Bills · 118th Congress · Labor and Employment

A Stronger Workforce for America Act

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Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 4/9/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic203 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Not voting
  • Republican175 Yea · 26 Nay · 16 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

A Stronger Workforce for America Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and modifies various programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Job Corps program for low-income youth ages 16 to 24, as well as grant programs for states to provide employment and training services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers through a One-Stop delivery system. It also requires state plans for the grant programs to (1) describe how the state will use real-time labor market information to assess economic conditions and workforce trends, and (2) include an analysis of any gaps in service for applicable youth.

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Sponsor
Rep. Virginia Foxx ( Republican · NC-5)
Cosponsors
29
Introduced
12/7/23
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Status
12/7/23Referred to the Committee on Education and the 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.
12/7/23Introduced in House
12/12/23Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 1.
12/12/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
4/5/24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 368.
4/5/24Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
4/5/24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-444, Part I.
4/9/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4/9/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 26 (Roll no. 105). (text: CR H2191-2222)
4/9/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 26 (Roll no. 105). (text: CR H2191-2222)
4/9/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2232-2233)
4/9/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
4/9/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6655.
4/9/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2191-2229)
4/9/24Ms. Foxx moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
4/10/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.