[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4903 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4903
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require youth
representation on each State workforce development board, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2024
Ms. Butler (for herself and Mr. Kaine) 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 Innovation and Opportunity Act to require youth
representation on each State workforce development board, 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 ``Generation Now Workforce
Representation Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.
Section 101 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
U.S.C. 3111) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(iii)--
(A) in subclause (I)(bb), by striking ``and'' at
the end;
(B) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause
(IV); and
(C) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:
``(II) shall include not less than
one representative of youth in the
State who is selected in coordination
with the State educational agency of
the State and--
``(aa) is--
``(AA) an out-of-
school youth; or
``(BB) not younger
than age 16 or older
than age 24 and
disconnected from
school and work; or
``(bb) has successfully
completed a program of youth
workforce investment activities
under subtitle B or activities
under section 171;
``(III) shall include not less than
one representative from a youth-serving
nonprofit organization in the State
that--
``(aa) is described in
section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of such Code;
and
``(bb) provides supportive
services to youth; and''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Standing Youth Workforce Committee.--The State board shall
have a standing youth workforce committee of members of the State board
that shall provide recommendations to the full State board regarding
youth workforce investment activities under subtitle B or activities
under section 171.''.
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