Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8196 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8196 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to add the Workforce data quality initiative. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 6, 2026 Mr. Baumgartner 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 add the Workforce data quality initiative. 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 ``Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. WORKFORCE DATA QUALITY INITIATIVE. (a) Reservations of Funds for Workforce Data Quality Initiative.-- Section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(a)(2)(A)) is amended by-- (1) striking ``, 169(c) (relating to dislocated worker projects),''; and (2) by inserting ``, and under subsections (c) (relating to dislocated worker projects) and (d) (relating to workforce data quality initiatives) of section 169'' before ``; and''. (b) Workforce Data Quality Initiative.--Section 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Workforce Data Quality Initiative.-- ``(1) Grant program.--Of amount made available pursuant to section 132(a)(2)(A) for any program year, the Secretary shall use not less than 5 percent and not more than 10 percent of such amount, and may also use funds appropriated under section 172(d) for purposes of carrying out this section, to award grants to eligible entities to create workforce longitudinal data systems and associated resources for the purposes of strengtheni