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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6044 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning pro- |
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| 6 | 6 | | grams for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry |
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| 7 | 7 | | sectors, through the establishment and support of industry or sector |
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| 8 | 8 | | partnerships. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | OCTOBER25, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONAMICI(for herself, Mr. FERGUSON, Ms. STEVENS, and Mr. GUTHRIE) |
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| 13 | 13 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on |
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| 14 | 14 | | Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in |
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| 16 | 16 | | each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- |
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| 17 | 17 | | tion of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based |
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| 20 | 20 | | learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses |
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| 21 | 21 | | within in-demand industry sectors, through the establish- |
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| 22 | 22 | | ment and support of industry or sector partnerships. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Apprentice-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ships through Regional Training Networks for Employers 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Required Skills Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘PARTNERS Act 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of 2023’’. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | The purpose of this Act is to promote registered ap-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | prenticeships and other work-based learning programs for 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand in-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | dustry sectors, through the establishment and support of 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | industry or sector partnerships. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | In this Act: 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) E |
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| 42 | 42 | | LIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ble partnership’’ means an industry or sector part-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | nership as defined in section 3 of the Workforce In-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) that 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | submits and obtains approval of an application con-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | sistent with section 5(c). 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) I |
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| 49 | 49 | | N-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR .—The term 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘in-demand industry sector’’ means a sector de-18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of section 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 3(23) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(23)). 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (3) L |
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| 55 | 55 | | OCAL OR REGIONAL.—The term ‘‘local or 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | regional’’, used with respect to an entity, means that 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the entity provides services in, respectively, a local 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | area or region. 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (4) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP .—The term 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘registered apprenticeship’’ means an apprenticeship 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (com-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | monly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) I |
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| 68 | 68 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘work-based 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | learning program’’ means a program that pro-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | vides workers with paid work experience and 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | corresponding classroom instruction, delivered 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | in an employment relationship that both the 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | business and worker intend to lead to con-11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | tinuing employment after the program ends. 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) W |
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| 76 | 76 | | ORK EXPERIENCE .—In subpara-13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | graph (A), the term ‘‘paid work experience’’ in-14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | cludes training by an employer that is provided 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | to a paid employee while engaged in productive 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | work in a job that provides knowledge or skills 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | essential to the full and adequate performance 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | of the job. 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (5) W |
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| 84 | 84 | | ORKFORCE TERMS .—The terms ‘‘Gov-20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ernor’’, ‘‘individual with a barrier to employment’’, 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘industry or sector partnership’’, ‘‘local area’’, ‘‘local 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | board’’, ‘‘State board’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, ‘‘recognized 23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | postsecondary credential’’, ‘‘region’’, ‘‘State’’, and 24 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘supportive services’’, used with respect to activities 25 |
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| 93 | 93 | | supported under this Act, have the meanings given 1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation 2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (6) S |
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| 97 | 97 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | the Secretary of Labor. 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | From funds paid into the general fund of the Treas-7 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ury and available under section 286(s)(2) of the Immigra-8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), the Sec-9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | retary shall carry out this Act. 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | SEC. 5. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES. 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (a) R |
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| 106 | 106 | | ESERVATION.—Of the amounts available for this 12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | Act under section 4, the Secretary may reserve— 13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (1) not more than 5 percent of those amounts 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | for the costs of technical assistance and Federal ad-15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ministration of this Act; 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (2) not more than 2 percent of those amounts 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | for the costs of evaluations conducted under section 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | 8(b); and 19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (3) not more than |
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| 115 | 115 | | 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ⁄4of 1 percent of such 20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | amounts to provide assistance to the outlying areas. 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (b) A |
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| 119 | 119 | | LLOTMENTS.— 22 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (1) I |
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| 121 | 121 | | N GENERAL.—Of the amounts available for 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | this Act under section 4 that remain after the Sec-24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | retary makes the reservations under subsection (a), 25 |
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| 127 | 127 | | the Secretary shall, for the purpose of supporting 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (which may include assistance in establishing ex-2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | panded) local or regional eligible partnerships to 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | support work-based learning programs under this 4 |
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| 131 | 131 | | Act, make allotments to eligible States in accordance 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | with clauses (ii) through (v) of section 132(b)(1)(B) 6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)), subject to paragraph 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (2). 9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (2) A |
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| 137 | 137 | | PPLICATION.—For purposes of applying 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the clauses described in paragraph (1), under para-11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | graph (1), the Secretary— 12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (A) shall not apply subclauses (I) and (III) 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | of clause (iv) with respect to the first fiscal year 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | after the date of enactment of this Act; 15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (B) shall apply clause (iv)(II) by sub-16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | stituting ‘‘0.5 percent of the remaining amounts 17 |
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| 145 | 145 | | described in paragraph (1)’’ for the total de-18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | scribed in that clause; 19 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (C) shall not apply clause (iv)(IV); 20 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (D) shall apply clause (v)(II) by sub-21 |
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| 149 | 149 | | stituting the term ‘‘allotment percentage’’, used 22 |
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| 150 | 150 | | with respect to the second full fiscal year after 23 |
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| 151 | 151 | | the date of enactment of this Act, or a subse-24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | quent fiscal year, means a percentage of the re-25 |
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| 156 | 156 | | maining amounts described in paragraph (1) 1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | that is received through an allotment made 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | under this subsection for the fiscal year for the 3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | two sentences in that clause; and 4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (E) shall apply clause (v)(III) by sub-5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | stituting ‘‘a work-based learning program car-6 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ried out under this Act’’ for ‘‘a program of 7 |
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| 163 | 163 | | workforce investment activities carried out 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | under this subtitle’’. 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (3) U |
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| 166 | 166 | | SE OF UNALLOTTED FUNDS .—If a State 10 |
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| 167 | 167 | | fails to meet the requirements for an allotment 11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | under this subsection, the Secretary may allot funds 12 |
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| 169 | 169 | | that are not allotted under paragraphs (1) and (2) 13 |
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| 170 | 170 | | to eligible States under a formula based on the for-14 |
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| 171 | 171 | | mula specified in section 132(c) of the Workforce In-15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(c)). 16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (4) D |
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| 174 | 174 | | EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘eligible State’’ means a State that meets the re-18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | quirements of section 102 or 103 of the Workforce 19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | 3113) and subsection (c). 21 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (c) S |
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| 180 | 180 | | TATEELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an 22 |
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| 181 | 181 | | allotment under subsection (b), a State, in consultation 23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | with State boards and local boards, shall submit an appli-24 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cation to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and 25 |
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| 187 | 187 | | containing a description of the activities to be carried out 1 |
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| 188 | 188 | | with the grant funds. At a minimum, the application shall 2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | include information on— 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (1) the local or regional industry or sector part-4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | nerships that will be supported, including the lead 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | partners for the partnerships, and how the partner-6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ships will work to engage small and medium-sized 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | businesses, as applicable, in the activities of the 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | partnerships; 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (2) the in-demand industry sectors that will be 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | served, including how such industry sectors were 11 |
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| 198 | 198 | | identified, and how the activities of the partnerships 12 |
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| 199 | 199 | | will align with State, regional, and local plans as re-13 |
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| 200 | 200 | | quired under title I of the Workforce Innovation and 14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.); 15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (3) the registered apprenticeship programs or 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | other work-based learning programs to be supported 17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | though the partnerships; 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (4) the populations that will receive services, in-19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | cluding individuals with barriers to employment and 20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | populations that were historically underrepresented 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | in the industry sectors to be served through the 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | partnerships; 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (5) the services, including business engagement, 24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | classroom instruction, and support services (includ-25 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ing at least 6 months of post-employment support 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | services), that will be supported through the grant 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | funds; 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (6) the recognized postsecondary credentials 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | that workers will obtain through participation in the 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | program and the quality of the program that leads 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | to the credentials; 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (7) levels of performance to be achieved on the 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | performance indicators described in section 8, to 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | measure progress towards expanding work-based 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | learning programs; 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (8) how local or regional partnerships will lever-12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | age additional resources, including funding provided 13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Op-14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) and non- 15 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Federal resources, to support the activities carried 16 |
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| 231 | 231 | | out under this Act; and 17 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (9) such other subjects as the Secretary may 18 |
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| 233 | 233 | | require. 19 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (d) R |
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| 235 | 235 | | EVIEW OFAPPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | review applications submitted under subsection (c) in con-21 |
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| 237 | 237 | | sultation with the Secretary of Education and the Sec-22 |
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| 238 | 238 | | retary of Health and Human Services. 23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | SEC. 6. GRANTS TO PARTNERSHIPS. 24 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (a) G |
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| 241 | 241 | | RANTS.— 25 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State 1 |
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| 246 | 246 | | that receives an allotment under section 5 shall use 2 |
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| 247 | 247 | | the funds made available through the allotment and 3 |
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| 248 | 248 | | not reserved under subsection (d) to award grants to 4 |
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| 249 | 249 | | eligible partnerships. The Governor shall award the 5 |
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| 250 | 250 | | grants for the purpose of assisting (which may in-6 |
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| 251 | 251 | | clude establishing or expanding) local or regional in-7 |
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| 252 | 252 | | dustry or sector partnerships that are identified in 8 |
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| 253 | 253 | | the application submitted under section 5(c), to 9 |
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| 254 | 254 | | carry out activities described in section 7. 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (2) P |
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| 256 | 256 | | ERIOD AND AMOUNT OF GRANT .—A State 11 |
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| 257 | 257 | | may make a grant under this section for a period of 12 |
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| 258 | 258 | | 3 years, and in an amount of not more than 13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | $500,000. 14 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (3) A |
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| 261 | 261 | | VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Governor of 15 |
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| 262 | 262 | | a State that receives an allotment under section 5 16 |
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| 263 | 263 | | for a fiscal year may use the funds made available 17 |
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| 264 | 264 | | through the allotment during that year or the 2 sub-18 |
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| 265 | 265 | | sequent fiscal years. 19 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (b) E |
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| 267 | 267 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 20 |
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| 268 | 268 | | under this section, an industry or sector partnership de-21 |
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| 269 | 269 | | scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall— 22 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (1) submit an application to the State at such 23 |
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| 271 | 271 | | time, in such manner, and containing such informa-24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | tion as the State may require; and 25 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (2) designate a partner in the industry or sector 1 |
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| 277 | 277 | | partnership, to serve as the fiscal agent for purposes 2 |
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| 278 | 278 | | of the grant. 3 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (c) A |
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| 280 | 280 | | WARDS OFGRANTS.— 4 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (1) P |
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| 282 | 282 | | ARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE ELIGIBLE 5 |
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| 283 | 283 | | PARTNERSHIPS.—Subject to paragraph (2), a State 6 |
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| 284 | 284 | | may award grants under this section in a way that 7 |
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| 285 | 285 | | results in an entity being represented in more than 8 |
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| 286 | 286 | | one partnership that receives such a grant. 9 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (2) G |
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| 288 | 288 | | EOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY .—In making the 10 |
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| 289 | 289 | | grants, a State shall ensure that there is geographic 11 |
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| 290 | 290 | | diversity in the areas in which activities will be car-12 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ried out under the grants. 13 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (d) A |
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| 293 | 293 | | DMINISTRATION.—The State may reserve not 14 |
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| 294 | 294 | | more than 5 percent of the amount of an allotment under 15 |
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| 295 | 295 | | section 5 for the administration of the grants awarded 16 |
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| 296 | 296 | | under this section. 17 |
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| 297 | 297 | | SEC. 7. USE OF FUNDS. 18 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (a) I |
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| 299 | 299 | | NGENERAL.—An eligible partnership that re-19 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ceives a grant under section 6 shall use the grant funds 20 |
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| 301 | 301 | | to support a registered apprenticeship or other work-based 21 |
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| 302 | 302 | | learning program. The eligible partnership shall use the 22 |
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| 303 | 303 | | grant funds to support the activities described in sub-23 |
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| 304 | 304 | | sections (b) and (c) and such other strategies as may be 24 |
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| 309 | 309 | | of work-based learning programs, and participant reten-1 |
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| 310 | 310 | | tion in and completion of those programs. The partnership 2 |
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| 311 | 311 | | may use the grant funds to establish or expand eligible 3 |
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| 312 | 312 | | partnerships. 4 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (b) B |
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| 314 | 314 | | USINESSENGAGEMENT.—The eligible partner-5 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ship shall use grant funds to provide services to engage 6 |
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| 316 | 316 | | businesses in work-based learning programs, which may 7 |
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| 317 | 317 | | include assisting a small or medium-sized business with— 8 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (1) the navigation of the registration process 9 |
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| 319 | 319 | | for a sponsor of a registered apprenticeship pro-10 |
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| 320 | 320 | | gram; 11 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (2) the connection of the business with an edu-12 |
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| 322 | 322 | | cation provider to develop classroom instruction to 13 |
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| 323 | 323 | | complement on-the-job learning; 14 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (3) the development of a curriculum for a work- 15 |
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| 325 | 325 | | based learning program; 16 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (4) the employment of workers in a work-based 17 |
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| 327 | 327 | | learning program for a transitional period before the 18 |
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| 328 | 328 | | business hires an individual for continuing employ-19 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ment; 20 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (5) the provision of training to managers and 21 |
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| 331 | 331 | | front-line workers to serve as trainers or mentors to 22 |
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| 332 | 332 | | workers in the work-based learning program; 23 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (6) the provision of career awareness activities; 24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | and 25 |
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| 339 | 339 | | in a work-based learning program from individuals 2 |
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| 340 | 340 | | receiving additional workforce and human services, 3 |
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| 341 | 341 | | including— 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (A) workers in programs under the Work-5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 7 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (B) recipients of assistance through the 8 |
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| 346 | 346 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program es-9 |
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| 347 | 347 | | tablished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 10 |
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| 348 | 348 | | 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); and 11 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (C) recipients of assistance through the 12 |
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| 350 | 350 | | program of block grants to States for tem-13 |
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| 351 | 351 | | porary assistance for needy families established 14 |
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| 352 | 352 | | under part A of title IV of the Social Security 15 |
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| 353 | 353 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 16 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (c) S |
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| 355 | 355 | | UPPORTSERVICES FORWORKERS.— 17 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (1) I |
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| 357 | 357 | | N GENERAL.—The eligible partnership 18 |
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| 358 | 358 | | shall use grant funds to provide support services for 19 |
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| 359 | 359 | | workers to assure their success in work-based learn-20 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ing programs, which may include— 21 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (A) connection of individuals with adult 22 |
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| 362 | 362 | | basic education during pre-work-based learning 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | or training, and during the period of employ-24 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ment; 25 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (B) connection of individuals with pre- 1 |
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| 369 | 369 | | work-based learning or training, including 2 |
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| 370 | 370 | | through a pre-apprenticeship program; 3 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (C) provision of additional mentorship and 4 |
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| 372 | 372 | | retention supports for individuals pre-work- 5 |
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| 373 | 373 | | based learning or training, and during the pe-6 |
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| 374 | 374 | | riod of employment; 7 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (D) provision of tools, work attire, and 8 |
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| 376 | 376 | | other required items necessary to start employ-9 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ment pre-work-based learning or training, and 10 |
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| 378 | 378 | | during the period of employment; and 11 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (E) provision of transportation, child care 12 |
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| 380 | 380 | | services, or other support services pre-work- 13 |
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| 381 | 381 | | based learning or training, and during the pe-14 |
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| 382 | 382 | | riod of employment, except that not more than 15 |
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| 383 | 383 | | 5 percent of grant funds received by an eligible 16 |
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| 384 | 384 | | partnership may be used for the provision of 17 |
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| 385 | 385 | | such services. 18 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (2) L |
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| 387 | 387 | | ENGTH OF SERVICES.—Each eligible part-19 |
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| 388 | 388 | | nership shall provide support services for workers for 20 |
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| 389 | 389 | | not less than 12 months after the date of placement 21 |
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| 390 | 390 | | of an individual in a work-based learning program. 22 |
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| 391 | 391 | | That 12-month period shall include a period of pre- 23 |
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| 392 | 392 | | work-based learning or training, a transitional pe-24 |
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| 396 | 396 | | riod of employment as described in subsection 1 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (b)(4), and a period of continuing employment. 2 |
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| 398 | 398 | | SEC. 8. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 3 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (a) L |
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| 400 | 400 | | OCALREPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 4 |
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| 401 | 401 | | receiving a grant under section 6, and annually thereafter, 5 |
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| 402 | 402 | | each eligible partnership in a State shall conduct an eval-6 |
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| 403 | 403 | | uation and submit to the State a local report containing 7 |
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| 404 | 404 | | information on— 8 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (1) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-9 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ble partnership with respect to the performance indi-10 |
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| 407 | 407 | | cators under section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce 11 |
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| 408 | 408 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 409 | 409 | | 3141(b)(2)(A))— 13 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (A) for all workers in the work-based 14 |
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| 411 | 411 | | learning program involved; and 15 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (B) for all such workers, disaggregated by 16 |
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| 413 | 413 | | each population specified in section 3(24) of the 17 |
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| 414 | 414 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 18 |
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| 415 | 415 | | U.S.C. 3102(24)) and by race, ethnicity, sex, 19 |
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| 416 | 416 | | and age; and 20 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (2) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-21 |
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| 418 | 418 | | ble partnership with respect to the performance indi-22 |
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| 419 | 419 | | cators under that section 116(b)(2)(A)— 23 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (A) for individuals with barriers to employ-1 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ment in the work-based learning program in-2 |
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| 425 | 425 | | volved; and 3 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (B) for all such individuals, disaggregated 4 |
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| 427 | 427 | | by each population specified in section 3(24) of 5 |
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| 428 | 428 | | the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 6 |
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| 429 | 429 | | and by race, ethnicity, sex, and age. 7 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (b) S |
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| 431 | 431 | | TATEREPORTS.—Not later than 24 months 8 |
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| 432 | 432 | | after receiving initial local reports under subsection (a) 9 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (but in no case less than 18 months after the cor-10 |
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| 434 | 434 | | responding grants are awarded) and annually thereafter, 11 |
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| 435 | 435 | | the State shall conduct an evaluation and submit a report 12 |
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| 436 | 436 | | to the Secretary containing— 13 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (1) the information provided by the eligible 14 |
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| 438 | 438 | | partnerships through the local reports; and 15 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (2) the State level of performance, aggregated 16 |
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| 440 | 440 | | across all eligible partnerships, with respect to the 17 |
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| 441 | 441 | | performance indicators described in subsection (a). 18 |
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| 442 | 442 | | SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 19 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (a) A |
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| 444 | 444 | | MERICANCOMPETITIVENESS AND WORKFORCE 20 |
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| 445 | 445 | | I |
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| 446 | 446 | | MPROVEMENT ACT OF1998.—Section 414(c) of the 21 |
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| 447 | 447 | | American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement 22 |
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| 448 | 448 | | Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) is repealed. 23 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (b) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITYACT.—Section 1 |
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| 453 | 453 | | 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 2 |
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| 454 | 454 | | U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ‘‘(2) U |
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| 456 | 456 | | SE OF FEES FOR WORK -BASED LEARNING 4 |
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| 457 | 457 | | PROGRAMS.—50 percent of amounts deposited into 5 |
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| 458 | 458 | | the H–1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall 6 |
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| 459 | 459 | | remain available to the Secretary of Labor until ex-7 |
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| 460 | 460 | | pended to carry out the PARTNERS Act.’’. 8 |
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