US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 3253

Continuation of State activities and policies

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Secretary may not deny approval of a State plan for a covered State, or an application of a covered State for financial assistance, under this subchapter, or find a covered State (including a State board or Governor), or a local area (including a local board or chief elected official) in a covered State, in violation of a provision of this subchapter, on the basis that—
(1)
(A)
the State proposes to allocate or disburse, allocates, or disburses, within the State, funds made available to the State under section 3162 or 3172 of this title in accordance with the allocation formula for the type of activities involved, or in accordance with a disbursal procedure or process, used by the State under prior consistent State laws; or
(B)
a local board in the State proposes to disburse, or disburses, within the local area, funds made available to the State under section 3162 or 3172 of this title in accordance with a disbursal procedure or process used by a private industry council under prior consistent State law;
(2)
the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State procedure through which local areas use, as fiscal agents for funds made available to the State under section 3162 or 3172 of this title and allocated within the State, fiscal agents selected in accordance with a process established under prior consistent State laws;
(3)
section 3151 of this title the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State procedure through which the local boards in the State (or the local boards, the chief elected officials in the State, and the Governor) designate or select the one-stop partners and one-stop operators of the statewide system in the State under prior consistent State laws, in lieu of making the designation or certification described in (regardless of the date the one-stop delivery systems involved have been established);
(4)
section 3174(c)(2) of this titlesection 3174(c)(3) of this title the State proposes to carry out or carries out a State procedure through which the persons responsible for selecting eligible providers for purposes of part B are permitted to determine that a provider shall not be selected to provide both intake services under and training services under , under prior consistent State laws;
(5)
the State proposes to designate or designates a State board, or proposes to assign or assigns functions and roles of the State board (including determining the time periods for development and submission of a State plan required under section 3112 or 3113 of this title), for purposes of part A in accordance with prior consistent State laws; or
(6)
a local board in the State proposes to use or carry out, uses, or carries out a local plan (including assigning functions and roles of the local board) for purposes of part A in accordance with the authorities and requirements applicable to local plans and private industry councils under prior consistent State laws.
(b)

Definition

In this section:
(1)

Covered State

The term “covered State” means a State that enacted State laws described in paragraph (2).

(2)

Prior consistent State laws

The term “prior consistent State laws” means State laws, not inconsistent with the Job Training Partnership Act or any other applicable Federal law, that took effect on , , and .

Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 193128 Stat. 1604(, , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 97–30096 Stat. 1322Pub. L. 105–220, title I, § 199(b)(2)112 Stat. 1059section 2940(b) of this titlePub. L. 105–220112 Stat. 936Pub. L. 113–128, title V128 Stat. 1703The Job Training Partnership Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is , , , which was classified generally to chapter 19 (§ 1501 et seq.) of this title and was repealed by , (c)(2)(B), , , effective . Pursuant to former , references to a provision of the Job Training Partnership Act, effective , were deemed to refer to that provision or the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, , , , and, effective , were deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 was repealed by , §§ 506, 511(a), , , 1705, effective . For complete classification of the Job Training Partnership Act and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128section 3101 of this titleSection effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see , set out as a note under .