3.0.0 1543 2023-01-15T06:17:46Z 2023-01-15T06:17:46Z Senate S S 2003-07-31 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-08-01T02:00:54Z 2003-07-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-07-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10671-10672) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2003-07-31 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2003-07-31 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-09-03 False Labor and Employment Adult education Church and social problems Civics education Commerce Community organization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Labor Economics and Public Finance Education Educational planning Educational tests English language Families Family services Federal aid to education Free enterprise Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Immigrant education Immigration Literacy programs Mathematics Performance measurement Reading Religion Translating and interpreting Youth employment Labor and Employment 00 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-17T21:39:29Z Access to Employment and English Acquisition Act of 2003 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for: (1) job training that integrates occupational skills training with language acquisition; and (2) specified services for individuals who are Limited English Proficient (LEP).

Authorizes the Secretary to award incentive grants to States for exemplary performance in carrying out integrated training programs.

Directs the Secretary to carry out demonstration, pilot, multiservice, and multistate projects that provide training to establish or upgrade the job and related skills of special participant populations that face multiple barriers to employment, including low-income individuals with substantial language or cultural barriers, offenders, homeless individuals, or other hard-to-serve populations.

Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act with respect to adult education and literacy services to assist immigrants who are not proficient in English in improving their reading, writing, speaking, and mathematics skills and acquiring an understanding of the American free enterprise system, individual freedom, and the responsibilities of citizenship.

Authorizes the national leadership activities of the Secretary of Education to include awarding grants to communities experiencing large increases of individuals with Limited English Proficiency for the purpose of providing English language and civics education programs.

]]> Access to Employment and English Acquisition Act of 2003 Display Title Access to Employment and English Acquisition Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend and improve provisions relating to the workforce investment and adult education systems of the Nation. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Employment and English Acquisition Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-31T04:00:00Z 2003-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.