A bill to promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.
Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2009 or the SECTORS Act of 2009 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award competitive industry or sector partnership grants to eligible entities to develop strategies that: (1) encourage growth and competitiveness through work with employers within a targeted industry cluster; (2) help workers move toward economic self-sufficiency and ensure that they have access to supportive services; (3) address the needs of firms with limited human resources or in-house training capacity, including small- and medium-sized firms; and (4) coordinate with entities that carry out state and local workforce investment, education, and economic development activities.
Requires federal agency coordination with the Secretary in carrying out such program.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4191-4192)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4192-4195)
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