[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 988
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a job
training grant pilot program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 5, 2003
Mr. Coleman 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 Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a job
training grant pilot program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. JOB TRAINING GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2916) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the
following:
``(d) Job Training Grant Pilot Program.--
``(1) In general.--
``(A) Grants.--The Secretary shall provide grants
to qualified job training programs as follows:
``(i) Placement grants.--Grants in an
amount to be determined by the Secretary shall
be provided to qualified job training programs
upon placement of a qualified graduate in
qualifying employment.
``(ii) Retention grants.--An additional
grant in an amount to be determined by the
Secretary shall be provided to qualified job
training programs upon retention of a qualified
graduate in qualifying employment for a period
of 1 year.
``(B) Determination.--In determining the amount of
the grants to be provided under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall consider the economic benefit received
by the Government from the employment of the qualified
graduate, including increased tax revenue and decreased
unemployment benefits or other support obligations.
``(2) Qualified job training program.--For purposes of this
subsection, a qualified job training program is 1 that--
``(A) is operated by a nonprofit or for-profit
entity, partnership, or joint venture formed under the
laws of--
``(i) the United States or a territory of
the United States;
``(ii) any State; or
``(iii) any county or locality;
``(B) offers education and training in--
``(i) basic skills, such as reading,
writing, mathematics, information processing,
and communications;
``(ii) technical skills, such as
accounting, computers, printing, and machining;
``(iii) thinking skills, such as reasoning,
creative thinking, decision making, and problem
solving; and
``(iv) personal qualities, such as
responsibility, self-esteem, self-management,
honesty, and integrity;
``(C) provides income supplements when needed to
eligible participants (defined for purposes of this
paragraph as an individual who meets the criteria
described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph
(3)) for housing, counseling, tuition, and other basic
needs;
``(D) provides eligible participants with not less
than 160 hours of instruction, assessment, or
professional coaching; and
``(E) invests an average of $10,000 in training per
graduate of such program.
``(3) Qualified graduate.--For purposes of this subsection,
a qualified graduate is an individual who is a graduate of a
qualified job training program and who--
``(A) is 18 years of age or older;
``(B) had in either of the 2 preceding taxable
years Federal adjusted gross income not exceeding the
maximum income of a very low-income family (as defined
in section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2))) for a single individual;
and
``(C) has assets of not more than $10,000,
exclusive of the value of an owned homestead, indexed
for inflation.
``(4) Qualifying employment.--For purposes of this
subsection, qualifying employment shall include any permanent
job or employment paying annual wages of not less than $18,000,
and not less than $10,000 more than the qualified graduate
earned before receiving training from the qualified job
training program.''.
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