Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022”.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Sec. 2 References
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).
Sec. 3 Transition provisions
Workforce Development Systems and Investment Activities— The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall take such actions as the Secretaries determine to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under subtitle A of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, to any authority under subtitle A of title I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), as amended by this Act. Such actions shall include the provision of guidance related to unified State planning, combined State planning, and the performance accountability system described in such subtitle.
Workforce Investment Activities— The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the subtitles B through E of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, to any authority under subtitles B through E of title I of such Act, as amended by this Act.
Adult Education and Literacy Programs— The Secretary of Education shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, to any authority under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, as amended by this Act.
Employment Services Activities— The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, to any authority under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by this Act.
Regulations—
Proposed regulations— Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education, as appropriate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations relating to the transition to, and implementation of, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as amended by this Act, and the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by this Act.
Final regulations— Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries described in paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register final regulations relating to the transition to, and implementation of, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as amended by this Act, and the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by this Act.
Expenditure of Funds During Transition—
In general— Subject to paragraph (2) and in accordance with regulations developed under subsection (f), States, grant recipients, administrative entities, and other recipients of financial assistance under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), as in effect before the date of enactment of this Act, may expend funds received under such Act in order to plan and implement programs and activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as amended by this Act.
Additional requirements— Not more than 2 percent of any allotment to any State from amounts appropriated under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, for fiscal year 2022 may be made available to carry out activities authorized under paragraph (1) and not less than 50 percent of any amount used to carry out activities authorized under paragraph (1) shall be made available to local entities for the purposes of the activities described in such paragraph.
Sec. 4 Effective date
In general— Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act, including the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the first day of the first full program year after the date of enactment of this Act.
Exceptions— Sections 102, 103, and 108 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply to plans for the second full program year after the date of enactment of this Act, including the development, submission, and approval of such plans during the first full program year after such date.
Sec. 5 Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: