WIOA Planning Extension Act

S. 4498 · 118th Congress · Jun 11, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to extend State plans and other plans from a 4-year period to a 5-year period, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “WIOA Planning Extension Act”.

Sec. 2 State plans

Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by striking “4-year” and inserting “5-year”; and

(2)

in subsection (c)—

(A)

in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “4-year period” and inserting “5-year period (or 4-year period, as the case may be)”; and

(B)

in paragraph (3)(A), by striking “2-year period of any 4-year unified State plan” and inserting “2-year period of a 5-year unified State plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year unified State plan, as the case may be)”.

Sec. 3 Local plans

Section 108(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123(a)) is amended—

(1)

in the first sentence, by striking “4-year” and inserting “5-year”; and

(2)

in the fourth sentence, by striking “2-year period of the 4-year local plan” and “2-year period of a 5-year local plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year local plan, as the case may be)”.

Sec. 4 Plan for migrant and seasonal farmworker program

Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by striking “4 years” and inserting “5 years”; and

(2)

in subsection (c)(1), by striking “4-year” and inserting “5-year”.

Sec. 5 Provisions related to plan length

(a)

Local workforce development boards— Section 107(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(c)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (2)(A), by striking “once every 2 years” and inserting “during the first and during the third program year covered by the local plan”; and

(2)

in paragraph (3)(B), by striking “for 2 consecutive program years” and inserting “for the first 2 program years covered by the local plan or for the third, fourth, and fifth program years covered by the local plan”.

(b)

Performance accountability system— Section 116 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (b)(3)(A)(iv)(II)—

(A)

by striking “(II)” and all that follows through “The State” and inserting the following:

“(II) Third, fourth and fifth years—The State”

(B)

by striking “third and fourth program years” and inserting “third, fourth, and fifth program years”; and

(2)

in subsection (d)—

(A)

in paragraph (2), in subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), by striking “the 3 preceding program years” and inserting “the 4 preceding program years”; and

(B)

in paragraph (4), in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), by striking “the 3 preceding program years” and inserting “the 4 preceding program years”.