WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

Amendments

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3972, S3975, S3979, S3991, S4006, S4086, S4087, S4088 [25JN], H5887 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (see S. 2832), S5629 [16SE] (see H.R. 5489), H7617 [16SE]

Dept. of Education: reserve funds for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal College and University adult education and literacy (see S. 1998), S821 [6FE]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see H.R. 3971), H1511 [29JA]

——— develop performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity and create requirements for providers of such training (see H.R. 4063), H1776 [14FE]

——— ensure training service programs make better use of participants’ prior learning to assist participants in obtaining degrees and other postsecondary credentials (see S. 2403), S3294 [22MY]

——— establish a pilot program to provide older individuals with training in computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and resume writing (see H.R. 3955), H1480 [28JA]

——— establish a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment (see H.R. 4824), H5248 [10JN]

——— include programs that teach technology literacy in any job training program for ex-offenders offered under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 4548), H3407 [1MY]

——— increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities (see S. 2402), S3294 [22MY]

——— prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education (see S. 2269), S2470 [29AP]

——— provide grants to States for summer employment programs for youth (see H.R. 4087), H1937 [25FE]

——— require one-stop delivery systems to offer certain services through Internet websites and develop standards and best practices for such websites (see H.R. 4823), H5248 [10JN]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system (see S. 2038), S1048 [25FE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see S. 1911), S223 [9JA]

Taxation: establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see S. 2792), S5564 [11SE]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3966 [25JN]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement, H5967 [9JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (H.R. 1436), H1683 [6FE]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (H.R. 954), H5966 [9JY]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, H5963 [9JY]

Economy: increase business engagement and improve training opportunities for occupations in-demand in order to get Americans back to work, H5966 [9JY]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth, H5964 [9JY]

Employment: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (H.R. 497), H7625 [17SE]

——— integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, H5968 [9JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H5 [7JA], H30 [8JA], H151, H152 [10JA], H166 [13JA], H1254 [27JA], H1683 [6FE], H2086, H2087 [28FE], H2472 [14MR], H2567 [24MR], H2840 [2AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5862 [8JY], H5881, H5882, H5883, H5884, H5885, H5886, H5887–H5971 [9JY], H6041 [10JY], H6361 [17JY], H6673, H6678 [23JY], H7054, H7109, H7114, H7115 [30JY], E1137 [10JY], E1146 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement, S3970 [25JN]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (S. 2832), S5634 [16SE]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (S. 1269), S3980 [25JN]

Dept. of Labor: reduce Office of the Secretary funding if independent evaluations of certain job training programs are not submitted in a timely fashion, S3979, S3980 [25JN]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth, S3965–S3971 [25JN]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, S2927 [13MY]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide employer payroll tax holiday, provide employment relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S191 [9JA], S307 [14JA]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S1785 [27MR], S1889 [1AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, S737 [4FE], S1785 [27MR], S2139, S2145 [3AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S192 [9JA], S344, S351 [15JA], S2412 [28AP], S3215–S3217 [21MY], S3903 [24JN], S3949, S3964–S3991 [25JN], S4124–S4126 [26JN], S4409 [10JY], S4668, S4669, S4685 [22JY], S4723 [23JY], S4981 [28JY], S5304 [31JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), unanimous-consent agreement, S3884 [19JN], S3947 [24JN], S3950 [25JN]

——— require States to implement corrective actions after one year for workforce investment board training programs and one-stop providers that fail to meet established performance accountability standards, S3975 [25JN]

Senate: tribute to Senators who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3974 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3975 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on legislation to reauthorize and improve Workforce Investment Act, S3217 [21MY]

Taxation: establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (S. 2792), S5582 [15SE]

Statements

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Several Members of Congress (excerpt), H5969–H5971 [9JY]

——— Several Senators and Representatives, S3982–S3990 [25JN]

Texts of

H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, H5887–H5962 [9JY]