A Stronger Workforce for America Act

Bill: 118-hr-6655
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2023-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Labor market
Licensing and registrations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Performance measurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-07
text: 

A Stronger Workforce for America Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and modifies various programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Job Corps program for low-income youth ages 16 to 24, as well as grant programs for states to provide employment and training services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers through a One-Stop delivery system. It also requires state plans for the grant programs to (1) describe how the state will use real-time labor market information to assess economic conditions and workforce trends, and (2) include an analysis of any gaps in service for applicable youth.

Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) programs, which provide educational services at or below the secondary level and English language training for out-of-school adults. It also specifies that the primary performance indicator for these programs includes the percentage of program participants who exit the program during the program year and complete an integrated education and training program.

Finally, the bill integrates within the One-Stop delivery system career services that are funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) program (a nationwide system of public employment offices).

For more information on this bill, see CRS Report R47905, A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655): In Brief .


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 26 (Roll no. 105). (text: CR H2191-2222)
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 26 (Roll no. 105). (text: CR H2191-2222)
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2232-2233)
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6655.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2191-2229)
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Ms. Foxx moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 368.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-444, Part I.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-444, Part I.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 1.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-07
text: Introduced in House