Congress 117 - HR 7309 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022

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Adult education and literacy Alaska Natives and Hawaiians American Samoa Civics education Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Government information and archives Higher education Indian social and development programs Juvenile crime and gang violence Labor and Employment Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Minority employment Northern Mariana Islands Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Science and engineering education State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates Unemployment Vocational and technical education Women's education Youth employment and child labor

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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022

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.

For example, the bill

increases workforce representation on state and local workforce investment boards from 20% to 30%;
reworks one-stop center infrastructure funding by requiring costs to be covered by state allocations of WIOA funds;
establishes subsidized youth employment programs that include work-readiness training and mentoring;
allows states and localities to partner with educational institutions to address the skill needs for in-demand jobs;
establishes grants to connect youth in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence with in-demand jobs;
eliminates a requirement that the Department of Labor ensure that individuals participating in WIOA activities comply with Selective Service laws;
modifies the allotment of youth workforce investment funds to states;
requires Labor to prioritize providing access to certain services to girls and women and applications for assistance from minority-serving institutions;
expands the Job Corps program, including by serving individuals in outlying areas and relaxing age requirements;
establishes grants to expand training programs through industry or sector partnerships;
expands grants for integrated English literacy and civics education to outlying areas; and
expands Wagner-Peyser employment services to the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.

The bill also provides statutory authority for Labor to award

competitive grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to improve employment and training outcomes and reduce recidivism of justice-involved youth; and
competitive grants for states to create workforce longitudinal administrative databases.

Actions

May 18, 2022

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 17, 2022

The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 7309.
May 17, 2022

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 17, 2022

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 193).
May 17, 2022

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 193).
May 17, 2022

On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 223 (Roll no. 192).
May 17, 2022

The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
May 17, 2022

Mr. Rutherford moved to recommit to the Committee on Education and Labor. (text: CR H5074)
May 17, 2022

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
May 17, 2022

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5071-5076)
May 17, 2022

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 7309 was postponed until a time to be announced.
May 17, 2022

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Miller-Meeks amendment, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Miller-Meeks demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
May 17, 2022

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1119, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Miller-Meeks amendment No. 28.
May 17, 2022

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Foxx demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
May 17, 2022

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1119, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 3.
May 17, 2022

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Foxx demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
May 17, 2022

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1119, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 2.
May 17, 2022

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Tiffany demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
May 17, 2022

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1119, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Scott (VA) amendment en bloc No. 1.
May 17, 2022

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7309.
May 17, 2022

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6531, H.R. 7309 and S. 2938. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on each measure without intervening motions except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit Upon passage of H. Res. 1119, H. Res. 1118 is adopted.
May 17, 2022

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1119. (consideration: CR H5023-5070; text: CR H5024-5048)
May 16, 2022

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1119 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6531, H.R. 7309 and S. 2938. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on each measure without intervening motions except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit Upon passage of H. Res. 1119, H. Res. 1118 is adopted.
May 12, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 240.
May 12, 2022

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-321.
Apr 5, 2022

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 5, 2022

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 31, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 31, 2022

Introduced in House

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