# 117-hr-6255: Employer-Directed Skills Act

117-hr-6255, Employer-Directed Skills Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6255
- Congress: 117
- Title: Employer-Directed Skills Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2021-12-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Employer-Directed Skills Act This bill allows for an employer to sponsor skills development programs with partial federal reimbursement under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). These new skills development programs are exempt from the program application and participant assessment requirements that typically apply to WIOA employment and training activities. However, these skills development programs must be conducted according to an employer-sponsored skills development agreement that includes, among other required provisions, a commitment by the employer to employ an individual upon successful completion of the program. The bill also requires the federal share of these skills development programs and the federal share of existing on-the-job training programs to be paid by reimbursement from employer-directed skills accounts that must be established by local one-stop operators.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC), 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2022-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6255 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6255)

## Related
- [117-hr-8656: To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Ind…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8656)
- [117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-881)
- [117-hjres-65: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-65)
- [117-hr-5854: Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5854)
- [117-hr-5586: Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5586)
- [117-hres-548: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-548)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6255 (as of 2025-11-18).