[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 145 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 145

  To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to include workforce 
                  investment programs on the Internet.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

   Mr. Holt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to include workforce 
                  investment programs on the Internet.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    The Act may be cited as the ``Online Job Training Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS ON THE INTERNET.

    Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Workforce Investment Programs on the Internet.--
            ``(1) Grants to states.--The Secretary shall make 1 grant 
        of not more than $100,000 to each State to demonstrate progress 
        in implementing workforce investment programs that enable 
        individuals to take courses on the Internet to enhance 
        employment opportunities within its workforce investment system 
        under subtitle B. A State may use such grant to leverage other 
        Federal, State, local, and private resources, in order to 
        expand the participation of businesses, employees, and 
        individuals in such workforce investment programs.
            ``(2) Grant to postsecondary educational institution.--
                    ``(A) Description of grant.--The Secretary shall 
                make 1 grant of not more than $1,000,000 to 1 eligible 
                postsecondary educational institution to provide the 
                services described in this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a 
                grant under this subsection, a postsecondary 
                educational institution shall--
                            ``(i) have a proven record of working with 
                        State and local workforce investment boards in 
                        developing and evaluating workforce investment 
                        programs described in paragraph (1) for 
                        statewide and local workforce investment 
                        systems under subtitle B;
                            ``(ii) have demonstrated ability to 
                        disseminate research on best practices for 
                        implementing such workforce investment 
                        programs; and
                            ``(iii) be a national leader in producing 
                        cutting-edge research on technology related to 
                        workforce investment systems under subtitle B.
                    ``(C) Services.--The postsecondary educational 
                institution that receives a grant under this subsection 
                shall use such grant--
                            ``(i) to collaborate with, and to provide 
                        technical assistance to, States that receive 
                        grants under paragraph (1);
                            ``(ii) to conduct and to disseminate 
                        research on best practices for implementing 
                        workforce investment programs described in 
                        paragraph (1) to such States; and
                            ``(iii) to demonstrate and to share 
                        cutting-edge technological innovations in 
                        skills training with such States.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.

    The authority under the amendments made by this Act shall be 
effective only to the extent, and in such amounts as, provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts.
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