WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see S. 1329), S4394 [6JY] (see H.R. 1716), H3060 [4MY]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 665), S1933 [29MR] (see H.R. 1240), H2037 [29MR]

Children and youth: create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 1901), H3300 [13MY]

Community colleges: restore funding to Dept. of Labor Community-Based Job Training Grants for workforce development programs and provide Federal assistance for community college modernization (see S. 1978), S8489 [12DE]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 588), S1677 [15MR] (see S. 1168), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 1396), H2410 [6AP]

———encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 3715), H9926 [16DE]

———establish a technical school training subsidy program (see H.R. 2851), H5964 [7SE]

———establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 711), H922 [15FE]

———prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education (see H.R. 2611), H5373 [21JY]

———provide grants to the National Urban League for an Urban Jobs Program (see S. 922), S2777 [9MY] (see H.R. 683), H724 [11FE]

———require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see S. 1243), S3970 [21JN] (see H.R. 1325), H2266 [1AP]

Economy: increase business engagement and improve training opportunities for occupations in-demand in order to get Americans back to work (see H.R. 3611), H8318 [8DE]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 3036), H6413 [22SE]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see H.R. 2226), H4326 [16JN]

Employment: create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs (see H.R. 2574), H5149 [18JY]

———establish Innovation in Investment pilot program, improve and expand national registered apprenticeship program, and provide for State Workforce Education and Training Advisory Committees (see S. 1948), S8376 [6DE]

———integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (see H.R. 1616), H2911 [15AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (H.R. 711), E234 [15FE]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (S. 665), S1935 [29MR]

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. 1243), S3975 [21JN]

Senate: legislative priorities, S3802 [15JN]