{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7309","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7309","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-03-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-17","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h193","question":"On Passage","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":196,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll193.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2022-05-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 206","sponsor":"Rep. Scott, Robert C. \"Bobby\" [D-VA-3]","purpose":"Amendments en bloc No. 1 comprised of amendments numbered 1, 4, 8, 12, 13, 21, 25, 26, 30, 32, and 36, printed in Part C of House Report 117-325.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2022-05-17","yea":313,"nay":107,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll188.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 207","sponsor":"Rep. Scott, Robert C. \"Bobby\" [D-VA-3]","purpose":"Amendments en bloc No. 2 comprised of amendments numbered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, and 39, printed in Part C of House Report 117-325.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2022-05-17","yea":222,"nay":196,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll189.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 208","sponsor":"Rep. Scott, Robert C. \"Bobby\" [D-VA-3]","purpose":"Amendments en bloc No. 3 comprised of amendments numbered 11, 18, and 27, printed in Part C of House Report 117-325.","result":"Failed","date":"2022-05-17","yea":194,"nay":219,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll190.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 209","sponsor":"Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]","purpose":"Amendment sought to replace the bill's text with a new text that would reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for six years.","result":"Failed","date":"2022-05-17","yea":174,"nay":241,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll191.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-17","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Agreed to","yea":313,"nay":107,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll188.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-17","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Agreed to","yea":222,"nay":196,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll189.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-17","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":194,"nay":219,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll190.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-17","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":174,"nay":241,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll191.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-05-17","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022","result":"Failed","yea":193,"nay":223,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll192.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-17","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and expands programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The bill also revises workforce investment, vocational rehabilitation, employment, training, and literacy programs for eligible individuals."},{"k":"p","t":"For example, the bill"},{"k":"li","t":"increases workforce representation on state and local workforce investment boards from 20% to 30%;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"reworks one-stop center infrastructure funding by requiring costs to be covered by state allocations of WIOA funds;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishes subsidized youth employment programs that include work-readiness training and mentoring;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"allows states and localities to partner with educational institutions to address the skill needs for in-demand jobs;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishes grants to connect youth in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence with in-demand jobs;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"eliminates a requirement that the Department of Labor ensure that individuals participating in WIOA activities comply with Selective Service laws;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"modifies the allotment of youth workforce investment funds to states;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requires Labor to prioritize providing access to certain services to girls and women and applications for assistance from minority-serving institutions;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"expands the Job Corps program, including by serving individuals in outlying areas and relaxing age requirements;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"establishes grants to expand training programs through industry or sector partnerships;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"expands grants for integrated English literacy and civics education to outlying areas; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"expands Wagner-Peyser employment services to the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also provides statutory authority for Labor to award"},{"k":"li","t":"competitive grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to improve employment and training outcomes and reduce recidivism of justice-involved youth; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"competitive grants for states to create workforce longitudinal administrative databases.","d":1}],"words":258},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and related laws, including the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to change workforce, Job Corps, adult education and vocational rehabilitation programs and to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2023 through 2028.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H253118092F2044F29656C94445FC5280"},{"label":"Sec. 251","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H5B63C1C77AA941A196BBD67E9CF9DC91"},{"label":"Sec. 261","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H27B68780FB9B4789AF54A2477E7EB5F8"},{"label":"Sec. 304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H2A525B0BB40C437FB6500F3B2953A331"},{"label":"Sec. 601","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H898DF9A137674567A277B92575598C93"}]},"core_areas":["State and local workforce development boards and planning","Workforce performance accountability and reporting","One-stop delivery system and infrastructure funding","Youth workforce activities and summer and year-round youth employment","Adult and dislocated worker employment and training","Job Corps","Adult education and family literacy","National competitive grant programs for community colleges, reentry, industry partnerships, data systems and youth in communities affected by gun violence","Vocational rehabilitation and other Rehabilitation Act authorizations"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends State workforce development board membership by changing \"20 percent\" to \"30 percent\" and adding a youth representative and State officials for vocational rehabilitation and economic development.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H253118092F2044F29656C94445FC5280"}},{"text":"Requires each State to prepare and submit to the Secretary an annual equity report that identifies gaps in performance on the primary indicators between individuals with barriers to employment and individuals without such barriers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 211","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H905BCA86D562467FA06FB3F083356379"}},{"text":"Limits funding of one-stop center infrastructure to not more than 10 percent of certain allotments and not more than 2 percent of funds allotted under section 211, and has the Governor allocate those funds to local areas by a State board formula.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 221","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H98899CD7768140B4B7A897FDB71F3E9B"}},{"text":"Adds section 130, which requires local boards to run summer employment programs of at least 4 weeks or year-round programs of 180 days to 1 year, with pay not below the greater of the Federal, State or local minimum wage.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 234","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H39F2C8D024A640C09B321F84FBB010C8"}},{"text":"Amends Job Corps provisions, including enrollment ages of 16 through 24, and authorizes $1,809,857,925 for fiscal year 2023, rising to $2,149,543,473 for fiscal year 2028.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 261","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H27B68780FB9B4789AF54A2477E7EB5F8"}},{"text":"Creates competitive Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants for eligible institutions and authorizes $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, rising to $161,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 277","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H5E7703C70E7D4489BB39E70B7A4AAF3E"}},{"text":"Creates competitive grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for reentry projects serving adults and youth involved with the justice system, and authorizes $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, rising to $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 278","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HFB8B954F60D948C9838814B93CDA58AC"}},{"text":"Creates the Sectoral Employment through Career Training for Occupational Readiness (SECTOR) program, with not less than 80 percent for grants to States and not less than 20 percent for competitive grants, and authorizes $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 279","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H5B3A9A6C58454EE0BDFBC5FA8EB2A7C6"}},{"text":"Authorizes appropriations for adult education and family literacy programs of $785,100,000 for fiscal year 2023, rising to $1,002,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H2A525B0BB40C437FB6500F3B2953A331"}},{"text":"Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 through 2028 for vocational rehabilitation grants to States, with not less than $4,052,400,000 for fiscal year 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 601","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H898DF9A137674567A277B92575598C93"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 271","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HE94E4550D4CC4A84916B2206529BA888"},"heading":"Native American Programs","effect":"Amends the Native American programs section to drop the competitive-basis requirement, require evidence-based programs where practicable, and direct funds to workforce development activities or supplemental services for Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian youth in specified places.","amount":null,"quote":"supplemental services for Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian youth on or near Indian reservations and in Oklahoma, Alaska, or Hawaii."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 272","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HF6DCF030DACC4B6BB0DF1B2F50FB9BF1"},"heading":"Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs","effect":"Amends the migrant and seasonal farmworker program to set an obligation window for funds and a four-year expenditure period, and to count dependents of the farmworker as eligible.","amount":null,"quote":"Funds made available under this section for a fiscal year to any entity described in subsection (b) shall be obligated and available for expenditure by such entity"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 274","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H9ECDD87433DD4855822DFB8E8241F55A"},"heading":"Evaluations and research","effect":"Amends the evaluations and research section to allow several specific studies (including on the automotive truck and mechanic workforce, STEM, creative skillsets, and health care domestic workers) and creates a workforce development innovation grant fund with such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 through 2028.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary of Labor may conduct a study on the integration of individuals with creative skillsets (including individuals with training in the arts or creative industries) into in-demand industry sectors and occupations."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 283","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#HE638EA1083B44D4D8FA97A552639CDB5"},"heading":"National study of Federal program access for job-seekers","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study of efforts to make Federal programs more accessible to job seekers, covering benefits such as nutrition, housing, heating and energy, transit and healthcare.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study on Federal, State, and local efforts to improve accessibility of Federal programs for eligible job seekers."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 403","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H29CDFBCF582E4388A4069ADD42C54D95"},"heading":"STEM education for girls and women","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Labor to prioritize access for girls and women to STEM education and to ensure that institutions receiving assistance under the Act carry out outreach and support services for girls and women.","amount":null,"quote":"prioritize providing access for girls and women to STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 404","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HD9C63B543D5948329945C89ED9B051E8"},"heading":"Applications from HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Labor to encourage historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions and Tribally controlled colleges and universities to apply for assistance under the Act, and to prioritize their applications.","amount":null,"quote":"prioritize applications for assistance from such entities."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 701","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H5EBCA7DD90584248A97AE423BC4F66D5"},"heading":"Report on challenges of unemployed and low-income American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in labor market","effect":"Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress within 180 days on challenges facing unemployed and low-income American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in the labor market, with recommendations on their access to Federal employment and training services.","amount":null,"quote":"reviews the unique challenges that unemployed and low-income American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians face in the labor market"}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 281","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H762505924D744465B15320E22F11A737"},"heading":"Improving approaches for communities to thrive (IMPACT) grants","effect":"Creates competitive grants for local boards serving areas that meet stated homicide-count and homicide-rate thresholds, with a fallback for areas the Secretary finds have a compelling need; funding is 'such sums as may be necessary' for fiscal years 2023 through 2028.","amount":null,"quote":"have experienced 20 or more homicides per year and had a homicide rate that was not less than double the national average"}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 276","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H758733FCD32D4CE0982C08FCA424C474"},"heading":"YouthBuild program","effect":"For years when YouthBuild appropriations exceed $125,000,000, requires the Secretary to reserve 20 percent of the amount above that figure for rural-area applicants and for Indian tribe programs.","amount":"$125,000,000","quote":"the Secretary shall reserve 20 percent of such amount that is greater than $125,000,000 for"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HDD7B1AAFB0704CD5A9F55C2ED3E2F699"},"heading":"Inclusion of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa","effect":"Adds the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa to the Wagner-Peyser Act and sets their allotment at the percentage Guam received in fiscal year 1983.","amount":null,"quote":"the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa an amount which, in relation to the total amount available for the fiscal year, is equal to the allotment percentage that Guam received"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 231","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H340F22827CF94073A45FE83651779F42"},"heading":"State allotments","effect":"Sets a reserve of 1 1/2 percent of youth activity funds appropriated under section 136(a) for youth workforce investment activities for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.","amount":null,"quote":"reserve 11/2 percent of funds appropriated under section 136(a), for each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated under such section, to provide youth workforce investment activities under section 167 (relating to migrant and seasonal farmworkers)"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 261","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H27B68780FB9B4789AF54A2477E7EB5F8"},"heading":"Amendments relating to Job Corps","effect":"Lets the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Agriculture hire certain Job Corps graduates directly into Department of Labor or Forest Service positions, without regard to most of the competitive hiring provisions of title 5.","amount":null,"quote":"may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title), a covered graduate directly"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 292","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H97EC84AEB9EC44B0A20DD748A8905539"},"heading":"Nondiscrimination","effect":"Adds an exception to the nondiscrimination provision so that excluding an individual from a program or employment is not a violation when the individual does not meet national security requirements that apply to it.","amount":null,"quote":"it shall not be a violation of this paragraph to exclude any individual from participation or employment in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance where such participation or employment"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HE4D98695C5374FCB8B1C935157DA6C7A"},"heading":"Effective date","effect":"Sets the general effective date at the first full program year after enactment, but applies sections 102, 103 and 108 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to plans for the second full program year after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"Sections 102, 103, and 108 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply to plans for the second full program year after the date of enactment of this Act"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 222","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HDBC83A87C91B48519FC00656590C0C6D"},"heading":"Identification of eligible providers of training services","effect":"Requires validation of training program information by employers, industry associations or labor organizations, but exempts programs offered by public institutions of higher education or accredited by a programmatic accrediting agency. Also delays use of two criteria for 3 years after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"The requirements of subclause (I) shall not apply to any program that is—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 294","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HF884517A6A6645298C4F4825A93EC869"},"heading":"Guard rails for program integrity","effect":"Bars proprietary institutions of higher education from being designated or certified as a one-stop operator, from receiving funds to operate a one-stop center, and from being appointed to State or local boards.","amount":null,"quote":"An institution of higher education that is a proprietary institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1)(A)) may not be—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 305","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-HCBEFB2D6BCA74DB1A1A55A3636D9B0CF"},"heading":"Performance accountability system","effect":"Lets the Secretary authorize selected eligible entities to use their own performance indicators for adult education programs instead of meeting the section 116 requirements, for up to five years, extendable by one year.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary may authorize one or more eligible entities to implement (as an alternative to meeting the requirements of section 116) an innovative performance accountability system"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 211","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H905BCA86D562467FA06FB3F083356379"},"heading":"Performance accountability system","effect":"Rewrites the state performance indicators for several programs, and provides that two of the indicators, subclauses (V) and (VI), do not apply to the employment services program under the Wagner-Peyser Act.","amount":null,"quote":"except that subclauses (V) and (VI) shall not apply to such program"}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh#toc-H392A62D1A5CC43088A4B5505740CD889"},"heading":"Merit system employees","effect":"Adds a requirement to the Wagner-Peyser Act that employment services authorized under that Act be performed by public employees under a merit system.","amount":null,"quote":"The employment services authorized under this Act shall be performed by public employees under a merit system."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7309/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-7309.png","v":"dd20f17155b9","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7309, 117th Congress: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022. House: 220 Yea, 196 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 May 2022."}}