[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4063 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4063

 To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary 
 of Labor to develop performance measures for individuals who receive 
    entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment 
activity, to create requirements for providers of workforce investment 
activities that offer entrepreneurial training, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2014

Mr. Payne (for himself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois) 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 direct the Secretary 
 of Labor to develop performance measures for individuals who receive 
    entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment 
activity, to create requirements for providers of workforce investment 
activities that offer entrepreneurial training, 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 ``Growing Small Businesses Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Section 136(i) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(4) Entrepreneurship metric.--The Secretary shall develop 
        separate performance measures for individuals who receive 
        entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment 
        activity funded under this subtitle.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall initiate a 
rulemaking process to develop the performance measures described in 
section 136(i)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2871(i)(4)).

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES 
              THAT OFFER ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING.

    Section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(H) Requirements for providers of entrepreneurial 
                training services.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A provider of training 
                        services that offers entrepreneurial training 
                        services under this paragraph shall--
                                    ``(I) use intake tools that assess 
                                an individual's suitability for 
                                referral to entrepreneurial training 
                                services;
                                    ``(II) submit a report to the local 
                                workforce investment board that 
                                includes the number of individuals who 
                                express interest in self-employment or 
                                starting a business and enroll 
                                entrepreneurial training services; and
                                    ``(III) develop partnerships with 
                                microbusiness development organizations 
                                that have demonstrated capacity to 
                                provide education, training, 
                                counseling, and coaching focused on 
                                helping new and low and moderate income 
                                entrepreneurs succeed.
                            ``(ii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) the term `microbusiness 
                                development organization' means a 
                                nonprofit entity or a program 
                                administered by such an entity that 
                                provides services to disadvantaged or 
                                prospective entrepreneurs; and
                                    ``(II) the term `low and moderate 
                                income entrepreneur' means an 
                                entrepreneur located in a HUBZone (as 
                                defined in section 3(p) of the Small 
                                Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p))), an 
                                Urban Empowerment Zone or Urban 
                                Enterprise Community (as designated by 
                                the Secretary of the Department of 
                                Housing and Urban Development), a Rural 
                                Empowerment Zone or Rural Enterprise 
                                Community (as designated by the 
                                Secretary of the Department of 
                                Agriculture), an area of Low Income or 
                                Moderate Income (as recognized by the 
                                Federal Financial Institutions 
                                Examination Council), or a county with 
                                Persistent Poverty (as classified by 
                                the Economic Research Service of the 
                                Department of Agriculture).''.
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