WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 4920), H2318 [24MR]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 3720), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 6141), H6763 [15SE]

———authorize additional funding for on-the-job training (see S. 3459), S4621 [7JN]

———establish a technical school training subsidy program (see H.R. 5594), H4871 [24JN]

———establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see S. 3178), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 5376), H3822 [25MY]

———provide grants to the National Urban League for an Urban Jobs Program (see H.R. 5708), H5502 [1JY]

———require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see S. 3529), S5439 [24JN]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 5477), H4215 [28MY]

Employment: provide oil spill relief employment (see H.R. 5654), H5303 [30JN]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (H.R. 1855), H5686-H5690 [19JY]

Dept. of Labor: require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (H.R. 4072), H307 [21JA], H7088, H7089 [28SE], E1778 [29SE]

Employment: provide oil spill relief employment (H.R. 5654), E1258 [30JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Labor: require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (S. 3529), S5441 [24JN]

Employment: summer jobs program funding, S984-S986 [3MR], S1285, S1286, S1292 [9MR]

Texts of

H.R. 1855, Strenthening Employment Clusters To Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, H5686-H5688 [19JY]

H.R. 4072, American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration (AMERICA Works) Act, H7088 [28SE]