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Senate Amendments to SA 2137 on H.R. 3684, August 2, 2021 — Congressional Record

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This is S5569 of the Congressional Record, Senate, August 2, 2021, with interleaved columns of submitted amendments to H.R. 3684, the highway bill. The page lists amendments intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137, including SA 2299 by Mrs. Blackburn, SA 2300 by Mr. Cruz and Mr. Warnock, SA 2301 by Ms. Klobuchar, and SA 2138 by Mrs. Feinstein and Mr. Padilla. The printed text includes a section on using coronavirus fiscal recovery funds to meet a non-Federal matching requirement for authorized water projects and a section establishing Job Training Federal Pell Grants.

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                                               August 2, 2021                                    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                      S5569
                                               the bill H.R. 3684, supra; which was ordered            and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,                an amendment intended to be proposed
                                               to lie on the table.                                    to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-               to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
                                                 SA 2299. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an                  ways, highway safety programs, and                     SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,
                                               amendment intended to be proposed to                    transit programs, and for other pur-                   Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-
                                               amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. SCHU-
                                               MER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr.
                                                                                                       poses; which was ordered to lie on the                 SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.
                                               PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs.                 table; as follows:                                     TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,
                                               SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. TESTER, Ms. MUR-                In division D, strike section 40909 and in-          and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,
                                               KOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. ROMNEY)) to                 sert the following:                                    to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-
                                               the bill H.R. 3684, supra; which was ordered            SEC. 40909. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO              ways, highway safety programs, and
                                               to lie on the table.                                                USE CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOV-
                                                                                                                   ERY FUNDS TO MEET A NON-FED-               transit programs, and for other pur-
                                                 SA 2300. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr.                            ERAL   MATCHING   REQUIREMENT              poses; which was ordered to lie on the
                                               WARNOCK) submitted an amendment in-                                 FOR      AUTHORIZED      WATER             table; as follows:
                                               tended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137                          PROJECTS.
                                               proposed by Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA                   (a) CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY                  At the end of title III of division A, insert
                                               (for herself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr.             FUND.—Section 602(c) of the Social Security            the following:
                                               CASSIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.                 Act (42 U.S.C. 802(c)) is amended by adding at         SEC. 13011. ESTABLISHING JOB TRAINING FED-
                                               TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and                  the end the following:                                             ERAL PELL GRANTS; ELIMINATING
                                                                                                                                                                          SHORT-TERM   EDUCATION   LOAN
                                               Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684, supra;                ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS TO SATISFY NON-FEDERAL                        PROGRAMS; TECHNICAL CORREC-
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table.                  MATCHING REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZED                               TIONS.
                                                 SA 2301. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an                   WATER PROJECTS.—Funds provided under this
                                                                                                                                                                (a) ELIMINATING SHORT-TERM EDUCATION
                                               amendment intended to be proposed to                    section for a project undertaken or funded by          LOAN PROGRAMS.—Section 481(b) of the High-
                                               amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. SCHU-                 the Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to an               er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(b)) is
                                               MER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr.                   Act of Congress may be used for purposes of            amended by adding at the end the following:
                                               PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs.                 satisfying any non-Federal matching re-                   ‘‘(5) The Secretary shall eliminate the
                                               SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. TESTER, Ms. MUR-              quirement required for the project.’’.                 short-term education loan program, as au-
                                               KOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. ROMNEY)) to                   (b) CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY
                                                                                                                                                              thorized under paragraph (2), on the date
                                               the bill H.R. 3684, supra; which was ordered            FUND.—Section 603(c) of the Social Security
                                                                                                                                                              that is 120 days after the date the Secretary
                                               to lie on the table.                                    Act (42 U.S.C. 803(c)) is amended by adding at
                                                                                                                                                              establishes the application for Job Training
                                                                                                       the end the following:
                                                                f                                                                                             Federal Pell Grants under section 401(k).’’.
                                                                                                         ‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS TO SATISFY NON-FEDERAL
                                                                                                                                                                 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 481(d)
                                                      TEXT OF AMENDMENTS                               MATCHING, MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, OR OTHER
                                                                                                                                                              of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                                                                                                       EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT.—Funds provided
                                                 SA 2138. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself                                                                         1088(d)) is amended—
                                                                                                       under this section for a project undertaken
                                               and Mr. PADILLA) submitted an amend-                                                                              (1) in paragraph (4)—
                                                                                                       or funded by the Bureau of Reclamation pur-
                                               ment intended to be proposed to                                                                                   (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                                                                                                       suant to an Act of Congress may be used for
                                                                                                                                                              ‘‘under section 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302, 12304,
                                               amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.                       purposes of satisfying any non-Federal
                                                                                                                                                              or 12306 of title 10, United States Code, or
                                               SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,                   matching requirement required for the
                                                                                                                                                              any retired member of an Armed Force or-
                                               Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-                      project.’’.
                                                                                                         (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments                   dered to active duty under section 688 of
                                               SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.                                                                           such title,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or any retired
                                                                                                       made by this section shall take effect as if
                                               TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,                      included in the enactment of section 9901 of           member of an Armed Force ordered to active
                                               and Mr. ROMNEY)) to the bill H.R. 3684,                 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub-             duty,’’; and
                                               to authorize funds for Federal-aid high-                lic Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 223).                            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘an
                                               ways, highway safety programs, and                                                                             Armed Force’’ and inserting ‘‘a Uniformed
                                                                                                         SA 2140. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for her-                     Service’’; and
                                               transit programs, and for other pur-                                                                              (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and sup-
                                               poses; which was ordered to lie on the                  self, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. BROWN) sub-
                                                                                                       mitted an amendment intended to be                     ported by Federal funds’’.
                                               table; as follows:                                                                                                (c) CURRENT ENACTMENT OF JOB TRAINING
                                                                                                       proposed to amendment SA 2137 pro-
                                                 In section 40901(4)(A) of division D, strike                                                                 FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 401
                                               clause (ii) and insert the following:
                                                                                                       posed by Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA                   of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                                                 (ii) selected for funding under the competi-          (for   herself,   Mr.    PORTMAN,      Mr.             1070a) is amended by adding at the end the
                                               tive grant program authorized pursuant to               MANCHIN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN,                    following:
                                               section 1602(f) of the Reclamation Waste-               Ms. COLLINS, Mr. TESTER, Ms. MUR-                         ‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT
                                               water and Groundwater Study and Facilities              KOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. ROMNEY))                   PROGRAM.—
                                               Act (43 U.S.C. 390h(f)), with funding under             to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds                 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
                                               this subparagraph to be provided in accord-             for Federal-aid highways, highway                         ‘‘(A) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—
                                               ance with that section, notwithstanding sec-            safety programs, and transit programs,                 The term ‘career and technical education’
                                               tion 4013 of the Water Infrastructure Im-               and for other purposes; which was or-                  has the meaning given the term in section 3
                                               provements for the Nation Act (43 U.S.C. 390b                                                                  of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
                                                                                                       dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                               note; Public Law 114–322), except that—                                                                        Education Act.
                                                 (I) section 1602(g)(2) of the Reclamation               On page 2690, line 11, insert after ‘‘et seq.):’’       ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.—
                                                                                                       the following: ‘‘Provided further, That an eli-           ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible job
                                               Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Fa-
                                                                                                       gible entity that receives a grant under this          training program’ means a career and tech-
                                               cilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h(g)(2)) shall not
                                                                                                       heading in this Act shall adopt a plan under           nical education program at an eligible insti-
                                               apply to amounts made available under this
                                                                                                       which the entity commits to pursuing public
                                               subparagraph; and                                                                                              tution of higher education that—
                                                                                                       transportation accessibility projects that: (1)
                                                 (II) the amounts made available under this                                                                      ‘‘(I) provides not less than 150, and not
                                                                                                       enhance the customer experience and maxi-
                                               subparagraph shall not exceed the lesser of—                                                                   more than 600, clock hours of instructional
                                                                                                       mize accessibility of rolling stock and sta-
                                                 (aa) notwithstanding section 1631(d) of the                                                                  time over a period of not less than 8 weeks
                                                                                                       tions or facilities for passenger use for indi-
                                               Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater                  viduals with disabilities, including accessi-          and not more than 15 weeks;
                                               Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h-               bility for individuals with physical disabil-             ‘‘(II) provides training aligned with the re-
                                               13(d)), $30,000,000 for each water recycling            ities, including those who use wheelchairs,            quirements of high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-
                                               and reuse project provided funding under                accessibility for individuals with sensory             mand industry sectors or occupations in the
                                               this subparagraph; and                                  disabilities, and accessibility for individuals        State or local area in which the job training
                                                 (bb) the amount that is equal to 25 percent           with intellectual or developmental disabil-            program is provided, as determined by—
                                               of the costs of the water recycling and reuse           ities; (2) improve the operations of, provide             ‘‘(aa) a State board or local board;
                                               project provided funding under this subpara-            efficiencies of service to, and enhance the               ‘‘(bb) a State plan, as described in section
                                               graph; and                                              public transportation system for individuals           122(d)(13)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Career
                                                                                                       with disabilities; and (3) address equity of           and Technical Education Act of 2006; or
                                                 SA 2139. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself                                                                            ‘‘(cc) a comprehensive local needs assess-




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                                                                                                       service to all riders regardless of income,
                                               and Mr. RISCH) submitted an amend-                      age, race, or ability, taking into account his-        ment, as described in section 134(c) of the
                                               ment intended to be proposed to                         torical and current service gaps for low-in-           Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
                                                                                                       come riders, older individuals, riders from            cation Act of 2006;
                                               amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
                                                                                                       communities of color, and riders with dis-                ‘‘(III) is a program—
                                               SCHUMER (for Ms. SINEMA (for herself,                   abilities:’’.                                             ‘‘(aa) provided through an eligible training
                                               Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. CAS-                                                                             provider, as described under section 122(d) of
                                               SIDY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.                     SA 2141. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr.                  the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
                                               TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER,                      PORTMAN, and Mr. OSSOFF) submitted                     Act; and




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                                                 ‘‘(bb) subject to the reporting requirements             ‘‘(aa) major disaster or emergency declared         completed coursework without a fee or mon-
                                               of section 116(d)(4) of the Workforce Innova-           by the President under section 401 or 501 of           etary charge and without regard to any bal-
                                               tion and Opportunity Act, or would be sub-              the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and             ance owed to the institution; and
                                               ject to such requirements except for a waiver           Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170                  ‘‘(IV) shall prohibit such program and any
                                               issued to a State under section 189(i) of the           and 5191); or                                          substantially similar program, from being
                                               Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;                  ‘‘(bb) national emergency declared by the           considered an eligible job training described
                                                 ‘‘(IV) provides a student, upon completion            President under section 201 of the National            in this subsection for a period of not less
                                               of the program, with a degree or recognized             Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);              than 5 years.
                                               postsecondary credential that is stackable                 ‘‘(XII) is provided not less than 50 percent           ‘‘(vi) ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE BY STATE
                                               and portable across multiple employers and              directly by the eligible institution of higher         BOARD.—The Secretary shall not determine
                                               geographical areas;                                     education;                                             that a program is an eligible job training
                                                 ‘‘(V) has demonstrated that the median                   ‘‘(XIII) may include integrated education           program in accordance with clause (ii) unless
                                               change in total earnings for students who               and training; and                                      the Secretary receives a certification from
                                               complete the program is an increase of not                 ‘‘(XIV) may be offered as part of a program         the State board representing the State in
                                               less than 20 percent, in accordance with                that—                                                  which the eligible job training program is
                                               paragraph (2);                                             ‘‘(aa) meets the requirements of section            provided, containing an assurance that the
                                                 ‘‘(VI) publishes prominently on the website           484(d)(2);                                             program meets the requirements of clause
                                               of the institution, and provides a written dis-            ‘‘(bb) is part of a career pathway, as de-          (i).
                                                                                                       fined in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-               ‘‘(C) TOTAL EARNINGS.—For the purposes of
                                               closure to each prospective student prior to
                                                                                                       tion and Opportunity Act; and                          this subsection, the term ‘total earnings’
                                               entering into an enrollment agreement for
                                                                                                          ‘‘(cc) is aligned to a program of study, as         means the median annual earnings.
                                               such program (which each such student shall
                                                                                                       defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins               ‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
                                               confirm receiving through a written affirma-
                                                                                                       Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.            CATION.—For the purposes of this subsection,
                                               tion prior to entering such enrollment agree-
                                                                                                          ‘‘(ii) APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY.—                  the term ‘eligible institution of higher edu-
                                               ment) containing, at a minimum, the fol-
                                                                                                          ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a program          cation’ means—
                                               lowing information calculated, as applicable,           that is seeking to establish initial eligibility          ‘‘(i) an institution of higher education, as
                                               in accordance with paragraph (8)—                       as an eligible job training program under              defined in section 101;
                                                 ‘‘(aa) the required tuition and fees of the           this subparagraph, the Secretary shall make               ‘‘(ii) a postsecondary vocational institu-
                                               program;                                                a determination whether the program meets              tion, as defined in section 102(c); and
                                                 ‘‘(bb) the difference between required tui-           the requirements of this subparagraph not                 ‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education—
                                               tion and fees described in item (aa) and any            more than 120 days after the date on which                ‘‘(I) approved by an accrediting agency or
                                               grant aid (which does not need to be repaid)            such program is submitted for consideration            association that meets the requirements of
                                               provided to the student;                                as an eligible job training program. If the            section 496(a)(4)(C);
                                                 ‘‘(cc) the completion rate of the program;            Secretary determines the program meets the                ‘‘(II) that has not been a proprietary insti-
                                                 ‘‘(dd) the percentage of students placed or           requirements of this paragraph, the Sec-               tution of higher education, as defined in sec-
                                               retained in employment, measured at not                 retary shall grant an initial period of ap-            tion 102(b), within the previous 3 years; and
                                               less than 6 months and 1 year, respectively,            proval of 2 years. The Secretary shall enable             ‘‘(III) that has not been subject, during any
                                               after completion of the program;                        institutions to apply for eligible job training        of the preceding 5 years, to—
                                                 ‘‘(ee) total earnings of students who com-            program approval not later than 1 year after              ‘‘(aa) any suspension, emergency action, or
                                               plete the program not less than 6 months                the date of enactment of the Infrastructure            termination of programs under this title;
                                               after completion of the program;                        Investment and Jobs Act.                                  ‘‘(bb) any adverse action by the institu-
                                                 ‘‘(ff) total earnings of students who do not             ‘‘(II) PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION.—Not              tion’s accrediting agency or association; or
                                               complete the program;                                   later than 1 year after the date of enactment             ‘‘(cc) any action by the State to revoke a
                                                 ‘‘(gg) the ratio of the amount that is the            of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs              license or other authority to operate.
                                               difference between required tuition and fees            Act, the Secretary shall publish the applica-             ‘‘(E) INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT ARTICULATION.—
                                               and any grant aid provided to the student de-           tion for job training programs to submit for           The term ‘institutional credit articulation’
                                               scribed in item (bb) to the total earnings of           approval as eligible job training programs.            means the situation where an institution of
                                               students who complete the program not less              The information required to determine eligi-           higher education provides a student who has
                                               than 6 months after completion of the pro-              bility in such application shall be consistent         completed a noncredit program with the
                                               gram described in item (ee);                            with the requirements described in this sub-           equivalent academic credit that may be ap-
                                                 ‘‘(hh) an explanation, in clear and plain             paragraph.                                             plied to a subsequent credit-bearing certifi-
                                               language, of the ratio described in item (gg);             ‘‘(iii) RENEWAL OF APPROVAL BY THE SEC-             cate or degree program upon enrollment in
                                               and                                                     RETARY.—An eligible job training program               such program at such institution.
                                                 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a job training program          that desires to continue eligibility as an eli-           ‘‘(F) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘indus-
                                               that prepares students for a professional li-           gible job training program after the period of         try or sector partnership’, ‘in-demand indus-
                                               cense or certification exam, the share of               initial approval described in clause (ii), or          try sector or occupation’, ‘recognized post-
                                               such students who pass such exams;                      the subsequent period described in this                secondary credential’, ‘local board’, and
                                                 ‘‘(VII) has been determined by the eligible           clause, shall submit a renewal application to          ‘State board’ have the meanings given such
                                               institution of higher education (after valida-          the Secretary (with such information as the            terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-
                                               tion of that determination by an industry or            Secretary may require), not more than 270              tion and Opportunity Act.
                                               sector partnership or State board or local              days and not less than 180 days before the                ‘‘(2) TOTAL EARNINGS INCREASE REQUIRE-
                                               board) to provide academic content, an                  end of the previous approval period. If the            MENT.—
                                               amount of instructional time, and com-                  Secretary determines the program meets                    ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
                                               petencies to satisfy any applicable edu-                such requirements, the Secretary shall grant           (B), as a condition of participation under
                                               cational requirement for professional licen-            another period of approval for 3 years.                this subsection, the Secretary shall, using
                                               sure or certification, so that the student who             ‘‘(iv) PERIODIC REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY.—           the data collected under paragraph (8) and
                                               completes the program and seeks employ-                 The Secretary shall periodically review a              such other information as the Secretary may
                                               ment is qualified to take any licensure or              program previously approved under clause               require, determine whether such job training
                                               certification examination needed to practice            (ii) or (iii) to determine whether such pro-           program meets the requirements of para-
                                               or find employment in such sectors or occu-             gram is meeting the requirements of an eli-            graph (1)(B)(i)(V) with respect to whether the
                                               pations that the program prepares students              gible job training program described in this           median change in annual earnings for stu-
                                               to enter;                                               subsection.                                            dents who complete the program is an in-
                                                 ‘‘(VIII) has been in operation for not less              ‘‘(v) REVOCATION OF APPROVAL BY THE SEC-            crease of not less than 20 percent of the total
                                               than 1 year prior to becoming an eligible job           RETARY.—If at any time the Secretary deter-            earnings of such students before enrollment
                                               training program under this subsection;                 mines that a program previously approved               in the program. For the purposes of this
                                                 ‘‘(IX) does not exceed by more than 50 per-           under clause (ii) or (iii) is no longer meeting        paragraph, the Secretary shall determine
                                               cent the minimum number of clock hours re-              any of the requirements of an eligible job             such percentage change by calculating the
                                               quired by a State to receive a professional li-         training program described in this sub-                difference between the total earnings of stu-
                                               cense or certification in the State, if the             section, the Secretary—                                dents who enroll in such programs not more
                                               State has established such a requirement;                  ‘‘(I) shall deny a subsequent renewal of ap-        than 6 months prior to enrollment, and the




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                                                 ‘‘(X) includes institutional credit articula-         proval in accordance with clause (iii) for             total earnings of students who complete such
                                               tion for a student enrolled in a noncredit job          such program after the expiration of the ap-           program not more than 6 months after com-
                                               training program;                                       proval period;                                         pleting such program.
                                                 ‘‘(XI) is not offered exclusively through                ‘‘(II) may withdraw approval for such pro-             ‘‘(B) DATE OF EFFECT.—The requirement
                                               distance education or a correspondence                  gram before the expiration of the approval             under this paragraph shall take effect begin-
                                               course, except as determined by the Sec-                period;                                                ning on the date that is 1 year after the date
                                               retary to be necessary, on a temporary basis,              ‘‘(III) shall ensure students who enrolled in       the program has been approved as an eligible
                                               in connection with a—                                   such programs have access to transcripts for           job training program under this subsection.




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                                                 ‘‘(3) APPEAL OF EARNINGS INFORMATION.—                  ‘‘(V) recipients of assistance under a tui-            (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Higher
                                               The Secretary’s determination under para-               tion assistance program conducted by the               Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as
                                               graph (2) may include an appeals process to             Department of Defense under section 1784a or           amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Sim-
                                               permit job training programs to submit al-              2007 of title 10, United States Code (or other         plification Act (title VII of division FF of
                                               ternate discretionary or total earnings data,           authorities available to the Department of             Public Law 116–260), is further amended by
                                               respectively, provided that such data are sta-          Defense), or status as a veteran;                      adding at the end the following:
                                               tistically rigorous, accurate, comparable,                ‘‘(VI) status as a first-time student or               ‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT
                                               and representative of students who complete             transfer student from another institution;             PROGRAM.—
                                               the program.                                              ‘‘(VII) status as a first-generation student;          ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
                                                 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF AWARDS.—The Sec-                 ‘‘(VIII) status as parent or guardian of 1 or          ‘‘(A) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—
                                               retary shall award Federal Pell Grants to               more dependent children; and                           The term ‘career and technical education’
                                               students in eligible job training programs                ‘‘(IX) status as a confined or incarcerated          has the meaning given the term in section 3
                                               (referred to as a ‘job training Federal Pell            individual,     as   defined     under   section       of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
                                               Grant’). Each eligible job training Federal             484(t)(1)(A).                                          Education Act of 2006.
                                               Pell Grant awarded under this subsection                  ‘‘(ii) The number and demographics,                    ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.—
                                               shall have the same terms and conditions,               disaggregated by the categories listed in                ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible job
                                               and be awarded in the same manner, as other             clause (i), including, at a minimum, of—               training program’ means a career and tech-
                                               Federal Pell Grants awarded under sub-                    ‘‘(I) students who complete the program;             nical education program at an eligible insti-
                                               section (b), except a student who is eligible           and                                                    tution of higher education that—
                                               to receive a job training Federal Pell Grant              ‘‘(II) students who do not complete the pro-           ‘‘(I) provides not less than 150, and not
                                               under this subsection is a student who—                 gram.                                                  more than 600, clock hours of instructional
                                                 ‘‘(A)      has    not     yet    attained     a         ‘‘(iii) The required tuition and fees of the         time over a period of not less than 8 weeks
                                               postbaccalaureate degree;                               program.                                               and not more than 15 weeks;
                                                 ‘‘(B) is enrolled, or accepted for enroll-              ‘‘(iv)     The    earnings      of   students,         ‘‘(II) provides training aligned with the re-
                                               ment, in an eligible job training program at            disaggregated by the categories listed in              quirements of high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-
                                               an eligible institution of higher education;            clause (i), including, at a minimum—                   mand industry sectors or occupations in the
                                               and                                                       ‘‘(I) total earnings of students who com-            State or local area in which the job training
                                                 ‘‘(C) meets all other eligibility require-            plete the program; and                                 program is provided, as determined by—
                                               ments for a Federal Pell Grant (except with               ‘‘(II) total earnings of students who do not           ‘‘(aa) a State board or local board;
                                               respect to the type of program of study, as             complete the program.                                    ‘‘(bb) a State plan, as described in section
                                               provided in subparagraph (B)).                            ‘‘(v) Additional outcomes of the students            122(d)(13)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Career
                                                 ‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—The amount of a                who complete the program, disaggregated by             and Technical Education Act of 2006; or
                                               job training Federal Pell Grant for an eligi-           the categories listed in clause (i), including,          ‘‘(cc) a comprehensive local needs assess-
                                               ble student shall be determined under sub-              at a minimum—                                          ment, as described in section 134(c) of the
                                               section (b), except that a student who is eli-            ‘‘(I) the completion rate of such students;          Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
                                               gible for less than the minimum Federal Pell              ‘‘(II) the percentage of such students               cation Act of 2006;
                                               Grant because the eligible job training pro-            placed or retained in employment, measured               ‘‘(III) is a program—
                                               gram is less than an academic year (in clock-           at not less than 6 months and 1 year, respec-            ‘‘(aa) provided through an eligible training
                                               hours and weeks of instructional time) may              tively, after completion of the program;               provider, as described under section 122(d) of
                                               still be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant.               ‘‘(III) in the case of a job training program        the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
                                                 ‘‘(6) INCLUSION IN TOTAL ELIGIBILITY PE-              that prepares students for a professional li-          Act; and
                                               RIOD.—Any period during which a student re-             cense or certification exam, the share of                ‘‘(bb) subject to the reporting requirements
                                               ceives a job training Federal Pell Grant                such students who pass such exams;                     of section 116(d)(4) of the Workforce Innova-
                                               under this subsection shall be included in                ‘‘(IV) the share of such students who con-           tion and Opportunity Act, or would be sub-
                                               calculating the student’s period of eligibility         tinue enrollment at the institution of higher          ject to such requirements except for a waiver
                                               for Federal Pell Grants under subsection (d),           education offering the program within 1                issued to a State under section 189(i) of the
                                               and the eligibility requirements regarding              year;                                                  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
                                               students who are enrolled in an under-                    ‘‘(V) the share of such students who trans-            ‘‘(IV) provides a student, upon completion
                                               graduate program on less than a full-time               fer to another institution of higher edu-              of the program, with a degree or recognized
                                               basis shall similarly apply to students who             cation within 1 year; and                              postsecondary credential that is stackable
                                               are enrolled in an eligible job training pro-             ‘‘(VI) the share of such students who com-           and portable across multiple employers and
                                               gram at an eligible institution of higher edu-          plete a subsequent certificate or degree pro-          geographical areas;
                                               cation on less than a full-time basis.                  gram within 6 years.                                     ‘‘(V) has demonstrated that the median
                                                 ‘‘(7) SAME PAYMENT PERIOD.—No student                   ‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding any                change in total earnings for students who
                                               may for the same payment period receive                 other provision of this paragraph—                     complete the program is an increase of not
                                               both a job training Federal Pell Grant under              ‘‘(i) if disclosure of disaggregated data            less than 20 percent, in accordance with
                                               this subsection and a Federal Pell Grant                under subparagraph (B) is prohibited from              paragraph (2);
                                               under this section.                                     disclosure due to applicable privacy restric-            ‘‘(VI) publishes prominently on the website
                                                 ‘‘(8) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING AND DATA               tions, the Secretary may take such steps as            of the institution, and provides a written dis-
                                               COLLECTION.—                                            the Secretary determines necessary to pro-             closure to each prospective student prior to
                                                 ‘‘(A) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING.—The Sec-              vide meaningful disaggregated student de-              entering into an enrollment agreement for
                                               retary shall coordinate and enter into a data           mographic or outcome information, includ-              such program (which each such student shall
                                               sharing agreement with the Secretary of                 ing by combining categories; and                       confirm receiving through a written affirma-
                                               Labor to ensure access to data necessary to               ‘‘(ii) an institution may submit, and the            tion prior to entering such enrollment agree-
                                               implement this paragraph, including such                Secretary may publish, data required to be             ment) containing, at a minimum, the fol-
                                               data related to indicators of performance               collected under subparagraph (B) that is ob-           lowing information calculated, as applicable,
                                               collected under section 116 of the Workforce            tained through a State Unemployment In-                in accordance with paragraph (8)—
                                               Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C.               surance Agency or through other supple-                  ‘‘(aa) the required tuition and fees of the
                                               3141).                                                  mental means, in lieu of any additional data           program;
                                                 ‘‘(B) DATA ON ELIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PRO-              collection, provided that such data are sta-             ‘‘(bb) the difference between required tui-
                                               GRAMS.—Except as provided under subpara-                tistically rigorous, accurate, comparable,             tion and fees described in item (aa) and any
                                               graph (C), each institution of higher edu-              and representative.                                    grant aid (which does not need to be repaid)
                                               cation offering an eligible job training pro-             ‘‘(D) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 2025,           provided to the student;
                                               gram for which the Secretary awards job                 the Secretary shall—                                     ‘‘(cc) the completion rate of the program;
                                               training Federal Pell Grants under this sub-              ‘‘(i) submit to the Committee on Health,               ‘‘(dd) the percentage of students placed or
                                               section, the Secretary shall, on at least an            Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-             retained in employment, measured at not
                                               annual basis, collect and publish data with             ate and the Committee on Education and                 less than 6 months and 1 year, respectively,
                                               respect to each such eligible job training              Labor of the House of Representatives a re-            after completion of the program;
                                               program, including the following:                       port on the impact of an eligible job training           ‘‘(ee) total earnings of students who com-
                                                 ‘‘(i) The number and demographics of stu-                                                                    plete the program not less than 6 months




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                                                                                                       program for which the Secretary awards job
                                               dents who enroll in the program, including,             training Federal Pell Grants under this sub-           after completion of the program;
                                               at a minimum, disaggregated by—                         section, based on the most recent data col-              ‘‘(ff) total earnings of students who do not
                                                 ‘‘(I) sex;                                            lected under subparagraph (B); and                     complete the program;
                                                 ‘‘(II) race and ethnicity;                              ‘‘(ii) make the report described in clause (i)         ‘‘(gg) the ratio of the amount that is the
                                                 ‘‘(III) classification as a student with a dis-       available publicly on the website of the De-           difference between required tuition and fees
                                               ability;                                                partment.’’.                                           and any grant aid provided to the student de-
                                                 ‘‘(IV) income quintile, as defined by the               (d) FUTURE ENACTMENT OF JOB TRAINING                 scribed in item (bb) to the total earnings of
                                               Secretary;                                              FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM.—                           students who complete the program not less




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                                               than 6 months after completion of the pro-              bility in such application shall be consistent         completed a noncredit program with the
                                               gram described in item (ee);                            with the requirements described in this sub-           equivalent academic credit that may be ap-
                                                 ‘‘(hh) an explanation, in clear and plain             paragraph.                                             plied to a subsequent credit-bearing certifi-
                                               language, of the ratio described in item (gg);             ‘‘(iii) RENEWAL OF APPROVAL BY THE SEC-             cate or degree program upon enrollment in
                                               and                                                     RETARY.—An eligible job training program               such program at such institution.
                                                 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a job training program          that desires to continue eligibility as an eli-          ‘‘(F) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘indus-
                                               that prepares students for a professional li-           gible job training program after the period of         try or sector partnership’, ‘in-demand indus-
                                               cense or certification exam, the share of               initial approval described in clause (ii), or          try sector or occupation’, ‘recognized post-
                                               such students who pass such exams;                      the subsequent period described in this                secondary credential’, ‘local board’, and
                                                 ‘‘(VII) has been determined by the eligible           clause, shall submit a renewal application to          ‘State board’ have the meanings given such
                                               institution of higher education (after valida-          the Secretary (with such information as the            terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-
                                               tion of that determination by an industry or            Secretary may require), not more than 270              tion and Opportunity Act.
                                               sector partnership or State board or local              days and not less than 180 days before the               ‘‘(2) TOTAL EARNINGS INCREASE REQUIRE-
                                               board) to provide academic content, an                  end of the previous approval period. If the            MENT.—
                                               amount of instructional time, and com-                  Secretary determines the program meets                   ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
                                               petencies to satisfy any applicable edu-                such requirements, the Secretary shall grant           (B), as a condition of participation under
                                               cational requirement for professional licen-            another period of approval for 3 years.                this subsection, the Secretary shall, using
                                               sure or certification, so that the student who             ‘‘(iv) PERIODIC REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY.—           the data collected under paragraph (8) and
                                               completes the program and seeks employ-                 The Secretary shall periodically review a
                                                                                                                                                              such other information as the Secretary may
                                               ment is qualified to take any licensure or              program previously approved under clause
                                                                                                                                                              require, determine whether such job training
                                               certification examination needed to practice            (ii) or (iii) to determine whether such pro-
                                                                                                                                                              program meets the requirements of para-
                                               or find employment in such sectors or occu-             gram is meeting the requirements of an eli-
                                                                                                                                                              graph (1)(B)(i)(V) with respect to whether the
                                               pations that the program prepares students              gible job training program described in this
                                                                                                                                                              median change in annual earnings for stu-
                                               to enter;                                               subsection.
                                                                                                                                                              dents who complete the program is an in-
                                                 ‘‘(VIII) has been in operation for not less              ‘‘(v) REVOCATION OF APPROVAL BY THE SEC-
                                                                                                                                                              crease of not less than 20 percent of the total
                                               than 1 year prior to becoming an eligible job           RETARY.—If at any time the Secretary deter-
                                               training program under this subsection;                 mines that a program previously approved               earnings of such students before enrollment
                                                 ‘‘(IX) does not exceed by more than 50 per-           under clause (ii) or (iii) is no longer meeting        in the program. For the purposes of this
                                               cent the minimum number of clock hours re-              any of the requirements of an eligible job             paragraph, the Secretary shall determine
                                               quired by a State to receive a professional li-         training program described in this sub-                such percentage increase by calculating the
                                               cense or certification in the State, if the             section, the Secretary—                                difference between the total earnings of stu-
                                               State has established such a requirement;                  ‘‘(I) shall deny a subsequent renewal of ap-        dents who enroll in such programs not more
                                                 ‘‘(X) includes institutional credit articula-         proval in accordance with clause (iii) for             than 6 months prior to enrollment, and the
                                               tion for a student enrolled in a noncredit job          such program after the expiration of the ap-           earnings of students who complete such pro-
                                               training program;                                       proval period;                                         gram not more than 6 months after com-
                                                 ‘‘(XI) is not offered exclusively through                ‘‘(II) may withdraw approval for such pro-          pleting such program.
                                               distance education or a correspondence                  gram before the expiration of the approval               ‘‘(B) DATE OF EFFECT.—The requirement
                                               course, except as determined by the Sec-                period;                                                under this paragraph shall take effect begin-
                                               retary to be necessary, on a temporary basis,              ‘‘(III) shall ensure students who enrolled in       ning on the date that is 1 year after the date
                                               in connection with a—                                   such programs have access to transcripts for           the program has been approved as an eligible
                                                 ‘‘(aa) major disaster or emergency declared           completed coursework without a fee or mon-             job training program under this subsection.
                                               by the President under section 401 or 501 of            etary charge and without regard to any bal-              ‘‘(3) APPEAL OF EARNINGS INFORMATION.—
                                               the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and              ance owed to the institution; and                      The Secretary’s determination under para-
                                               Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170                   ‘‘(IV) shall prohibit such program and any          graph (2) may include an appeals process to
                                               and 5191); or                                           substantially similar program, from being              permit job training programs to submit al-
                                                 ‘‘(bb) national emergency declared by the             considered an eligible job training described          ternate discretionary or total earnings data,
                                               President under section 201 of the National             in this subsection for a period of not less            respectively, provided that such data are sta-
                                               Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);               than 5 years.                                          tistically rigorous, accurate, comparable,
                                                 ‘‘(XII) is provided not less than 50 percent             ‘‘(vi) ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE BY STATE                and representative of students who complete
                                               directly by the eligible institution of higher          BOARD.—The Secretary shall not determine               the program.
                                               education;                                              that a program is an eligible job training               ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF AWARDS.—The Sec-
                                                 ‘‘(XIII) may include integrated education             program in accordance with clause (ii) unless          retary shall award Federal Pell Grants to
                                               and training; and                                       the Secretary receives a certification from            students in eligible job training programs
                                                 ‘‘(XIV) may be offered as part of a program           the State board representing the State in              (referred to as a ‘job training Federal Pell
                                               that—                                                   which the eligible job training program is             Grant’). Each eligible job training Federal
                                                 ‘‘(aa) meets the requirements of section              provided, containing an assurance that the             Pell Grant awarded under this subsection
                                               484(d)(2);                                              program meets the requirements of clause               shall have the same terms and conditions,
                                                 ‘‘(bb) is part of a career pathway, as de-            (i).                                                   and be awarded in the same manner, as other
                                               fined in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-                ‘‘(C) TOTAL EARNINGS.—For the purposes of           Federal Pell Grants awarded under sub-
                                               tion and Opportunity Act; and                           this subsection, the term ‘total earnings’             section (b), except a student who is eligible
                                                 ‘‘(cc) is aligned to a program of study, as           means the median annual earnings.                      to receive a job training Federal Pell Grant
                                               defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins                ‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-           under this subsection is a student who—
                                               Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.             CATION.—For the purposes of this subsection,             ‘‘(A)     has     not    yet    attained    a
                                                 ‘‘(ii) APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY.—                    the term ‘eligible institution of higher edu-          postbaccalaureate degree;
                                                 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a program            cation’ means—                                           ‘‘(B) is enrolled, or accepted for enroll-
                                               that is seeking to establish initial eligibility           ‘‘(i) an institution of higher education, as        ment, in an eligible job training program at
                                               as an eligible job training program under               defined in section 101;                                an eligible institution of higher education;
                                               this subparagraph, the Secretary shall make                ‘‘(ii) a postsecondary vocational institu-          and
                                               a determination whether the program meets               tion, as defined in section 102(c); and                  ‘‘(C) meets all other eligibility require-
                                               the requirements of this subparagraph not                  ‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education—         ments for a Federal Pell Grant (except with
                                               more than 120 days after the date on which                 ‘‘(I) approved by an accrediting agency or          respect to the type of program of study, as
                                               such program is submitted for consideration             association that meets the requirements of             provided in subparagraph (B)).
                                               as an eligible job training program. If the             section 496(a)(4)(C);                                    ‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—The amount of a
                                               Secretary determines the program meets the                 ‘‘(II) that has not been a proprietary insti-       job training Federal Pell Grant for an eligi-
                                               requirements of this paragraph, the Sec-                tution of higher education, as defined in sec-         ble student shall be determined under sub-
                                               retary shall grant an initial period of ap-             tion 102(b), within the previous 3 years; and          section (b), except that a student who is eli-
                                               proval of 2 years. The Secretary shall enable              ‘‘(III) that has not been subject, during any       gible for less than the minimum Federal Pell
                                               institutions to apply for eligible job training         of the preceding 5 years, to—                          Grant because the eligible job training pro-
                                               program approval not later than 1 year after               ‘‘(aa) any suspension, emergency action, or         gram is less than an academic year (in clock-
                                               the date of enactment of the Infrastructure             termination of programs under this title;              hours and weeks of instructional time) may




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                                               Investment and Jobs Act.                                   ‘‘(bb) any adverse action by the institu-           still be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant.
                                                 ‘‘(II) PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION.—Not                tion’s accrediting agency or association; or             ‘‘(6) INCLUSION IN TOTAL ELIGIBILITY PE-
                                               later than 1 year after the date of enactment              ‘‘(cc) any action by the State to revoke a          RIOD.—Any period during which a student re-
                                               of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs               license or other authority to operate.                 ceives a job training Federal Pell Grant
                                               Act, the Secretary shall publish the applica-              ‘‘(E) INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT ARTICULATION.—           under this subsection shall be included in
                                               tion for job training programs to submit for            The term ‘institutional credit articulation’           calculating the student’s period of eligibility
                                               approval as eligible job training programs.             means the situation where an institution of            for Federal Pell Grants under subsection (d),
                                               The information required to determine eligi-            higher education provides a student who has            and the eligibility requirements regarding




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                                               students who are enrolled in an under-                     ‘‘(V) the share of such students who trans-           ‘‘(ii) the agency or association requires a
                                               graduate program on less than a full-time               fer to another institution of higher edu-              demonstration that the program—
                                               basis shall similarly apply to students who             cation within 1 year; and                                ‘‘(I) has identified each recognized postsec-
                                               are enrolled in an eligible job training pro-              ‘‘(VI) the share of such students who com-          ondary credential offered in the relevant in-
                                               gram at an eligible institution of higher edu-          plete a subsequent certificate or degree pro-          dustry in the State or local area where the
                                               cation on less than a full-time basis.                  gram within 6 years.                                   industry is located; and
                                                 ‘‘(7) SAME PAYMENT PERIOD.—No student                    ‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding any                 ‘‘(II) provides academic content, an
                                               may for the same payment period receive                 other provision of this paragraph—                     amount of instructional time, and com-
                                               both a job training Federal Pell Grant under               ‘‘(i) if disclosure of disaggregated data           petencies to satisfy any applicable edu-
                                               this subsection and a Federal Pell Grant                under subparagraph (B) is prohibited from              cational requirement for professional licen-
                                               under this section.                                     disclosure due to applicable privacy restric-          sure or certification, so that a student who
                                                 ‘‘(8) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING AND DATA               tions, the Secretary may take such steps as            completes the program and seeks employ-
                                               COLLECTION.—                                            the Secretary determines necessary to pro-             ment is qualified to take any licensure or
                                                 ‘‘(A) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING.—The Sec-              vide meaningful disaggregated student de-              certification examination needed to practice
                                               retary shall coordinate and enter into a data           mographic or outcome information, includ-              or find employment in the sectors or occupa-
                                               sharing agreement with the Secretary of                 ing by combining categories; and                       tions that the program prepares students to
                                               Labor to ensure access to data necessary to                ‘‘(ii) an institution may submit, and the           enter.’’.
                                               implement this paragraph, including such                Secretary may publish, data required to be               (g) RESCISSION.—Of the amounts appro-
                                               data related to indicators of performance               collected under subparagraph (B) that is ob-           priated under section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI) of
                                               collected under section 116 of the Workforce            tained through a State Unemployment In-                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                                               Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C.               surance Agency or through other supple-                1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI)) for fiscal year 2021,
                                               3141).                                                  mental means, in lieu of any additional data           $120,000,000 are rescinded.
                                                 ‘‘(B) DATA ON ELIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PRO-              collection, provided that such data are sta-             (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise
                                               GRAMS.—Except as provided under subpara-                tistically rigorous, accurate, comparable,             provided, this section and the amendments
                                               graph (C), each institution of higher edu-              and representative.                                    made by this section shall take effect on the
                                               cation offering an eligible job training pro-              ‘‘(D) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 2025,          date of enactment of this Act.
                                               gram for which the Secretary awards job                 the Secretary shall—                                                       ---
                                               training Federal Pell Grants under this sub-               ‘‘(i) submit to the Committee on Health,              SA 2142. Mr. MARKEY (for himself
                                               section, the Secretary shall, on at least an            Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-             and Ms. WARREN) submitted an amend-
                                               annual basis, collect and publish data with             ate and the Committee on Education and                 ment intended to be proposed by him
                                               respect to each such eligible job training              Labor of the House of Representatives a re-
                                               program, including the following:
                                                                                                                                                              to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds
                                                                                                       port on the impact of an eligible job training         for Federal-aid highways, highway
                                                 ‘‘(i) The number and demographics of stu-             program for which the Secretary awards job
                                               dents who enroll in the program, including,                                                                    safety programs, and transit programs,
                                                                                                       training Federal Pell Grants under this sub-
                                               at a minimum, disaggregated by—                         section, based on the most recent data col-
                                                                                                                                                              and for other purposes; which was or-
                                                 ‘‘(I) sex;                                            lected under subparagraph (B); and                     dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                                 ‘‘(II) race and ethnicity;                                                                                     At the appropriate place, insert the fol-
                                                                                                          ‘‘(ii) make the report described in clause (i)
                                                 ‘‘(III) classification as a student with a dis-                                                              lowing:
                                                                                                       available publicly on the website of the De-
                                               ability;                                                                                                       SEC. ll. NORTH ATLANTIC RAIL INTERSTATE
                                                                                                       partment.’’.
                                                 ‘‘(IV) income quintile, as defined by the                                                                              COMPACT.
                                                                                                          (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment
                                               Secretary;                                                                                                       (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 249 of title 49,
                                                                                                       made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if
                                                 ‘‘(V) recipients of assistance under a tui-                                                                  United States Code, is amended by inserting
                                                                                                       included in section 703 of the FAFSA Sim-
                                               tion assistance program conducted by the                                                                       after section 24905 the following:
                                                                                                       plification Act (title VII of division FF of
                                               Department of Defense under section 1784a or
                                                                                                       Public Law 116–260).                                   ‘‘§ 24905A. North Atlantic Rail Interstate Com-
                                               2007 of title 10, United States Code (or other
                                               authorities available to the Department of                 (e) WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPOR-                    pact; North Atlantic Rail Network
                                               Defense), or status as a veteran;                       TUNITY ACT AMENDMENT.—Section 116(i) of                   ‘‘(a) NORTH ATLANTIC RAIL INTERSTATE
                                                 ‘‘(VI) status as a first-time student or              the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity               COMPACT.—
                                               transfer student from another institution;              Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(i)) is amended by adding              ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180
                                                 ‘‘(VII) status as a first-generation student;         at the end the following:                              days after the date of the enactment of this
                                                 ‘‘(VIII) status as parent or guardian of 1 or            ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING FOR JOB              section, the Secretary of Transportation
                                               more dependent children; and                            TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM.—                  shall appoint a director for the North Atlan-
                                                 ‘‘(IX) status as a confined or incarcerated           The Secretary of Labor shall coordinate and            tic Rail Interstate Compact (referred to in
                                               individual,      as   defined    under   section        enter into a data sharing agreement with the           this section as the ‘Compact’) in collabora-
                                               484(t)(1)(A).                                           Secretary of Education to ensure access to             tion with states identified in paragraph
                                                 ‘‘(ii) The number and demographics,                   data necessary to implement section 401(k)             (2)(A).
                                               disaggregated by the categories listed in               of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.            ‘‘(2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
                                               clause (i), including, at a minimum, of—                1070a(k)), as added by section 13011 of the In-           ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The Compact shall be
                                                 ‘‘(I) students who complete the program;              frastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in-              governed by a board of directors, which shall
                                               and                                                     cluding such applicable data related to un-            be composed of directors, of whom—
                                                 ‘‘(II) students who do not complete the pro-          employment insurance, wage information,                   ‘‘(i) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                               gram.                                                   employment-related outcomes, and indica-               Secretary of Transportation;
                                                 ‘‘(iii) The required tuition and fees of the          tors of performance collected under this sec-             ‘‘(ii) 1 director shall be appointed by the
                                               program.                                                tion.’’.                                               Chief Executive Officer of Amtrak;
                                                 ‘‘(iv)     The     earnings     of   students,           (f) ACCREDITING AGENCY RECOGNITION OF                  ‘‘(iii) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                               disaggregated by the categories listed in               ELIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section                Governor of Connecticut;
                                               clause (i), including, at a minimum—                    496(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965             ‘‘(iv) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                                 ‘‘(I) total earnings of students who com-             (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)) is amended—                    Governor of Maine;
                                               plete the program; and                                     (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’           ‘‘(v) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                                 ‘‘(II) total earnings of students who do not          after the semicolon;                                   Governor of Massachusetts;
                                               complete the program.                                      (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting              ‘‘(vi) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                                 ‘‘(v) Additional outcomes of the students             ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and                       Governor of New Hampshire;
                                               who complete the program, disaggregated by                 (3) by adding at the end the following:                ‘‘(vii) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                               the categories listed in clause (i), including,            ‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or          Governor of New York;
                                               at a minimum—                                           seeks to include within its scope of recogni-             ‘‘(viii) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                                 ‘‘(I) the completion rate of such students;           tion the evaluation of the quality of institu-         Governor of Rhode Island; and
                                                 ‘‘(II) the percentage of such students                tions of higher education participating in                ‘‘(ix) 2 directors shall be appointed by the
                                               placed or retained in employment, measured              the job training Federal Pell Grant program            Governor of Vermont.
                                               at not less than 6 months and 1 year, respec-           under section 401(k), such agency or associa-             ‘‘(B) TERM; QUALIFICATIONS.—Of the indi-
                                               tively, after completion of the program;                tion shall, in addition to meeting the other           viduals appointed pursuant to each of the




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                                                 ‘‘(III) in the case of a job training program         requirements of this subpart, demonstrate to           clauses (iii) through (ix) of paragraph (1)—
                                               that prepares students for a professional li-           the Secretary that, with respect to such eli-             ‘‘(i) 1 shall be the head of the respective
                                               cense or certification exam, the share of               gible job training programs (as defined in             State department of transportation; and
                                               such students who pass such exams;                      that subsection)—                                         ‘‘(ii) the other director appointed by the
                                                 ‘‘(IV) the share of such students who con-               ‘‘(i) the agency or association’s standards         respective governor—
                                               tinue enrollment at the institution of higher           include a process for determining if the in-              ‘‘(I) shall serve for a 5-year term;
                                               education offering the program within 1                 stitution has the capability to effectively               ‘‘(II) shall be a resident of the appointing
                                               year;                                                   offer an eligible job training program; and            governor’s State;




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