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REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act,

referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–203, Dec. 28, 1973, 87

Stat. 839, as amended, which was classified generally to

chapter 17 (§801 et seq.) of this title, and was repealed

by section 184(a)(1), of the Job Training Partnership

Act, Pub. L. 97–300, title I, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1357.

The Job Training Partnership Act, referred to in

text, is Pub. L. 97–300, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1322, as

amended. See note above.

SUBCHAPTER II—TRAINING SERVICES FOR

THE DISADVANTAGED

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in sections 49f, 1514,

1516, 1531, 1533, 1551, 1574, 1575, 1694, 1696, 1735 of this

title; title 20 section 2468; title 31 section 6703; title 42

section 11421.

PART A—ADULT TRAINING PROGRAM

PART REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This part is referred to in sections 1502, 1503, 1516,

1518, 1519, 1531, 1551, 1634, 1642, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1652, 1734,

1791a, 1791g of this title.

§ 1601. Statement of purpose

It is the purpose of this part to establish programs to prepare adults for participation in the

labor force by increasing their occupational and

educational skills, resulting in improved longterm employability, increased employment and

earnings, and reduced welfare dependency.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title II, §201, as added Pub. L.

102–367, title II, §201, Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1052.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 1601, Pub. L. 97–300, title II, §201, Oct.

13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1358, related to allotment of funds

under adult and youth programs, prior to repeal by

Pub. L. 102–367, title II, §201, title VII, §701(a), Sept. 7,

1992, 106 Stat. 1052, 1103, effective July 1, 1993.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective July 1, 1993, see section 701(a) of

Pub. L. 102–367, set out as an Effective Date of 1992

Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section

1501 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1602, 1642 of this

title.

§ 1602. Allotment and allocation

(a) Allotment

(1) Territories

Not more than $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated pursuant to section 1502(a)(1) of

this title for each fiscal year and available for

this part shall be allotted among Guam, the

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,

the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

(2) States

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), of

the remainder of the amount available for this

part for each fiscal year—

(A) 331

⁄3 percent shall be allotted on the

basis of the relative number of unemployed

individuals residing in areas of substantial

unemployment in each State as compared to

the total number of such unemployed individuals in all such areas of substantial unemployment in all the States;

(B) 331

⁄3 percent shall be allotted on the

basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals who reside in each State

as compared to the total excess number of

unemployed individuals in all the States;

and

(C) 331

⁄3 percent shall be allotted on the

basis of the relative number of economically

disadvantaged adults within each State compared to the total number of economically

disadvantaged adults in all States, except

that, for the allotment for any State in

which there is any service delivery area described in section 1511(a)(4)(A)(iii) of this

title, the allotment shall be based on the

higher of the number of adults in families

with an income below the low-income level

in such area or the number of economically

disadvantaged adults in such area.

(3) Limitations

(A) State minimum

No State shall receive less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the amounts available for

allotment to the States under this subsection from the remainder described in

paragraph (2) for each fiscal year.

(B) Minimum percentage

No State shall be allotted less than 90 percent of its allotment percentage for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which

the determination is made.

(C) Allotment percentage

(i) In general

Except as provided in clause (ii), for purposes of subparagraph (B), the allotment

percentage of a State for a fiscal year shall

be the percentage of funds allotted to the

State under this subsection.

(ii) Fiscal year 1992

For purposes of subparagraph (B), the allocation percentage of a State for fiscal

year 1992 shall be the percentage of funds

allotted to the State under section 1601 of

this title, as in effect on the day before

September 7, 1992.

(b) Allocation to service delivery areas

(1) Formula

The Governor shall, in accordance with section 1572 of this title, allocate 77 percent of

the allotment of the State under subsection

(a) of this section for each fiscal year among

service delivery areas within the State, and

shall ensure that, subject to the provisions of

paragraph (3), of the amount allocated under

this subsection—

(A) 331

⁄3 percent shall be allocated on the

basis of the relative number of unemployed

individuals residing in areas of substantial

unemployment in each service delivery area

as compared to the total number of such unemployed individuals in all such areas of

substantial unemployment in the State;

(B) 331

⁄3 percent shall be allocated on the

basis of the relative excess number of unem-