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H.R. 4072 (111th)

AMERICA Works Act

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Introduced

16 November 2009

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Summary

American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Act or AMERICA Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require statewide and local adult and youth workforce investment employment and training programs and one-stop delivery systems to give priority approval to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential, certificate, or degree. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require that the industry-recognized credential to which the sequence of courses offered by a career and technical education program lead be nationally recognized and portable and one which may provide a basis for additional credentials, certificates, or degrees. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Commerce, in approving Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) training programs, seek to approve those providing a national industry-recognized and portable credential, certificate, or degree.

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