National Workforce Preparation and Development Reform Act

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Responsibilities Subtitle A: Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council Subtitle B: National Advisory Board on Workforce Preparation and Development Subtitle C: Federal Waiver Authority for Provisions of Workforce Preparation and Development Program Subtitle D: Implementation Grants and Technical Assistance Title II: State Responsibilities Subtitle A: State Human Resource Investment Council Subtitle B: Unified Single State Plan Subtitle C: Unified Service Areas Subtitle D: Local Workforce Development Boards Subtitle E: Community Job Resource Centers Title III: Conforming Amendments to Wagner-Peyser Act Title IV: Effective Date and Transition National Workforce Preparation and Development Reform Act - Establishes a comprehensive workforce preparation and development (WPD) system. Makes available specified amounts to provide implementation grants and technical assistance to States under this Act from amounts appropriated for national activities under the Job Training Partnership Act and for one-stop career centers. Title I: Federal Responsibilities - Subtitle A: Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council - Establishes the Federal Workforce Preparation and Development Council, consisting of the Secretaries of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, and Commerce, the Director of the Office of Management and the Budget, and any other Federal agency heads the President may designate, which shall develop a strategic WPD plan for the United States. Subtitle B: National Advisory Board on Workforce Preparation and Development - Establishes a bipartisan National Advisory Board on Workforce Preparation and Development. Directs the Advisory Board to advise the President and the Federal Council. Subtitle C: Federal Waiver Authority for Provisions of Workforce Preparation and Development Programs - Authorizes the Federal Council to waive provisions of law or regulations relating to State planning and reporting, performance standards, or other provisions with respect to WPD programs under unified State plans. Sets forth provisions for waiver applications, review, approval or disapproval, and revocation. Subtitle D: Implementation Grants and Technical Assistance - Authorizes the Federal Council to provide grants and technical assistance to States that have an approved application to carry out the single State plan. Requires a State to provide at least 70 percent of such a grant to the Local Boards. Title II: State Responsibilities - Subtitle A: State Human Resource Investment Council - Requires any participant State to establish a State human resource investment council to assist the Governor in developing a coordinated State strategy for WPD programs, including school-to-work transition and lifelong learning programs. Subtitle B: Unified Single State Plan - Requires any participant State to establish a unified single State plan to coordinate services under WPD programs. Subtitle C: Unified Service Areas - Requires any participant State to ensure establishment of unified service areas throughout the State to provide community-wide WPD services. Subtitle D: Local Workforce Development Boards - Requires any participant State to ensure establishment of a Local Workforce Development Board in each unified service area. Requires a participant Local Board, in partnership with local governments, to submit an annual unified local plan to the State Council for approval. Subtitle E: Community Job Resource Centers - Requires any participant State to ensure that each Local Board designates or establishes a network of community job resource centers in its unified service area, to be composed of specified entities. Title III: Conforming Amendment to Wagner-Peyser Act - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to require the local employment service office to participate in the operation of the community job resource centers established under this Act based on the plan developed by the Local Board. Allows such offices to apply to be designated as such centers. Title IV: Effective Date and Transition - Sets forth an effective date and transition provisions.

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Timeline

1. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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2. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2065-2066)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 6 August 1993

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 14 September 1993

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

   Source: Committee

6. 13 May 1994

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E924)

   Source: IntroReferral

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Sponsors

• Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] · R · Sponsor
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• Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13] · R · Sponsor
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