S. 4498 — Introduced in Senate

II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4498 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 11, 2024Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to extend State plans and other plans from a 4-year period to a 5-year period, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the WIOA Planning Extension Act. 2. State plans Section 102 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 4-year and inserting 5-year; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 4-year period and inserting 5-year period (or 4-year period, as the case may be); and (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 2-year period of any 4-year unified State plan and inserting 2-year period of a 5-year unified State plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year unified State plan, as the case may be). 3. Local plans Section 108(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3123(a)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking 4-year and inserting 5-year; and (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking 2-year period of the 4-year local plan and 2-year period of a 5-year local plan (or 2-year period of a 4-year local plan, as the case may be). 4. Plan for migrant and seasonal farmworker program Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 4 years and inserting 5 years; and (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 4-year and inserting 5-year. 5. Provisions related to plan length (a) Local workforce development boards Section 107(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking once every 2 years and inserting during the first and during the third program year covered by the local plan; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking for 2 consecutive program years and inserting for the first 2 program years covered by the local plan or for the third, fourth, and fifth program years covered by the local plan. (b) Performance accountability system Section 116 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(3)(A)(iv)(II)— (A) by striking (II) and all that follows through The State and inserting the following: (II) Third, fourth and fifth years The State ; and (B) by striking third and fourth program years and inserting third, fourth, and fifth program years; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2), in subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), by striking the 3 preceding program years and inserting the 4 preceding program years; and (B) in paragraph (4), in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), by striking the 3 preceding program years and inserting the 4 preceding program years.