[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1238 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1238

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2009

  Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
 Thune, and Mr. Vitter) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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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) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by amending subclause 
                (I) to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) includes participation of 
                                industry and may include local 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 entities providing joint 
                                labor-management training programs; 
                                and'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)(iii)(I), by striking 
                ``include equal participation of'' and all that follows 
                and inserting ``include participation of industry and 
                may include local 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 entities providing joint 
                labor-management training programs;''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(I)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and'' after ``adults or 
                        youth,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and labor'' and 
                        inserting ``and may include labor''; and
            (2) 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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