H.R. 5649House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Building Youth Workforce Skills Act

Introduced September 21, 2023

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The Building Youth Workforce Skills Act amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to let local areas use individual training accounts for youth training. It allows funds to pay eligible training providers for services provided to in‑school youth ages 16‑21 and to out‑of‑school youth, using the same process currently used for adults and dislocated workers.

Key Provisions

  • Adds a new paragraph (9) to Section 129(c) permitting the use of individual training accounts for youth training services.
  • Specifies that the accounts can be used for in‑school youth aged 16 to 21 and for any out‑of‑school youth.
  • Allows these funds to be applied in the same way they are for adult or dislocated‑worker training under existing provisions.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

September 21, 2023

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Introduced in House

September 21, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

September 21, 2023

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118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5649

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 21, 2023

Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Smucker) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize the use of individual training accounts for certain youth.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Building Youth Workforce Skills Act.

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Youth workforce investment activities

Section 129(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(9)

Individual training accounts

Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) to a local area may be used to pay, through an individual training account, an eligible provider of training services described in section 122(d) for training services described in section 134(c)(3) provided to an in-school youth who is not younger than age 16 and not older than age 21, or any out-of-school youth, in the same manner that an individual training account is used to pay an eligible provider of training services under section 134(c)(3)(F)(iii) for training services provided to an adult or dislocated worker.

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