1291-AA39 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1291 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management OASAM 1200 Department of Labor DOL Rescission of Rule Implementing the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Requirements of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982

The purpose of this action is to rescind the regulations implementing the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, as amended (JTPA), found at 29 CFR part 34.  Section 167 of the JTPA prohibited discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and for beneficiaries only, citizenship status or participation in a JTPA-funded program or activity.  JTPA was repealed by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).  WIA in turn superseded by the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) in 2014.  Section 188 of WIOA prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and for beneficiaries only, citizenship status or participation in a program or activity that receives financial assistance under title I of WIOA.  The Department issued the regulations implementing WIOA section 188 at 29 CFR part 38 on December 2, 2016

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 29 CFR 34 (rescission) Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Pub. L. 105-220, sec. 199(b)(2) (repealing Job Training Partnership Act) No NPRM 07/00/2018 Direct Final Rule 07/00/2018 No No None No No No No Naomi Barry-Perez Director, Civil Rights Center 1291 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management OASAM 202 693-6500 800 877-8339 202 693-6505 barry-perez.naomi@dol.gov 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-4123, Washington DC 20210