[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3459 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3459

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to authorize additional 
                    funding for on-the-job training.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2010

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Cochran) 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 authorize additional 
                    funding for on-the-job training.

    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 ``On-the-Job Training Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 is amended by inserting after section 173A (29 U.S.C. 
2918a) the following:

``SEC. 173B. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `federally recognized 
tribal organization' means an entity described in section 166(c)(1).
    ``(b) Grants.--From the amount made available under subsection (g), 
and subject to subsection (d)--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall make grants on a discretionary 
        basis to local areas, for adult on-the-job training, or 
        dislocated worker on-the-job training, carried out under 
        section 134; and
            ``(2) using an amount that is not more than 10 percent of 
        the funds made available under subsection (g), the Secretary 
        shall make grants to States, local boards, and federally 
        recognized tribal organizations for developing on-the-job 
        training programs, in consultation with the Secretary.
    ``(c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (b), a State, local board, or federally recognized tribal 
organization shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. In preparing such an application for a grant under subsection 
(b)(1), a local board shall consult with the corresponding State.
    ``(d) Reimbursement of Wage Rates.--Notwithstanding the limitation 
in section 101(31)(B), in making the grants described in subsection 
(b)(1) the Secretary may allow for higher levels of reimbursement of 
wage rates the Secretary determines are appropriate based on factors 
such as--
            ``(1) employer size, in order to facilitate the 
        participation of small- and medium-sized employers; and
            ``(2) target populations, in order to enhance job creation 
        for persons with barriers to employment.
    ``(e) Administration.--The Secretary may use an amount that is not 
more than 1 percent of the funds made available under subsection (g) 
for the administration, management, and oversight of the programs, 
activities, and grants, funded under subsection (b), including the 
evaluation of the use of such funds.
    ``(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the manner in which subtitle B is implemented, for 
activities funded through amounts appropriated under section 137.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2011 and each subsequent fiscal year.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 173A the following:

``Sec. 173B. On-the-job training.''.
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