# 119-hr-8102: Workforce Investments Accountability Act

119-hr-8102, Workforce Investments Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8102
- Congress: 119
- Title: Workforce Investments Accountability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-02

## Summary

**This bill would tighten and standardize performance rules across Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs to create stronger accountability and transparency.** It would add new outcome measures, require standardized public reporting, permit vetted use of advanced analytics, and set escalating penalties for States and local areas that miss targets. - States must accept or counter proposed federal performance targets and the Labor and Education secretaries must publish the statistical model and adjustment factors used to set those targets. Failing to meet standards can trigger required technical assistance and cuts to Governor reserved funds starting at 5% and rising up to a 10% cap for sustained underperformance. - Local areas face a tighter 80% performance threshold and escalating penalties that can include allocation reductions and forced reorganization after repeated failures. Local areas must also use at least 50% of certain local funds to pay for training services for adults and dislocated workers. - Reporting expands to new metrics like median earnings gain and an indicator for on-the-job training and apprenticeships, and State and provider data must be published in digital, printable, and multilingual formats. Eligible training providers must report disaggregated outcomes, credentials awarded, costs, and completions, and States may use validated advanced analytics under privacy and privacy safeguards.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More local money for job training: benefit, medium. If enacted, local areas would have to use at least 50% of the funds described in subparagraph (A) of section 134(c)(1) for payment of training services to adults and dislocated workers. This requirement would take effect on enactment and shift more local workforce dollars toward direct training ser…
- Smaller pay-for-performance incentive pool: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would cap pay-for-performance incentive pools at no more than 5% of the funds reserved under section 128(a)(1). Providers and contractors would see a lower maximum incentive pool each program year; to find the dollar cap, multiply the Governor-reserved amount by 5%.
- Reduces funds for low-performing areas: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would require technical help when States miss 80% of adjusted performance levels. A specified failure or repeated shortfall can cut a Governor's reserved funds by 5%. A second consecutive year of a major failure can cut Governor-reserved funds by 8%, with total reductions under…
- Stronger reporting and data rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would change what workforce programs measure and report. It would add a median earnings gain measure and require employment to be measured in the fourth quarter after program exit. Eligible training providers would have to report disaggregated outcomes, credentials, costs per p…

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- 119-hr-1870: SPEED for BEAD Act
- 119-hr-5181: SOAR Act Improvements Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-7300: Make Elections Great Again Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8102 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8102)

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- [119-hr-10619: Spending Safeguard Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10619)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-1870: SPEED for BEAD Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1870)
- [119-hr-5181: SOAR Act Improvements Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-7300: Make Elections Great Again Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7300)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8102 (as of 2026-05-02).