[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4526 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4526

  To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to expand the 
          types of one-stop centers used to provide services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2024

 Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) 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 expand the 
          types of one-stop centers used to provide 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 Development Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ONE-STOP CENTERS.

    Section 121(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3151(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1 physical 
                center in each local area of the State; and'' and 
                inserting ``1 physical or virtual center in each local 
                area of the State, or at 1 or more physical or virtual 
                centers shared by adjacent local areas and not less 
                than 1 such center in each other local area of the 
                State;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) may locate a physical or virtual center 
                descibed in subparagraph (A) at a public institution of 
                higher education.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``, the employment 
        service'' and all that follows and inserting ``, in each State 
        that has a physical one-stop center, the employment service 
        offices in that State shall be colocated with the physical one-
        stop centers in that State.'';
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Relationships with local areas and states.--For 
        purposes of applying this Act in a situation in which 2 
        adjacent local areas share a physical or virtual one-stop 
        center, a reference in this Act to a one-stop center that is in 
        a local area or State shall be considered to be a reference to 
        a one-stop center for that local area or State, respectively.
            ``(6) Virtual center.--In this subsection, the term 
        `virtual', used with respect to a one-stop center, means a 
        terminal or other equipment that provides access to each of the 
        programs, services, and activities described in paragraph 
        (1).''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 3(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49b(d)) is amended 
by striking ``, employment service'' and all that follows and inserting 
``, in each State that has a physical one-stop center, the employment 
service offices in that State shall be colocated with the physical one-
stop centers in that State.''.
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