Yesterday, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-California), chairman of the 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee, and committee chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) introduced the Job Training Improvement Act (H.R. 27), which would reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The bill creates a consolidated funding stream and authorizes personal reemployment accounts of up to $3,000 for unemployed workers. In addition, separate legislation (H.R. 26) to establish personal reemployment accounts was introduced by Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nevada).

Congress was not able to complete work on the reauthorization last year.