Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011
Latest action · Sep 8, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011 - 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 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2011 to Jul 9, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Jun 22, 2011 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Jun 22, 2011 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jun 22, 2011 |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Feb 6, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Robert T. Schilling | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Jul 9, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2011 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Sep 8, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Jun 22, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4458.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-36 | EXAMINING LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN FEDERAL JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS107 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Aug 30, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4297 | Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 | Related bill | Dec 14, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011
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.
- Jun 22, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
