# 119-hr-2465: Ensuring Opportunities in Online Training Act

119-hr-2465, Ensuring Opportunities in Online Training Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2465
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Opportunities in Online Training Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires state approval for out-of-state, online-only job training providers under WIOA.** This bill would add a rule to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that makes providers who deliver training exclusively online subject to the same state eligibility lists as in-person providers when they are not located in the participant's State. - Online-only training providers: Providers located outside a participant's State would need to appear on that State's list of eligible providers to receive payments from that State. Providers located in the same State would follow the existing eligibility procedures. - State and local workforce boards: States keep authority to decide which online-only providers can be paid from their WIOA funds because payment depends on appearing on the State's eligible-provider list. The change works inside current WIOA funding rules and does not create new funding streams. - Participants and jobseekers: People who pick out-of-state online-only training could only get WIOA-funded spots if their State lists the provider. Choosing an in-State online provider follows the normal approval process.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Job seekers face limits on online training: cost, low. This bill would set new rules for online-only training paid with state workforce funds. If you pick an online-only provider in another state, that provider could not be paid unless your state lists it as eligible. The same approval steps would apply to online-only providers as to other providers. I…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2465 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2465)

## Related
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2465 (as of 2026-04-21).