[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2696]
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                     WIOA TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 61, S. 1124.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1124) to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act to improve the Act.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Alexander-Murray substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to. I 
further ask that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, 
and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1215) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, 
as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``WIOA Technical Amendments 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY 
                   ACT.

       (a) Designation of Areas Served by Rural Concentrated 
     Employment Programs as Local Areas.--
       (1) In general.--Section 106(b) of the Workforce Innovation 
     and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(b)) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs 
     (6) and (7), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
       ``(5) Areas served by rural concentrated employment 
     programs.--The Governor may approve, under paragraph (2) or 
     (3), a request for designation as a local area from an area 
     described in section 107(c)(1)(C).''.
       (b) Local Workforce Development Boards.--Section 
     107(i)(1)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(i)(1)(B)) is amended 
     by striking ``the day before the date of enactment of this 
     Act'' and inserting ``the day before the date of enactment of 
     the Workforce Investment Act of 1998''.
       (c) Performance Accountability System.--Section 116 of such 
     Act (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv), by striking ``clause 
     (i)(IV)'' and inserting ``clause (i)(VI)''; and
       (2) in subsection (g), by striking ``for a program 
     described in subsection (d)(2)(A)''.
       (d) State Allotments.--Section 132(b) of such Act (29 
     U.S.C. 3172(b)) is amended, in paragraphs (1)(B)(iv)(I) and 
     (2)(B)(iii)(I), by inserting ``less than'' after ``fiscal 
     year that is''.
       (e) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 102(b)(2)(D)(i)(III) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3112(b)(2)(D)(i)(III)) is amended by striking ``section 
     106(b)(5)'' and inserting ``section 106(b)(6)''.
       (2) Section 129(b)(1)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3164(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``subsections (b)(6) 
     and (c)(2) of section 106'' and inserting ``subsections 
     (b)(7) and (c)(2) of section 106''.
       (3) Section 134(a)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3174(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``section 
     106(b)(6)'' and inserting ``section 106(b)(7)''.
       (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the Workforce Innovation 
     and Opportunity Act.

     SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 400(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
     of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 780(b)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b)(1) Each member of the National Council shall serve 
     for a term of 3 years.
       ``(2)(A) No member of the National Council may serve more 
     than two consecutive full terms beginning on the date of 
     commencement of the first full term on the Council. Members 
     may serve after the expiration of their terms until their 
     successors have taken office.
       ``(B) As used in this paragraph, the term `full term' means 
     a term of 3 years.
       ``(3) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
     before the expiration of the term for which such member's 
     predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the 
     remainder of such term.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect as if enacted 1 day after the date of 
     enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
     U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  The bill (S. 1124), as amended, was passed.

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