To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Education, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9B50745F583A4E14A9A20E2313C49A9D: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the A Stronger Workforce for America Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section H1E6F444D6F954DA8819F351B8582473D: 2. Effective date; transition authority This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the first date of the first program year (as...
- Section HE9113E082D884F099386F38534D41156: 101. Definitions Section 3(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(5)) is amended to read as follows: (5)Foundational skill needsThe...
- Section HE10DE99CB97348BCB0A705FD41CE87A7: 102. Table of contents amendments The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended— by redesignating the item...
- Section H63E69D8409E946D0B436D6D878D0B0EE: 111. State workforce development board Section 101(b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV)) is...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Education, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mr. Owens, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Allen, …
Reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce with …
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee …
Ms. Foxx (for herself and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Adult education and literacy programs, Adult education instructors, Adult education participants
Job Corps campus operators, Job Corps campuses, Local adult education providers face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Adult education and literacy programs, Adult education instructors, Adult education participants, Adult education programs, At-risk youth seeking workforce training, Career and technical education programs, Career pathway program providers, Community colleges, Digital literacy training providers, Eligible adult education providers, Institutions of higher education, Integrated education and training programs, Job Corps eligible youth, Job Corps facilities, Job Corps graduates, Job Corps operators and contractors, Job Corps program, Job Corps program design experts, Native American workforce development staff, One-stop career center operators, Professional development providers, State apprenticeship programs, Students seeking stackable credentials, Students seeking workforce credentials, Workforce development providers serving youth, Workforce development staff, Youth ages 22-24 seeking Job Corps, Youth meeting expanded opportunity criteria, Youth workforce investment programs, YouthBuild program participants
Negative-direction: Adult education program providers, Corrections education providers, Job Corps campus directors, Job Corps enrollees, Job Corps operators, Training providers seeking WIOA eligibility, Underperforming Job Corps campuses, Workforce program operators
Local workforce areas in demonstration states, Local workforce development areas, Local workforce development boards
Local workforce development areas, Local workforce development boards, State workforce agencies face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Local workforce areas in demonstration states, State workforce agencies seeking flexibility, State workforce development agencies, State workforce development programs, States seeking regulatory flexibility
Negative-direction: State adult education agencies, State workforce boards, State workforce development boards
Department of Labor, Department of Labor Job Corps administration, Department of Labor employment services
Positive-direction: US Treasury, WIOA program evaluators
Negative-direction: Department of Labor, Department of Labor Job Corps administration, Department of Labor employment services, Department of Labor research and evaluation
Adults lacking digital literacy skills, Dislocated workers, Incarcerated individuals
Migrant and seasonal farmworker program grantees, Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs, Philanthropic organizations supporting workforce development
Positive-direction: Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs, Philanthropic organizations supporting workforce development, Reentry service organizations, Reentry service providers, YouthBuild grantees
Negative-direction: Migrant and seasonal farmworker program grantees
Employers in priority sectors, Employers receiving WIOA training funds
Positive-direction: Employers in priority sectors
Negative-direction: Employers receiving WIOA training funds
Native American workforce program grantees, Native American workforce programs
Positive-direction: Native American workforce programs
Negative-direction: Native American workforce program grantees
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the skills associated with using existing and emerging technologies to find, evaluate, organize, create, communicate information, and to complete tasks
mandatory oversight (including probation and parole) of a formerly incarcerated person— who was convicted of a crime by a judge or parole board
an applicant that— is located in a rural area
mandatory oversight (including probation and parole) of a formerly incarcerated person— who was convicted of a crime by a judge or parole board
an emergency or a major disaster, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122 (1) and (2))
a program— that is selected or designed to meet the specific skill demands of an employer (including a group of employers)
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