Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§3343 Transition provisions
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part Part A— - Workforce Investment › § 3343
Summary
The Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services must take steps they think are needed to move old programs and rules into the new law. Labor and Education will handle moving Workforce Investment Act authority into the new parts of the law. Education will move the old Adult Education and Family Literacy program into its updated version. Labor will move Wagner‑Peyser programs into their updated version. Education and HHS will move the Rehabilitation Act programs into the revised law. The Secretaries must publish proposed rules in the Federal Register within 180 days after July 22, 2014, and final rules within 18 months after that date. States, grant recipients, administrative entities, and others who received money under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may use that money to plan and start programs under the new law, following the new rules. No more than 2% of any State’s WIA allotment for fiscal year 2014 may be used this way, and at least 50% of any amount used must go to local entities.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §3343
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(a)The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall take such actions as the Secretaries determine to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) to any authority under part A of subchapter I. Such actions shall include the provision of guidance related to unified State planning, combined State planning, and the performance accountability system described in such part.
(b)The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to any authority under parts B through E of subchapter I.
(c)The Secretary of Education shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.), as in effect on the day before July 22, 2014, to any authority under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, as amended by this Act.
(d)The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), as in effect on the day before July 22, 2014, to any authority under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by this Act.
(e)The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take such actions as the Secretaries determine to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as in effect on the day before July 22, 2014, to any authority under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by this Act.
(f)(1)Not later than 180 days after July 22, 2014, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations relating to the transition to, and implementation of, this Act (including the amendments made by this Act).
(2)Not later than 18 months after July 22, 2014, the Secretaries described in paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register final regulations relating to the transition to, and implementation of, this Act (including the amendments made by this Act).
(g)(1)Subject to paragraph (2) and in accordance with regulations developed under subsection (f), States, grant recipients, administrative entities, and other recipients of financial assistance under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may expend funds received under such Act in order to plan and implement programs and activities authorized under this Act.
(2)Not more than 2 percent of any allotment to any State from amounts appropriated under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for fiscal year 2014 may be made available to carry out activities authorized under paragraph (1) and not less than 50 percent of any amount used to carry out activities authorized under paragraph (1) shall be made available to local entities for the purposes of the activities described in such paragraph.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (g), is Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 936, and was repealed by Pub. L. 113–128, title V, §§ 506, 511(a),
July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1703, 1705, effective
July 1, 2015. Pursuant to section 3361(a) of this title, references to a provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 are deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. 113–128,
July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425. For complete classification of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables. The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed, and a new Adult Education and Family Literacy Act was enacted, by Pub. L. 113–128. The former Act is title II of Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, which was classified principally to subchapter I (§ 9201 et seq.) of chapter 73 of Title 20, Education, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 113–128, title V, §§ 506, 511(a),
July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1703, 1705, effective
July 1, 2015. The new Act is title II of Pub. L. 113–128,
July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1608, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 3271 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of title II of Pub. L. 105–220 to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of title II of Pub. L. 113–128 to the Code, see
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note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables. As in effect on the day before
July 22, 2014, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), was in the original “as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act”, meaning the date of enactment of Pub. L. 113–128, which was approved
July 22, 2014. However, the repeal and reenactment of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, see note above, and the
Amendments
to the Wagner-Peyser Act made by title III of Pub. L. 113–128 are effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014, which is probably
July 1, 2015. See section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3101 of this title. This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c) to (g)(1), is Pub. L. 113–128, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425, known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which enacted this chapter, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of this title and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made
Amendments
to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables. The Wagner-Peyser Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is act June 6, 1933, ch. 49, 48 Stat. 113, which is classified generally to chapter 4B (§ 49 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 49 of this title and Tables. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 93–112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 701 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 3343
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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