Summary:
Workforce Investment Act of 2013 - Title I: System Alignment and Innovation - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I (title II under this Act), workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II (title III under this Act), adult education and family literacy education programs. Establishes a new WIA title I, system alignment and innovation.

(Sec. 101) Defines "core programs" to mean: (1) youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities, (2) adult education and literacy activities, (3) employment services, and (4) vocational rehabilitation services.

Subtitle A: Workforce Boards and Plans - Chapter 1: State Provisions - (Sec. 111) Revises member composition of state workforce development boards (currently state workforce investment boards) to require at least 20% of a board to be composed of representatives of the workforce within the state.

Requires a state board to assist the state governor in: (1) the review of statewide policies and programs and development of recommendations on actions to be taken to align core programs and other programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and (2) the development of a statewide workforce and labor market information system.

(Sec. 112) Requires states to have approved unified state plans with a four-year strategy for the core programs.

Requires unified state plans to include: (1) a strategy, based on certain analyses, for aligning the core programs, as well as other state resources, to achieve the state's vision and goals for preparing an educated and skilled workforce (including youth and individuals with barriers to employment) and meeting the skilled workforce needs of employers; (2) a description of state operating systems and policies for supporting that strategy; and (3) certain requirements and state assurances with respect to statewide and local workforce investment system and adult education and family literacy education programs.

(Sec. 113) Allows a state to develop for approval a combined state plan for the core programs and one or more of the programs and activities from a specified list.

Chapter 2: Local Provisions - (Sec. 116) Converts local workforce investment areas into local workforce development areas, and revises requirements for their designation by the state governor.

Requires automatic designation of a local area by a state governor, in the second and subsequent full program years, upon the request of any existing local area meeting prescribed criteria.

Requires, in cases where a state is designated as a single state local area, that: (1) the state board meet certain member composition requirements, and (2) a local plan be approved as part of the state plan.

Requires a state, when developing a state plan, to identify regions composed of one or two or more local areas aligned with them.

Requires local boards in planning regions composed of two or more local areas to participate in a regional planning process for cooperative initiatives and arrangements that result in: (1) the establishment of regional service strategies and activities, including service delivery cooperative arrangements to address the employment and training needs of individuals with barriers to employment; (2) the development and implementation of initiatives involving in-demand industry sectors or occupations; and (3) the collection and analysis of regional labor market data.

Requires local boards and officials to collaborate to obtain approval of a single regional plan containing such initiatives and arrangements and incorporating local area plans.

Requires states to provide technical assistance and labor market information to assist local boards with regional planning and subsequent service delivery efforts.

Directs states to require local boards to: (1) share certain employment and workforce information that would assist in improving the performance of local areas on certain performance accountability measures, and (2) coordinate the provision of workforce investment activities with the activities of the other one-stop partner programs.

(Sec. 117) Revises requirements for local workforce development (currently, investment) boards, requiring at least 20% of a board to be composed of representatives of the local area workforce.

Requires a local board to conduct, and regularly update, a workforce research and regional labor market analysis and assist the state governor in developing a statewide workforce and labor market information system.

(Sec. 118) Revises requirements for the comprehensive local plan and its contents, contracting its range from five years to four years.

Chapter 3: General Provisions - (Sec. 121) Directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary in this title) to develop, and periodically review, guidelines for qualifications of directors of state and local workforce development boards.

(Sec. 122) Requires states to use certain allocations of funds for state and local workforce development boards. Authorizes state use of non-federal funds for such boards.

Subtitle B: Workforce Development Performance Accountability System - (Sec. 131) Establishes state and local performance accountability measures for core programs.

Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Education to provide technical assistance for the development of performance improvement plans for states and local areas that fail to meet state and local performance accountability measures.

Subtitle C: Workforce Innovation and Replication Grants - (Sec. 142) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Education to make competitive awards of workforce innovation and replication grants to state partnerships or regional entities for innovative strategies and activities to improve the education and employment outcomes for adults and youth as well as services provided to employers in the workforce system.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

(Sec. 143) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Education to make competitive awards of youth innovation and replication grants to states or local boards and other specified entities for innovative new strategies and activities to improve education and employment outcomes for eligible youth.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Title II: Workforce Investment and Related Activities - Subtitle A: Definition - (Sec. 201) Defines "Secretary" (in this title) to mean Secretary of Labor.

Subtitle B: Workforce Investment Activities and Providers - Chapter 1: Workforce Investment Activities Providers - (Sec. 221) Revises requirements for the roles and responsibilities of one-stop partners in one-stop delivery systems.

Adds to mandatory programs and activities of the one-stop delivery system the grants program for mentoring and other transitional services to reintegrate offenders into the community under the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) (including the welfare-to-work grants program currently covered). Requires each entity carrying out TANF activities to carry out the required one-stop partner activities, unless the state governor determines that they shall not.

Authorizes additional one-stop partners, with the approval of the local board and chief elected official, to carry out specified employment and training programs and other workforce development programs.

Revises requirements for a memorandum of understanding between the local board and a one-stop partner.

Revises eligibility requirements for one-stop operators.

Prescribes requirements for one-stop delivery systems. Requires the state board to establish objective criteria and procedures for assessing the continuous improvement of one-stop centers and the one-stop delivery system.

Prescribes requirements for one-stop infrastructure funding.

(Sec. 222) Revises requirements for identification of eligible providers of training services.

Requires a state governor to establish eligibility criteria and information requirements (as well as procedures required by current law) for providers of training services in local areas of the state, taking into account specified factors.

(Sec. 223) Requires local boards to award competitive grants or contracts to providers of youth workforce investment activities identified based on criteria in the state plan, including quality criteria a state governor is herewith required to establish for a training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential.

Chapter 2: Youth Workforce Investment Activities - (Sec. 227) Prescribes requirements for allotment of funds for state and local youth workforce investment activities, including within-state allocations of funds.

(Sec. 229) Prescribes youth workforce investment program eligibility requirements.

Chapter 3: Adult and Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities - (Sec. 232) Prescribes requirements for the allotment of federal funds among states for adult and dislocated worker employment and training, including within-state allocations.

(Sec. 234) Prescribes requirements for the use of funds for state and local employment and training activities, including statewide rapid response,incumbent worker training programs, and transitional jobs.

Chapter 4: General Workforce Investment Provisions - (Sec. 236) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the youth workforce investment and the adult and dislocated employment and training programs.

Subtitle C: Jobs Corps - (Sec. 241) Revises the purposes of the Job Corps to specify assisting eligible youth to connect to the labor force by providing them with intensive social, academic, career and technical education, and service-learning opportunities, in primarily residential centers, to enable them to obtain secondary school diplomas or recognized postsecondary credentials leading to successful careers in in-demand industries or the Armed Forces that will result in economic self-sufficiency and opportunities for advancement, or enrollment in postsecondary education, including an apprenticeship program.

(Sec. 244) Revises Job Corps program eligibility requirements.

Renames area vocational schools as area career and technical education schools.

Prescribes a special rule to make veterans of the Armed Forces eligible for the Job Corps if certain requirements are met.

(Sec. 245) Requires standards and procedures for the recruitment, screening, and selection of eligible Job Corps applicants to be arranged, in addition to current types of agencies, through child welfare agencies responsible for children in foster care and children eligible for assistance under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program under SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance).

Adds to the factors the Secretary must analyze in developing and implementing a plan for assigning enrollees to Job Corps centers the performance of the centers based on certain expected performance indicators.

Revises the requirement that an enrollee be assigned to the Job Corps center closest to the enrollee's home. Requires the Job Corps center closest to home to offer the type of career and technical education and training selected by that individual.

(Sec. 246) Allows an individual to be enrolled in the Job Corps for more than the regular two years if: (1) an individual with a disability would reasonably be expected to meet Job Corps graduate standards if allowed to participate for one additional year; or (2) an individual is participating in national service under a Civilian Conservation Center program, and so would be granted a Job Corps enrollment extension equal to the period of national service.

(Sec. 247) Revises factors the Secretary must consider in selecting an entity (including Civilian Conservation Centers) to operate a Job Corps center.

Authorizes Job Corps enrollees in Civilian Conservation Centers to provide assistance during natural disasters.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to designate a Job Corps National Liaison.

(Sec. 248) Revises activities provided by a Job Corps center to enrollees to include English language acquisition programs, career and technical education and training, work-based learning, driver's education, and counseling, which may include information about financial literacy.

Makes enrolling and completing suitable career and technical education and training programs and apprenticeship programs one of the purposes of targeted Job Corps activities.

Eliminates the requirement that the total amount of benefits for which an enrollee shall be eligible be reduced by the amount of any scholarship or other educational grant assistance received for advanced career training.

Specifies that the continued services provided graduates for up to 12 months after graduation shall be job placement and support services.

(Sec. 250) Replaces readjustment allowances for Job Corps graduates and former enrollees with transition allowances for graduates only. Requires the transition allowance to be incentive-based to reflect a graduate's completion of academic, career and technical education or training, and attainment of a recognized post-secondary credential.

Authorizes the Secretary to arrange for three months of employment services to former Job Corps enrollees.

(Sec. 252) Expands the reasons for dismissal of Job Corps enrollees who have violated Job Corps standards of conduct to include that retention of an enrollee will threaten the safety of the staff, students, or the local community.

(Sec. 253) Revises requirements for Job Corps center participation in the community. Eliminates the requirement that each center have a Business and Community Liaison. Requires instead that the director of each Job Corps center ensure the establishment and development of the business and community relationships and networks in order to enhance center effectiveness.

(Sec. 254) Revises composition requirements for the industry council, appointed by the center director, for each Job Corps center.

Requires councils to include employers from outside the local area who are likely to hire a significant number of enrollees from the center. Prescribes a special rule for single state local areas to require the council to include a representative of the state board.

(Sec. 256) Revises experimental, research, and demonstration projects requirements.

Authorizes the waiver of any provisions of this subtitle that would prevent the Secretary from carrying out such projects, subject to written notice to Congress at least 90 days before issuing the waiver.

(Sec. 259) Revises performance indicators for Job Corps centers, the Job Corps program, and recruitment service providers serving the Job Corps program. Requires such indicators to measure the number of enrollees who remain committed to the program for 90 days after enrollment.

Authorizes the Secretary, with respect to a Civilian Conservation Center that fails to meet expected performance levels relating to specified primary performance indicators, to select, competitively, an entity to operate that Center in accordance with specified requirements.

Directs the Secretary to require that an entity that has contracted to provide work-based learning activities for any Job Corps enrollee to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, or, as appropriate, corresponding state Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requirements.

(Sec. 261) Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Labor to report to Congress on the recent administrative changes made to the Job Corps program.

Directs the Secretary to submit periodically to Congress financial reports on the Job Corps program.

Directs the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training of the Department of Labor to report to Congress a response to the May 31, 2013, report of the Office of the Inspector General entitled "The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration Needs to Strengthen Controls over Job Corps Funds."

Directs the Secretary to provide for a third-party review of the Job Corps program every five years.

Directs the Secretary to establish written criteria that shall be used in closing a Job Corps center.

(Sec. 262) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the Job Corps program.

 Subtitle D: National Programs - (Sec. 266) Revises the principal purpose of Native American programs to add equipping Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals with entrepreneurial skills necessary to obtain employment.

Requires the award of competitive grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, Indian tribes tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, or Native Hawaiian organizations for certain workforce development activities and supplemental services to be made quadrennially instead of biennially.

Revises program plan requirements, requiring a four-year, instead of a two-year, strategy.

Requires the Secretary to develop a set of performance indicators and standards applicable to the Native American programs in addition to the primary indicators of performance for core programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Incorporated, and the University of Hawaii at Maui, Hawaii, for the unique populations who reside in Alaska or Hawaii to improve job training and workforce investment activities.

Repeals the Secretary's current authority to provide assistance to American Samoans who reside in Hawaii for the co-location of federally funded and state-funded workforce investment activities.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

(Sec. 267) Revises requirements for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs.

Requires competitive grants to, or contracts with, eligible entities for workforce investment activities (including youth workforce investment activities) and related assistance for eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers to be made quadrennially instead of biennially.

Revises program plan requirements, requiring a four-year, instead of a two-year, strategy.

Requires the Secretary and an eligible entity, for incorporation in the program plan, to reach agreement on the levels of performance for each of the primary indicators of performance, taking into account economic conditions, characteristics of the individuals served, and other appropriate factors, using a specified statistical adjustment model. Requires the Secretary to reserve at least 1% of program funds for discretionary purposes, such as providing technical assistance to eligible entities.

(Sec. 268) Revises requirements for veterans' workforce investment programs.

Directs the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training to include among program performance accountability measures for each grant or contract providing education, training, or employment services to veterans the primary indicators of performance for core programs and any adjusted levels of performance for each such indicator that are agreed to by the Assistant Secretary and the recipient of the grant or contract.

(Sec. 269) Revises requirements for technical assistance for states and recipients of financial assistance under the Native American, migrant and seasonal farmworker, and veterans' workforce investment programs.

Directs the Secretary to establish a system through which states may share information regarding promising and proven practices with regard to the operation of workforce investment activities.

(Sec. 270) Revises requirements for demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate workforce investment projects and the evaluation of workforce investment programs (effectively consolidating them).

Directs the Secretary to publish biennially in the Federal Register a five-year plan for the Department of Labor's research, studies, and multistate project priorities for employment and training.

Authorizes studies on:

 the net impact and best practices of programs, services, and activities carried out under this Act, resources available to assist disconnected youth, the effectiveness of the workforce development system in meeting business needs, the number and percentage of individuals who receive employment and training activities and who enter nontraditional occupations, performance indicators, job training for recipients of public housing assistance, improvement of the employment prospects for older individuals, and prior learning. Directs the Secretary to use up to 10% of certain funds for any adult and dislocated worker employment and training program year to carry out demonstration and pilot projects, multiservice projects, and multistate projects relating to the employment and training needs of dislocated workers.

Directs the Secretary to:

 establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program for certain targeted populations, award competitive National Energy Training Partnerships Grants to enable eligible entities to carry out training that leads to economic self-sufficiency and develops an energy efficiency and renewable energy industries workforce, award competitive grants to enable states to administer labor market and labor exchange information programs, award competitive grants to enable states to administer renewable energy and energy efficiency workforce development programs, and award competitive grants to enable eligible entities to carry out Pathways Out of Poverty training for certain low-income individuals that leads to economic self-sufficiency. Authorizes appropriations.

 Directs the Secretary to establish and implement a national demonstration project for workforce training programs that integrate English language acquisition and occupational or skills training.

 Requires the Secretary to make competitive grants to eligible entities for integrated workforce training programs for adults who are English language learners.

Authorizes the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to establish and implement a national demonstration project of grants to increase employment opportunities for workers in in-demand industry sectors.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to a community college, or consortium of community colleges and one or more institutions of higher education, for: (1) developing training and education programs leading to a recognized postsecondary credential and employment in the in-demand industry sector, including programs that are work-based and incorporate other earn-and-learn strategies; and (2) training adults, incumbent workers, dislocated workers, or out-of-school youth in the skills and competencies needed to obtain or upgrade employment in an in-demand industry sector.

Authorizes the Secretary to conduct projects that focus on career advancement for nursing care providers or providers of early education and child care, including faculty education and distance education programs.

(Sec. 271) Converts the national emergency grants program into a national dislocated worker grants program.

Retains disaster relief employment assistance requirements, but without health insurance coverage assistance currently addressed for individuals employed under national emergency grants.

(Sec. 272) Revises requirements, and reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018, for the Youthbuild grants program.

(Sec. 273) Reauthorizes appropriations and makes certain reservations of funds for FY2014-FY2018 for the Native American, migrant and seasonal farmworker, and veterans' workforce investment programs.

Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) technical assistance, and (2) Department of Labor evaluations and research of workforce investment programs.

Subtitle E: Administration - (Sec. 281) Revises and applies certain administrative requirements to subtitles A, B, and C of title I of this Act.

(Sec. 289) Repeals the requirement that funds obligated for any program year for a demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects remain available until expended.

Allows a contract or arrangement entered for evaluations, research projects, studies and reports, and multistate projects, including a long-term, nonseverable services contract, to be funded on an incremental basis with annual appropriations or other available funds.

 Repeals the requirement that the authority provided under waivers granted a state with respect to Department of Labor training and employment services in title I of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, including a waiver of the related requirements for statewide and local workforce investment systems as well as certain administrative requirements, continue in effect and apply for the duration of the initial waiver.

Requires the Secretary, with respect to an approved waiver of statutory or regulatory requirements for a state or local area, to expedite that waiver for another state or local area if the waiver is in accordance with the approved state or local plan.

(Sec. 290) Permits a state to request, and the Secretary to approve, a workforce flexibility plan under which the state is authorized to waive specified statutory or regulatory requirements.,

(Sec. 291) Declares that nothing in this title shall be interpreted to preclude the enactment of state legislation providing for the implementation of the activities assisted under this title.

Grants the consent of Congress to states to enter into interstate compacts and agreements to facilitate compliance with this title, subject to the Secretary's approval.

(Sec. 292) Declares that any federal equity acquired in real property through grants to states for unemployment compensation or with respect to the U.S. Employment Service is transferred to the states that used the grants for the acquisition of such equity.

(Sec. 294) Prohibits the use of funds under this title to establish or operate stand-alone fee-for-service enterprises, except one-stop centers, that compete with private sector employment agencies that fully meet the identified need.

Prohibits the use of funds by a recipient or subrecipient to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual (except certain vendors), either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Level II of the Federal Executive Pay Schedule.

Title III: Adult Education and Literacy - Adult Education and Family Literacy Act - Revises the entire Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act (while retaining most of it as is).

 (Sec. 303) Redefines "adult education" to mean academic instruction and education services below the postsecondary level that increase an individual's ability to: (1) read, write, and speak English and perform mathematics necessary for attaining a secondary school diploma or its equivalent; (2) transition to postsecondary education and training; and (3) obtain employment.

 Targets individuals who are at least 16 and are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under state law and who also: (1) lack basic skills, (2) do not have a secondary school diploma or its equivalent and have not achieved an equivalent level of education, or (3) are English learners.

Changes the term "individual of limited English proficiency" to "English learner."

(Sec. 303) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

 Subtitle A: Federal Programs - (Sec. 311) Increases the mandatory reservation of funds from 1.5% to 2.0% for national leadership activities and specified additional assistance. Requires the Secretary of Education (Secretary in this title) to reserve 12% of those funds for integrated English literacy and civics education.

Removes Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia from the special rule for the award of competitive grants under this title.

Directs GAO to study the formula for the distribution of funds and develop recommendations for improving it.

(Sec. 312) Subjects these programs and activities to the performance accountability requirements of subtitle B of title I of this Act.

Subtitle B: State Provisions - (Sec. 321) Revises requirements for state administration, unified or combined plans, state leadership and other activities, including corrections education and education for other institutionalized individuals, as well as distribution of local funds.

Subtitle C: Local Provisions - Revises requirements for grants and contracts for eligible providers on the local level, as well as grant and contract applications, and local administrative cost limits.

Subtitle D: General Provisions - (Sec. 342) Revises requirements for the program of national leadership activities the Secretary is required to carry on to enhance the quality and outcomes of adult education and literacy activities and programs nationwide.

(Sec. 343) Directs the Secretary to award grants to states for integrated English literacy and civics education.

Title IV: Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act - (Sec. 401) Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to rename public employment offices as public employment service offices, and requires such offices to be co-located with one-stop centers.

(Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary in this title) to assist the states in the development of national electronic tools that may be used to improve access to workforce information for individuals through one-stop delivery systems established under title I of this Act and other appropriate delivery systems.

(Sec. 405) Authorizes use of a state's allotment of public employment services funds to provide unemployment insurance claimants with referrals to, and application assistance for, training and education resources and programs, including student assistance under Federal Pell Grants of the Higher Education Act of 1965, educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance, state student higher education assistance, and training and education programs under WIA titles II and III, and title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(Sec. 408) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program of of up to five competitive grants to state employment agencies to carry out pilot projects that enhance the professional development and the provision of public employment services by agency staff.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

(Sec. 409) Replaces the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary is required to oversee, with a nationwide workforce and labor market information system.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Workforce Information Advisory Council.

Title V: Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Subtitle A: Introductory Provisions - (Sec. 503) Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to establish a Disability Employment Services and Supports Administration (DESSA) within the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Services, and Supports of the Department of Labor.

Requires DESSA to be the principal agency to administer vocational rehabilitation services programs under titles I, III, and VI of that Act. (Currently, these are administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration [RSA] of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the Department of Education.)

Subtitle B: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - (Sec. 511) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for vocational rehabilitation service grants to states for individuals with disabilities.

(Sec. 512) Revises requirements for: (1) state plans for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities, (2) eligibility for this assistance and individualized plans for employment, (3) monitoring and review of vocational rehabilitation programs, and (4) state allotments for them.

(Sec. 523) Requires: (1) states to make certain funds available to designated state units for pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities transitioning to employment from education or training, and (2) each local office of a state unit to designate staff to act as Local Pre-Employment Transition Coordinators for student with disabilities.

Directs the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) each to designate a lead staff person to fulfill the responsibilities of a National Pre-Employment Transition Coordinator for Students with Disabilities.

(Sec. 524) Revises American Indian vocational rehabilitation services grant program eligibility requirements to permit grants to be renewed for an additional five years, provided certain conditions are met.

(Sec. 526) Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the interaction of vocational rehabilitation programs carried out under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 with the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program, including its impact on beneficiaries, community rehabilitation programs, and designated state agencies.

Subtitle C: Research and Training - (Sec. 532) Reauthorizes programs and activities under this subtitle for FY2014-FY2018.

(Sec. 533) Renames: (1) the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) as the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR); and (2) the Rehabilitation Research Advisory Council as the Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Advisory Council (DILRRAC).

Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the NIDILRR and DILRRAC.

Establishes the NIDILRR within the Administration for Community Living of HHS (effectively transferring it to HHS from the Department of Education).

Requires the NIDILRR Director to be responsible for: (1) coordinating all federal programs and policies for research on independent living of individuals with disabilities, and (2) identifying independent living and rehabilitation programs and policies that promote the independence of such individuals and achievement of long-term independent living and employment goals.

Subtitle D: Professional Development and Special Projects and Demonstration - (Sec. 542) Requires competitive grants to eligible entities to provide technical assistance, support model demonstration projects, disseminate useful information, and implement activities to facilitate transition of youths with significant disabilities from school to post-secondary education, competitive integrated employment, and independent living.

Establishes an annual RSA Commissioner's Scholar Program to recognize individuals with significant disabilities who are successfully completing a postgraduate degree in specified curricula.

Directs the RSA Commissioner to award grants to eligible entities for training and technical assistance centers to promote high-quality employment outcomes for individuals receiving vocational rehabilitation services from designated agencies and American Indian vocational rehabilitation service (AIVRS) grantees.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

(Sec. 543) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services grants to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, and (2) recreational programs for individuals with disabilities.

Subtitle E: National Council on Disability - (Sec. 551) Reduces from 15 to 9 the number of members on the National Council on Disability.

(Sec. 553) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Subtitle F: Rights and Advocacy - (Sec. 556) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board), and (2) grants to support state systems to protect the legal and human rights of certain individuals with disabilities.

(Sec. 558) Prohibits an entity (including a contractor or subcontractor) from employing an individual with a disability at a wage less than the federal minimum wage (subminimum wage), unless the entity complies with certain Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 wage requirements for handicapped workers and specified other conditions are met.

Subtitle G: Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities - (Sec. 561) Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for grants for Projects With Industry to create and expand job and career opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

(Sec. 563) Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 to assist states in developing collaborative programs to provide supported employment services for individuals (including youth) with the most significant disabilities to enable them to achieve supported employment in competitive integrated employment.

Subtitle H: Independent Living Services and Centers for Independent Living - Chapter 1: Individuals With Significant Disabilities - Subchapter A: General Provisions - (Sec. 572) Establishes within the HHS Administration for Community Living an Independent Living Administration (ILA).

(Sec. 573) Specifies that a center for independent living is an agency for individuals with significant disabilities (regardless of age or income).

(Sec. 574) Revises requirements for a state plan for independent living services in the state for individuals with significant disabilities, including establishment of additional centers for independent living, expanded catchment areas, or focused outreach to serve underserved populations.

(Sec. 575) Revises the composition and functions of State Independent Living Councils (SILCs).

(Sec. 575A) Transfers to the ILA Director the responsibilities of the RSA Commissioner to make allotments to states for independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities.

Subchapter B: Independent Living Services - (Sec. 576) Directs the ILA Director to make specified fund allocations for grants and contracts with certain entities to provide training and technical assistance for developing, conducting, administering, and evaluating SILCs.

Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Subchapter C: Centers for Independent Living - (Sec. 581) Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for the centers for independent living grant program.

Subchapter D: Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind - (Sec. 586) Directs the RSA Commissioner to make specified fund allocations for grants and contracts with certain entities to provide training and technical assistance for developing, conducting, administering, and evaluating independent living service programs for older individuals who are blind.

(Sec. 588) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Subtitle I: Increasing Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities - (Sec. 591) Establishes within the Department of Labor an Office of Disability Employment Policy, Services, and Supports, headed by an Assistant Secretary, to: (1) help develop and support national policies and practices that will increase employment and economic advancement opportunities for all individuals with disabilities, and (2) ensure that such individuals are fully integrated into the 21st Century workforce.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2018.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities.

Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary and in coordination with the Commissioners of DESSA, of Social Security, and the heads of other relevant federal agencies, to carry out campaigns to educate employers and the general public on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities.

Subtitle J: General Provisions - (Sec. 596) Transfers all functions of: (1) the RSA Commissioner (other than title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [RA73]) to DESSA, (2) the RSA Commissioner under title VII [independent living services for individuals with disabilities] of RA73 to the ILA, and (3) the NIDRR Director to NIDILRR.

Title VI: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Workforce Investment - (Sec. 601) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) supersede specified privacy protections afforded parents and students under the General Education Provisions Act, or (2) permit development of a national database of personally identifiable information on individuals receiving job training and employment services.

(Sec. 602) Prohibits an entity from using funds made available under the Act unless it agrees to comply with Buy American requirements.

Subtitle B: Amendments to Other Laws - (Sec. 611) Repeals: (1) the youth opportunity grants program, (2) the Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission Act, and (3) the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

workforce investment act title system alignment innovation amends workforce investment act revise requirements reauthorize appropriations title title act workforce investment systems job training employment services title title iii act adult_education family literacy education programs establishes new title system alignment innovation sec defines core programs mean youth workforce investment activities adult dislocated worker employment training activities adult_education literacy activities employment services vocational rehabilitation services subtitle workforce boards plans chapter state provisions sec revises member composition state workforce development boards currently state workforce investment boards require board composed representatives workforce state requires state board assist state governor review statewide policies programs development recommendations actions taken align core programs programs support comprehensive statewide workforce development system development statewide workforce labor market information system sec requires states approved unified state plans year strategy core programs requires unified state plans include strategy based certain analyses aligning core programs state resources achieve state vision goals preparing educated skilled workforce including youth individuals barriers employment meeting skilled workforce needs employers description state operating systems policies supporting strategy certain requirements state assurances respect statewide local workforce investment system adult_education family literacy education programs sec allows state develop approval combined state plan core programs programs activities specified list chapter local provisions sec converts local workforce investment areas local workforce development areas revises requirements designation state governor requires automatic designation local area state governor second subsequent program years request existing local area meeting prescribed criteria requires cases state designated single state local area state board meet certain member composition requirements local plan approved state plan requires state developing state plan identify regions composed local areas aligned requires local boards planning regions composed local areas participate regional planning process cooperative initiatives arrangements result establishment regional service strategies activities including service delivery cooperative arrangements address employment training needs individuals barriers employment development implementation initiatives involving demand industry sectors occupations collection analysis regional labor market data requires local boards officials collaborate obtain approval single regional plan containing initiatives arrangements incorporating local area plans requires states provide technical assistance labor market information assist local boards regional planning subsequent service delivery efforts directs states require local boards share certain employment workforce information assist improving performance local areas certain performance accountability measures coordinate provision workforce investment activities activities stop partner programs sec revises requirements local workforce development currently investment boards requiring board composed representatives local area workforce requires local board conduct regularly update workforce research regional labor market analysis assist state governor developing statewide workforce labor market information system sec revises requirements comprehensive local plan contents contracting range years years chapter general_provisions sec directs secretary labor secretary title develop periodically review guidelines qualifications directors state local workforce development boards sec requires states use certain allocations funds state local workforce development boards authorizes state use non federal funds boards subtitle workforce development performance accountability system sec establishes state local performance accountability measures core programs requires secretary secretary education provide technical assistance development performance improvement plans states local areas fail meet state local performance accountability measures subtitle workforce innovation replication grants sec directs secretary secretary education competitive awards workforce innovation replication grants state partnerships regional entities innovative strategies activities improve education employment outcomes adults youth services provided employers workforce system authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 sec directs secretary secretary education competitive awards youth innovation replication grants states local boards specified entities innovative new strategies activities improve education employment outcomes eligible youth authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 title workforce investment related activities subtitle definition sec defines secretary title mean secretary labor subtitle workforce investment activities providers chapter workforce investment activities providers sec revises requirements roles responsibilities stop partners stop delivery systems adds mandatory programs activities stop delivery system grants program mentoring transitional services offenders community second chance act temporary_assistance needy families tanf grant program title social_security_act ssa including welfare work grants program currently covered requires entity carrying tanf activities carry required stop partner activities state governor determines shall authorizes additional stop partners approval local board chief elected official carry specified employment training programs workforce development programs revises requirements memorandum understanding local board stop partner revises eligibility requirements stop operators prescribes requirements stop delivery systems requires state board establish objective criteria procedures assessing continuous improvement stop centers stop delivery system prescribes requirements stop infrastructure funding sec revises requirements identification eligible providers training services requires state governor establish eligibility criteria information requirements procedures required current law providers training services local areas state taking account specified factors sec requires local boards award competitive grants contracts providers youth workforce investment activities identified based criteria state plan including quality criteria state governor required establish training program leads recognized postsecondary credential chapter youth workforce investment activities sec prescribes requirements allotment funds state local youth workforce investment activities including state allocations funds sec prescribes youth workforce investment program eligibility requirements chapter adult dislocated worker employment training activities sec prescribes requirements allotment federal funds states adult dislocated worker employment training including state allocations sec prescribes requirements use funds state local employment training activities including statewide rapid response incumbent worker training programs transitional jobs chapter general workforce investment provisions sec authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 youth workforce investment adult dislocated employment training programs subtitle jobs corps sec revises purposes job_corps specify assisting eligible youth connect labor force providing intensive social academic career technical education service learning opportunities primarily residential centers enable obtain secondary school recognized postsecondary credentials leading successful careers demand industries armed_forces result economic self sufficiency opportunities advancement enrollment postsecondary education including apprenticeship program sec revises job_corps program eligibility requirements renames area vocational schools area career technical education schools prescribes special rule veterans armed_forces eligible job_corps certain requirements met sec requires standards procedures recruitment screening selection eligible job_corps applicants arranged addition current types agencies child welfare agencies responsible children foster care children eligible assistance john chafee foster care independence program ssa title foster care adoption assistance adds factors secretary analyze developing implementing plan assigning enrollees job_corps centers performance centers based certain expected performance indicators revises requirement enrollee assigned job_corps center closest enrollee home requires job_corps center closest home offer type career technical education training selected individual sec allows individual enrolled job_corps regular years individual disability reasonably expected meet job_corps graduate standards allowed participate additional year individual participating national service civilian conservation center program granted job_corps enrollment extension equal period national service sec revises factors secretary consider selecting entity including civilian conservation centers operate job_corps center authorizes job_corps enrollees civilian conservation centers provide assistance natural disasters requires secretary agriculture designate job_corps national liaison sec revises activities provided job_corps center enrollees include english_language_acquisition programs career technical education training work based learning driver education counseling include information financial literacy makes enrolling completing suitable career technical education training programs apprenticeship programs purposes targeted job_corps activities eliminates requirement total benefits enrollee shall eligible reduced scholarship educational grant assistance received advanced career training specifies continued services provided graduates months graduation shall job placement support services sec replaces readjustment allowances job_corps graduates enrollees transition allowances graduates requires transition allowance incentive based reflect graduate completion academic career technical education training attainment recognized post secondary credential authorizes secretary arrange months employment services job_corps enrollees sec expands reasons dismissal job_corps enrollees violated job_corps standards conduct include retention enrollee threaten safety staff students local community sec revises requirements job_corps center participation community eliminates requirement center business community liaison requires instead director job_corps center ensure establishment development business community relationships networks order enhance center effectiveness sec revises composition requirements industry council appointed center director job_corps center requires councils include employers outside local area likely hire significant number enrollees center prescribes special rule single state local areas require council include representative state board sec revises experimental research demonstration projects requirements authorizes waiver provisions subtitle prevent secretary carrying projects subject written notice congress days issuing waiver sec revises performance indicators job_corps centers job_corps program recruitment service providers serving job_corps program requires indicators measure number enrollees remain committed program days enrollment authorizes secretary respect civilian conservation center fails meet expected performance levels relating specified primary performance indicators select competitively entity operate center accordance specified requirements directs secretary require entity contracted provide work based learning activities job_corps enrollee comply occupational_safety_and_health_act appropriate corresponding state occupational_safety_and_health_act requirements sec directs inspector_general department_of_labor report congress recent administrative changes job_corps program directs secretary submit periodically congress financial reports job_corps program directs assistant secretary employment training department_of_labor report congress response report office_of_the_inspector_general entitled department_of_labor employment_and_training_administration needs strengthen controls job_corps funds directs secretary provide party review job_corps program years directs secretary establish written criteria shall closing job_corps center sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 job_corps program subtitle national programs sec revises principal purpose native american programs add equipping indian alaska_native native hawaiian individuals entrepreneurial skills necessary obtain employment requires award competitive grants contracts cooperative agreements indian tribes tribal organizations alaska_native entities indian controlled organizations serving indians native hawaiian organizations certain workforce development activities supplemental services instead biennially revises program plan requirements requiring year instead year strategy requires secretary develop set performance indicators standards applicable native american programs addition primary indicators performance core programs authorizes secretary provide assistance cook inlet tribal_council incorporated university hawaii maui hawaii unique populations reside alaska hawaii improve job training workforce investment activities repeals secretary current authority provide assistance american reside hawaii location federally funded state funded workforce investment activities authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 sec revises requirements migrant seasonal programs requires competitive grants contracts eligible entities workforce investment activities including youth workforce investment activities related assistance eligible migrant seasonal farmworkers instead biennially revises program plan requirements requiring year instead year strategy requires secretary eligible entity incorporation program plan reach agreement levels performance primary indicators performance taking account economic conditions characteristics individuals served appropriate factors specified statistical adjustment model requires secretary reserve program funds discretionary purposes providing technical assistance eligible entities sec revises requirements veterans workforce investment programs directs assistant secretary veterans employment training include program performance accountability measures grant contract providing education training employment services veterans primary indicators performance core programs adjusted levels performance indicator agreed assistant secretary recipient grant contract sec revises requirements technical assistance states recipients financial assistance native american migrant seasonal veterans workforce investment programs directs secretary establish system states share information promising proven practices regard operation workforce investment activities sec revises requirements demonstration pilot multiservice research multistate workforce investment projects evaluation workforce investment programs effectively consolidating directs secretary publish biennially federal_register year plan department_of_labor research studies multistate project priorities employment training authorizes studies net impact best practices programs services activities carried act resources available assist disconnected youth effectiveness workforce development system meeting business needs number percentage individuals receive employment training activities enter nontraditional occupations performance indicators job training recipients public housing assistance improvement employment prospects older individuals prior learning directs secretary use certain funds adult dislocated worker employment training program year carry demonstration pilot projects multiservice projects multistate projects relating employment training needs dislocated workers directs secretary establish energy efficiency renewable energy worker training program certain targeted populations award competitive national energy training partnerships grants enable eligible entities carry training leads economic self sufficiency develops energy efficiency renewable energy industries workforce award competitive grants enable states administer labor market labor exchange information programs award competitive grants enable states administer renewable energy energy efficiency workforce development programs award competitive grants enable eligible entities carry pathways poverty training certain low income individuals leads economic self sufficiency authorizes appropriations directs secretary establish implement national demonstration project workforce training programs integrate english_language_acquisition occupational skills training requires secretary competitive grants eligible entities integrated workforce training programs adults english language learners authorizes secretary collaboration secretary education establish implement national demonstration project grants increase employment opportunities workers demand industry sectors directs secretary award competitive grants community college consortium community colleges institutions higher education developing training education programs leading recognized postsecondary credential employment demand industry sector including programs work based incorporate earn learn strategies training adults incumbent workers dislocated workers school youth skills competencies needed obtain upgrade employment demand industry sector authorizes secretary conduct projects focus career advancement nursing care providers providers early education child care including faculty education distance education programs sec converts national emergency grants program national dislocated worker grants program retains disaster relief employment assistance requirements health insurance coverage assistance currently addressed individuals employed national emergency grants sec revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 grants program sec reauthorizes appropriations makes certain reservations funds fy2014-fy2018 native american migrant seasonal veterans workforce investment programs reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 technical assistance department_of_labor evaluations research workforce investment programs subtitle administration sec revises applies certain administrative requirements subtitles title act sec repeals requirement funds obligated program year demonstration pilot multiservice research multistate projects remain available expended allows contract arrangement entered evaluations research projects studies reports multistate projects including long term services contract funded incremental basis annual appropriations available funds repeals requirement authority provided waivers granted state respect department_of_labor training employment services title departments_of_labor health_and_human_services education related agencies appropriations act including waiver related requirements statewide local workforce investment systems certain administrative requirements continue effect apply duration initial waiver requires secretary respect approved waiver statutory regulatory requirements state local area expedite waiver state local area waiver accordance approved state local plan sec permits state request secretary approve workforce flexibility plan state authorized waive specified statutory regulatory requirements sec declares title shall interpreted preclude enactment state legislation providing implementation activities assisted title grants consent congress states enter interstate compacts agreements facilitate compliance title subject secretary approval sec declares federal equity acquired real property grants states unemployment compensation respect employment service transferred states grants acquisition equity sec prohibits use funds title establish operate stand fee service enterprises stop centers compete private sector employment agencies fully meet identified need prohibits use funds recipient pay salary bonuses individual certain vendors direct costs indirect costs rate excess level federal executive pay schedule title iii adult_education literacy adult_education family literacy act revises entire adult_education family literacy education act retaining sec redefines adult_education mean academic instruction education services postsecondary level increase individual ability read write speak english perform mathematics necessary attaining secondary school diploma equivalent transition postsecondary education training obtain employment targets individuals enrolled required enrolled secondary school state law lack basic skills secondary school diploma equivalent achieved equivalent level education english learners changes term individual limited english proficiency english learner sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 subtitle federal programs sec increases mandatory reservation funds national leadership activities specified additional assistance requires secretary education secretary title reserve funds integrated english literacy civics education removes guam american_samoa commonwealth_of_the_northern_mariana_islands republic_of_the_marshall_islands federated_states micronesia special rule award competitive grants title directs gao study formula distribution funds develop recommendations improving sec subjects programs activities performance accountability requirements subtitle title act subtitle state provisions sec revises requirements state administration unified combined plans state leadership activities including corrections education education institutionalized individuals distribution local funds subtitle local provisions revises requirements grants contracts eligible providers local level grant contract applications local administrative cost limits subtitle general_provisions sec revises requirements program national leadership activities secretary required carry enhance quality outcomes adult_education literacy activities programs nationwide sec directs secretary award grants states integrated english literacy civics education title amendments wagner act sec amends wagner act rename public employment offices public employment service offices requires offices located stop centers sec directs secretary labor secretary title assist states development national electronic tools improve access workforce information individuals stop delivery systems established title act appropriate delivery systems sec authorizes use state allotment public employment services funds provide unemployment insurance claimants referrals application assistance training education resources programs including student assistance federal pell_grants higher education act educational assistance montgomery bill veterans educational assistance state student higher education assistance training education programs titles iii title rehabilitation act sec directs secretary establish pilot program competitive grants state employment agencies carry pilot projects enhance professional development provision public employment services agency staff authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 sec replaces nationwide employment statistics system secretary required oversee nationwide workforce labor market information system directs secretary establish workforce information advisory_council title amendments rehabilitation act subtitle introductory provisions sec amends rehabilitation act establish disability employment services supports administration office disability employment policy services supports department_of_labor requires principal agency administer vocational rehabilitation services programs titles iii act currently administered rehabilitation services administration office special education rehabilitative services department_of_education subtitle vocational rehabilitation services sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 vocational rehabilitation service grants states individuals disabilities sec revises requirements state plans vocational rehabilitation services individuals disabilities eligibility assistance individualized plans employment monitoring review vocational rehabilitation programs state allotments sec requires states certain funds available designated state units pre employment transition services students disabilities transitioning employment education training local office state unit designate staff act local pre employment transition coordinators student disabilities directs secretary education secretary labor secretary health_and_human_services hhs designate lead staff person fulfill responsibilities national pre employment transition coordinator students disabilities sec revises american indian vocational rehabilitation services grant program eligibility requirements permit grants renewed additional years provided certain conditions met sec directs comptroller_general gao study interaction vocational rehabilitation programs carried rehabilitation act ticket work self sufficiency program including impact beneficiaries community rehabilitation programs designated state agencies subtitle research training sec reauthorizes programs activities subtitle fy2014-fy2018 sec renames national institute disability rehabilitation research national institute disability independent living rehabilitation research rehabilitation research advisory_council disability independent living rehabilitation research advisory_council revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 establishes administration community living hhs effectively transferring hhs department_of_education requires director responsible coordinating federal programs policies research independent living individuals disabilities identifying independent living rehabilitation programs policies promote independence individuals achievement long term independent living employment goals subtitle professional development special projects demonstration sec requires competitive grants eligible entities provide technical assistance support model demonstration projects disseminate useful information implement activities facilitate transition youths significant disabilities school post secondary education competitive integrated employment independent living establishes annual commissioner scholar program recognize individuals significant disabilities successfully completing postgraduate degree specified curricula directs commissioner award grants eligible entities training technical assistance centers promote high quality employment outcomes individuals receiving vocational rehabilitation services designated agencies american indian vocational rehabilitation service grantees authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 vocational rehabilitation services grants individuals disabilities migrant seasonal farmworkers recreational programs individuals disabilities subtitle national council disability sec reduces number members national council disability sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 subtitle rights advocacy sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 architectural_and_transportation_barriers_compliance_board access board grants support state systems protect legal human rights certain individuals disabilities sec prohibits entity including contractor subcontractor employing individual disability wage federal minimum wage wage entity complies certain fair labor standards act wage requirements handicapped workers specified conditions met subtitle employment opportunities individuals disabilities sec revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 grants projects industry create expand job career opportunities individuals disabilities sec revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 assist states developing collaborative programs provide supported employment services individuals including youth significant disabilities enable achieve supported employment competitive integrated employment subtitle independent living services centers independent living chapter individuals significant disabilities subchapter general_provisions sec establishes hhs administration community living independent living administration sec specifies center independent living agency individuals significant disabilities regardless age income sec revises requirements state plan independent living services state individuals significant disabilities including establishment additional centers independent living expanded areas focused outreach serve underserved populations sec revises composition functions state independent living councils sec transfers director responsibilities commissioner allotments states independent living services individuals significant disabilities subchapter independent living services sec directs director specified fund allocations grants contracts certain entities provide training technical assistance developing conducting administering evaluating reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 subchapter centers independent living sec revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 centers independent living grant program subchapter independent living services older individuals blind sec directs commissioner specified fund allocations grants contracts certain entities provide training technical assistance developing conducting administering evaluating independent living service programs older individuals blind sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 subtitle increasing employment opportunities individuals disabilities sec establishes department_of_labor office disability employment policy services supports headed assistant secretary help develop support national policies practices increase employment economic advancement opportunities individuals disabilities ensure individuals fully integrated 21st century workforce authorizes appropriations fy2014-fy2018 directs secretary labor establish advisory_committee increasing competitive integrated employment individuals disabilities directs secretary labor acting assistant secretary coordination commissioners social_security heads relevant federal agencies carry campaigns educate employers general public benefits hiring individuals disabilities subtitle general_provisions sec transfers functions commissioner title vii rehabilitation act commissioner title vii independent living services individuals disabilities director title general_provisions subtitle workforce investment sec declares act shall construed supersede specified privacy protections afforded parents students general_education_provisions_act permit development national database personally identifiable information individuals receiving job training employment services sec prohibits entity funds available act agrees comply buy american requirements subtitle amendments laws sec repeals youth opportunity grants program century workforce commission act workforce investment act


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Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the qualified training expenses of job trainees who have been unemployed for at least 90 days before enrolling in a training program, that are paid by U.S.-based employers; and (2) investment in a qualified job training partnership between a private business and an institution of higher education or a labor organization. Defines "qualifying training expenses" as an eligible trainee's qualified tuition costs, which may include costs for books and enrollment in a training program at an institution of higher education that may include a single course, multiple courses, or a combination of work training and study and that is reasonably necessary for employment. Terminates the credit for qualified training expenses of job trainees after December 31, 2016.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Qualified Job Training Partnership program to consider and award certifications for qualified investments eligible for credits to qualified job training partnerships.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to individuals who make an investment in a qualified job training partnership, in lieu of a tax credit.

better education skills training america workforce act amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow tax credits qualified training expenses job trainees unemployed days enrolling training program paid employers investment qualified job training partnership private business institution higher education labor organization defines qualifying training expenses eligible trainee qualified tuition costs include costs books enrollment training program institution higher education include single course multiple courses combination work training study reasonably necessary employment terminates credit qualified training expenses job trainees december requires secretary treasury establish qualified job training partnership program consider award certifications qualified investments eligible credits qualified job training partnerships authorizes secretary grants individuals investment qualified job training partnership lieu tax credit


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Skills Gap Strategy Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop a strategy report to address the skills gap by providing analysis and recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities, identify industry-recognized postsecondary credentials that are nationally portable and aligned with in-demand occupations in industries such as construction, manufacturing, and others that are emerging, and increase employer participation in education and workforce training.

Defines the term "skills gap" as the difference, or gap, between the current supply of labor and skills of the workforce and that which is desired by employers.

skills gap strategy act directs secretary labor develop strategy report address skills gap providing analysis recommendations increase job training apprenticeship opportunities identify industry recognized postsecondary credentials nationally portable aligned demand occupations industries construction manufacturing emerging increase employer participation education workforce training defines term skills gap difference gap current supply labor skills workforce desired employers


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SKILLS Act or Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs.

Revises requirements to: (1) eliminate representatives of labor organizations from state workforce investment boards, and (2) specify that representatives of business on a board represent large and small businesses each of which has immediate and long-term employment opportunities in an in-demand industry or other occupation important to the state economy.

Requires a state board to assist the state governor by developing: (1) policies and programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and (2) a statewide workforce and labor market information system.

Revises requirements for: (1) a state workforce development plan; (2) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans; (3) one-stop delivery systems; and (4) the allotment of federal funds among states for employment and training activities.

Eliminates specific funding for adult and dislocated worker employment and training. Specifies state use of federal funds to set up a Workforce Investment Fund.

Revises requirements for: (1) within state allocations of funds; and (2) the use of funds for state and local employment and training activities, including statewide rapid response, individuals with barriers to employment grants, and adults with barriers to employment grants.

Converts the national emergency grants program into a national dislocated worker grants program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award national dislocated worker grants to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces or full-time duty members of the National Guard (or members who recently separated from such duties) and are in need of employment and training assistance to obtain or retain employment.

Requires the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor to be the principal agency to administer WIA title I workforce investment systems for job training and employment services.

 Prohibits the use of funds for lobbying (with specified exceptions) and political activities (including voter registration activities).

Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act - Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs.

Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to eliminate the U.S. Employment Service. Replaces the nationwide employment statistics system, which the Secretary is required to oversee, with a nationwide workforce and labor market information system.

Repeals the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 and specified other laws.

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require employment and training services to eligible members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program be provided through the statewide workforce development system, including the one-stop delivery system.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to employment and training services for refugees, and the Second Chance Act of 2007 as well as the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to such services through the statewide workforce investment system for federal, state, and local prisoner reentry programs.

Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA73) to: (1) redesignate the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration the Director; and (2) require an eligible state to use a certain percentage of the federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services to award grants to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out collaborative programs, create practical job and career readiness and training programs, and provide job placements and career advancement.

Repeals the authority of the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the Department of Education to make grants and contracts for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, (2) recreational programs for such individuals, and (3) in-service training of vocational rehabilitation personnel.

Repeals title VI (Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities) of the RA73.

Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for vocational rehabilitation services under the RA73.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) whether, before receiving workforce investment system training services, adults and dislocated workers have first exhausted funds received through the Federal Pell Grant program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (2) a determination of the amount of administrative costs savings at the federal and state levels as a result of workforce investment system programs repealed or consolidated under this Act.

skills act supporting knowledge investing lifelong skills act_-_amends workforce investment act revise requirements reauthorize appropriations title workforce investment systems job training employment services title adult_education family literacy education programs revises requirements eliminate representatives labor organizations state workforce investment boards specify representatives business board represent large small businesses immediate long term employment opportunities demand industry occupation important state economy requires state board assist state governor developing policies programs support comprehensive statewide workforce development system statewide workforce labor market information system revises requirements state workforce development plan local workforce investment areas boards plans stop delivery systems allotment federal funds states employment training activities eliminates specific funding adult dislocated worker employment training specifies state use federal funds set workforce investment fund revises requirements state allocations funds use funds state local employment training activities including statewide rapid response individuals barriers employment grants adults barriers employment grants converts national emergency grants program national dislocated worker grants program authorizes secretary labor award national dislocated worker grants spouses active duty members armed_forces time duty members national_guard members recently separated duties need employment training assistance obtain retain employment requires employment_and_training_administration department_of_labor principal agency administer title workforce investment systems job training employment services prohibits use funds lobbying specified exceptions political activities including voter registration activities adult_education family literacy education act revises requirements state unified plan adult_education literacy programs amends wagner act eliminate employment service replaces nationwide employment statistics system secretary required oversee nationwide workforce labor market information system repeals youth conservation corps act specified laws amends food_and_nutrition_act_of_2008 require employment training services eligible members households participating supplemental nutrition assistance program provided statewide workforce development system including stop delivery system amends immigration_and_nationality_act ina respect employment training services refugees second chance act omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act respect services statewide workforce investment system federal state local prisoner reentry programs amends rehabilitation act redesignate commissioner rehabilitation services administration director require eligible state use certain percentage federal share cost vocational rehabilitation services award grants pay federal share cost carrying collaborative programs create practical job career readiness training programs provide job placements career advancement repeals authority commissioner rehabilitation services administration department_of_education grants contracts vocational rehabilitation services individuals disabilities migrant seasonal farmworkers recreational programs individuals service training vocational rehabilitation personnel repeals title employment opportunities individuals disabilities revises requirements reauthorizes appropriations vocational rehabilitation services directs comptroller_general gao report congress receiving workforce investment system training services adults dislocated workers exhausted funds received federal pell_grant program title higher education act determination administrative costs savings federal state levels result workforce investment system programs repealed consolidated act


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Alternative Qualifications for Federal Employment Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a pilot program to appoint individuals with alternative educational experience to positions in the civil service.

Defines an "individual with alternative educational experience" as an individual who does not have a degree from an institution of higher education and has received training or education in one or more subject areas or occupational fields from an educational provider who does not meet specified requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Requires the Director to select not less than 25 positions (from not less than 10 diverse occupational fields) during each of FY2015-FY2019 for which an individual with alternative educational experience may apply.

alternative qualifications federal employment act requires director office_of_personnel_management opm establish pilot program appoint individuals alternative educational experience positions civil service defines individual alternative educational experience individual degree institution higher education received training education subject areas occupational fields educational provider meet specified requirements higher education act requires director select positions diverse occupational fields fy2015-fy2019 individual alternative educational experience apply


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Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit of $1,500 for hiring an apprenticeship employee who has not attained age 25 at the close of the taxable year or $1,000 for an apprenticeship employee who has attained age 25. Allows such credit for no more than two taxable years with respect to any apprenticeship employee. Defines "apprenticeship employee" as an employee who is employed in an officially-recognized apprenticeable occupation pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to coordinate with the heads of federal agencies to: (1) determine which government publications could be available on government websites and no longer printed, (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2015, (3) establish government-wide guidelines on employee printing, and (4) issue guidelines for publicly disclosing information about the publication of government documents.

leveraging america apprenticeship programs act leap act amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow employers business related tax credit hiring apprenticeship employee attained age close taxable year apprenticeship employee attained age allows credit taxable years respect apprenticeship employee defines apprenticeship employee employee employed officially recognized occupation pursuant agreement registered office apprenticeship employment_and_training_administration department_of_labor state apprenticeship agency requires director office_of_management_and_budget omb coordinate heads federal agencies determine government publications available government websites longer printed devise strategy reduce overall government printing costs year period beginning fy2015 establish government wide guidelines employee printing issue guidelines publicly disclosing information publication government documents


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Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, eligible institutions, preferably in partnership with a nonprofit organization, to provide support services, job training, and education to individuals with multiple barriers to employment, including underrepresented minorities, to help prepare them to enter the workforce.

Defines "eligible institution" to mean a historically Black college or university, a Hispanic-serving Institution, a Tribal College or University, or a Predominantly Black Institution.

Requires an eligible institution to submit a program plan to the Secretary in order to receive a grant or enter into such a contract or cooperative agreement.

promoting partnerships transform opportunities act_-_amends workforce investment act direct secretary labor competitive grants enter contracts cooperative agreements eligible institutions partnership nonprofit organization provide support services job training education individuals multiple barriers employment including underrepresented minorities help prepare enter workforce defines eligible institution mean historically black college university hispanic serving institution tribal_college university predominantly black institution requires eligible institution submit program plan secretary order receive grant enter contract cooperative agreement


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Work and Learn Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require a local workforce investment board to include a representative with expertise implementing work-based programs of employment and training activities that combine technical training with related instruction, including programs that begin by providing mentoring and job shadowing opportunities, which evolve into intensive internships and registered apprenticeships.

Revises requirements for a comprehensive performance accountability system assessing the effectiveness of states and local areas in achieving continuous improvement of workforce investment activities. Adds completion of a registered apprenticeship to the core indicators of performance for authorized employment and training activities (except for self-service and informational activities) and youth activities for eligible individuals age 19 through 21.

work learn act_-_amends workforce investment act require local workforce investment board include representative expertise implementing work based programs employment training activities combine technical training related instruction including programs begin providing mentoring job opportunities intensive internships registered apprenticeships revises requirements comprehensive performance accountability system assessing effectiveness states local areas achieving continuous improvement workforce investment activities adds completion registered apprenticeship core indicators performance authorized employment training activities self service informational activities youth activities eligible individuals age


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Leverage Prior Skills Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require a governor, in establishing a procedure for local workforce investment boards in the state in determining the initial eligibility of a provider to receive funds for a program of training services, to require the applicant proposing a program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential to include in the application information on the quality of the services that lead to that credential.

Requires a state to use federal funds reserved to carry out statewide employment and training activities (other than certain statewide rapid response activities) to identify and implement a process by which local boards will contract with providers of training services, or identify eligible providers of training services, only if the providers involved agree to:

 use direct assessments to assess the prior learning of the participants in noncredit employment and training programs; and take that prior learning into account when determining whether a participant has earned credit hours or made progress toward earning a degree from an institution of higher education, or has earned or made progress towards earning a recognized postsecondary credential.

leverage prior skills act_-_amends workforce investment act require governor establishing procedure local workforce investment boards state determining initial eligibility provider receive funds program training services require applicant proposing program leads recognized postsecondary credential include application information quality services lead credential requires state use federal funds reserved carry statewide employment training activities certain statewide rapid response activities identify implement process local boards contract providers training services identify eligible providers training services providers involved agree use direct assessments assess prior learning participants employment training programs prior learning account determining participant earned credit hours progress earning degree institution higher education earned progress earning recognized postsecondary credential


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Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business-related tax credit for up to $5,000 for the training of a qualified individual in a qualified apprenticeship program. Defines a "qualified individual" as an individual who: (1) is an apprentice participating in a qualified apprenticeship program, (2) has been employed in such a program for a period of at least seven months that ends within the taxable year, and (3) is not a highly compensated employee or a seasonal worker. Defines a "qualified apprenticeship program" as a program that: (1) provides qualified individuals with on-the-job training and instruction for a qualified occupation (i.e., a skilled trade occupation in a high-demand mechanical, technical, health care, or technology field); (2) is registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Department of Labor; and (3) maintains records relating to the qualified individual.

Allows a premature distribution, without penalty, from a tax-qualified retirement plan to an employee who is serving as a mentor. Defines a "mentor" as a working individual who: (1) has attained age 55; (2) works reduced hours and engages in mentoring activities for at least 20% of such hours; and (3) is responsible for the training and education of employees or students in an area of expertise for which such individual has a professional credential, certificate, or degree.

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Promoting Apprenticeships for Credentials and Employment Act or the PACE Act - Establishes the Office of Apprenticeship in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, to be headed by the Administrator of the Office of Apprenticeship. Includes among the duties of the Administrator the management of the national apprenticeship system, promoting awareness about registered apprenticeship programs (i.e., programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act), and supporting the development of pre-apprenticeship programs (programs or strategies designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in a registered apprenticeship program).

Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships to advise the Administrator, and make recommendations, on the administration of registered apprenticeship programs.

Directs the Administrator, working jointly with the Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education (Secretaries), to establish and maintain a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium to promote: (1) stronger connections between registered apprenticeship programs and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and (2) the translation of experience in an apprenticeship program to academic credit.

Requires the Secretaries to: (1) establish criteria for the participation of a postsecondary educational institution or sponsor in the Consortium; (2) maintain a publicly accessible website to provide information about the Consortium in each state; and (3) establish an advisory committee for the Consortium to seek input from organizations and experts representing industry, labor, and postsecondary education.

Requires the Administrator to provide payments of assistance for eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or for sponsors of existing joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs that add employers as new partners.

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