S AMDT 1238

S 1238 IS

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to make non-union training programs eligible for Federal funding under the Green Jobs program.

June 11, 2009

Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. BURR, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to make non-union training programs eligible for Federal funding under the Green Jobs program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Green Jobs Improvement Act’.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF NON-UNION PROGRAMS FOR GREEN JOBS FUNDING.

Section 171(e) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (2)--

(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by amending subclause (I) to read as follows:

‘(I) includes participation of industry and may include local boards, community-based organizations, qualified service and conservation corps, educational institutions, small businesses, public employers, cooperatives, State and local veterans agencies, veterans service organizations, and labor organizations, including entities providing joint labor-management training programs; and’;

(B) in subparagraph (D)(iii)(I), by striking ‘include equal participation of’ and all that follows and inserting ‘include participation of industry and may include local boards, community-based organizations, qualified service and conservation corps, educational institutions, small businesses, public employers, cooperatives, State and local veterans agencies, veterans service organizations, and labor organizations, including entities providing joint labor-management training programs;’; and

(C) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(I)--

(i) by inserting ‘and’ after ‘adults or youth,’; and

(ii) by striking ‘and labor’ and inserting ‘and may include labor’; and

(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:

‘(4) WORKER PROTECTIONS AND NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS- The provisions of sections 181 and 188 shall apply to all programs carried out with assistance under this subsection.’.