3.0.0 4227 2022-02-03T05:57:47Z 2022-02-03T05:57:47Z House H HR 2012-03-20 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TIERNEY:H.R. 4227.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution____________________[Page H1428]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2012-09-26T18:10:42Z Referred to 2012-03-20T14:02:30Z 2012-09-26 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2012-03-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2012-03-27 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2012-03-27 False R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 2012-03-27 False R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 2012-03-27 False K000375 Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10] William Keating D MA R. 10 2012-04-17 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2012-04-17 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2012-04-17 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2012-04-17 False B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2012-04-17 False C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2012-04-17 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2012-04-17 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2012-04-17 False J000032 Rep. 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[D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2012-10-05 False Labor and Employment Adult education and literacy Advisory bodies Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Department of Labor Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Education programs funding Employment and training programs Energy efficiency and conservation Executive agency funding and structure Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Indian social and development programs Medical tests and diagnostic methods Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Minority employment Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Vocational and technical education Women's employment Youth employment and child labor Labor and Employment 00 2012-03-20 Introduced in House 2012-06-05T20:21:45Z Workforce Investment Act of 2012 - 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 education and family literacy education programs.

Revises member composition of state and local workforce investment boards to require at least 20% of the board be composed of representatives of the workforce within the state.

Revises requirements for a five-year state worker investment plan.

Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs.

Revises requirements for: (1) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans; (2) one-stop delivery systems; and (3) the allotment of federal funds among states for statewide youth (including disadvantaged youth) activities and statewide workforce investment activities, Native American workforce investment programs, and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities.

Defines "core programs" to mean: (1) youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities, (2) adult education and literacy activities, (3) employment services, and (4) vocational rehabilitation services.

Establishes unified state and local performance accountability measures for the core programs.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate federal funds for the costs of infrastructure associated with one-stop centers for job training and employment services.

Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for the Job Corps program.

Prescribes a special rule to make Armed Force veterans eligible for the Job Corps if certain requirements are met.

Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to establish jointly a demonstration College Corps project to provide certain at-risk youth intensive education and skills training to prepare them for college and for high-skilled employment.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish annually performance indicators for Job Corps centers and for recruitment and career transition service providers serving the Job Corps program.

Revises requirements for the Native American, migrant and seasonal farmworker, and veterans' workforce investment programs. Requires the establishment of performance accountability measures for such programs.

Repeals the youth opportunity grant program.

Replaces demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate work investment projects with innovation work investment projects. Subjects such projects to certain performance accountability measures.

Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to provide for the competitive award of: (1) transition grants to states to assist them in making the transition to meeting the requirements of this Act; (2) workforce innovation and best practices grants to state partnerships or regional entities for workforce investment projects to target services to low-income individuals, low-skill individuals, long-term unemployed, and other populations with barriers to employment; and (3) youth innovation and best practices grants to states or local boards and other specified entities for innovative strategies and activities to improve education and employment outcomes for eligible youth.

Converts the national emergency grants program into a national dislocated worker grants program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award national dislocated worker grants to provide disaster relief employment in a disaster area of a state.

Revises and reauthorizes appropriations for the YouthBuild program.

Reauthorizes appropriations for the Native American, migrant and seasonal farmworker, and veterans' workforce investment programs.

Establishes an Office of Disability Employment Policy within the Department of Labor.

Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to: (1) institutions of higher education for educational or career training programs for workers; (2) state or local organizations in partnership with community colleges and other training providers for pay-for-performance projects and pay-for-success job training projects; (3) state or local governments to provide job training or recruiting activities necessary to provide skilled workers for businesses that are considering relocating back to the United States; and (4) institutions of higher education in partnership with local or regional economic development entities to provide training in starting a small business and entrepreneurship.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education.

Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to authorize use of a state's allotment of public employment services funds to provide unemployment insurance claimants and other unemployed individuals with referrals to, and application assistance for, training and education resources and programs, including student assistance under Federal Pell Grants of the Higher Education Act of 1965, educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance, state student higher education assistance, and training and education programs under WIA titles I and II, and title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot program of competitive grants to state employment agencies to carry out pilot projects that enhance the professional development and the provision of public employment services by agency staff.

Replaces the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary of Labor is required to oversee, with a nationwide labor market information system.

Establishes the Workforce Information Advisory Council.

Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration from the Office of the Secretary of Education and reestablish it in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services.

Revises requirements for: (1) state plans for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities, (2) eligibility for vocational rehabilitation assistance and individualized plans for employment for disabled individuals, (3) monitoring and review of vocational rehabilitation programs, and (4) state allotments for such programs.

Requires: (1) states to make certain funds available to designated state units for pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities who are transitioning to employment from education or training, and (2) each local office of a state unit to designate at least one Local Pre-Employment Transition Coordinator for students with disabilities.

Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to each designate a National Pre-Employment Transition Coordinator for Students with Disabilities.

Revises American Indian vocational rehabilitation services grant program eligibility requirements to permit grants to be renewed for an additional 5-years, provided certain conditions are met.

Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

Reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services grants to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, (2) recreational programs for individuals with disabilities, (3) the National Council on Disability, (4) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and (5) employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

Authorizes appropriations to assist states in developing collaborative programs to provide supported employment services for individuals (including youth) with the most significant disabilities to enable them to achieve supported employment in competitive integrated employment.

Establishes within the Department of Education an Independent Living Administration (ILA), independent of the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

Revises requirements for a state plan for state independent living services for individuals with significant disabilities, including through establishment of additional centers for independent living or focused outreach to serve underserved populations.

Directs the ILA Director (currently, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration) to make allotments to states for independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities.

Revises the composition and functions of State Independent Living Councils.

Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) the centers for independent living grant program, and (2) independent living services for older individuals who are blind grant program.

Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor and in coordination with the Commissioners of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, of Social Security, and of the Internal Revenue Service, as well as the heads of other relevant federal agencies, to carry out campaigns to educate employers and the general public on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities.

]]> Workforce Investment Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Workforce Investment Act of 2012 Display Title Workforce Investment Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, and to promote national economic growth, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4227ih/xml/BILLS-112hr4227ih.xml 2012-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. 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.