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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2236

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to expand the flexibility 
            of customized training, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2001

Mr. Radanovich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to expand the flexibility 
            of customized training, 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 ``Customized Training Flexibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY IN CUSTOMIZED TRAINING REQUIREMENT UNDER THE 
              WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.

    Section 101(8) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801(8)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(including a group 
        of employers)'' and inserting ``or a group of employers within 
        the same industry'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the employer'' and 
        inserting ``any such employer''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for not less than 50 
        percent'' and inserting ``a portion''.

SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.

    (a) Definition of Eligible Youth.--Section 101(13)(B) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801(13)(B)) is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(B)(i) is a low-income individual; or
                    ``(ii) has been determined to meet the eligibility 
                requirements for free meals under the Richard B. 
                Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
                seq.) during the most recent school year; and''.
    (b) Use of Funds for Adult and Dislocated Worker Employment and 
Training Activities.--Section 134(d)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(H) Coordination with unemployment 
                compensation.--An eligible adult or dislocated worker 
                participating in training (except for on-the-job 
                training) shall be deemed to be in training with the 
                approval of the State agency in the same manner as 
                provided under section 314(f)(2) of the Job Training 
                Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1661c(f)(2)) (as such 
                section was in effect on the day before the date of the 
                enactment of this Act).''.
    (c) Increased Flexibility for Transfer of Within State 
Allocations.--Section 133(b)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2863(b)(4)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) by inserting after ``20 percent'' each place it appears the 
following: ``(or 35 percent with respect to a local board that 
represents a local area in which the unemployment rate is at least 10 
percent)''.
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