[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4498 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4498

 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to extend State 
plans and other plans from a 4-year period to a 5-year period, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2024

  Mr. Mullin 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 extend State 
plans and other plans from a 4-year period to a 5-year period, 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 ``WIOA Planning Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE PLANS.

    Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3112) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``4-year'' and inserting 
        ``5-year''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``4-year 
                period'' and inserting ``5-year period (or 4-year 
                period, as the case may be)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``2-year 
                period of any 4-year unified State plan'' and inserting 
                ``2-year period of a 5-year unified State plan (or 2-
                year period of a 4-year unified State plan, as the case 
                may be)''.

SEC. 3. LOCAL PLANS.

    Section 108(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3123(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``4-year'' and 
        inserting ``5-year''; and
            (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``2-year period of 
        the 4-year local plan'' and ``2-year period of a 5-year local 
        plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year local plan, as the case may 
        be)''.

SEC. 4. PLAN FOR MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PROGRAM.

    Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3222) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``4 years'' and 
        inserting ``5 years''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``4-year'' and 
        inserting ``5-year''.

SEC. 5. PROVISIONS RELATED TO PLAN LENGTH.

    (a) Local Workforce Development Boards.--Section 107(c) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3122(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``once every 2 years'' 
        and inserting ``during the first and during the third program 
        year covered by the local plan''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``for 2 consecutive 
        program years'' and inserting ``for the first 2 program years 
        covered by the local plan or for the third, fourth, and fifth 
        program years covered by the local plan''.
    (b) Performance Accountability System.--Section 116 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 3141) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A)(iv)(II)--
                    (A) by striking ``(II)'' and all that follows 
                through ``The State'' and inserting the following:
                                    ``(II) Third, fourth and fifth 
                                years.--The State''; and
                    (B) by striking ``third and fourth program years'' 
                and inserting ``third, fourth, and fifth program 
                years''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), in subparagraphs (D), (E), 
                and (F), by striking ``the 3 preceding program years'' 
                and inserting ``the 4 preceding program years''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), in subparagraphs (C), (D), 
                and (E), by striking ``the 3 preceding program years'' 
                and inserting ``the 4 preceding program years''.
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