3.0.0 2649 2023-01-14T22:48:23Z 2023-01-14T22:48:23Z Senate S S 2004-07-13 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-13T22:27:59Z 2004-07-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2004-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Labor Dislocated workers Education Employee training Employment tests Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government and business Government publicity High technology Higher education Law Licenses Science, Technology, Communications Standards Technical education Vocational and technical education Labor and Employment 00 2004-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-26T16:47:59Z Workforce Investment for Next-Generation Technologies Act - WING Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out up to twenty pilot projects to establish a system of industry-validated national certifications of skills in: (1) up to sixteen high-technology industries; and (2) up to four cross-disciplinary national certification of skills in homeland security technology.

Includes among the high-technology industries: biotechnology, telecommunications, highly automated manufacturing (including semiconductors), advanced materials technology, nanotechnology, and energy technology (including technology relating to next-generation lighting).

Directs the Secretary to make three-to-four year grants for such projects to eligible entities with one or more of the following as a primary participant: (1) an institution of higher education; (2) an advanced technology education center; (3) a local workforce investment board; (4) a representative of a business in a target industry for the certification involved; or (5) a representative of an industry association, labor organization, or community development organization.

Requires each certification program to be: (1) offered at the completion of, and in addition to, a training and education program which is related to the industry competencies involved and which is offered in a flexible manner that meets the needs of those seeking certification; and (2) consistent with the requirements for a two-year associate degree.

]]> Workforce Investment for Next-Generation Technologies Act Display Title Workforce Investment for Next-Generation Technologies Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide for 5-year pilot projects to establish a system of industry-validated national certifications of skills in high-technology industries and a cross-disciplinary national certification of skills in homeland security technology. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Workforce Investment for Next-Generation Technologies Act Short Titles as Introduced WING Act Introduced in Senate 2004-07-13T04:00:00Z 2004-07-13 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.