Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110
§3113 Combined State Plan
Title 29 › CHAPTER 32 — WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY › SUBCHAPTER I — WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES › Part A — System Alignment › subpart 1 — state provisions › § 3113
Summary
States may make and send one combined plan to the right federal officials instead of filing several separate plans. The plan can cover the core programs and up to 11 other federal programs, including career and technical education, certain welfare and work programs, trade adjustment activities, veterans’ services, unemployment compensation, Older Americans services, HUD and community services job training, and similar programs. The combined plan must explain how the covered programs will be planned and run together. It must also show that the people who run those programs had a chance to review and comment on the whole plan. If a combined plan is approved, the State does not have to send other plans to get federal money for the included programs. The portion of the plan for core programs must meet the rules that apply to core programs. Each covered non-core program part must meet the rules for that specific program. The right federal official(s) must approve each part. For core programs, both the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education must approve before those parts can start. If an official does not act, a plan part is treated as approved after 90 days (120 days if an official other than Labor or Education is involved), unless the official sends a written denial during that period saying the plan does not meet the law. Approval rules include agreeing on State performance measures where required.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §3113
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(a)In general
(1)Authority to submit plan
A State may develop and submit to the appropriate Secretaries a combined State plan for the core programs and 1 or more of the programs and activities described in paragraph (2) in lieu of submitting 2 or more plans, for the programs and activities and the core programs.
(2)Programs
The programs and activities referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(A)Career and technical education programs authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
(B)Programs authorized under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
(C)Programs authorized under section 2015(d)(4) of title 7.
(D)Work programs authorized under section 2015(o) of title 7.
(E)Activities authorized under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.).
(F)Activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38.
(G)Programs authorized under State unemployment compensation laws (in accordance with applicable Federal law).
(H)Programs authorized under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.).
(I)Employment and training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(J)Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.).
(K)Programs authorized under section 60532 of title 34.
(b)Requirements
(1)In general
The portion of a combined plan covering the core programs shall be subject to the requirements of section 3112 of this title (including section 3112(c)(3) of this title). The portion of such plan covering a program or activity described in subsection (a)(2) shall be subject to the requirements, if any, applicable to a plan or application for assistance for that program or activity, under the Federal law authorizing the program or activity. At the election of the State, section 3112(c)(3) of this title may apply to that portion.
(2)Additional submission not required
A State that submits a combined plan that is approved under subsection (c) shall not be required to submit any other plan or application in order to receive Federal funds to carry out the core programs or the program or activities described in subsection (a)(2) that are covered by the combined plan.
(3)Coordination
A combined plan shall include—
(A)a description of the methods used for joint planning and coordination of the core programs and the other programs and activities covered by the combined plan; and
(B)an assurance that the methods included an opportunity for the entities responsible for planning or administering the core programs and the other programs and activities to review and comment on all portions of the combined plan.
(c)Approval by the appropriate Secretaries
(1)Jurisdiction
The appropriate Secretary shall have the authority to approve the corresponding portion of a combined plan as described in subsection (d). On the approval of the appropriate Secretary, that portion of the combined plan, covering a program or activity, shall be implemented by the State pursuant to that portion of the combined plan, and the Federal law authorizing the program or activity.
(2)Approval of core programs
No portion of the plan relating to a core program shall be implemented until the appropriate Secretary approves the corresponding portions of the plan for all core programs.
(3)Timing of approval
(A)In general
Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), a portion of the combined State plan covering the core programs or a program or activity described in subsection (a)(2) shall be considered to be approved by the appropriate Secretary at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the day the plan is submitted.
(B)Plan approved by 3 or more appropriate Secretaries
If an appropriate Secretary other than the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Education has authority to approve a portion of a combined plan, that portion of the combined plan shall be considered to be approved by the appropriate Secretary at the end of the 120-day period beginning on the day the plan is submitted.
(C)Disapproval
The portion shall not be considered to be approved if the appropriate Secretary makes a written determination, during the 90-day period (or the 120-day period, for an appropriate Secretary covered by subparagraph (B)), that the portion is not consistent with the requirements of the Federal law authorizing or applicable to the program or activity involved, including the criteria for approval of a plan or application, if any, under such law, or the plan is not consistent with the requirements of this section.
(4)Special rule
In paragraph (3), the term “criteria for approval of a plan or application”, with respect to a State and a core program or a program under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), includes a requirement for agreement between the State and the appropriate Secretaries regarding State performance measures or State performance accountability measures, as the case may be, including levels of performance.
(d)Appropriate Secretary
In this section, the term “appropriate Secretary” means—
(1)with respect to the portion of a combined plan relating to any of the core programs (including a description, and an assurance concerning that program, specified in subsection (b)(3)), the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education; and
(2)with respect to the portion of a combined plan relating to a program or activity described in subsection (a)(2) (including a description, and an assurance concerning that program or activity, specified in subsection (b)(3)), the head of the Federal agency who exercises plan or application approval authority for the program or activity under the Federal law authorizing the program or activity, or, if there are no planning or application requirements for such program or activity, exercises administrative authority over the program or activity under that Federal law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2)(A) and (c)(4), is Pub. L. 88–210, Dec. 18, 1963, 77 Stat. 403, as amended generally by Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 683, which is classified generally to chapter 44 (§ 2301 et seq.) of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2301 of Title 20 and Tables. The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(B), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Part A of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part A (§ 601 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables. The Trade Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(E), is Pub. L. 93–618, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978. Chapter 2 of title II of the Act is classified generally to part 2 (§ 2271 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 12 of Title 19, Customs Duties. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 2101 of Title 19 and Tables. The Older Americans Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(H), is Pub. L. 89–73, July 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 218, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 3001 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Title V of the Act, known as the Community Service Senior Opportunities Act, is classified generally to subchapter IX (§ 3056 et seq.) of chapter 35 of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 3001 of Title 42 and Tables. The Community Services Block Grant Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(J), is subtitle B (§ 671 et seq.) of title VI of Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 511, which is classified generally to chapter 106 (§ 9901 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 9901 of Title 42 and Tables. Section 60532 of title 34, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(K), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 504(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5233.
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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29 U.S.C. § 3113
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110