Ensuring Opportunities in Online Training Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2465 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2465

 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to clarify the 
 procedures regarding the eligibility of online providers of training 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2025

 Mr. Smucker (for himself and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to clarify the 
 procedures regarding the eligibility of online providers of training 
                               services.

    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 ``Ensuring Opportunities in Online 
Training Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE ONLINE PROVIDERS.

    Section 122(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3152(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Online providers.--The procedures established under 
        subsection (a) shall apply to a provider that delivers training 
        services exclusively online. If a participant chooses a 
        provider that delivers training services exclusively online and 
        is not located in the State of the local area that approved 
        such training services for the participant in accordance with 
        section 134(c)(3)(A)(i), such provider shall be ineligible to 
        receive payment for such participant from funds allotted to 
        such State under section 132 unless such provider is on the 
        list of eligible providers of training services described in 
        subsection (d) for such State with respect to the program 
        involved.''.
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