[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4506 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4506

   To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to clarify 
    reporting requirements for information relating to providers of 
                           training services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2024

Mr. Tuberville introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to clarify 
    reporting requirements for information relating to 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 ``Workforce Data Access Transparency 
and Accountability Act'' or the ``Workforce DATA Act''.

SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE REPORTS.

    Section 116(d)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3141(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Not later'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Templates.--Not later''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Data collection entity.--The entity listed as 
                the recommended data collection entity in Attachment II 
                of the Training and Employment Guidance Letter WIOA No. 
                3-18, entitled `Eligible Training Provider (ETP) 
                Reporting Guidance under the Workforce Innovation and 
                Opportunity Act (WIOA)', issued by the Employment and 
                Training Administration on August 31, 2018, shall 
                conduct data collection for reports under paragraphs 
                (2), (3), and (4).
                    ``(C) Data.--
                            ``(i) Unemployment compensation data.--A 
                        State that receives an allotment under this 
                        subtitle shall facilitate access for local 
                        boards in the State to unemployment 
                        compensation data, at the individual level, for 
                        participants in training services, to enable 
                        the local boards to meet the requirements of 
                        this section and section 122.
                            ``(ii) Wage data.--A State that receives an 
                        allotment under this subtitle shall facilitate 
                        access for providers of training services in 
                        the State to wage data for participants in 
                        training services, to enable the providers to 
                        meet the requirements of this section and 
                        section 122.
                            ``(iii) Privacy.--In facilitating access 
                        under this subparagraph, a State shall not 
                        reduce any protections required of or afforded 
                        by the State concerning the privacy of 
                        information on the individuals covered by the 
                        data involved.''.
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