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ment, unemployment, and industrial and occupational definitions are used.

(d) Annual measure of labor market related economic hardship; multilevel measure of cost

of living; annual labor force and income report

(1) The Secretary is authorized to develop data

for an annual statistical measure of labor market related economic hardship in the Nation.

Among the factors to be considered in developing such a measure are unemployment, labor

force participation, involuntary part-time employment, and full-time employment at wages

less than the poverty level.

(2) The Secretary is authorized to develop and

maintain, on national, State, local, and other

appropriate bases, household budget data at different levels of living, including a level of adequacy, to reflect the differences of household

living costs in regions and localities, both urban

and rural.

(3) The Secretary shall publish, at least annually, a report relating labor force status to earnings and income.

(e) Maintenance of permanent layoff and plant

closing data

The Secretary shall develop and maintain statistical data relating to permanent lay-offs and

plant closings. The Secretary shall publish a report based upon such data, as soon as practicable, after the end of each calendar year.

Among the data to be included are—

(1) the number of such closings;

(2) the number of workers displaced;

(3) the location of the affected facilities; and

(4) the types of industries involved.

(f) Data on displaced farmers and ranchers;

scope of data; reporting requirements

(1) The Secretary shall develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, statistical data relating to permanent dislocation of

farmers and ranchers due to farm and ranch failures. Among the data to be included are—

(A) the number of such farm and ranch failures;

(B) the number of farmers and ranchers displaced;

(C) the location of the affected farms and

ranches;

(D) the types of farms and ranches involved;

and

(E) the identification of farm family members, including spouses, and farm workers

working the equivalent of a full-time job on

the farm who are dislocated by such farm and

ranch failures.

(2) The Secretary shall publish a report based

upon such data as soon as practicable after the

end of each calendar year. Such report shall include a comparison of data contained therein

with data currently used by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics in determining the Nation’s annual

employment and unemployment rates and an

analysis of whether farmers and ranchers are

being adequately counted in such employment

statistics. Such report shall also include an

analysis of alternative methods for reducing the

adverse effects of displacements of farmers and

ranchers, not only on the individual farmer or

rancher, but on the surrounding community.

(g) Nationwide database on quarterly earnings,

industry affiliation, and geographic location

of employment of individuals

(1) Taking into consideration research previously conducted by the National Commission

for Employment Policy and other entities, the

Commissioner of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with the States, shall determine appropriate procedures for establishing a nationwide

database containing information on the quarterly earnings, establishment and industry affiliation, and geographic location of employment, for all individuals for whom such information is collected by the States.

(2) The Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall

determine appropriate procedures for maintaining such information in a longitudinal manner

and for making such information available for

policy research or program evaluation purposes

or both, while ensuring the confidentiality of information and the privacy of individuals.

(3) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to

the Congress, not later than 12 months after

September 7, 1992, a report that shall describe

the costs and benefits, including savings on program followup surveys, of a nationwide database

containing the information described in paragraph (1) and a schedule that would allow for the

establishment of such a database.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §462, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1384; Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, §6306(a), Aug.

23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1540; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV,

§405(a), title VII, §702(a)(16), Sept. 7, 1992, 106

Stat. 1085, 1112.)

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 102–367, §702(a)(16), inserted period at end.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102–367, §405(a), added subsec. (g).

1988—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100–418 added subsec. (f).

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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1502, 1652 of this

title.

§ 1753. Special Federal responsibilities

(a) Interdepartmental cooperation; review and

coordination of national data systems; standardized national definitions; aid for State

labor and occupational opportunity information systems

The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense,

the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of

Education, the Secretary of Health and Human

Services, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under section 422 of the Carl D.

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

2422], shall—

(1) review the need for and the application of

all operating national data collection and

processing systems related to labor market information in order to identify gaps, overlap,
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and duplications, and integrate at the national level currently available data sources in

order to improve the management of information systems;

(2) maintain, assure timely review, and implement national standardized definitions

with respect to terms, geographic areas, timing of collection, and coding measures related

to labor market information, to the maximum

extent feasible; and

(3) provide technical assistance to the States

in the development, maintenance, and utilization of labor market/occupational supply and

demand information systems and projections

of supply and demand as described in section

1535 of this title, with special emphasis on assistance in the utilization of cost-efficient

automated systems and improving access of

individuals to career opportunities information in local and State labor markets.

(b) Integrated occupational opportunity information system; Armed Forces career opportunities

The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, shall assure the development

of an integrated occupational supply and demand information system to be used by States

and, in particular, in secondary and postsecondary educational institutions in order to assure

young persons adequate information on career

opportunities in the Armed Forces.

(c) Sufficient funds for Federal level coordinating staff

The Secretary and the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget shall assure that, from

the funds reserved for this part, sufficient funds

are available to provide staff at the Federal

level to assure the coordination functions described in this section.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §463, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1384; Pub. L. 97–404, §4(d), Dec. 31, 1982, 96

Stat. 2027; Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(A), (D), Oct. 19,

1984, 98 Stat. 2488; Pub. L. 99–159, title VII,

§713(b)(2), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 907; Pub. L.

102–367, title IV, §405(b), Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat.

1085.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, referred to in subsec. (a), as amended is known as the

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology

Education Act.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–367 inserted ‘‘the Secretary of Health and Human Services,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’.

1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–159 repealed Pub. L.

98–524, §4(a)(6)(D). See 1984 Amendment note below.

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(A), substituted ‘‘section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational

Education Act’’ for ‘‘section 161(b) of the Vocational

Education Act of 1963’’.

Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(D), which substituted ‘‘section

422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act’’

for ‘‘section 161(b) of the Vocational Education Act of

1963’’, was repealed by Pub. L. 99–159.

1982—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97–404, §4(d)(1), inserted

‘‘related to labor market information’’ after ‘‘processing systems’’.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97–404, §4(d)(2), inserted ‘‘related to labor market information’’ after ‘‘coding measures’’.

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–159 effective July 1, 1985,

see section 714(a) of Pub. L. 99–159, set out as a note

under section 2311 of Title 20, Education.

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 1754 of this title;

title 20 section 2421.

§ 1754. National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee

(a) Authorization limit; membership; support of

State occupational information coordinating

committees

(1) Of the amounts available for this part for

each fiscal year, $6,000,000 is authorized to be reserved for the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (established pursuant to section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act [20 U.S.C. 2422]).

(2) In addition to the members required by

such Act [20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.], the Committee

shall include the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and the Assistant Secretary of Defense 1 Force Management and Personnel.

(3) Not less than 75 percent of the funds transferred by the Secretary to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee

shall be used to support State occupational information coordinating committees and other

organizational units designated under section

1535 of this title for carrying out State labor

market information programs.

(b) Special Federal responsibilities

In addition to its responsibilities under the

Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act [20

U.S.C. 2301 et seq.], the National Occupational

Information Coordinating Committee shall—

(1) carry out the provisions of section 1753 of

this title;

(2) give special attention to the career development and labor market information needs of

youth and adults, including activities such as

(A) assisting and encouraging States to adopt

methods of translating national occupational

outlook information into State and local

terms; (B) assisting and encouraging the development of State occupational information

systems, including career information delivery

systems and the provision of technical assistance for programs of on-line computer systems

and other facilities to provide career information at sites such as local schools, public employment service offices, and job training programs authorized under this chapter; (C) in co-