; and (II) if eligible, may apply for a national dislocated worker grant under section 170 of this Act. . (B) Statewide employment and training activities Section 134(a)(2)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3174(a)(2)(B) is amended— (i) in clause (i)— (I) in subclause (III), by striking and at the end; (II) in subclause (IV)— (aa) by inserting the development and education of staff to increase expertise in providing opportunities for covered veterans (as defined in section 4212(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code) to enter in-demand industry sectors or occupations and nontraditional occupations), after exemplary program activities, ; and (bb) by adding and at the end; and (III) by adding at the end the following: (V) local boards and eligible training providers in carrying out the performance reporting required under section 116(d), including facilitating data matches for program participants using quarterly wage record information (including the wage records made available by any other State and information provided from the National Directory of New Hires in accordance with section 453(j)(8) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 653(j)(8) )) and other sources of information, as necessary to measure the performance of programs and activities conducted under chapter 2 or chapter 3 of this subtitle; ; (ii) in clause (v)— (I) in subclause (II), by striking customized training and inserting employer-directed skills development ; and (II) in subclause (VI), by striking and at the end; (iii) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon