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H.R. 4297: Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012

To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century.
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Introduced : Thu, Mar 29, 2012
Sponsor : Rep. Foxx, Virginia Ann (NC-5th [R])
Status : calendar Thu, Jun 7, 2012

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Member of the congressJoined date
Rep. Heck, Joe (NV-3rd [R]) Thu, Mar 29, 2012
Rep. Bucshon, Larry (IN-8th [R]) Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Rep. McKeon, Howard P. (CA-25th [R]) Thu, Mar 29, 2012
Rep. Kline, John P. (MN-2nd [R]) Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Rep. Barletta, Lou (PA-11th [R]) Wed, Jul 18, 2012
Rep. Roe, David P. (TN-1st [R]) Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Actions
DateTypeDescriptionResult
1/1/0001 action Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1/1/0001 action Referred to House Education and the Workforce
1/1/0001 action Referred to House Judiciary
1/1/0001 action Referred to House Agriculture
1/1/0001 action Referred to House Energy and Commerce
1/1/0001 action Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
1/1/0001 action Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
1/1/0001 action Committee Hearings Held.
1/1/0001 action Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
1/1/0001 action Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
1/1/0001 action Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
1/1/0001 action Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1/1/0001 calendar Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Rolls
Committee Assignments
CommitteeSubCommitteeActivity
House Education and the Workforce Referral, Hearings, Markup, In Committee
House Judiciary Referral, In Committee
House Judiciary Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Referral
House Agriculture Referral, In Committee
House Agriculture Nutrition and Horticulture Referral
House Energy and Commerce Referral, In Committee
House Energy and Commerce Environment and the Economy Referral
House Transportation and Infrastructure Referral, In Committee
House Transportation and Infrastructure Water Resources and Environment Referral
Subject Terms
Labor and employment
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Labor
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Oceania
Palau
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Small business
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor
Related Legislative
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Amendments
Titles Assigned
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short introduced Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012
official introduced To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century.

SUMMARY:

3/29/2012--Introduced. Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - 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 education and family literacy education programs. Revises requirements to: (1) eliminate members of the state legislature and representatives of labor organizations from state workforce investment boards, and (2) specify that representatives of business on a board represent large and small businesses with immediate and long-term employment opportunities in in-demand industries and other occupations important to the state economy. Requires a state board to assist the state governor by developing: (1) policies and programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and (2) a statewide workforce and labor market information system. Revises requirements for: (1) a state workforce development plan; (2) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans; (3) one-stop delivery systems; and (4) the allotment of federal funds among states for employment and training activities. Eliminates specific funding for adult and dislocated worker employment and training. Specifies state use of federal funds to set up a Workforce Investment Fund. Revises requirements for: (1) within state allocations of funds; and (2) the use of funds for state and local employment and training activities, including statewide rapid response, youth challenge grants, and adults with barriers to employment grants. Converts the national emergency grants program into a national dislocated worker grants program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award national dislocated worker grants to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces or full-time duty members of the National Guard (or members who recently separated from such duties) and are in need of employment and training assistance to obtain or retain employment. Requires the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor to be the principal agency to administer WIA title I workforce investment systems for job training and employment services and title III (Job Corps). Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to eliminate the U.S. Employment Service. Replaces the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary is required to oversee, with a nationwide workforce and labor market information system. Repeals the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 and specified other laws. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require employment and training services to eligible members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program be provided through the statewide workforce development system, including the One-Stop delivery system. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA73) to: (1) redesignate the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration the Director, and (2) require an eligible state to use a certain percentage of the federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services to award grants to create practical job and career readiness and training programs and provide job placements and career advancement. Repeals the authority of the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the Department of Education to make grants and contracts for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers; (2) recreational programs for such individuals; and (3) in-service training of vocational rehabilitation personnel. Repeals title VI (Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities) of the RA73. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for vocational rehabilitation services under the RA73.