TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.

SEC. 401. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998. (1) Section 111(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Chairperson”. (2) Section 112(c)(1) of such Act is amended by striking and" and inserting “; or”. (3) Section 116(a)(3)(D)(ii)(I)(aa) of such Act is amended by striking “; or” and inserting “; and”. (4) Section 117 of such Act is amended— (A) in subsection (f)(1)(D), by striking “State” and inserting “Governor”; and (B) in subsection (i)(1)(D)(ii), by striking subclause (II), and inserting the following: “(II) other representatives of employees in the local area (for a local area in which no employees are represented by such organizations).”. (5) Section 134(d)(4)(F) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “(iii) Individual training accounts.—An individual who seeks training services and who is eligible pursuant to subparagraph (A), may, in consultation with a case manager, select an eligible provider of training services from the list or identifying information for providers described in clause (ii)(I). Upon such selection, the one-stop operator involved shall, to the extent practicable, refer such individual to the eligible provider of training services, and arrange for payment for such services through an individual training account.”. (6) Section 159 of such Act is amended— (A) in subsections (c)(1)(G) and (d)(4), by striking “post-secondary” and inserting “postsecondary”; and (B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking “containing” and inserting “containing,”. (7) Section 166(h)(3)(A) of such Act is amended by striking “paragraph (2)” and inserting “subparagraph (B)”. (8) Section 167(d) of such Act is amended by inserting “and section 127(b)(1)(A)(iii)” after “this section”. (9) Section 170(a)(1) of such Act is amended by striking “carry out” and inserting “carrying out”. (10) Section 170(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking “174(b)” and inserting “173(b)”. (11) Section 171(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking “only on a competitive” and all that follows through the period and inserting “in accordance with generally applicable Federal requirements.”. (12) Section 173(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking “the Robert” and inserting “The Robert”. (13) Section 189(i)(1) of such Act is amended by striking “1997 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–234)” and inserting “1998 (Public Law 105–78; 111 Stat. 1467). (14) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 192(a) of such Act are amended by striking “), to” and inserting “) to”.112 STAT. 2681–412 (15) Section 334(b) of such Act is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “(2) Date.—The appointments of the members of the Commission shall be made by February 1, 1999.”. (16) Section 405 of such Act is amended by striking “et seq.),” and inserting “et seq.)”. (17) Section 501(b)(1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this paragraph, the activities and programs described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall not be considered to be 2 or more activities or programs for purposes of the unified plan. Such activities or programs shall be considered to be 1 activity or program.”. (18) Section 505 of such Act is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “in this Act” and inserting “under title I, II, or III or this title”; and (B) in subsection (b), by striking “under this Act” each place it appears and inserting “under title I, II, or III or this title”. (19) Section 506(d) of such Act is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by inserting “planning authorized under” after “carry out” each place that such appears; and (ii) by striking “the purposes” and inserting “the planning purposes”.