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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 90

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to improve the employment

and training assistance programs for dislocated workers, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 4, 1995

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

referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to improve

the employment and training assistance programs for

dislocated workers, 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 ‘‘Worker Retraining

5 Flexibility Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. RETRAINING SERVICES.

7 Section 315(a)(2) of the Job Training Partnership

8 Act (29 U.S.C. 1661d(a)(2)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A)’’;

2 and

3 (2) by striking the last 2 sentences and insert4 ing the following new subparagraph:

5 ‘‘(B)(i) The Governor may grant the waiver, in whole

6 or in part, if the substate grantee demonstrates that the

7 waiver—

8 ‘‘(I) is appropriate due to the availability of

9 low-cost retraining services;

10 ‘‘(II) is necessary to facilitate the provision of

11 needs-related payments to accompany long-term

12 training; or

13 ‘‘(III) is necessary to facilitate the provision of

14 appropriate basic readjustment services.

15 ‘‘(ii) The Governor shall prescribe criteria for the

16 demonstration required by clause (i).’’.

17 SEC. 3. NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS AND OTHER SUPPORT18 IVE SERVICES.

19 Section 315 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

20 U.S.C. 1661d) is amended—

21 (1) by striking subsection (b); and

22 (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and

23 (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d).
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1 SEC. 4. NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL DELIV2 ERY OF DISLOCATED WORKER SERVICES.

3 Section 323 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

4 U.S.C. 1662b) is amended by adding at the end the follow5 ing new subsection:

6 ‘‘(e) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS.—In making funds

7 available from the amounts reserved for this part under

8 section 302(a)(2) to carry out programs and activities, the

9 Secretary may make funds available for needs-related pay10 ments described in section 314(e). The Secretary may

11 make such a payment to a participant in such a program

12 or activity who, in lieu of meeting the requirements relat13 ing to enrollment in training specified in the last sentence

14 of section 314(e)(1), is enrolled in training by the end of

15 the sixth week after the Secretary makes the funds avail16 able for the program or activity.’’.

17 SEC. 5. NORTHWEST ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT INITIATIVE.

18 Section 323 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

19 U.S.C. 1662b) (as amended by section 4) is further

20 amended by adding at the end the following new sub21 section:

22 ‘‘(f) NORTHWEST ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT INITIA23 TIVE.—From the amount reserved for this part under sec24 tion 302(a)(2) for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, the

25 Secretary shall expend, on the basis of need as dem26 onstrated by a State, not less than $12,000,000 to carry
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1 out the retraining of eligible dislocated workers, as de2 scribed in the Interagency Memorandum of Understand3 ing for Economic Adjustment and Community Assistance

4 (relating to the Northwest Economic Adjustment Initia5 tive).’’.

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