119-hr2465

[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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