To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize a study to review specific outcomes of entrepreneurial skills development programs, and for other purposes.

HR 699 authorizes a three-year multistate study to evaluate entrepreneurial skills development programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The study will examine successful practices, program outcomes, economic impacts, participant earnings, and strategies for engaging employers, with findings to help states and local communities expand access. It directly affects states and local workforce boards by requiring them to incorporate entrepreneurship-focused activities into existing programs. The bill amends WIOA to include specific provisions for identifying entrepreneurial training providers and referring participants to microenterprise services, but the core change is mandating this research study.