Title I: Worker Reemployment Accounts Act of 2004 - Worker Reemployment Accounts Act of 2004 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to establish and implement a national demonstration project of grants to support personal reemployment accounts (PRAs).
Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants for such project to States or local boards or consortia to provide PRAs to eligible individuals.
Makes eligible for a PRA, in a designated State or local area, individuals who: (1) are identified as likely to exhaust unemployment compensation and in need of job search assistance to make a successful transition to new employment (or whose unemployment can be attributed in substantial part to unfair competition from Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated); (2) are receiving regular unemployment compensation under any Federal or State unemployment compensation program administered by the State; and (3) are eligible for at least 20 weeks of regular unemployment compensation.
Allows PRAs to be used to purchase intensive services, training services, or supportive services through the one-stop delivery system on a fee-for-service basis, or through other providers, consistent with specified safeguards. Provides cash reemployment bonuses, consisting of the balance of their PRAs, to recipients who obtain full-time employment before the end of the 13th week of unemployment for which compensation is paid.
Title II: Teacher Training Enhancement Act - Teacher Training Enhancement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement): (1) part A, Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships; and (2) part B, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology. Sets forth a new part C, Centers of Excellence for recruiting and preparing teachers, including minority teachers, to become highly qualified teachers in elementary and secondary school classrooms (K-12).
(Sec. 202) Revises part A programs to include requirements for: (1) preparing and retaining highly qualified teachers as defined in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) (ESEA); and (2) recruiting minorities to teaching.
Revises State grant requirements to allow States to receive more than one such grant. Allows State grants to be used to support innovative programs, including charter colleges of education and university and local educational partnership schools, and including activities to: (1) increase the flexibility of teacher preparation programs in meeting State requirements; (2) generate long term data on teachers' impact on student achievement; (3) provide high quality preparation to individuals from groups underrepresented in teaching; and (4) create measures to gauge the performance of teacher preparation programs in preparing highly qualified teachers.
Authorizes States to use grant funds to: (1) develop ways of measuring the effectiveness of teacher preparation and professional development programs; (2) document student achievement gains and teachers' mastery of subjects taught as a result of these programs; and (3) develop strategies to improve the quality of preschool teachers and their preparation programs. Requires States receiving such grants to establish systems to evaluate the effectiveness of teacher preparation and professional development in increasing student achievement and teachers' subject matter mastery.
Revises partnership grant definitions of partner institution and high-need local educational agency (LEA).
Includes a public or private education organization among the required entities in an eligible partnership.
Requires a high-need LEA in a partnership to benefit directly from at least 50 percent of the partnership's funding.
Directs partnerships to choose among four required activities: (1) teacher preparation program reform to ensure the programs prepare teachers who are highly qualified, able to understand scientifically based research and its applicability, and able to use technology; (2) clinical experience for preservice and inservice teachers; (3) professional development; and (4) teacher preparation activities that train teachers to serve students with different learning styles and to improve student behavior.
Revises additional authorized activities to include: (1) alternatives to traditional teacher preparation and alternative avenues to State certification; (2) provision of clinical experience in mathematics, science, and technology for current teachers (requiring participating teachers to continue teaching for at least two years); (3) coordination with community colleges to implement teacher preparation programs through means such as distance learning; (4) teacher mentoring programs with specified characteristics; and (5) training of teachers to use computer software for multilingual education to address the needs of limited English proficient students.
Requires applicant partnerships to: (1) demonstrate that higher education faculty will serve with highly qualified teachers in K-12 classrooms; and (2) assure that teachers, principals, and superintendents in private K-12 schools will be served. Requires descriptions of how the partnership will design and implement: (1) a clinical program component with close supervision of student teachers by teacher preparation program faculty and mentor teachers; and (2) an induction program for new teachers that includes mentors trained and compensated by the partnership, and ongoing assessment of teacher preparation effectiveness that can be used to improve teacher preparation programs. Requires partnerships to include a certification from the high-need LEA in the partnership that at least 50 percent of the grant funds will be used to directly benefit that LEA. Requires partnership grant funds to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds.
Revises teacher recruitment grant provisions to require applicants to describe how funds will be used to recruit minority students. Gives a priority, in selecting among eligible applicants, to those who assure they will recruit a high percentage of minority students. Includes among authorized uses of such grant funds: (1) recruitment into teaching of employees from technology industries and other high-demand industries (as well as generally from science, mathematics, and engineering); and (2) outreach and coordination with inner-city and rural secondary schools to encourage students to pursue teaching careers.
Revises part A accountability requirements. Requires State grantees to report information on the extent to which substantial progress has been made with these funds in increasing the percentage of highly qualified teachers in the State. Includes objectives and measures regarding an increased percentage of highly qualified teachers among requirements for the evaluation plans prepared by partnerships. Requires reporting on pass rates of test takers who complete at least 50 percent of a teacher preparation program's requirements. Requires States to include evidence of student achievement gains among criteria for assessing the performance of teacher preparation programs conducted by higher education institutions or alternative certification programs. Requires such institutions or programs to include, for State report cards on quality of teacher preparation, comparisons of: (1) the average score on teacher certification exams of their students (who complete at least half of teacher preparation program requirements) with the average scores for other institutions in the State; and (2) average raw score data. Requires State Governors or entities responsible for teacher certification and preparation to attest as to the quality and accuracy of the data being reported by the State to the Secretary of Education.
Extends through FY 2008 the authorization of appropriations for HEA II-A teacher quality enhancement grants.
(Sec. 203) Revises part B activities related to preparing teachers to use technology.
Extends through FY 2008 the authorization of appropriations for HEA II-B programs for preparing tomorrow's teachers to use technology.
(Sec. 204) Establishes a new HEA II part C program of centers of excellence.
Provides that such Centers will be for recruiting and preparing teachers, including minority teachers, to become highly qualified teachers in K-12 classrooms.
Requires such Centers to be established at higher education institutions serving minorities.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 for HEA II-C centers of excellence.
Title III: Priorities for Graduate Studies Act of 2004 - Priorities for Graduate Studies Act of 2004 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise requirements for Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs (title VII), and to reauthorize appropriations for some of such programs through FY 2009.
(Sec. 302) Revises the Jacob K. Javits fellowship program. Directs the Secretary of Education to give grant priority to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for fellowships to students in advanced linguistic studies and courses that prepare teachers to teach students with limited English proficiency. Permits IHEs to allow fellowship recipients an interruption of study due to active duty military service or a personal or family member illness. Revises requirements for allocation of fellowships. Directs the Secretary to ensure that one member of the fellowship board will be from a minority-serving institution. Reauthorizes appropriations through FY 2009.
(Sec. 303) Revises the program of graduate assistance in areas of national need. Directs the Secretary to give grant priority to IHEs to prepare mathematics, science and special education faculty who can train highly qualified mathematics, science, or special education teachers for service in elementary and secondary schools. Revises requirements relating to designation of areas of national need, stipends, and additional assistance. Reauthorizes appropriations through FY 2009.
(Sec. 304) Revises requirements for the Thurgood Marshall legal educational opportunity program. Revises activities for which the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) is to use program contract and grant funds provided by the Secretary to include: (1) assisting students to develop analytical skills and study methods; and (2) awarding such fellowships to eligible law school students who either participated in summer institutes and are enrolled in an accredited law school or have successfully completed a comparable summer institute certified by CLEO. Revises types of program services to provide that undergraduate preparatory courses be in analytical skills and study methods. Reauthorizes appropriations through FY 2009.
(Sec. 305) Revises requirements for the Secretary's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program contracts and grants. Authorizes consideration of applications for projects relating to: (1) the needs of nontraditional student populations; (2) distance education delivery through communications technology; and (3) expanded opportunities to enter and reenter postsecondary institutions and pursue study programs tailored to individual needs. Includes among special projects international partnerships with postsecondary institutions abroad. Reauthorizes appropriations through FY 2009.
Eliminates continuation awards under certain parts of title VII of HEA.
(Sec. 306) Eliminates the Urban Community Service program (part C of title VII of HEA).
(Sec. 307) Revises requirements for demonstration projects to ensure that students with disabilities receive a quality higher education. Includes among authorized project activities developing innovative, effective, and efficient teaching methods and strategies to: (1) ensure such students' smooth transition from high school to postsecondary education; and (2) enable faculty and administrators to provide accessible distance education programs or classes to enhance such students' access to higher education. Requires project grant applications to describe how the IHE will work to replicate the best practices of IHEs with demonstrated success in serving students with disabilities. Reauthorizes appropriations through FY 2009.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 444 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 444
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a Personal
Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to
work.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 29, 2003
Mr. Porter (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. McKeon, Ms. Pryce of Ohio,
Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Souder, Mr. Norwood, Mr. DeMint, Mr.
Isakson, Mr. Platts, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Keller, Mr. Wilson of South
Carolina, Mr. Kline, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Green of
Wisconsin, Mr. Hayes, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Oxley, Mr.
Simmons, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Tiahrt, and Mr. Wolf) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a Personal
Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to
work.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the ``Back to Work Incentive Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT PERSONAL REEMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS.
Subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2811 et seq.) is amended by inserting after chapter 5 the
following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 5A--PERSONAL REEMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS
``SEC. 135A. PURPOSES.
``The purposes of this chapter are to provide for the establishment
of personal reemployment accounts for certain individuals identified as
likely to exhaust their unemployment compensation in order to--
``(1) accelerate the reemployment of such individuals;
``(2) promote the retention in employment of such
individuals; and
``(3) provide such individuals with enhanced flexibility,
choice, and control in obtaining intensive reemployment,
training, and supportive services.
``SEC. 135B. DEFINITION.
``In this chapter, the term `State' means each of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
``SEC. 135C. GRANTS TO STATES.
``(a) Grants.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) reserve \2/10\ of 1 percent of the amount
appropriated under section 137(d) for use under section 135I;
and
``(2) use the remainder of the amount appropriated under
section 137(d) to make allotments in accordance with subsection
(b).
``(b) Allotment Among States.--
``(1) In general.--From the amount made available under
subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall allot to each State an
amount that is proportionate to the relative number of
unemployed individuals in the State as compared to the total
number of unemployed individuals in all States in order to
provide assistance for eligible individuals in accordance with
this chapter.
``(2) Small state minimum allotment.--The Secretary shall
ensure that--
``(A) each State (other than the United States
Virgin Islands) shall receive an allotment under
paragraph (1) that is not less than \3/10\ of 1 percent
of the amount made available under subsection (a)(2)
for the fiscal year; and
``(B) the United States Virgin Islands shall
receive an allotment under paragraph (1) that is not
less than \1/10\ of 1 percent of the amount made
available under subsection (a)(2) for the fiscal year.
``(c) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 189(g)(1), amounts
made available under subsection (a) to carry out this chapter shall be
available for obligation and expenditure beginning on the date of the
enactment of the Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003.
``SEC. 135D. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION.
``(a) Allocation.--Of the amount allotted to a State under section
135C--
``(1) not more than 2 percent of the amount may be reserved
by the Governor of the State to enhance the system of worker
profiling described in section 303(j) of the Social Security
Act and to establish and operate a data management system, as
necessary, and carry out other appropriate activities to
implement this chapter;
``(2) 5 percent of the amount shall be allocated by the
State to local areas in accordance with the formula described
in subsection (b) for start-up costs and other operating costs
related to the provision of assistance under this chapter; and
``(3) the remainder of the amount shall be provided to
local areas for the establishment of personal reemployment
accounts described in section 135E for eligible individuals in
such local areas.
``(b) Formula.--A State shall allocate funds to local areas in the
State under subsection (a)(2) in an amount that is proportionate to the
relative number of unemployed individuals in the local area as compared
to the total number of unemployed individuals in the State.
``(c) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 189(g)(2), amounts
allotted to a State under section 135C, and amounts subsequently
provided to a local area under this section, shall be available for
obligation and expenditure only for the 3-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of the Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003.
``SEC. 135E. PERSONAL REEMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS.
``(a) Accounts.--
``(1) In general.--Funds provided to a local area under
section 135D shall be used to provide eligible individuals with
personal reemployment accounts to be used in accordance with
section 135F. An eligible individual may receive only one
personal reemployment account.
``(2) Amount.--The State shall establish the amount of a
personal reemployment account, which
shall be uniform throughout the State, and shall not exceed $3,000.
``(b) Eligible Individuals.--
``(1) In general.--Each State shall establish eligibility
criteria for individuals for personal reemployment accounts in
accordance with this subsection.
``(2) Minimum eligibility criteria requirements.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), an
individual shall be eligible to receive assistance
under this chapter if, beginning after the date of
enactment of the Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003,
the individual--
``(i) is identified by the State pursuant
to section 303(j)(1) of the Social Security Act
as likely to exhaust regular unemployment
compensation and in need of job search
assistance to make a successful transition to
new employment;
``(ii) is receiving regular unemployment
compensation under any State or Federal
unemployment compensation program administered
by the State; and
``(iii) is eligible for not less than 20
weeks for the regular unemployment compensation
described in clause (ii).
``(B) Additional eligibility and priority
criteria.--A State may establish criteria that is in
addition to the criteria described in subparagraph (A)
for the eligibility of individuals to receive
assistance under this chapter. A State may also
establish criteria for priority in the provision of
assistance to such eligible individuals under this
chapter.
``(3) Transition rule.--
``(A) Previously identified as likely to exhaust
unemployment compensation.--
``(i) In general.--At the option of the
State, and subject to clause (ii), an
individual may be eligible to receive
assistance under this chapter if the
individual--
``(I) during the 90-day period
ending on the date of the enactment of
the Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003,
was identified by the State pursuant to
section 303(j)(1) of the Social
Security Act as likely to exhaust
regular unemployment compensation and
in need of job search assistance to
make a successful transition to new
employment; and
``(II) otherwise meets the
requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii)
of paragraph (2)(A).
``(ii) Additional eligibility and priority
criteria.--A State may establish criteria that
is in addition to the criteria described in
clause (i) for the eligibility of individuals
to receive assistance under this chapter. A
State may also establish criteria for priority
in the provision of assistance to such eligible
individuals under this chapter.
``(B) Previously exhausted unemployment
compensation.--At the option of the State, an
individual may be eligible to receive assistance under
this chapter if the individual--
``(i) during the 90-day period ending on
the date of the enactment of the Back to Work
Incentive Act of 2003, exhausted all rights to
any unemployment compensation; and
``(ii)(I) is enrolled in training and needs
additional support to complete such training,
with a priority of service to be provided to
such individuals who are training for shortage
occupations or high-growth industries; or
``(II) is separated from employment in an
industry or occupation that has experienced
declining employment, or no longer provides any
employment, in the local labor market during
the two-year period ending on the date of the
determination of eligibility of the individual
under this subparagraph.
``(4) No individual entitlement.--Nothing in this chapter
shall be construed to entitle any individual to receive a
personal reemployment account.
``(c) Local Administration.--
``(1) Information and attestation.--Prior to the
establishment of a personal reemployment account for an
eligible individual under this chapter, the one-stop delivery
system shall ensure that the individual--
``(A) is informed of the requirements applicable to
the personal reemployment account, including the
allowable uses of funds from the account, the
limitations on access to services described under
section 135F(a)(3)(C) and a description of such
services, and the conditions for receiving a
reemployment bonus;
``(B) has the option to develop a personal
reemployment plan which will identify the employment
goals and appropriate combination of services selected
by the individual to achieve the employment goals; and
``(C) signs an attestation that the individual will
comply with the requirements relating to the personal
reemployment accounts under this chapter and will
reimburse the account or, if the account has been
terminated, the program under this chapter, for any
amounts expended from the account that are not
allowable.
``(2) Periodic interviews.--If a recipient exhausts his or
her rights to any unemployment compensation, and the recipient
has a remaining balance in his or her personal reemployment
account, the one-stop delivery system shall conduct periodic
interviews with the recipient to assist the recipient in
meeting his or her individual employment goals.
``SEC. 135F. USE OF FUNDS.
``(a) Allowable Activities.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to the requirements contained in
paragraphs (2) and (3), a recipient may use amounts in a
personal reemployment account to purchase one or more of the
following:
``(A) Intensive services, including those types of
services specified in section 134(d)(3)(C).
``(B) Training services, including those types of
services specified in section 134(d)(4)(D).
``(C) Supportive services, except for needs-related
payments.
``(D) Assistance to purchase or lease an
automobile, if such assistance is necessary to allow
the recipient to accept a bona fide offer of employment
for which there is a reasonable expectation of long-
term duration.
``(2) Delivery of services.--The following requirements
relating to delivery of services shall apply to the program
under this chapter:
``(A) Recipients may use funds from the personal
reemployment account to purchase the services described
in paragraph (1) through the one-stop delivery system
on a fee-for-service basis, or through other providers,
consistent with safeguards described in the State plan
under section 135G.
``(B) The one-stop delivery system may pay costs
for such services directly on behalf of the recipient,
through a voucher system, or by reimbursement to the
recipient upon receipt of appropriate cost
documentation, consistent with safeguards described in
the State plan under section 135G.
``(C) Each one-stop delivery system shall make
available to recipients information on training
providers specified in section 134(d)(4)(F)(ii),
information available to the one-stop delivery system
on providers of the intensive and supportive services
described in paragraph (1), and information relating to
occupations in demand in the local area.
``(3) Limitations.--The following limitations shall apply
with respect to personal reemployment accounts under this
chapter:
``(A)(i) Amounts in a personal reemployment account
may be used for up to one year from the date of the
establishment of the account.
``(ii) No personal reemployment account may be
established beginning 2 years after the date of the
enactment of the Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003.
``(B) Each recipient shall submit cost
documentation as required by the one-stop delivery
system.
``(C) For the 1-year period following the
establishment of the account, recipients may not
receive intensive, supportive, or training services
funded under this title except on a fee-for-services
basis as specified in paragraph (2)(A).
``(D) Amounts in a personal reemployment account
shall be nontransferable.
``(b) Income Support.--A State may authorize recipients determined
eligible under section 135E(b)(3)(B) to withdraw amounts from the
personal reemployment account on a weekly basis for purposes of income
support in amounts up to the average weekly amount of unemployment
compensation that the individual received prior to his or her
exhaustion of rights to unemployment compensation if the individual is
engaged in job search, intensive services, or training that is expected
to lead to employment.
``(c) Reemployment Bonus.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2)--
``(A) if a recipient determined eligible under
section 135E(b)(2) obtains full-time employment before
the end of the 13th week of unemployment for which
unemployment compensation is paid, the balance of his
or her personal reemployment account shall be provided
directly to the recipient in cash; and
``(B) if a recipient determined eligible under
section 135E(b)(3) obtains full-time employment before
the end of the 13th week after the date on which the
account is established, the balance of his or her
personal reemployment account shall be provided
directly to the recipient in cash.
``(2) Limitations.--The following limitations shall apply
with respect to a recipient described in paragraph (1):
``(A) 60 percent of the remaining personal
reemployment account balance shall be paid to the
recipient at the time of reemployment.
``(B) 40 percent of the remaining personal
reemployment account balance shall be paid to the
recipient not later than 6 months after the date of
reemployment.
``(3) Exception regarding subsequent unemployment.--If a
recipient described in paragraph (1) subsequently becomes
unemployed due to a lack of work after receiving the portion of
the reemployment bonus specified under paragraph (2)(A), the
individual may use the amount remaining in the personal
reemployment account for the purposes described in subsection
(a) but may not be eligible for additional cash payments under
this subsection.
``SEC. 135G. STATE PLAN.
``(a) In General.--In order for a State to receive an allotment
under section 135C, the Governor of the State shall submit to the
Secretary a plan that includes a description of how the State intends
to carry out the personal reemployment accounts authorized under this
chapter, including--
``(1) the criteria and methods to be used for determining
eligibility for the personal reemployment accounts, including
whether the State intends to include the optional categories
described in section 135E(b)(3), and the additional criteria
and priority for service that the State intends to apply, if
any, pursuant to section 135E(b)(2)(B);
``(2) the methods or procedures, developed in consultation
with local boards and chief elected officials, to be used to
provide eligible individuals information relating to services
and providers, and safeguards, developed in consultation with
such boards and officials, to ensure that funds from the
personal reemployment accounts are used for purposes authorized
under this chapter and are not used for services or providers
that are wholly unreasonable or egregious;
``(3) how the State will coordinate the activities carried
out under this chapter with the employment and training
activities carried out under section 134 and other activities
carried out through the one-stop delivery system in the State.
``(b) Plan Submission and Approval.--A State plan submitted to the
Secretary under subsection (a) by a Governor shall be considered to be
approved by the Secretary at the end of the 30-day period beginning on
the date the Secretary receives the plan, unless the Secretary makes a
written determination during such period that the plan is incomplete or
otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
``SEC. 135H. PROGRAM INFORMATION.
``The Secretary may require from States the collection and
reporting on such financial, performance, and other program-related
information as the Secretary determines is appropriate to carry out
this chapter, including the evaluation described in section 135I.
``SEC. 135I. EVALUATION.
``(a) Evaluation.--From the amount made available under section
135C(a)(1), the Secretary, pursuant to the authority provided under
section 172, shall, directly or through grants, contracts, or
cooperative agreements with appropriate entities, conduct an evaluation
of the activities carried out under this chapter.
``(b) Conduct of Evaluation.--The evaluation shall examine the
effectiveness of such activities in achieving the purposes described in
section 135A and such other purposes as the Secretary determines are
appropriate.
``(c) Report.--The report to Congress under section 172(e) relating
to the results of the evaluations required under section 172 shall
include the recommendation of the Secretary with respect to the use of
personal reemployment accounts as a mechanism to assist individuals in
obtaining and retaining employment.''.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION.
Section 117(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2832(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(B)(i)(I), by striking ``sections 128
and 133'' and inserting ``sections 128, 133, and 135D''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``, activities
authorized under section 135F'' after ``section 134''.
SEC. 4. DELIVERY OF SERVICES.
Section 134(c)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2864(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) shall provide access to personal reemployment accounts in
accordance to section 135E.''.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.
Section 137 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2872) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Personal Reemployment Accounts.--
``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$3,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to carry out chapter 5A.
``(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) to carry
out section 135I are authorized to remain available until
expended.''.
SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The table of contents for the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is
amended by inserting after the items relating to chapter 5 of subtitle
B of title I the following new items:
``Chapter 5A--Personal Reemployment Accounts
``Sec. 135A. Purposes.
``Sec. 135B. Definitions.
``Sec. 135C. Grants to States.
``Sec. 135D. Within State allocation.
``Sec. 135E. Personal reemployment accounts.
``Sec. 135F. Use of funds.
``Sec. 135G. State plan.
``Sec. 135H. Program information.
``Sec. 135I. Evaluation, technical assistance, and data collection
activities.''.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 22.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-35.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 108-35.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 22.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 656 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 444 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Workforce now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 4444 shall be considered as adopted. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. In the engrossment of H.R. 444, the Clerk shall add the texts of H.R. 4409 and H.R. 4410 as new matter at the end of H.R. 444 and then lay H.R. 4409 and H.R. 4410 on the table.
Rule H. Res. 656 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 656. (consideration: CR H3725-3740; text of measure as reported in House: CR H3725-3727)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 444 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Workforce now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 4444 shall be considered as adopted. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. In the engrossment of H.R. 444, the Clerk shall add the texts of H.R. 4409 and H.R. 4411 as new matter at the end of H.R. 444 and then lay H.R. 4409 and H.R. 4411 on the table.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 444.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Mr. Kildee moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H3738-3740; text: CR H3738)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kildee motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require that the bill be reported back with provisions extending unemployment benefits for unemployed workers.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3739)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 199 - 216 (Roll no. 224).
Roll Call #224 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 213 - 203 (Roll No. 225).
Roll Call #225 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 213 - 203 (Roll No. 225).
Roll Call #225 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Pursuant to the provsions of H. Res. 656, the texts of H.R. 4409 and H.R. 4411 were appended to the engrossment of H.R. 444 as new matter.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.