H.R.8210

H. R. 8210

April 6, 2026

Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

1. Short title; table of contents; TITLE I—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES; 101. Purposes; 102. Definitions; 103. Table of contents amendments; CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS; 111. State workforce development board; 112. Unified State plan; CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS; 115. Workforce development areas; 116. Local workforce development boards; 117. Local plan; CHAPTER 3—PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY; 119. Performance accountability system; CHAPTER 1—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDERS; 121. Establishment of one-stop delivery systems; 122. Identification of eligible providers of training services; 123. Eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities; CHAPTER 2—YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES; 131. Reservations; Reallocation; 132. Use of funds for youth workforce investment activities; CHAPTER 3—ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES; 141. State allotments; 142. Reservations for State activities; within State allocations; Reallocation; 143. Use of funds for employment and training activities; CHAPTER 4—GENERAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROVISIONS; 145. Authorization of appropriations; 151. Purposes; 152. Definitions; 153. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps; 154. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees; 155. Job Corps Campuses; 156. Program activities; 157. Counseling and job placement; 158. Support; 159. Operations; 160. Standards of conduct; 161. Community participation; 162. Workforce councils; 163. Advisory committees; 164. Experimental projects and technical assistance; 165. Special provisions; 166. Management information; 167. Job Corps oversight and reporting; 168. Authorization of appropriations; 169. Conforming amendments; 171. Native American programs; 172. Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs; 173. Technical assistance; 174. Evaluations and research; 175. National dislocated worker grants; 176. YouthBuild Program; 177. Reentry employment opportunities; 178. Youth apprenticeship readiness grant program; 179. Strengthening community colleges grant program; 180. Authorization of appropriations; 191. Requirements and restrictions; 192. Monitoring; 193. Fiscal controls; sanctions; 194. Administrative adjudication; 195. Judicial review; 196. General waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements; 197. Make America Skilled Again grants; 198. General program requirements; TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY; 201. Transfer of functions; 202. Personnel Determinations by the Office of Management and Budget; 203. Delegation and assignment; 204. Reorganization; Rules; 205. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel; 206. Incidental transfers; 207. Savings provisions; 208. References; 209. Transition; 210. Updating references; 211. Effective date; 221. Purposes; 222. Definitions; 223. Authorization of appropriations; 224. Special rule; 225. Performance accountability system; 226. Matching requirement; 227. State leadership activities; 228. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals; 229. Grants and contracts for eligible providers; 230. Local application; 231. Local administrative cost limits; 232. National leadership activities; 233. Integrated English literacy and civics education; TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS; 301. Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act; 302. Job training grants; 303. Access to National Directory of New Hires; 304. References to other laws; TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; 401. Technical assistance for transforming to competitive integrated employment; TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS; 501. Report on data capability and interoperability of Federal and State databases and data exchange agreements; 502. Effective dates; transition authority