"A.1. Pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 2321 of the 2021 General Assembly, there is hereby created a new Secretariat effective July 1, 2021. Included in this item is funding for the salary of the Secretary and authorization for four positions. The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies: Department of Labor and Industry, Virginia Employment Commission, and Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Effective July 1, 2021, the appropriations and positions of the agencies listed in this section shall be transferred from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the new Secretariat. The Governor, by executive order, may assign any state executive agency to the Secretary or reassign any agency to another Secretary. In addition, the Governor is hereby authorized to transfer positions and associated funding from agencies within the new Secretariat to the office of said Secretary up to a maximum of four positions.

2. Pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 2321 of the 2021 General Assembly any budgetary item acted on by the 2021 General Assembly pertaining to the Chief Workforce Development Advisor shall be transferred to this new Secretariat, accordingly. This includes provisions contained under Items 52 and 111 of this act.

3. The Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall include implementation of the actions set forth in this item in the Budget Bill submitted to the 2022 Session of the General Assembly."