Strengthening Knowledge, Improving Learning, and Livelihoods Act or the SKILLS Act
This bill adds career pathway and advancement projects to the non-exhaustive list of demonstration and pilot projects the Department of Labor is permitted to administer with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds allocated for dislocated workers.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5336 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5336
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide
additional criteria for the Dislocated Worker Project, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2021
Mr. Keller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide
additional criteria for the Dislocated Worker Project, 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 ``Strengthening Knowledge, Improving
Learning, and Livelihoods Act'' or the ``SKILLS Act''.
SEC. 2. DISLOCATED WORKER PROJECT CRITERIA.
Section 169(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
U.S.C. 3224(c)) is amended in the third sentence--
(1) by inserting after ``job creation'' the following:
``(especially for in-demand occupations)''; and
(2) by inserting after ``dislocated fishermen,'' the
following: ``developing career pathways and encouraging
advancements,''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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