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S 1627 108th Congress Senate

Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003

Official title: A bill to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 14, 2003
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 366.
Nov 14, 2003
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 1261 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 14, 2003
Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 1261 as an amendment.
Nov 14, 2003
The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 14, 2003
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S14861-14919; text of measure as reported in the Senate: CR S14861-14918)
Nov 5, 2003
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 366.
Nov 5, 2003
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Gregg with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-187.
Oct 2, 2003
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 17, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11651-11680)
Sep 17, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11651)
Sep 17, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 14, 2003

Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 366.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003 - Amends title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise provisions and reauthorize appropriations for workforce investment systems for job training and employment services, including the Job Corps.

Amends title II of WIA, also known as the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, to revise provisions and reauthorize appropriations for adult basic skills education, including adult education and family literacy programs.

Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to: (1) require employment services offices in each State to be co-located with comprehensive one-stop centers under WIA-I; and (2) revise provisions and reauthorize appropriations for the workforce and labor market information system to be carried out through grants or cooperative agreements with the States.

Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to revise provisions and reauthorize appropriations for vocational rehabilitation services.

Amends the Helen Keller National Center Act to reauthorize appropriations for such Act in general and for the Helen Keller National Center Federal Endowment Fund.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1261 Procedurally related Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 17, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1627: Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1627/
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"S. 1627: Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1627/.
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