United States · Bill · S
S. 143 (104th)
Workforce Development Act of 1995
Introduced
4 January 1995
Last action
11 October 1995 · Floor
Status
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 153. (consideration: CR S14991)
Sponsors
Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE], Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI]
Subjects
Asylum, Education
Source updated
21 April 2025
Summary
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Use of Federal Funds for State Employment Training Activities Title II: Consolidation of Employment Training Programs Job Training Consolidation Act of 1995 - Consolidates Federal employment and training programs. Grants waivers to States and localities to coordinate program services during a transition period. Title I: Use of Federal Funds for State Employment Training Activities - Allows States and localities that receive formula assistance for covered activities under specified Federal employment training programs, or certain discretionary assistance, or States that apply for funds for trade adjustment assistance services, to: (1) use such assistance to develop a comprehensive statewide employment training system; or (2) use assistance that would otherwise have been used for two or more covered activities to address unemployed persons' high priority needs for employment training services, improve efficiency in delivery of covered activities, or combine or eliminate overlapping or duplicative activities. (Sec. 105) Requires State and locality reports on use of such assistance. Title II: Consolidation of Employment Training Programs - Repeals, 24 months after enactment of this Act, the following: (1) the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act; (3) authority for certain literacy programs under the Adult Education Act; (4) the JOBS program for AFDC recipients under the Social Security Act; (5) trade adjustment assistance services under the Trade Act of 1974; (6) the Wagner-Peyser Act (employment services); (7) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (8) employment and training program provisions under the Food Stamp Act of 1977; (9) the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; (10) the State legalization impact assistance grant program under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; (11) education, training, and community services programs under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; (12) community service employment for older Americans under the Older Americans Act of 1965; and (13) the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994.
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Timeline
4 January 1995
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1995
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S401-402)
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1995
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
14 June 1995
Committee
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Source: Committee
21 June 1995
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
24 July 1995
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 153.
Source: Calendars
24 July 1995
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kassebaum with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 104-118. Additional and minority views filed.
Source: Committee
24 July 1995
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kassebaum with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 104-118. Additional and minority views filed.
Source: Committee
10 October 1995
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S14803-14843, S14851-14882)
Source: Floor
11 October 1995
Floor
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S14962-14991)
Source: Floor
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 24 July 1995 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 4 January 1995 · Download file
Documents
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (PDF)
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 24 July 1995
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Workforce Development Act of 1995
- amends ← To ensure that training for displaced homemakers is included among workforce employment activites and workforce education activities for which funds may be used under this Act.
- amends ← To enable States to develop integrated plans.
- amends ← To provide for evaluation of State programs.
- amends ← To provide a substitute amendment.
- amends ← To establish a requirement that individuals submit to drug tests, to ensure that applicants and participants make full use of benefits extended through workforce employment activities.
- amends ← To make technical amendments.
- amends ← To reduce the Federal labor bureaucracy.
- amends ← To strike the provisions repealing training and employment services for trade adjustment assistance, and for other purposes.
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/143
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- us · 104-s-143 · source updated 21 April 2025