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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2891

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a demonstration

grant program for the purpose of establishing an employment information

network to provide job search services to unemployed individuals, underemployed individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1993

Mr. MARTINEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish

a demonstration grant program for the purpose of establishing an employment information network to provide

job search services to unemployed individuals, underemployed individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals.

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

3 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION GRANT

4 PROGRAM.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Job

6 Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1737 et seq.) is
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1 amended by inserting after section 456 the following new

2 section:

3 ‘‘SEC. 457. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION NETWORK DEM4 ONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM.

5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts reserved

7 under section 3(c)(6) for each fiscal year to carry

8 out this section, the Secretary shall provide a grant

9 to a private nonprofit organization for the purpose

10 of establishing an employment information network

11 to provide job search services in an eligible commu12 nity described in paragraph (2).

13 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY.—An eligible com14 munity described in this paragraph is a community

15 which is part of an area with respect to which the

16 President, within the 3-year period ending on the

17 date of the enactment of this section, has declared

18 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

19 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)

20 that a major disaster or emergency exists relating to

21 urban social unrest.

22 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A grant received

23 under paragraph (1) may extend for a period of not

24 less than 3 fiscal years.
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1 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—The Secretary may provide a

2 grant to a private nonprofit organization under subsection

3 (a) only if such organization submits to the Secretary an

4 application which contains such information as the Sec5 retary may reasonably require.

6 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK.—

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A private nonprofit

9 organization shall use amounts received from a

10 grant under subsection (a) to establish an em11 ployment information network (in this section

12 referred to as the ‘network’) to provide job

13 search services to unemployed individuals, un14 deremployed individuals, and economically dis15 advantaged individuals in an eligible community

16 described in subsection (a)(2).

17 ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The network shall be

18 composed of businesses, educational organiza19 tions, governmental entities, labor organiza20 tions, and community-based organizations.

21 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES OF NETWORK.—The network

22 shall—

23 ‘‘(A) establish and carry out job fairs to

24 help put unemployed individuals, under25 employed individuals, and economically dis-
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1 advantaged individuals in touch with prospec2 tive employers and community-based organiza3 tions;

4 ‘‘(B) establish and carry out seminars and

5 workshops relating to job search skills, inter6 viewing skills, job retention skills, and other re7 lated job search and employment skills;

8 ‘‘(C) at least once a week, publish and dis9 tribute a periodical containing detailed informa10 tion on available jobs in the community; and

11 ‘‘(D) utilize the local broadcast media to

12 provide information relating to available jobs in

13 the community.

14 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—

15 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—The Secretary

16 may provide a grant to a private nonprofit organiza17 tion under subsection (a) only if such organization

18 agrees to submit to the Secretary, in each fiscal year

19 in which the Secretary makes payments under such

20 grant to such organization, a report containing—

21 ‘‘(A) a description and evaluation of the

22 activities of the Network established under sub23 section (c); and

24 ‘‘(B) any other information as the Sec25 retary may reasonably require.
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1 ‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—

2 ‘‘(A) INTERIM REPORTS.—Not later than

3 180 days after the date on which the Secretary

4 receives from a private nonprofit organization a

5 report under paragraph (1) in both the 1st and

6 2d fiscal years in which the Secretary makes

7 payments under a grant to such organization,

8 the Secretary shall submit to the President and

9 the Congress an interim report containing a

10 compilation of the information contained in

11 each such report received under paragraph (1).

12 ‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180

13 days after the date on which the Secretary re14 ceives from a private nonprofit organization a

15 report under paragraph (1) in the 3d fiscal year

16 in which the Secretary makes payments under

17 a grant to such organization, the Secretary

18 shall submit to the President and the Congress

19 a final report containing—

20 ‘‘(i) a compilation of the information

21 contained in such report received under

22 paragraph (1); and

23 ‘‘(ii) an evaluation of the effectiveness

24 of the demonstration grants authorized

25 under subsection (a).’’.
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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub2 section (c) of section 3 of such Act is amended by adding

3 at the end the following new paragraph:

4 ‘‘(6)(A) From the amount appropriated under para5 graph (1) for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996,

6 the Secretary, after making the reservations under para7 graph (2), shall reserve $2,600,000 for each such fiscal

8 year to carry out section 457.

9 ‘‘(B) Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1)

10 shall remain available until expended.’’.

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con12 tents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item

13 relating to section 456 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 457. Employment Information Network Demonstration Program.’’.

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