Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise performance accountability system requirements for statewide and local workforce investment programs.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop separate performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training under such programs.
Requires providers of training services who offer entrepreneurial training services under a local workforce investment program for adults and dislocated workers to: (1) use intake tools that assess an individual's suitability for referral to entrepreneurial training services; (2) report to the local workforce investment board that includes the number of individuals who express interest in self-employment or starting a business and enroll entrepreneurial training services; and (3) develop partnerships with microbusiness development organizations that can provide education, training, counseling, and coaching focused on helping new and low and moderate income entrepreneurs succeed.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4063 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4063
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary
of Labor to develop performance measures for individuals who receive
entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment
activity, to create requirements for providers of workforce investment
activities that offer entrepreneurial training, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2014
Mr. Payne (for himself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois) 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 direct the Secretary
of Labor to develop performance measures for individuals who receive
entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment
activity, to create requirements for providers of workforce investment
activities that offer entrepreneurial training, and for other purposes.
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 ``Growing Small Businesses Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING.
(a) In General.--Section 136(i) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(4) Entrepreneurship metric.--The Secretary shall develop
separate performance measures for individuals who receive
entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment
activity funded under this subtitle.''.
(b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall initiate a
rulemaking process to develop the performance measures described in
section 136(i)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2871(i)(4)).
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
THAT OFFER ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING.
Section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(H) Requirements for providers of entrepreneurial
training services.--
``(i) In general.--A provider of training
services that offers entrepreneurial training
services under this paragraph shall--
``(I) use intake tools that assess
an individual's suitability for
referral to entrepreneurial training
services;
``(II) submit a report to the local
workforce investment board that
includes the number of individuals who
express interest in self-employment or
starting a business and enroll
entrepreneurial training services; and
``(III) develop partnerships with
microbusiness development organizations
that have demonstrated capacity to
provide education, training,
counseling, and coaching focused on
helping new and low and moderate income
entrepreneurs succeed.
``(ii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph--
``(I) the term `microbusiness
development organization' means a
nonprofit entity or a program
administered by such an entity that
provides services to disadvantaged or
prospective entrepreneurs; and
``(II) the term `low and moderate
income entrepreneur' means an
entrepreneur located in a HUBZone (as
defined in section 3(p) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p))), an
Urban Empowerment Zone or Urban
Enterprise Community (as designated by
the Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development), a Rural
Empowerment Zone or Rural Enterprise
Community (as designated by the
Secretary of the Department of
Agriculture), an area of Low Income or
Moderate Income (as recognized by the
Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council), or a county with
Persistent Poverty (as classified by
the Economic Research Service of the
Department of Agriculture).''.
<all>
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line