WIOA Planning Extension Act

Bill: 118-s-4498
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2024-06-11
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4498 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 11, 2024 Mr. Mullin 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 extend State plans and other plans from a 4-year period to a 5-year period, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the WIOA Planning Extension Act . 2. State plans Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3112 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 4-year and inserting 5-year ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 4-year period and inserting 5-year period (or 4-year period, as the case may be) ; and (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 2-year period of any 4-year unified State plan and inserting 2-year period of a 5-year unified State plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year unified State plan, as the case may be) . 3. Local plans Section 108(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3123(a) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking 4-year and inserting 5-year ; and (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking 2-year period of the 4-year local plan and 2-year period of a 5-year local plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year local plan, as the case may be) . 4. Plan for migrant and seasonal farmworker program Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3222 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 4 years and inserting 5 years ; and (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 4-year and inserting 5-year . 5. Provisions related to plan length (a) Local workforce development boards Section 107(c) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3122(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking once every 2 years and inserting during the first and during the third program year covered by the local plan ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking for 2 consecutive program years and inserting for the first 2 program years covered by the local plan or for the third, fourth, and fifth program years covered by the local plan . (b) Performance accountability system Section 116 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3141 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A)(iv)(II)— (A) by striking (II) and all that follows through The State and inserting the following: (II) Third, fourth and fifth years The State ; and (B) by striking third and fourth program years and inserting third, fourth, and fifth program years ; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2), in subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), by striking the 3 preceding program years and inserting the 4 preceding program years ; and (B) in paragraph (4), in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), by striking the 3 preceding program years and inserting the 4 preceding program years .