segments thereof, including but not limited to minority groups, Indians, and Alaska natives, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, heads of households who are forty-four years or older, persons with limited English speaking ability, (B) demonstrate the feasibility of conducting programs on the basis of a neighborhood or other area possessing a commonality of interest within the area of a unit of general local government, or (C) to otherwise fulfill the purposes of this Act.

(b) The Secretary is authorized to establish such procedures as he deems appropriate for the submittal of applications for assistance under this section. (c) The Secretary shall allocate funds available for each of the special national programs conducted under subsection (a) among States and among urban and rural areas within States, on an equitable basis taking into consideration the purposes of such program and, to the extent practicable, the number of economically disadvantaged, unemployed, or underemployed persons to be served by such program within such State or area relative to the number of such persons in the Nation,

RESEARCH AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

SEC. 203. (a) In order to maximize the effectiveness of activities carried out by prime sponsors and other eligible applicants under title I of this Act, the Secretary shall, either directly or by way of grant contract, or other arrangement with public agencies and private organizations—

(1) provide training, staff development, and technical assistance:

(2) carry out a comprehensive program of research and experimental, demonstration, and pilot programs to improve understanding and methods of meeting employment and training needs;

(3) develop a comprehensive system of labor market information on a national, State, local or other appropriate basis which shall be made publicly available in a timely fashion; and,

(4) establish and carry out a nationwide computerized job bank program on a regional, State, or local basis, using electronic data processing and telecommunications systems to the maximum extent possible for the purpose of identifying sources of available persons and job vacancies, providing an expeditious means of matching the qualifications of unemployed, underemployed, and economically disadvantaged persons with employer requirements and job opportunities, and referring and placing such persons in jobs;

(b) For the purpose of training, staff development, and technical assistance under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the Secretary may reserve from the funds allocated to title II in each fiscal year such sums as he deems necessary: Except that the Secretary shall make available to the Secretary of Health. Education. and Welfare not less than 30 per centum of funds reserved under said paragraph for the purpose of carrying out training staff development and technical assistance programs relating to elements of a health, education, or welfare character with respect to which concurrence of the Secetary of Health, Education, and Welfare is required under subsection (a) of section 210.

SPECIAL YOUTH SUMMER EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FUND

SEC. 204. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury a revolving fund to be known as the Special Youth Summer Employment Assistance Fund (hereinafter referred to as the "fund"). There are authorized to be anpropriated for such fund $450.000 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30 1974. $500.000.000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. and $550,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Amounts appropriated pursuant to section 3 of this Act which are not needed for immediate expenditure in accordance with this Act and amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall be deposited in such fund to be available for obligation without fiscal year limitation in accordance with this Act. The Secretary is directed to utilize sums deposited in the fund to provide assistance under this section.

(b) The Secretary shall enter into agreements with public agencies and private organizations, including eligible avolicants under title T, subiect to the provision of section 201 of this Act. in order to make financial assistance available for Neighborhood Youth Corns summer and other programs providing employment. training, and services for economically disadvantaged persons who have attained

fourteen years of age, but not twenty-two years of age including programs providing financial incentives to private employers, nonprofit organizations and public employers to employ or train such persons during the summer months.

(e) The Secretary shall apportion funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) among urban and rural areas, including areas having high concentrations or substantial numbers of economically disadvantaged persons eligible under this section in such a manner as to ensure equitable coverage of eligible economically disadvantaged persons irrespective of residence.

SPECIAL MODEL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS

SEC. 205. The Secretary may provide financial assistance to any public or private agency to carry out special model youth employment and training programs for economically disadvantaged unemployed and underemployed youth who have attained fourteen years of age, but not twenty-two years of age including but not limited to the establishment of special youth employment service agencies to provide a channeling of employment and training resources to youth in a neighborhood, poverty area, or other area possessing a commonality of interest; the establishment and operation of special youth employment skill centers and facilities; programs involving the private sector in the solution of special employment problems of such youth; and services and activities dealing with youth who are criminal offenders or otherwise charged with a crime, heroin addicts, or other drug-abusing persons.

SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

SEC. 206. (a) The Secretary is authorized to conduct a special program to demonstrate the efficacy of providing certificates to economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons entitling private employers who provide employment, training, and services to such persons at their request to payment in amount equal to the face value of the certificate for periods of time during which such person may not be fully productive.

(b) In order to implement subsection (a), the Secretary shall, during the twoyear period beginning July 1, 1972, issue certificates to economically disadvantaged, nuemployed, and underemployed persons entitling private employers who provide employment training and related services to such persons to reimbursement of part of the cost thereof. Such certificates shall be used by the Secretary in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe: except that

(1) the amount of the certificate shall not exceed the comparable cost of other programs providing employment and training opportunities and related services, but the Secretary may issue certificates in different amounts based either upon the extent of employment, training and services to be offered to the individual or to text the relative effectiveness of certificates of differing amounts:

(2) the Secretary shall insure, to the maximum extent consistent with the purposes of this section, that the demonstration is conducted so as to benefit, on an equitable basis, economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons residing in rural and urban areas:

(3) no certificate shall be issued to any person receiving assistance (except referral or counseling services) under any other employment or training program conducted under this or any other Act;

(4) the Secretary shall insure that the certificate relates only to employment training and services which will provide preparation to the participant for employment appropriate to his or her abilities.

(e) Upon receipt of any certificate the Secretary shall pay to any private employer, in accordance with its terms, the amount of its face value. Such payments shall be made by the Secretary in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, on a periodic or lump-sum basis; except that—

(1) the Secretary shall prescribe, as a condition to receipt of all, or a portion, of the face amount, that the employer continue to employ the participant for no less than six months after the certificate has expired:

(2) no payment shall be made for any employment that does not meet the wage and other requirements set forth in subsection (b) of section 209 and subsection (b) of section 212 of this title:

(d) The Secretary shall provide for a continuing evaluation of programs conducted under this section;

re: The Serputym stal market to the Congress not later than January 1, 1974, og the purity of the degresada zez volted under this section, tobending mercmendations for legislation) and stal perride the courts with an interim report not later than January 1, 1973:

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Sar. 207 The Prodeen, in wasritative with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health Ebre o Teifire, and the Director of the Office of Ecorate One still appoint a Nativcal Employment and Training Advisory Commine vive stal esist of at least thirteen but not more than seventeen crc en al sal e mcpeed of persons representatives of labor, management, azzionitare, ednative, mentional education, vocational rehabilitation, employment and training prerazs embonje opportunity programs, civil rights, and veteran's organizations and the generai pabiie and which shall include participants in prverats woodwred under this Act, including youth participants. From the members appointed to sit. Committee, the President shall designate a Chairman. Members Shall be appointed for terms of three years except that (1) in the case of initial members, ocethink of the menibers shall be appointed for terms of one year each and one-thini of the members shall be appointed for terms of two years each, and (2 appointments to fill the unexpired portion of any term shall be for snel portion only. Stach Committee shall hold not less than two meetings during each calendar year.

(b) The National Employment and Training Advisory Committee shall—

(1) identify the en ployment and training goals and needs of the Nation and assess the extent to which educational, vocational education, institutional training. vocational rehabilitation, employment and training, economic opportunity. equal employment opportunity, antipoverty and other programs under this and related Acts represent a consistent and coordinated approach to meeting such needs and achieving such goals:

(2) review the administration and operation of the programs referred to in clause (1) and advise the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health. Education, and Welfare, and the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and other appropriate officials as to the carrying out of their duties under this Act and related Acts;

(3) conduct independent evaluations of programs carried out under this and related Acts and publish and distribute the results thereof; and

(4) make an annual report, and such other reports as it deems necessary to the President and to the Congress (including recommendations for changes in legislation) for the improvement of the administration and operation of such programs. The President is requested to transmit to the Congress as a part of his report under subsection (a) section 214 sneh comments and recommendations as he may have with respect to such reports of the National Employment and Training Advisory Committee.

(c) The National Employment and Training Advisory Committee may accept and employ or dispose of gifts or bequests either for carrying out specific programs or for its general activities or for such responsibilities as it may be assigned in furtherance of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Appointed members of the National Employment and Training Advisory Committee shall be paid compensation at a rate not to exceed the per diem equivalent of the rate for GS-18 when engaged in the work of the Committee. including traveltime, and shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently and receiving compensation on a per diem, when actually employed, basis.

(e) The National Employment and Training Advisory Committee is authorized, without regard to the civil service laws, to engage such technical assistance as may be required to carry out its functions: to obtain the services of such fulltime professional, technical, and clerical personnel as may be required in the performance of its duties, and to contract for such assistance as may be

necessary.

(f) For the purposes of this section, funds may be reserved by the Secretary from the sums allocated to carry out this title.

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LEGAL AUTHORITY

SEC. 208. Subject to the provisions of section 201 and of subsection (a) of settion 210, and section 211 of this Act, the Secretary may prescribe such rules, regulations, guidelines, and other published interpretations or orders under this Act as he deems necessary. Rules, regulations, guidelines, and other published interpretations or orders issued by the Department of Labor, or any official thereof, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, shall contain, with respect to each material provision of such rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, or orders, citations to the particular section or sections of statutory law or other legal authority upon which such provision is based and shall be binding upon approved applicants conducting programs under this Act. Such rules, regulations, guidelines, and other published interpretations or orders may include adjustments authorized by section 204 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968.

SPECIAL LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS

SEC. 209. (a) (1) No authority conferred by this Act shall be used to enter into arrangements for, or otherwise establish, any training programs in the lower wage industries in jobs where prior skill or training is typically not a prerequisite to hiring and where labor turnover is high, or to assist in relocating establishments from one area to another. Such limitations on relocation shall not prohibit assistance to a business entity in the establishment of a new branch, affiliate, or subsidiary of such entity if the Secretary of Labor finds that assistance will not result in an increase in unemployment in the area of original location or in any other area where such entity conducts business operations, unless he has reason to believe that such branch, affiliate, or subsidiary is being established with the intention of closing down the operations of the existing business entity in the area of its original location or in any other area where it conducts such operations.

(2) Any amounts received under chapters 11, 13, 31, 34, or 35 of title 38, United States Code, by any veteran, as defined by section 101 of title 38, United States Code, who served on active duty for a period of more than one hundred and eighty days or was discharged or released from active duty for a serviceconnected disability or any eligible person as defined in section 1701 of such title, if otherwise eligible to participate in programs under this title, shall not be considered for purposes of determining the needs of qualifications of participants in programs under this Act.

(3) Acceptance of family planning services provided to persons participating in programs under this Act shall be voluntary on the part of the individual to whom such services are offered and shall not be prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any benefit under the program.

(4) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this Act unless he determines, in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe, that periodic reports will be submitted to him containing data designed to enable the Secretary and the Congress to measure the relative and, where programs can be compared, appropriately, comparative effectiveness of the programs authorized under this Act. Such data shall include information on(A) enrollee characteristics, including age, sex, race, health, education level, and previous wage and employment experience;

(B) duration in employment and training situations, including information on the duration of employment of program participants for at least a year following the termination of participation in federally assisted programs and comparable information on other employees or trainees of participating employers;

and

(C) total dollar cost per trainee, including breakdown between salary or stipend, training and supportive services, and administrative costs.

The Secretary shall compile such information on a prime sponsor, State, regional, and national basis.

(5) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this Act unless the grant, contract, or agreement with respect thereto specifically provides that no person with responsibilities in the operation of such program will discriminate with respect to any program participant or any applicant for participation in such program because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs.

(6) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this Act which involves political activities; and neither the program, the funds provided therefor, or personnel employed therein shall be, in any way or to any extent, engaged in the conduct of political activities of contravention of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code.

(7) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this Act unless he determines in accordance with guidelines established by him that participants in the program will not be employed on the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship.

(8) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in any construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating of projects, buildings, and works which are federally assisted under this Act, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to such labor standards, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 or 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 1, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276 (c)).

(9) Every participant shall be advised, prior to participation in any program, of his rights, benefits, and responsibilities in connection with such program.

(b) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any public service job program under this Act unless he determines, in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe, that—

(1) the program will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available and will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of nonovertime work or wages or employment benefits). and will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed;

(2) all persons employed in a public service job under this Act will be assured of workman's compensation, retirement, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels and to the same extent as other employes of the employer and to working conditions and promotional opportunities neither more nor less favorable than such other employees enjoy :

(3) the provision of section 2(a) (3) of Public Law 89-286 shall apply to such agreements; and

(4) the program will. to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants.

(c) In carrying out public service employment programs assisted under this Act special consideration shall be given to economically disadvantaged, unemployed, or underemployed persons with priority to economically disadvantaged persons who served in the Armed Forces on or after August 5, 1964, in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary (and who have received other than dishonorable discharges): and the secretary shall insure that the public applicant shall (A) make a special effort to acquaint such individuals with the program, and (B) coordinate efforts on behalf of such persons with those authorized by chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code (relating to job counseling and employment service for veterans) or carried out by other public or private organizations or agencies.

(d) For programs which provide work and training related to physical improvements, special consideration shall be given to those improvements which will be substantially used by economically disadvantaged persons or which will contribute substantially to amenities or facilities in urban or rural areas having high concentrations or proportions of economically disadvantaged persons and families.

(e) Where a labor organization represents employees who are engaged in similar work in the same labor market area to that proposed to be performed under any program for which an application is being developed for submission under this Act, such organization shall be notified and afforded a reasonable period of time in which to make comments to the applicant and to the Secretary.

(f) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to assure that programs under this Act have adequate internal administrative controls. accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, and other policies as may be necessary to promote the effective use of funds.