1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Effective date. Sec. 5. Table of contents of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. Sec. 6. Purpose. Sec. 7. Definitions. Sec. 8. Transition provisions. Sec. 9. Prohibitions. Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations. Title I—Career and technical education assistance to the States Part A—Allotment and Allocation Sec. 110. Reservations and State allotment. Sec. 111. Within State allocation. Sec. 112. Accountability. Sec. 113. National activities. Sec. 114. Assistance for the outlying areas. Sec. 115. Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions. Sec. 116. Occupational and employment information. Part B—State provisions Sec. 121. State plan. Sec. 122. Improvement plans. Sec. 123. State leadership activities. Part C—Local provisions Sec. 131. Local application for career and technical education programs. Sec. 132. Local uses of funds. Title II—General provisions Sec. 201. Federal and State administrative provisions. Title III—Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act Sec. 301. State responsibilities. 3. References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 4. Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect beginning on January 1, 2018. 5. Table of contents of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 Section 1(b) is amended to read as follows: (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title