SKILLS Act

Bill: 117-hr-5336
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2021-09-22
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Strengthening Knowledge, Improving Learning, and Livelihoods Act or the SKILLS Act</b></p> <p>This bill adds career pathway and advancement projects to the non-exhaustive list of demonstration and pilot projects the Department of Labor is permitted to administer with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds allocated for dislocated workers.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5336 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 22, 2021 Mr. Keller 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 provide additional criteria for the Dislocated Worker Project, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Knowledge, Improving Learning, and Livelihoods Act or the SKILLS Act . 2. Dislocated worker project criteria Section 169(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3224(c) ) is amended in the third sentence— (1) by inserting after job creation the following: (especially for in-demand occupations) ; and (2) by inserting after dislocated fishermen, the following: developing career pathways and encouraging advancements, .