[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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