[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2026 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2026

    To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to make non-union 
training programs eligible for Federal funding under the ``Green Jobs'' 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2009

 Mr. Kline of Minnesota (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Wilson of South 
   Carolina, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Bartlett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. 
 Latta, Mr. Marchant, and Mr. Conaway) 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 make non-union 
training programs eligible for Federal funding under the ``Green Jobs'' 
                                program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Green Jobs Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF NON-UNION PROGRAMS FOR GREEN JOBS FUNDING.

    Section 171(e) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916(e)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subclause (I) of paragraph (2)(B)(ii) to 
        read as follows:
                                    ``(I) includes participation of 
                                industry and may include workforce 
                                investment boards, community-based 
                                organizations, qualified service and 
                                conservation corps, educational 
                                institutions, small businesses, public 
                                employers, cooperatives, State and 
                                local veterans agencies, veterans 
                                service organizations, and labor 
                                organizations, including joint labor-
                                management training programs; and'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(D)(iii)(I), by striking ``includes the 
        equal participation of'' and all that follows and inserting 
        ``includes participation of industry and may include workforce 
        investment boards, community-based organizations, qualified 
        service and conservation corps, educational institutions, small 
        businesses, public employers, cooperatives, State and local 
        veterans agencies, veterans service organizations, and labor 
        organizations, including joint labor-management training 
        programs'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii)(I)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and'' after ``adults or 
                youth,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, and labor organizations 
                representing workers in such industry sectors''; and
            (4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Worker protections and nondiscrimination 
        requirements.--The provisions of sections 181 and 188 shall 
        apply to all programs carried out with assistance under this 
        subsection.''.
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