Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2005

Summary

Job Training Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult basic skills and family literacy education programs (renamed as the Adult Basic Skills and Family Literacy Education Act). Directs the Secretary of Labor to implement a national demonstration project on personal reemployment accounts (PRAs), through competitive project grants to States or local boards or consortia to provide PRAs to eligible individuals who are likely to exhaust their unemployment compensation. Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to: (1) State and local planning, allocation, work force investment board membership, and performance accountability; (2) one-stop centers; (3) consolidated funding for adult program activities, including job training, dislocated worker retraining, the employment service system, and reemployment grants; (4) training programs for both out-of-school and in-school youth, including challenge grants; and (5) national job training programs, including the Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. Exempts religious organizations, with respect to their employment of individuals of a particular religion, from WIA nondiscrimination requirements. Repeals Wagner-Peyser Act provisions relating to the U.S. Employment Service. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (2) the Helen Keller National Center Act.

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• Engrossed Amendment Senate (text)

  Engrossed Amendment Senate · EN · 30 June 2006

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• Engrossed Amendment Senate (PDF)

  Engrossed Amendment Senate · EN · 30 June 2006

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 29 June 2006

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 3 March 2005

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 3 March 2005

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 2 March 2005

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 2 March 2005

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 2 March 2005

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 25 February 2005

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 25 February 2005

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 February 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 January 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 January 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 January 2005

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