Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 803) to reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the Senate amendments is as follows: Senate amendments: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Subtitle A--System Alignment Chapter 1--State Provisions Sec. 101. State workforce development boards. Sec. 102. Unified State plan. Sec. 103. Combined State plan. Chapter 2--Local Provisions Sec. 106. Workforce development areas. Sec. 107. Local workforce development boards. Sec. 108. Local plan. Chapter 3--Board Provisions Sec. 111. Funding of State and local boards. Chapter 4--Performance Accountability Sec. 116. Performance accountability system. Subtitle B--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.…
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