vantaged youth during the summer months. The Committee recommendation is $750,000,000 for this program, an increase of $100,000,000 above the budget request and the same as the House allowance and the 1987 level, to provide approximately 703,000 opportunities during the summer of calendar 1989.

Dislocated workers.-The Dislocated Worker Assistance Program offers job retraining and specialized support services to individuals who have been terminated, received layoff notices, or are receiving or have exhausted unemployment compensation, and are unlikely to return to their previous occupation or industry. Seventy-five percent of the Federal funds are distributed to the States on a formula basis, while the Secretary of Labor has discretionary authority to award the remaining funds to States experiencing particularly severe unemployment due to mass layoffs, natural disasters, or plant closings. The Committee provides $300,000,000 for this program, an increase of $100,000,000 over the 1987 level. The House deferred consideration of this program, for which no funds were requested, but for which replacement legislation has been proposed. The allowance provides 87,000 average enrollments, an increase of 20,000 over 1987.

Once replacement legislation is enacted, the Committee expects these funds to be reprogrammed to carry out the new authorizing statute.

Native Americans.—These programs are designed to improve the economic well-being of disadvantaged native Americans (Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and native Hawaiians) through vocational training, work experience, and other services aimed at getting participants into permanent, unsubsidized jobs. The Committee recommends $62,700,000 for these purposes, which is 3.3 percent of the block grant amount as required by statute. The House allowance is $62,370,000, the President's request is $58,839,000, and the fiscal 1987 enacted appropriation is $61,484,000.

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers.-Programs for migrant and seasonal farmworkers are aimed at alleviating chronic unemployment and underemployment being experienced by farmworker families. Training and employability development services prepare farmworkers for stable, year-round employment, both in and outside the agricultural industry. Supportive services such as health care and day care are also provided. The Committee recommends $66,500,000 for these purposes. The House allowance is $70,480,000, compared to the $57,056,000 budget request and $59,621,000 enacted appropriation.

The Department has contracted with the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for a survey to determine the level of need and extent of services provided to eligible farmworker families by section 402 grantees, and the coordination of such services with those of other providers and the private sector. The Committee believes that the results of this survey can be very helpful to the Department and Congress, particularly in light of the increases in eligible population, and urges the Department to report its findings to the Committee as soon as they are available. The Committee also urges the Department to continue efforts such as this survey which are designed to improve services to several farmworkers and their families.

The increased funding is intended to help serve the expanded number of eligible farmworkers resulting from enactment of immigration reform legislation. In order to improve housing for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the Committee expects the Department of Labor to continue funding the Farmworker Housing Program at a level no less than that in effect for program year 1987.

Job Corps.-The Job Corps provides severely disadvantaged youth, aged 16 to 21, with basic education, vocational training, job placement, and medical support and other services in a primarily residential setting. The Committee recommendation provides $700,000,000 for the Job Corps, an increase of $48,316,000 above the budget request and $43,650,000 above the 1987 level. The recommendation will provide for an expansion of the Job Corps program and for increased repair, maintenance, and modernization needs. The Committee intends that from the funds appropriated the Department expand Job Corps programs for persons with disabilities. Bill language included by the Committee extends the moratorium on center closings through January 1, 1989, and on the contracting of civilian conservation centers through program year 1988.

The House recommendation is $783,500,000 for the Job Corps. This includes a $128,500,000 bill language earmark for construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers. While the Committee does not include a bill language earmark, the recommended level contains $10,000,000 for establishing new Job Corps centers.

The Committee recognizes that several States do not yet have a Job Corps center, even though there are more than 100 such facilities nationwide. When choosing new sites for expansion, the Secretary of Labor is urged to give priority consideration to States that do not yet have a Job Corps center. In addition, the Committee recommends that preference be given in cases where existing Government facilities can be used at a nominal cost to Job Corps. For example, the Committee notes that in North Dakota, the Air Force will soon be vacating the John Moses Hospital, which can be made available to the Department of Labor at nominal cost, should North Dakota be chosen to receive a Job Corps center.

The Committee is concerned about the expenditure of Job Corps funds to pay legal expenses of Job Corps participants who are charged with criminal acts. There is a statutory requirement that the Job Corps Program provide its participants with a variety of educational, job training, and supportive services. The Committee does not believe, however, that these limited funds should be used to pay for legal counsel when this service is provided, by law, for any indigent person charged with a criminal act. The Committee has included language in the bill that prohibits the use of Job Corps funds to pay the expenses of legal counsel or representation in any criminal case or proceeding for a Job Corps participant.

Veterans employment.-The Committee provides $10,575,000 for special veterans employment programs. This compares to the House allow

ance of $10,409,000, the budget request of $10,043,000, and the fiscal 1987 appropriation of $10,058,000.

National activities.-These programs provide employment and training assistance to special target populations, such as: offenders, handicapped individuals, and older workers. These funds are also used to support research and development, evaluation, labor market information, and training and technical assistance. Contracts with groups such as labor unions and community-based organizations are awarded at the discretion of the Secretary.

The Committee provides $87,426,000 for these national programs, an increase of $12,500,000 above the budget request and $14,710,000 above 1987. The comparable House allowance is $82,926,000.

The recommendation includes: $40,698,000 for pilots and demonstrations; $19,038,000 for research, development, and evaluation; $4,790,000 for labor market information; $5,900,000 for training and technical assistance; $5,000,000 for the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee; $2,000,000 for the National Commission for Employment Policy; $8,000,000 for rural concentrated employment programs; and $2,000,000 for service delivery areas with significant American Samoan populations.

For the past several years the Committee has directed the Department of Labor to establish a coordinated response to address the pressing employment needs of American Samoans as enumerated in the Department's own 1984 report to the Congress. To date the Department has not done so, even though the incidence of extreme poverty among American Samoans is 27.5 percent, or 190 percent higher than for the country as a whole. Accordingly, the Committee has included bill language addressing the unique and pressing employment needs of American Samoans by directing that $2,000,000 be allocated to service delivery areas with high concentrations of American Samoans. The Committee further directs the Department to provide a report to the Committee within 6 months from the beginning of program year 1988 on the projects that are funded under this initiative.

The Committee is concerned that projects for special populations, authorized under section 456 of the Job Training Partnership Act, are not being implemented in a timely manner. Since programs for displaced homemakers and the handicapped have existed for many years, the Committee expects that funds for this program not be limited to pilot and demonstration projects and that they be administered in a timely manner.

Trade adjustment assistance.-This program provides grants to State employment security agencies for retraining, job search, and relocation assistance to individuals adversely affected by our Nation's trade policies, as authorized by the Trade Act. The Committee recommendation includes $50,000,000 for these purposes, the same as the House allowance, including State administrative costs of the program, which is approximately the same as the 1987 level. The budget request included no funds for this effort.

Homeless job training. In response to the concern for the plight of the homeless demonstrated by congressional passage of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, the Committee allowance provides $12,000,000, compared to the $8,000,000 House allowance, for employment and training assistance to these individuals. This is the fully authorized amount, consisting of $10,000,000 for demonstration projects, and $2,000,000 for job training initiatives for homeless veterans. No funds were requested for these purposes.

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $346,000,000 for this program, an increase of $20,000,000 above the administration's request and $10,000,000 above the 1987 comparable appropriation. The House deferred consideration due to lack of renewed authorizing legislation.

This program provides part-time job opportunities in community service activities for unemployed, low-income individuals, aged 55 and older, as authorized by title V of the Older Americans Act.

The Committee allowance would provide approximately 67,700 average enrollments from July 1, 1988, to June 30, 1989. The Committee has retained the existing bill language percentage distribution of resources between States and national contractors, of 22 percent and 78 percent, respectively. The title V program has amply demonstrated the valuable contribution that older workers can make in their communities.

The Committee reaffirms its strong support for this effective program and encourages efforts to obtain greater minority participation. The Secretary is urged to consider utilizing a portion of the funds for national contracts serving Indians and Pacific Asians. It is the intent of the Committee that the current sponsors continue to build upon their past accomplishments, and it is further expected that the Department of Labor will maintain substantially the existing status and method of operation so as to assure minimal disruption of this successful program.

The Secretary of Labor should encourage the sponsors to continue their efforts to transfer program participants into private sector jobs. The Committee encourages service delivery areas under the Job Training Partnership Act to make greater use of national sponsors under the Community Service Employment Program for Older Americans as a means for enrolling more economically disadvantaged persons age 55 or older in training programs. Service delivery areas should continue to utilize State and area agencies on aging and increase their involvement in job training programs.

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $141,000,000 for Federal unemployment benefits and allowances, the amount of the request and House allowance, and $39,000,000 less than the 1987 comparable appropriation of $180,000,000.

These funds currently provide for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and allowances to workers affected by foreign trade agreements, and for benefits paid to individuals deprived of employment as a result of the Redwood National Park Act.

The amount approved for benefits to be paid under the Trade Act is $138,000,000, which is $38,000,000 less than the comparable amount, of $176,000,000, provided for this purpose in 1987. The recommendation will compensate an estimated 41,000 beneficiaries and will provide an estimated 902,000 weeks of benefits.

In 1987 the amount appropriated specifically for trade program benefits was $114,000,000. However, due to unforeseen increases in claims, an additional amount, currently estimated at $62,000,000 will also be provided from the "Advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds" account for this purpose. This procedure of making available additional funds from a second account, in case of need, provides for the volatility of claims upon the "Federal unemployment benefits and allowances" account. These additional funds are only drawn upon for mandatory payments under the law.

The request for funding in 1988 under the Redwood National Park Expansion Act is $3,000,000, to pay for benefits and health and pension costs, for workers adversely affected by the expansion of the Redwood National Park. This amount is $1,000,000 less than the $4,000,000 appropriated for this purpose in 1987.

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

1987 comparable appropriation

1988 appropriation request.. House allowance....

Committee recommendation...

$23,400,000

23,400,000

23,400,000

23,400,000

The Committee recommends a Federal funds appropriation of $23,400,000 for State unemployment insurance and Employment Service operations, the same amount as the administration request, the House allowance, and the 1987 appropriation. The balance of the funding for this account, almost all of the funds provided, is derived from the unemployment trust fund. The Committee recommends that a trust fund limitation of $2,470,812,000 be provided, which is $131,027,000 more than the administration request, and $63,911,000 more than the enacted fiscal 1987 level. The recommendation is $65,200,000 below the House allowance.