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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1467

To provide grants to community-based organizations to improve the capacity

of those organizations to provide employment and job training services,

to provide grants to those organizations to provide attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to certain disadvantaged youths and adults,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1993

Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To provide grants to community-based organizations to improve the capacity of those organizations to provide employment and job training services, to provide grants

to those organizations to provide attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to certain disadvantaged youths

and adults, 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 may be cited as the ‘‘Community Job Train5 ing and Investment Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 For purposes of this Act, the following definitions

3 apply:

4 (1) ADULT.—The term ‘‘adult’’ means an indi5 vidual who has attained the age of 22.

6 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The

7 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pri8 vate, nonprofit organization, including a private,

9 nonprofit Native American organization, that—

10 (A) has a board of directors composed of

11 individuals with experience in representing or

12 serving individuals who are economically dis13 advantaged or have substantial barriers to em14 ployment;

15 (B) has a history of demonstrated effec16 tiveness in providing employment and job train17 ing services to such individuals; and

18 (C) has an institutional capacity to protect

19 the investment of public funds consistent with

20 sound management principles.

21 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

22 the Secretary of Labor.

23 (4) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an indi24 vidual who has attained the age of 14 but not 22.
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1 TITLE I—GRANTS TO COMMU2 NITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

3 Subtitle A—Capacity Building

4 Grants

5 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION.

6 The Secretary of Labor shall provide grants to com7 munity-based organizations for the purpose of improving

8 the capacity of such organizations to provide employment

9 and job training services.

10 SEC. 102. APPLICATION.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not make a

12 grant under section 101 to a community-based organiza13 tion unless the organization submits to the Secretary an

14 application in such form and containing such information

15 as the Secretary may require.

16 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the

17 requirements described in subsection (a), the Secretary

18 may not make a grant under section 101 to a community19 based organization unless such organization includes in

20 the application submitted under subsection (a) a descrip21 tion of a plan to improve program and staff development

22 which will increase the capacity of the organization to

23 plan, manage, assess, and evaluate employment and job

24 training services carried out—
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1 (1) from amounts received from a grant pro2 vided under section 101;

3 (2) under the Job Training Partnership Act (29

4 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.);

5 (3) under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

6 Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301

7 et seq.);

8 (4) under the Job Opportunities and Basic

9 Skills Training Program authorized under part F of

10 title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 681

11 et seq.); and

12 (5) under other Federal and State programs

13 that have as their objective the improvement of em14 ployment opportunities for individuals who are eco15 nomically disadvantaged or have substantial barriers

16 to employment.

17 SEC. 103. USE OF AMOUNTS.

18 The Secretary may not make a grant under section

19 101 to a community-based organization unless the organi20 zation agrees that it will use all amounts received from

21 such grant to improve the capacity of such organization

22 to provide employment and job training services.
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1 SEC. 104. PRIORITY.

2 In awarding grants under section 101, the Secretary

3 shall give priority to those community-based organizations

4 that—

5 (1) represent national networks of affiliates;

6 and

7 (2) have a history of providing technical assist8 ance and training to affiliates and other local service

9 providers.

10 Subtitle B—Disadvantaged Youth

11 and Adult Grants

12 SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION.

13 The Secretary of Labor shall provide grants to com14 munity-based organizations for the purpose of providing

15 attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to eligible

16 youths and adults described in section 112.

17 SEC. 112. ELIGIBLE YOUTHS AND ADULTS.

18 A youth or adult shall be eligible to receive training

19 under section 111 if the youth or adult, as the case may

20 be—

21 (1) is economically disadvantaged, as such term

22 is defined in section 4(8) of the Job Training Part23 nership Act (29 U.S.C. 1503); or

24 (2) has a substantial barrier to employment, as

25 determined by the Secretary.
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1 SEC. 113. APPLICATION.

2 The Secretary may not make a grant under section

3 111 to a community-based organization unless the organi4 zation submits to the Secretary an application in such

5 form and containing such information as the Secretary

6 may require.

7 SEC. 114. USE OF AMOUNTS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec9 retary may not make a grant under section 111 to a com10 munity-based organization unless the organization agrees

11 that it will use all amounts received from such grant to

12 provide attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to eli13 gible youths and adults described in section 112. To the

14 extent practicable, such attitudinal, motivational, and

15 skills training shall be provided in coordination with em16 ployment and job training services provided under other

17 Federal programs, including programs under—

18 (1) the Job Training Partnership Act (29

19 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); and

20 (2) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied

21 Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).

22 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A community-based

23 organization may use not more than 20 percent of

24 amounts received from a grant under section 111 for ad25 ministrative costs associated with providing attitudinal,
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1 motivational, and skills training described in subsection

2 (a).

3 TITLE II—NATIONAL ADVISORY

4 COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY5 BASED ORGANIZATIONS

6 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT.

7 The Secretary shall establish a National Advisory

8 Committee on Community-Based Organizations (in this

9 title referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’).

10 SEC. 202. DUTIES.

11 The Committee shall—

12 (1) study the role of community-based organiza13 tions in providing employment and job training serv14 ices in the United States, with special emphasis on

15 such organizations providing such services under the

16 Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et

17 seq.); and

18 (2) conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of

19 the employment and job training services provided to

20 disadvantaged youths and adults by community21 based organizations from amounts received from

22 grants provided under section 111.
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1 SEC. 203. REPORT.

2 Not later than June 30, 1994, the Committee shall

3 submit to the Congress a report containing a summary

4 of the study and evaluation conducted under section 202.

5 TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF

6 APPROPRIATIONS

7 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION.

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

9 this Act, $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994

10 and 1995. Of the amounts appropriated for each fiscal

11 year—

12 (1) 24 percent of such amount shall be made

13 available to carry out subtitle A of title I;

14 (2) 70 percent of such amount shall be made

15 available to carry out subtitle B of title I;

16 (3) 5 percent of such amount shall be made

17 available for administrative costs of the Secretary

18 associated with providing grants under title I; and

19 (4) 1 percent of such amount shall be made

20 available for administrative costs of the Commission

21 under title II.

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