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tive Date of 1992 Amendment; Transition Provisions

note under section 1501 of this title.

§ 1707. Special provisions

(a) Enrollment of women

The Secretary shall immediately take steps to

achieve an enrollment of 50 percent women in

the Job Corps consistent with (1) efficiency and

economy in the operation of the program, (2)

sound administrative practice, and (3) the socioeconomic, educational, and training needs of the

population to be served.

(b) Job Corps documents and data to be United

States property

The Secretary shall assure that all studies,

evaluations, proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds in the course of the

Job Corps program shall become the property of

the United States.

(c) Taxation of Job Corps operations prohibited

Transactions conducted by a private for-profit

contractor or a nonprofit contractor in connection with the contractor’s operation of a Job

Corps Center, program, or activity shall not be

considered as generating gross receipts. Such

contractors shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, to any State or subdivision thereof (nor

to any person acting on behalf thereof) for any

gross receipts taxes, business privilege taxes

measured by gross receipts, or any similar taxes

imposed on, or measured by, gross receipts in

connection with any payments made to or by

such contractor for operating a Job Corps Center, program, or activity. Such contractors shall

not be liable to any State or subdivision thereof

to collect or pay any sales, excise, use, or similar tax imposed upon the sale to or use by such

contractors of any property, service, or other

item in connection with the operation of a Job

Corps Center, program, or activity.

(d) Negotiated management fees for all Job

Corps contractors

The Secretary shall provide all Job Corps contractors with an equitable and negotiated management fee of not less than 1 percent of the

contract amount.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §437, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1379; Pub. L. 99–496, §12, Oct. 16, 1986, 100

Stat. 1264; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, §402(f), Sept.

7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1077.)

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–367 added subsec. (d).

1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–496 amended subsec. (c)

generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ‘‘Transactions conducted by private for-profit

contractors for Job Corps centers which they are operating on behalf of the Secretary shall not be considered

as generating gross receipts.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–367 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.

§ 1708. General provisions

The Secretary is authorized to—

(1) disseminate, with regard to the provisions of section 3204 of title 39, data and information in such forms as the Secretary shall

deem appropriate, to public agencies, private

organizations, and the general public;

(2) collect or compromise all obligations to

or held by the Secretary and all legal or equitable rights accruing to the Secretary in connection with the payment of obligations until

such time as such obligations may be referred

to the Attorney General for suit or collection;

and

(3) expend funds made available for purposes

of this part—

(A) for printing and binding, in accordance

with applicable law and regulation; and

(B) without regard to any other law or regulation, for rent of buildings and space in

buildings and for repair, alteration, and improvement of buildings and space in buildings rented by the Secretary, except that the

Secretary shall not utilize the authority

contained in this subparagraph—

(i) except when necessary to obtain an

item, service, or facility, which is required

in the proper administration of this part,

and which otherwise could not be obtained,

or could not be obtained in the quantity or

quality needed, or at the time, in the form

or under the conditions in which it is needed; and

(ii) prior to having given written notification to the Administrator of General

Services (if the exercise of such authority

would affect an activity which otherwise

would be under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration) of the Secretary’s intention to exercise such authority, the item, service, or facility with respect to which such authority is proposed

to be exercised, and the reasons and justifications for the exercise of such authority.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §438, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1379.)

§ 1709. Donations

The Secretary is authorized to accept on behalf of the Job Corps or individual Job Corps

centers charitable donations of cash or other assistance, including but not limited to, equipment and materials, if such donations are available for appropriate use for the purposes set

forth in this part.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §439, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1380.)

PART C—VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS

PART REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This part is referred to in section 1502 of this title;

title 38 section 4103A.

§ 1721. Programs authorized

(a) Programs for disabled, Vietnam era, and recent veterans; operation through experienced agencies; enhancement of services; employment and training services; outreach

and public information

(1) The Secretary shall conduct, directly or

through grant or contract, programs to meet the

employment and training needs of service-con-