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AMENDMENTS

1992—Pub. L. 102–367, §403(a)(5)(B), substituted ‘‘Nontraditional employment demonstration program’’ for

prior section catchline.

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.

CONSTRUCTION

Section not to be construed to require, sanction, or

authorize discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or age, see section 11 of Pub. L. 102–235, set out as a Construction of

1991 Amendment note under section 1501 of this title.

REPORT TO CONGRESS; RECOMMENDATIONS

Section 10 of Pub. L. 102–235 provided that:

‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Labor shall report to

the Congress within 5 years of the date of enactment of

this Act [Dec. 12, 1991] on—

‘‘(1) the extent to which States and service delivery

areas have succeeded in training, placing, and retaining women in nontraditional employment, together

with a description of the efforts made and the results

of such efforts; and

‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the demonstration programs established by section 457 [now 456] of the Job

Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1737] in developing and replicating approaches to train and place

women in nontraditional employment, including a

summary of activities performed by grant recipients

under the demonstration programs authorized by section 457 [now 456] of the Job Training Partnership

Act.

‘‘(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report described in subsection (a) shall include recommendations on the need

to continue, expand, or modify the demonstration programs established by section 457 [now 456] of the Job

Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1737], as well as

recommendations for legislative and administrative

changes necessary to increase nontraditional employment opportunities for women under the Job Training

Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.].’’

PART E—LABOR MARKET INFORMATION

PART REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This part is referred to in sections 1502, 1535 of this

title.

§ 1751. Labor market information; availability of

funds

(a) Publicly accessible labor market information

system

The Secretary shall set aside, out of sums

available to the Department for any fiscal year

including sums available for this subchapter,

such sums as may be necessary to maintain a

comprehensive system of labor market information on a national, regional, State, local, or

other appropriate basis, which shall be made

publicly available in a timely fashion.

(b) Availability of funds for State labor market

information

Funds available for purposes of this part shall

also be available for purposes of section 1535 of

this title (relating to State labor market information).

(c) Funds available from other programs

Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

funds available to other Federal agencies for

carrying out chapter 35 of title 44, the Carl D.

Perkins Vocational Education Act [20 U.S.C.

2301 et seq.], and the Act of June 6, 1933 (popularly known as the Wagner-Peyser Act) [29

U.S.C. 49 et seq.], may be made available by the

head of each such agency to assist in carrying

out the provisions of this part.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §461, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1383; Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(5), Oct. 19, 1984, 98

Stat. 2488.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 88–210, Dec. 18, 1963,

77 Stat. 403, as amended, known as the Carl D. Perkins

Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,

which is classified generally to chapter 44 (§2301 et seq.)

of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of

this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under

section 2301 of Title 20 and Tables.

Act of June 6, 1933 (popularly known as the WagnerPeyser Act), referred to in subsec. (c), is act June 6,

1933, ch. 49, 48 Stat. 113, as amended, which is classified

generally to chapter 4B (§49 et seq.) of this title. For

complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title note set out under section 49 of this title

and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1984—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–524 substituted ‘‘the Carl

D. Perkins Vocational Education Act’’ for ‘‘the Vocational Education Act of 1963’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–524 effective for fiscal

years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1984, except as otherwise provided, see section 2 of Pub. L. 98–524, set out as

an Effective Date note under section 2301 of Title 20,

Education.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1535 of this title.

§ 1752. Cooperative labor market information

program

(a) Maintenance of current multilevel employment data

The Secretary shall develop and maintain for

the Nation, State, and local areas, current employment data by occupation and industry,

based on the occupational employment statistics program, including selected sample surveys,

and projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of employment and openings by occupation.

(b) Maintenance of job descriptions and requirements

The Secretary shall maintain descriptions of

job duties, training and education requirements,

working conditions, and characteristics of occupations.

(c) Elimination of departmental data systems

overlap; coordination with Federal reporting

services; use of standard definitions

In carrying out the provisions of this section,

the Secretary shall assure that—

(1) departmental data collecting and processing systems are consolidated to eliminate

overlap and duplication;

(2) the criteria of chapter 35 of title 44 are

met; and

(3) standards of statistical reliability and

national standardized definitions of employ-