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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1029

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage the placement

of youths in private sector jobs under the Summer Youth Employment

and Training Program, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 26 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. GORTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage

the placement of youths in private sector jobs under

the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act shall be cited as the ‘‘Youth Job Opportuni5 ties through Business Act’’ (The Youth JOBS Act).
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1 SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR

2 JOBS UNDER SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

3 AND TRAINING PROGRAM OF JOB TRAINING

4 PARTNERSHIP ACT.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—

6 (1) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—Section

7 106(b) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

8 U.S.C. 1516(b)) is amended by adding at the end

9 the following:

10 ‘‘(9) RETENTION IN UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOY11 MENT.—Notwithstanding section 255(a), the Sec12 retary shall not consider retention in unsubsidized

13 employment as an appropriate factor in prescribing

14 performance standards for programs under part B

15 of title II.’’.

16 (2) PLACEMENT AND CERTIFICATION.—Section

17 253 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.

18 1632) is amended—

19 (A) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub20 section (e); and

21 (B) by inserting after subsection (c) the

22 following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR

24 JOBS.—

25 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section

26 141(k), in providing on-the-job training, work expe-
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1 rience programs, and any other employment or job

2 training activity under this section, a service delivery

3 area shall give priority to placing participants in

4 jobs in the private sector.

5 ‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding section

6 141(k), a service delivery area shall establish proce7 dures for the certification of participants described

8 in paragraph (1) by the designated local agency as

9 required under clauses (ii) and (iv) of section

10 51(d)(12)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of

11 1986.’’.

12 (3) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—Section 255

13 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.

14 1634) is amended by striking ‘‘Private industry

15 councils established under title I’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘Except as provided in section 106(b)(9), private in17 dustry councils established under title I’’.

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraphs (37)

19 and (39) of section 4 of the Job Training Partnership Act

20 (29 U.S.C. 1503) are amended by striking ‘‘section

21 253(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 253(e)’’.

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

23 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as if included in

24 the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992.
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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT.

2 (a) REDUCTION IN AGE LIMITATION.—Clause (ii) of

3 section 51(d)(12)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of

4 1986 (defining qualified summer youth employee) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘age 16 but not 18’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘age 14 but not 22’’.

7 (b) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON CREDITABLE

8 WAGES.—Clause (ii) of section 51(d)(12)(B) of such Code

9 (relating to special rules for determining amount of credit)

10 is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,500’’.

11 (c) COORDINATION WITH SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOY12 MENT PROGRAM.—Paragraph (2) of section 51(c) of such

13 Code (defining wages) is amended—

14 (1) by inserting before the period at the end of

15 subparagraph (A) the following: ‘‘or for whom the

16 employer receives federally funded payments under

17 any summer youth employment program for such

18 period’’,

19 (2) by striking ‘‘ON-THE-JOB TRAINING’’ in the

20 heading of subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘CER21 TAIN’’, and

22 (3) by striking ‘‘ON-THE-JOB’’ in the heading

23 thereof and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN’’.

24 (d) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (4) of section 51(c) of

25 such Code (defining wages) is amended by adding at the
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1 end the following new sentence: ‘‘This paragraph shall not

2 apply to qualified summer youth employees.’’.

3 (e) REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK BURDENS.—Sub4 section (g) of section 51 of such Code is amended to read

5 as follows:

6 ‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED STATES EM7 PLOYMENT SERVICE.—The United States Employment

8 Service, in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service,

9 shall—

10 ‘‘(1) take such steps as may be necessary or ap11 propriate to keep employers apprised of the avail12 ability of the targeted jobs credit determined under

13 this subpart, and

14 ‘‘(2) take such steps as may be necessary to re15 duce any paperwork burdens under this subpart and

16 to ensure that certifications are timely made.’’.

17 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

18 this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for

19 the employer on or after May 1, 1993.

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