119-hr2690

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2690 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2690

 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to define 
 employer-directed skills development, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 7, 2025

 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mr. Moolenaar) 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 define 
 employer-directed skills development, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Improve Employer-Directed Skills 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Interview Exception.--

Section 134
            (c) (3)
        (A) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174
            (c) (3)
        (A) ) is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``as provided in clause
            (ii) '' and inserting ``as provided in clause
            (ii) or
            (iii) '';

    (2) by redesignating clause
            (iii) as clause
            (iv) ; and

    (3) by inserting after clause
            (ii) the following:
 ``
            (iii) Employer referral.--A one-stop 
 operator or one-stop partner shall not be 
 required to conduct an interview, evaluation, 
 or assessment of an individual under clause
            (i) if such individual--
 ``
            (I) is referred by an employer to 
 receive on-the-job training or 
 employer-directed skills development in 
 connection with that employer; and
 ``
            (II) has been certified by the 
 employer as being an individual who is 
 in need of training services to obtain 
 unsubsidized employment with such 
 employer and who has the skills and 
 qualifications to successfully 
 participate in the selected program of 
 training services.''.

    (b) Employer-Directed Skills Development Agreement.--

Section 134
            (c) (3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3174
            (c) (3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (I) Employer-directed skills development.--An 
 employer may receive a contract from a local board to 
 provide employer-directed skills development to a 
 participant or group of participants if the employer 
 submits to the local board an agreement that 
 establishes--
 ``
            (i) the provider of the skills 
 development program, which may be the employer;
 ``
            (ii) the length of the skills development 
 program;
 ``
            (iii) the recognized postsecondary 
 credentials that will be awarded to, or the 
 occupational skills that will be gained by, 
 program participants;
 ``
            (iv) the cost of the skills development 
 program;
 ``
            (v) the estimated earnings of program 
 participants upon successful completion of the 
 program;
 ``
            (vi) the amount of such cost that will be 
 paid by the employer, which shall not be less 
 than the amount specified in subparagraph
            (C) of 

section 3

    (19) ; and
 ``
            (vii) a commitment by the employer to 
 employ the participating individual or 
 individuals upon successful completion of the 
 program.''.
            (c) Global Technical Amendment.--Title I of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) is amended by 
striking ``customized training'' each place it appears and inserting 
``employer-directed skills development''.
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