# § 3343. Transition provisions
**(a)** **Workforce development systems and investment activities** 29 U.S.C. 2801
The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall take such actions as the Secretaries determine to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ( et seq.) to any authority under part A of subchapter I. Such actions shall include the provision of guidance related to unified State planning, combined State planning, and the performance accountability system described in such part.
**(b)** **Workforce investment activities** The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to any authority under parts B through E of subchapter I.
**(c)** **Adult education and literacy programs** 20 U.S.C. 9201July 22, 2014
The Secretary of Education shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act ( et seq.), as in effect on the day before , to any authority under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, as amended by this Act.
**(d)** **Employment services activities** 29 U.S.C. 49July 22, 2014
The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Wagner-Peyser Act ( et seq.), as in effect on the day before , to any authority under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by this Act.
**(e)** **Vocational rehabilitation programs** 29 U.S.C. 701July 22, 2014
The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take such actions as the Secretaries determine to be appropriate to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( et seq.), as in effect on the day before , to any authority under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by this Act.
**(f)** **Regulations**
**(1)** **Proposed regulations** July 22, 2014
Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations relating to the transition to, and implementation of, this Act (including the amendments made by this Act).
**(2)** **Final regulations** July 22, 2014
Not later than 18 months after , the Secretaries described in paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register final regulations relating to the transition to, and implementation of, this Act (including the amendments made by this Act).
**(g)** **Expenditure of funds during transition**
**(1)** **In general** Subject to paragraph (2) and in accordance with regulations developed under subsection (f), States, grant recipients, administrative entities, and other recipients of financial assistance under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may expend funds received under such Act in order to plan and implement programs and activities authorized under this Act.
**(2)** **Additional requirements** Not more than 2 percent of any allotment to any State from amounts appropriated under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for fiscal year 2014 may be made available to carry out activities authorized under paragraph (1) and not less than 50 percent of any amount used to carry out activities authorized under paragraph (1) shall be made available to local entities for the purposes of the activities described in such paragraph.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–128, title V, § 503, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1701.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (g), is , , , and was repealed by , §§ 506, 511(a), , , 1705, effective . Pursuant to , references to a provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 are deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, , , . For complete classification of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed, and a new Adult Education and Family Literacy Act was enacted, by . The former Act is title II of , , , which was classified principally to subchapter I (§ 9201 et seq.) of chapter 73 of Title 20, Education, prior to repeal by , §§ 506, 511(a), , , 1705, effective . The new Act is title II of , , , which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 3271 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of title II of to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of title II of to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
As in effect on the day before , referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), was in the original “as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act”, meaning the date of enactment of , which was approved . However, the repeal and reenactment of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, see note above, and the amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act made by title III of are effective on the first day of the first full program year after , which is probably . See , set out as an Effective Date note under .
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c) to (g)(1), is , , , known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which enacted this chapter, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of this title and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made amendments to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
The Wagner-Peyser Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is , , which is classified generally to chapter 4B (§ 49 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (e), is , , , which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see , set out as a note under .