[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5336 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5336

   To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide 
 additional criteria for the Dislocated Worker Project, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2021

  Mr. Keller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide 
 additional criteria for the Dislocated Worker Project, 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 ``Strengthening Knowledge, Improving 
Learning, and Livelihoods Act'' or the ``SKILLS Act''.

SEC. 2. DISLOCATED WORKER PROJECT CRITERIA.

    Section 169(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3224(c)) is amended in the third sentence--
            (1) by inserting after ``job creation'' the following: 
        ``(especially for in-demand occupations)''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``dislocated fishermen,'' the 
        following: ``developing career pathways and encouraging 
        advancements,''.
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