[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1616 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1616

   To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to integrate public 
  libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2011

Mr. Holt (for himself and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to integrate public 
  libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Workforce Investments through Local 
Libraries Act'' or the ``WILL Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS.

    Section 111(b)(1)(C)(v) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2821(b)(1)(C)(v)) is amended by inserting ``, public 
libraries,'' after ``community colleges''.

SEC. 3. STATE PLAN.

    Section 112(b)(8)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2822(b)(8)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ix), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(xi) employment, training, and literacy services 
                carried out by public libraries; and''.

SEC. 4. LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.

    Section 117(b)(2)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2832(b)(2)(A)(iv)) is amended by striking ``individuals with 
disabilities and'' inserting ``public libraries, individuals with 
disabilities, and''.

SEC. 5. LOCAL PLAN.

    Section 118(b)(2) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2833(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) a description of how the local board will coordinate 
        workforce investment activities carried out in the local area 
        with employment, training, and literacy services carried out by 
        public libraries;''.

SEC. 6. IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF TRAINING SERVICES.

    Section 121(b)(2)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2842(b)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
                            ``(v) employment, training, and literacy 
                        services carried out by public libraries; 
                        and''.

SEC. 7. USE OF FUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

    Section 134(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``and private 
nonprofit service providers,'' and inserting ``private nonprofit 
service providers, and other appropriate entities, such as public 
libraries,''.

SEC. 8. DEMONSTRATION, PILOT, MULTISERVICE, RESEARCH, AND MULTISTATE 
              PROJECTS.

    Section 171(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (H) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (I), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
                    ``(B) the establishment of employment resource 
                centers in public libraries to provide unemployed and 
                underemployed individuals access to workforce 
                activities and information related to training services 
                and employment opportunities which may include--
                            ``(i) resume development, job bank Web 
                        searches, and workshops on career information;
                            ``(ii) literacy services; and
                            ``(iii) acquisition of database licenses to 
                        improve access to career certification, 
                        licensing practice tests, and workforce skills 
                        improvement;''.
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