Hearings

92D CONGRESS 18T SESSION

S. 1243

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 16, 1971

Mr. PROUTY (for himself, Mr. DOMINICK, Mr. GRIFFIN, and Mr. JORDAN of Idaho) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To provide Federal revenues to State and local governments and afford them broad discretion in furnishing training and employment opportunities needed by individuals to qualify for satisfying and self-supporting employment.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as "The Manpower Revenue 4 Sharing Act of 1971."

STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

SEC. 2. The Congress finds and declares that

(1) The Nation's prosperity, economic stability, and 8 productive capacity are limited by a shortage of workers 9 with sufficient skills to perform the demanding production,

1 service, and supervisory tasks necessary in an increasingly 2 technological society. There are also many workers who are 3 unemployed or are employed below their capacity who, with 4 appropriate skill development and training, could make a 5 greater contribution to the national economy and share more 6 fully in its benefits.

7 (2) Experience has shown that the administration and 8 delivery of effective manpower programs are essentially local 9 matters, requiring a more comprehensive, unified and flexible 10 approach and that State and local governments are in the 11 best position to assure the active cooperation of employers, 12 employees, and other public and private agencies, individ13 uals and organizations.

(3) The effectiveness of manpower programs would be 15 improved by making resources for such purposes available 16 to State and local governments to use with broad discretion 17 in evaluating the needs of individual participants and allo18 cating resources to meet those needs.

(4) The Federal Government should make available to 20 State and local governments a wide range of assistance and 21 support to enhance the effectiveness of manpower programs. 22 It is therefore the purpose of this Act to establish a flexi23 ble and decentralized National manpower program involving 24 the efforts of all sectors of the economy and all levels of Gov25 ernment, by sharing Federal revenues for

1 carrying out manpower training and employment activities 2 designed to provide greater opportunities for training and re

3 lated services necessary to assist individuals to develop their 4 full economic and occupational potential.

5 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOCATION

OF FUNDS

SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of carrying out this Act, 8 there is authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year

9 limitation such sums as may be

necessary

for each fiscal year.

(b) The amounts appropriated to carry out titles I and

11 II of this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated as follows:

(1) 85 per centum shall be for training and employment activities carried out by States and eligible units of local general government under Title I of this Act; and

(2) 15 per centum shall be for activities carried out by the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter referred to as the Secretary) under Title II of this Act.

TITLE I-STATE AND LOCAL MANPOWER

PROGRAMS

USES OF SHARED REVENUES

SEC. 101. (a) Recipient units of government shall have

broad discretion as to the various uses of revenues shared

under this Act for manpower program purposes. Manpower

programs shall constitute a developmental process, essentially

1 transitional for each participant, consisting of whatever

sequence or combination of manpower services, institutional 3 training, on-the-job training, supported employment, and 4 ancillary services which are needed by unemployed and 5 underemployed persons, with priority afforded to those who are disadvantaged or who receive public welfare payments, 7 to prepare for, secure and hold self-sustaining public and

private employment not supported by revenues shared under 9 this Act. The activities authorized under this title, among 10 which revenues shared may be used at the discretion of

recipients, are:

(1) Outreach, intake, counseling, testing, work evaluation and work sampling, employability development planning, job coaching, job development (including job redesign and occupational restructuring), orientation, placement, and follow-up services;

(2) Institutional training, including basic and remedial education, improvement in communications skills, and occupational skill training, with such training provided in languages other than English, where appropriate;

(3) On-the-job training for both entry and upgraded

employees, providing for reimbursement of public and

24 private employers for bona fide training and associated

costs, such as where applicable, the temporary reduc

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tion in employee productivity in the course of such

training;

(4) Supported employment, which shall consist of—

(A) work experience and temporary employment in public and private non-profit agencies, in

cluding that affording parttime work for students in ninth through twelfth grades, and

(B) transitional public service employment in Federal, State, and local government, which, within the period of support, will enable participants to move onto the employer's regular payroll or obtain other suitable public or private employment, not supported by revenues shared under this Act.

(5) Ancillary services, where not available without reimbursement from agencies which normally provide such services, including assistance to involuntarily unemployed workers to voluntarily relocate, residential support, minor health services (including the furnishing of prosthetic devices), voluntarily received family coun

seling and planning, child care, bonding, and other 21 special services reasonably related to enhancing the em

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ployability of participants in programs assisted under

this title.

(6) When deemed appropriate, recipient units of

government may provide allowances or other financial

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