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This Act may be cited as the . A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Workforce Development Activities Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 101. Purposes. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Table of contents amendments. Subtitle B—System alignment Chapter 1—State Provisions Sec. 111. State workforce development board. Sec. 112. Unified State plan. Chapter 2—Local provisions Sec. 115.
Workforce development areas. Sec. 116. Local workforce development boards. Sec. 117. Local plan. Chapter 3—Performance Accountability Sec. 119. Performance accountability system. Subtitle C—Workforce Investment Activities and Providers Chapter 1—Workforce Investment Activities and Providers Sec. 121. Establishment of one-stop delivery systems. Sec. 122. Identification of eligible providers of training services. Sec. 123. Eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities.
Chapter 2—Youth Workforce Investment Activities Sec. 131. Reservations; Reallocation. Sec. 132. Use of funds for youth workforce investment activities. Chapter 3—Adult and Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities Sec. 141. State allotments. Sec. 142. Reservations for State activities; within State allocations; Reallocation. Sec. 143. Use of funds for employment and training activities. Chapter 4—General Workforce Investment Provisions Sec. 145. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle D—Job Corps Sec. 151. Purposes. Sec. 152. Definitions. Sec. 153. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps. Sec. 154. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees. Sec. 155. Job Corps Campuses. Sec. 156. Program activities. Sec. 157. Counseling and job placement. Sec. 158. Support. Sec. 159. Operations. Sec. 160. Standards of conduct. Sec. 161. Community participation. Sec. 162. Workforce councils. Sec. 163. Advisory committees. Sec. 164. Experimental projects and technical assistance.
Sec. 165. Special provisions. Sec. 166. Management information. Sec. 167. Job Corps oversight and reporting. Sec. 168. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 169. Conforming amendments. Subtitle E—National programs Sec. 171. Native American programs. Sec. 172. Migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. Sec. 173. Technical assistance. Sec. 174. Evaluations and research. Sec. 175. National dislocated worker grants. Sec. 176. YouthBuild Program. Sec. 177. Reentry employment opportunities.
Sec. 178. Youth apprenticeship readiness grant program. Sec. 179. Strengthening community colleges grant program. Sec. 180. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle F—Administration Sec. 191. Requirements and restrictions. Sec. 192. Monitoring. Sec. 193. Fiscal controls; sanctions. Sec. 194. Administrative adjudication. Sec. 195. Judicial review. Sec. 196. General waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements. Sec. 197. Make America Skilled Again grants. Sec. 198. General program requirements.
Title II—Adult Education and Literacy Subtitle A—Transferring all functions of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to the Department of Labor Sec. 201. Transfer of functions. Sec. 202. Personnel Determinations by the Office of Management and Budget. Sec. 203. Delegation and assignment. Sec. 204. Reorganization; Rules. Sec. 205. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel. Sec. 206. Incidental transfers. Sec. 207. Savings provisions. Sec. 208. References. Sec. 209.
Transition. Sec. 210. Updating references. Sec. 211. Effective date. Subtitle B—Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Sec. 221. Purposes. Sec. 222. Definitions. Sec. 223. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 224. Special rule. Sec. 225. Performance accountability system. Sec. 226. Matching requirement. Sec. 227. State leadership activities. Sec. 228. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals. Sec. 229. Grants and contracts for eligible providers.
Sec. 230. Local application. Sec. 231. Local administrative cost limits. Sec. 232. National leadership activities. Sec. 233. Integrated English literacy and civics education. Title III—Amendments to other laws Sec. 301. Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act. Sec. 302. Job training grants. Sec. 303. Access to National Directory of New Hires. Sec. 304. References to other laws. Title IV—Department of Labor technical assistance Sec. 401. Technical assistance for transforming to competitive integrated employment.
Title V—General provisions Sec. 501. Report on data capability and interoperability of Federal and State databases and data exchange agreements. Sec. 502. Effective dates; transition authority.