[114th Congress Public Law 18]
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Public Law 114-18
114th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the 
                Act. <<NOTE: May 22, 2015 -  [S. 1124]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: WIOA Technical 
Amendments Act. 29 USC 3101 note.>> 
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''.

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            (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) <<NOTE: 29 USC 3112 note.>>  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) <<NOTE: Definition.>>  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) <<NOTE: 29 USC 780 note.>>  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.).

    Approved May 22, 2015.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1124:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015):
            May 6, considered and passed Senate.
            May 12, considered and passed House.

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