H.R. 7309: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-31 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-31 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 6 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 188 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR7309 (2022-05-17), Agreed to. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022

Plain summary

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and expands programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The bill also revises workforce investment, vocational rehabilitation, employment, training, and literacy programs for eligible individuals. For example, the bill increases workforce representation on state and local workforce investment boards from 20% to 30%; reworks one-stop center infrastructure funding by requiring costs to be covered by state allocations of WIOA funds; establishes subsidized youth employment programs that include work-readiness training and mentoring; allows states and localities to partner with educational institutions to address the skill needs for in-demand jobs; establishes grants to connect youth in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence with in-demand jobs; eliminates a requirement that the Department of Labor ensure that individuals participating in WIOA activities comply with Selective Service laws; modifies the allotment of youth workforce investment funds to states; requires Labor to prioritize providing access to certain services to girls and women and applications for assistance from minority-serving institutions; expands the Job Corps program, including by serving individuals in outlying areas and relaxing age requirements; establishes grants to expand training programs through industry or sector partnerships; expands grants for integrated English literacy and civics education to outlying areas; and expands Wagner-Peyser employment services to the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. The bill also provides statutory authority for Labor to award competitive grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to improve employment and training outcomes and reduce recidivism of justice-involved youth; and competitive grants for states to create workforce longitudinal administrative databases.

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Official text

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · 55 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7309, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (2022-05-16)

Cosponsors on this site

Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] reported raising $882,179 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

House roll call 188 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR7309 (2022-05-17): Agreed to
House roll call 189 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR7309 (2022-05-17): Agreed to
House roll call 190 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR7309 (2022-05-17): Failed
House roll call 191 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR7309 (2022-05-17): Failed
House roll call 192 (2022): On Motion to Recommit, HR7309 (2022-05-17): Failed
House roll call 193 (2022): On Passage, HR7309 (2022-05-17): Passed

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr7309.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7309 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117