One Door to Work Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2651 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2651 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a State innovation demonstration authority. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2025 Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a State innovation demonstration authority. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``One Door to Work Act''. SEC. 2. STATE INNOVATION DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY. Section 190 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3250) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 190. STATE INNOVATION DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY. ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to-- ``(1) authorize States to apply under this section on behalf of the entire State, or on behalf of a local area or a consortium of local areas in the State, to receive the allotments or allocations of the State or the local areas, respectively, for youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities under this Act, as a consolidated grant for 5 years for the purpose of carrying out a demonstration project to pursue innovative reforms to achieve better outcomes for jobseekers, employers, and taxpayers; and ``(2) require that rigorous evaluations be conducted to demonstrate if better outcomes and associated innovative reforms were achieved as a result of such demonstration projects. ``(b) General Authority.-- ``(1) Waivers and demonstration grant amounts.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of la