Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026

This bill changes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a Workforce Data Quality Initiative grant program run by the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary would use between 5 and 10 percent of certain reserved national workforce funds each program year to give grants to state agencies or groups of state agencies to build workforce longitudinal data systems. Grants could last up to 3 years and could be used for things like credential registries, learning and employment records, data sharing between states, and privacy and security measures. Priority would go to states that have not received these grants before and to projects such as multistate data sharing. Grant recipients would have to report on their activities within 180 days after the grant ends.

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Sponsors

• Michael Baumgartner Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors