3.0.0 3747 2023-01-11T20:24:45Z 2023-01-11T20:24:45Z House H HR 2007-10-04 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2007-10-23T21:30:18Z hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2007-10-23T21:28:11Z Referred to 2007-10-04T14:01:20Z 2007-10-23 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2007-10-23 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Committee 2007-10-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-10-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000508 Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] HOWARD MCKEON R CA P. 25 N K000361 Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] RIC KELLER R FL 8 2007-10-04 True B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2007-10-04 True K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2007-10-04 True D000606 Rep. Davis, David [R-TN-1] David Davis R TN 1 2007-10-04 True S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2007-10-04 True F000452 Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] Luis Fortuno R PR G. 0 2008-05-22 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2008-06-12 False Labor and Employment Adult education Advice and consent of the Senate Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Church and social problems Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Data banks Disabled Discrimination in employment Dislocated workers Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employment agencies English language Families Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Job hunting Labor statistics Literacy programs Migrant labor Minorities Minority employment Native Americans Occupational retraining Performance measurement Planning Presidential appointments Reading Religion Science, Technology, Communications Seasonal labor Veterans' employment Vocational rehabilitation Youth employment Labor and Employment 00 2007-10-04 Introduced in House 2008-01-03T20:11:28Z Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult basic skills and family literacy education programs (renamed as the Adult Education, Basic Skills, and Family Literacy Education Act).

Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to: (1) state and local planning, allocation, work force investment board membership, and performance accountability; (2) one-stop centers; (3) consolidated funding for adult program activities, including job training, dislocated worker retraining, the employment service system, and reemployment grants; (4) training programs for both out-of-school and in-school youth, including challenge grants; and (5) national job training programs, including the Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.

Exempts religious organizations, with respect to their employment of individuals of a particular religion, from WIA nondiscrimination requirements.

Sets forth provisions for the approval of state Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) plans for the carrying out of certain workforce development activities.

Repeals Wagner-Peyser Act provisions relating to the U.S. Employment Service.

Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (2) the Helen Keller National Center Act.

]]> Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment and training, integrating existing employment and training programs to avoid duplication and overlap, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3747ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3747ih.xml 2007-10-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. 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.