WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

Amendments

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1444, H1469, H1472, H1473, H1474, H1475 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 1226), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 919), H815 [28FE]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see S. 1269), S5526 [8JY] (see H.R. 2560), H4143 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 1227), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 3617), H7354 [21NO]

——— create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs (see H.R. 2257), H3095 [4JN]

——— encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 114), H31 [3JA]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 1436), H1857 [9AP]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 954), H981 [5MR]

——— establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 3061), H5399 [2AU]

——— 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. 546), H411 [6FE]

——— provide grants for an Urban Jobs Program (see S. 655), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 1340), H1822 [21MR]

——— provide grants to States for on-the-job training programs for adults in economically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 3524), H7187 [18NO]

——— require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see S. 453), S1127 [5MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H596 [15FE]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth (see S. 1356), S5907 [24JY]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 2653), H4482 [11JY]

——— increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 1400), S6072 [30JY] (see H.R. 3697), H7687 [11DE]

Employment: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (see H.R. 497), H370 [5FE]

——— integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (see S. 882), S3159 [7MY] (see H.R. 113), H31 [3JA]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 803), H626 [25FE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (see H. Res. 113), H1394 [13MR]

Motions

Dept. of Labor: strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth (S. 1356), S8413 [21NO], S8539 [9DE], S8581 [10DE], S8608 [11DE], S8823 [16DE], S8870 [17DE], S8920 [18DE], S8986 [19DE]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1527 [15MR]

Enact (S. 1356), S8413 [21NO], S8539 [9DE], S8581 [10DE], S8608 [11DE], S8823 [16DE], S8870 [17DE], S8920 [18DE], S8986 [19DE]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing, H5430 [9SE]

Dept. of Labor: create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs (H.R. 2257), H3025 [4JN], H3766 [19JN]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (H.R. 1436), H1962 [12AP]

——— establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act, H1411 [14MR]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (H.R. 954), H1439 [15MR]

——— increase State allotments for workforce training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, H1472, H1473 [15MR]

——— integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, H1439 [15MR]

——— job training programs funding through reduction in Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program marketing and outreach funding, H1473, H1474 [15MR]

——— reduce workforce investment system funding if evaluations and reports are not submitted on time, H1474, H1475 [15MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, H1408 [14MR], H1441–H1444, H1523–H1527 [15MR], H7631, H7636 [11DE]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (H.R. 798), E322 [18MR]

Employment: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (H.R. 497), H1923 [11AP]

——— create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs, H3106 [5JN]

——— ensure local input in State designations of local workforce investment areas, H1470, H1471 [15MR]

——— prohibit use of funds to reform and strengthen the workforce investment system for lobbying and political activities, H1437 [15MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1317 [6MR], H1335 [12MR], H1370, H1378 [13MR], H1405, H1416 [14MR], H1434, H1435–H1530, H1532, H1533, H1537 [15MR], H2238 [23AP], H3226, H3227 [6JN], H5076 [25JY], H7557 [5DE], E301 [14MR], E322 [18MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1407–H1415 [14MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), motion to recommit, H1528 [15MR]

Veterans: include training in advanced manufacturing for veterans in State and local plans for reforming and strengthening the workforce investment system, H1472 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (S. 1269), S5528 [8JY], S7234 [5OC], S7447 [13OC], S9010, S9011 [19DE]

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. 453), S2927 [24AP], S6862 [24SE], S7967 [13NO], S9020 [19DE]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 1400), S6077 [30JY]

Employment: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (S. 882), S3165 [7MY]

Enact (S. 1356): motion to proceed, S8539 [9DE], S8581 [10DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 113) (H. Rept. 113–16), H1394 [13MR]

Strengthen Workforce Development System Through Innovation and Alignment and Improvement of Employment, Training, and Education Programs and Promote Economic Growth: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1356), S7951 [12NO]

Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 803) (H. Rept. 113–14), H1355 [12MR]

Texts of

H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, H1444–H1469 [15MR]