required by the 
                                        local board under section 
                                        122(b)(3); and
                                            ``(cc) coordinating with 
                                        local providers of training 
                                        services and the State to 
                                        update the list of eligible 
                                        providers of training services 
                                        described in section 122(d).'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                subparagraph, solely for purposes of this paragraph, 
                training services shall not include instruction, at an 
                institution of higher education that provides a 4-year 
                program of instruction, towards a baccalaureate or 
                post-baccalaureate degree.'';
                    (D) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(E) Employment and income.--To be eligible to 
                receive training services and supportive services under 
                this paragraph, an individual shall--
                            ``(i)(I) be a dislocated worker;
                            ``(II) be eligible for and receiving 
                        unemployment compensation under any Federal 
                        unemployment compensation law;
                            ``(III) be unemployed and have exhausted 
                        all unemployment compensation benefits 
                        available to the individual; or
                            ``(IV) be employed for at least 6 of the 
                        last 12 months and have an income that is not 
                        more than 100 percent of the State median 
                        income in the State in which the individual 
                        resides; and
                            ``(ii) be a member of a household with an 
                        adjusted gross income of not more than 
                        $150,000.'';
                    (E) in subparagraph (F)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by inserting before 
                        ``Each'' the following: ``Training services 
                        shall be provided through providers identified 
                        in accordance with section 122.'';
                            (ii) by striking clause (iii) and inserting 
                        the following:
                            ``(iii) Upskill accounts.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--An individual 
                                who seeks training services and who is 
                                eligible pursuant to this paragraph, 
                                may, in consultation with a career 
                                counselor, select an eligible provider 
                                of training services from the list of 
                                providers described in clause (ii). If 
                                the individual is using funds from the 
                                account for a high school equivalency 
                                program that is not aligned with a 
                                career pathway, the provider shall 
                                demonstrate that the program meets 
                                relevant requirements of the State 
                                educational agency involved for a high 
                                school education. Upon such selection, 
                                the local board involved shall 
                                establish an Upskill Account for the 
                                individual, which shall allow the 
                                individual to pay for such services and 
                                any supportive services (including 
                                provision of payments for child care, 
                                transportation, required books, 
                                equipment, or examination fees) that 
                                are necessary to enable the individual 
                                to participate in the training services 
                                provided by the selected provider.
                                    ``(II) Administration.--The local 
                                board shall hold and administer the 
                                Upskill Account funds for the 
                                participating individuals served by the 
                                local board, and shall use such funds 
                                to reimburse all providers of training 
                                services and supportive service 
                                providers for the individual. The 
                                Secretary shall determine the 
                                appropriate costs for which such an 
                                account may be used, and shall develop 
                                methods of verifying whether such an 
                                account was used for those costs.
                                    ``(III) Ability to contract.--A 
                                local board may enter into a contract 
                                or other agreement with a local entity, 
                                including an institution of higher 
                                education, labor organization, or 
                                community-based organization, to enable 
                                the entity to provide Upskill Account 
                                enrollment assistance or career 
                                services (as described in subparagraph 
                                (C)(ii)(I)) at a location, or in a 
                                manner, that is convenient for eligible 
                                individuals.''; and
                            (iii) in clause (iv), by striking 
                        ``individual training accounts'' and inserting 
                        ``Upskill Accounts'';
                    (F) in subparagraph (G)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        striking ``individual training accounts'' and 
                        inserting ``upskill accounts'';
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) through 
                        (iv) as clauses (vii) through (ix), 
                        respectively;
                            (iii) by striking clause (i) and inserting 
                        the following:
                            ``(i) Accounts.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (iv), training services and supportive 
                        services provided under this paragraph shall be 
                        provided through the use of Upskill Accounts in 
                        accordance with this paragraph, and shall be 
                        provided to eligible individuals through the 
                        one-stop delivery system.
                            ``(ii) Amount.--Each individual who seeks 
                        training services (except services provided 
                        under clause (vii)) and who is eligible for 
                        training services pursuant to this paragraph 
                        shall receive an Upskill Account that--
                                    ``(I) if the individual is a 
                                dislocated worker or has an income that 
                                is not more than 50 percent of the 
                                State median income in the State in 
                                which the individual resides, is in an 
                                amount of $8,000, increased in 
                                accordance with clause (iii);
                                    ``(II) if the individual has an 
                                income that is more than 50 percent but 
                                not more than 75 percent of that State 
                                median income, is in an amount of 
                                $6,000, increased in accordance with 
                                clause (iii); and
                                    ``(III) if the individual has an 
                                income that is more than 75 percent but 
                                not more than 100 percent of that State 
                                median income, is in an amount of 
                                $4,000, increased in accordance with 
                                clause (iii).
                            ``(iii) Adjustment for inflation.--
                        Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Secretary 
                        shall annually adjust each amount described in 
                        subclauses (I) through (III) of clause (ii) by 
                        the estimated percentage increase, if any, in 
                        the Consumer Price Index for the most recent 
                        full calendar year.
                            ``(iv) Limit on program costs.--The tuition 
                        and fees of a program of training services 
                        provided through the use of an Upskill Account 
                        shall not exceed 110 percent of the tuition and 
                        fees of a comparable program at a local 
                        community college, unless the local board 
                        determines that an employer will pay the amount 
                        of any costs of the program that exceed 110 
                        percent of such comparable program's tuition 
                        and fees.
                            ``(v) Timing.--An individual who receives 
                        an Upskill Account under this paragraph shall 
                        enroll in a program of training services not 
                        later than 3 months after receiving the 
                        account. No individual may receive more than 
                        one Upskill Account in any 5-year period.
                            ``(vi) Awareness campaign.--During the 
                        first year for which Upskill Accounts are 
                        available to eligible individuals, the 
                        Secretary shall carry out a national 
                        information campaign to raise awareness about 
                        Upskill Accounts and their availability and 
                        use, which may include running public awareness 
                        campaigns at the State or local level informing 
                        eligible individuals and employers about the 
                        Upskill Accounts.'';
                            (iv) in clause (vii), as redesignated by 
                        clause (ii) of this subparagraph--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subclause (I), by striking ``individual 
                                training account'' and inserting 
                                ``Upskill Account''; and
                                    (II) in subclause (III), by 
                                striking ``individual training 
                                accounts'' and inserting ``Upskill 
                                Accounts''; and
                            (v) in clause (ix), as redesignated by 
                        clause (ii) of this subparagraph--
                                    (I) by striking ``individual 
                                training accounts'' each place it 
                                appears and inserting ``Upskill 
                                Accounts''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``clause (ii)'' 
                                and inserting ``clause (vii)''; and
                    (G) in subparagraph (H), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                            ``(iii) Provider qualification.--The on-
                        the-job training shall be provided through 
                        providers identified in accordance with section 
                        122(h).''.
    (d) Performance Requirements for Training Services Providers.--
Section 122(c)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(c)(2)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``The Governor shall establish levels 
of performance on the indicators of performance described in subclauses 
(I) through (IV) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) that a provider of training 
services shall be required to meet or exceed, based on the performance 
of all individuals receiving the training services, in order to renew 
eligibility under this paragraph and remain on the list of providers 
under subsection (d).''.
    (e) Mandatory Appropriations.--Section 136 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
3181) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Training Services.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
and there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each 
fiscal year to provide training services and supportive services under 
section 134(c)(3), and the additional sums described in section 
134(c)(3)(C)(ii) for career services under section 134(c)(2).''.
    (f) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 108(b)(19) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3123(b)(19)) 
        is amended by striking ``individual training accounts'' and 
        inserting ``Upskill Accounts''.
            (2) Section 122(g) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(g)) is 
        amended by striking ``individual training accounts'' and 
        inserting ``Upskill Accounts''.

SEC. 5. SKILLS-BASED SECTOR GRANTS.

    (a) Amendment.--Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act is amended by inserting after section 171 (29 
U.S.C. 3226) the following:

``SEC. 171A. SKILLS-BASED SECTOR GRANTS.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `sector partnership' 
has the meaning given the term `industry or sector partnership' in 
section 3.
    ``(b) Grants Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to Governors of States to enable the 
        Governors to award subgrants to sector partnerships or labor-
        management partnerships for the Federal share of carrying out 
        the activities described in subsection (e), in order to promote 
        collaborative planning, resource alignment, and skills-based 
        training and hiring across multiple employers for a range of 
        workers.
            ``(2) Amount and duration.--Each subgrant awarded under 
        this section to a sector partnership or labor-management 
        partnership shall be in an amount of not more than $1,000,000 
        and for a period of 3 years.
    ``(c) State Board Applications.--A Governor desiring to receive a 
grant under this section shall submit an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, including information describing how a sector partnership or 
labor-management partnership, in carrying out the activities under the 
subgrant, will--
            ``(1) align the activities with career pathways and expand 
        access to career pathway opportunities for workers within the 
        industry or sector involved; and
            ``(2) improve compensation and other employment benefits 
        for workers within the industry or sector involved.
    ``(d) Priority.--In awarding subgrants under this section, a 
Governor shall give priority to sector partnerships or labor-management 
partnerships that--
            ``(1) demonstrate that the sector partnership or labor-
        management partnership will prepare the local workforce for 
        employment in growing, in-demand industry sectors or 
        occupations; and
            ``(2) target low-income individuals.
    ``(e) Uses of Funds.--A sector partnership or labor-management 
partnership receiving a subgrant under this section shall use the grant 
funds to carry out one or more of the following activities:
            ``(1) Identifying the training needs of multiple businesses 
        in the targeted industry, including--
                    ``(A) needs for skills critical to competitiveness 
                and innovation in the industry;
                    ``(B) needs of the apprenticeship programs or other 
                work-based learning programs supported by the grant; 
                and
                    ``(C) needs for the usage of career pathways.
            ``(2) Developing and improving training programs that 
        provide skills-based training for the industry cluster.
            ``(3) Conducting outreach to Upskill Account-eligible 
        individuals to encourage enrollment in training programs.
            ``(4) Establishing a pathway navigator program to assist 
        workers in assessing training options and career pathways.
            ``(5) Assisting employers in implementing skills-based 
        hiring practices.
            ``(6) Collecting data on the benefits to employers of using 
        skills-based hiring.
            ``(7) Carrying out other activities to support both 
        industry engagement in, and worker access to and success in, 
        training programs and employment.
    ``(f) Federal and Non-Federal Share.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of a subgrant under 
        this section shall be--
                    ``(A) in the first year of the subgrant, 90 percent 
                of the costs of grant activities described in this 
                section;
                    ``(B) in the second year, 80 percent of such costs; 
                and
                    ``(C) in the third year, 70 percent of such costs.
            ``(2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of a 
        subgrant under this section may be in cash or in-kind, and may 
        come from State, local, philanthropic, private, or other 
        sources.
    ``(g) Report.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress a 
report on the geographic distribution (including distribution to urban, 
suburban, and rural areas) of grants and subgrants awarded under this 
section.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 172 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 3227) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out section 171A such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year.''.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 171 the 
following:

``Sec. 171A. Skills-based sector grants.''.

SEC. 6. TRAINING SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE.

    (a) Amendment.--Subtitle E of title I of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3241 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 196. CAREERONESTOP WEBSITE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall maintain the CareerOneStop 
website in a manner that ensures the website includes the information 
and features described in this section.
    ``(b) Upskill Account Portal.--The website shall contain a portal, 
for the use of individuals who are eligible for Upskill Accounts under 
section 134(c)(3), to request those accounts. Upskill Accounts shall be 
distributed by local boards, in accordance with that section.
    ``(c) List of Approved Training Providers.--The website shall 
contain the lists of eligible providers of training services prepared 
by Governors under section 122(d)(1) and information identifying 
eligible providers as determined by one-stop operators under section 
122(h)(1).
    ``(d) Information on Programs of Training Services.--The website 
shall contain, for each program of training services provided under 
section 134(c)(3), information on--
            ``(1) the demographics, such as the sex, race, ethnicity, 
        median age, and educations level, of participants in the 
        program;
            ``(2) performance, as measured on the indicators described 
        in subclauses (I) through (IV) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i); and
            ``(3) the cost of attendance, including costs of tuition 
        and fees, for participants in the program.
    ``(e) Tools for Eligible Individuals.--The website shall contain 
tools to enable individuals who are eligible to receive such training 
services to compare performance data across programs of training 
services, providers of such services, and States.
    ``(f) Resources for Providers of Training Services.--The website 
shall contain resources for providers of training services, including 
guidance on each State that specifies--
            ``(1) the criteria, requirements, and procedures that a 
        provider shall meet to be listed as an eligible provider under 
        section 122(d)(1) or identified as an eligible provider under 
        section 122(h)(1) in the State; and
            ``(2) the minimum levels for the State described in section 
        122(b)(1)(A)(i).
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be 
necessary.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 195 the 
following:

``Sec. 196. CareerOneStop website.''.
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