Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2009
Latest action · Dec 10, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 10, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs.
Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to: (1) state and local planning, allocation, work force investment board membership, and performance accountability; (2) one-stop centers; (3) consolidated funding for adult program activities, including job training, dislocated worker retraining, the employment service system, and reemployment grants; (4) training programs for both out-of-school and in-school youth, including challenge grants; and (5) national job training programs, including the Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Requires the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor to be the principal agency to administer WIA title I workforce investment systems for job training and employment services and title III (Job Corps).
Exempts religious organizations, with respect to their employment of individuals of a particular religion, from WIA nondiscrimination requirements.
Prescribes requirements for the approval of state Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) plans for the carrying out of certain workforce development activities.
Repeals Wagner-Peyser Act provisions relating to the U.S. Employment Service. Directs the Secretary of Labor to oversee the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a nationwide workforce and labor market information system.
Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (2) the Helen Keller National Center Act.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 10, 2009 to Mar 23, 2010, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Dec 10, 2009 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Dec 10, 2009 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Original | Dec 10, 2009 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Dec 10, 2009 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Dec 10, 2009 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Dec 10, 2009 |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Mar 23, 2010 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Mar 23, 2010 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 10, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Adult education and literacy
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Department of Labor
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor and Employment
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Performance measurement
- State and local government operations
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2009Introduced in House
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