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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1500

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a program to

assist discharged members of the Armed Forces in obtaining training

and employment as managers and employees with public housing authorities and management companies.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 27), 1993

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. DECONCINI) 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 establish

a program to assist discharged members of the Armed

Forces in obtaining training and employment as managers and employees with public housing authorities and

management companies.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. PROGRAM TO ASSIST DISCHARGED MEMBERS

2 OF THE ARMED FORCES IN OBTAINING

3 TRAINING AND PLACEMENT IN PUBLIC HOUS4 ING MANAGEMENT.

5 (a) TRAINING AND PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—(1) Part

6 D of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

7 U.S.C. 1731 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

8 the following new section:

9 ‘‘SEC. 457. TRAINING PROGRAM IN PUBLIC HOUSING MAN10 AGEMENT.

11 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall

12 enter into a cooperative agreement with the nonprofit Na13 tional Center for Housing Management, established pur14 suant to Executive Order No. 11668 (42 U.S.C. 3531

15 note), to provide for a training program to assist recently

16 separated members of the Armed Forces in obtaining the

17 training necessary to become managers and employees in

18 public housing authorities and management companies.

19 Under the terms of the cooperative agreement, the train20 ing program shall be developed and operated by the Na21 tional Center for Housing Management.

22 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS ELIGIBLE.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Armed

24 Forces shall be eligible for selection to participate in

25 the training program if the member—
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1 ‘‘(A) is discharged or released from active

2 duty after three or more years of continuous ac3 tive duty immediately before the discharge or

4 release; and

5 ‘‘(B) applies to participate in the training

6 program within the one-year period beginning

7 on the date of the discharge or release.

8 ‘‘(2) INELIGIBLE PERSONS.—A member of the

9 Armed Forces who is discharged or released from

10 service under other than honorable conditions shall

11 not be eligible to participate in the training pro12 gram.

13 ‘‘(c) SELECTION.—The National Center for Housing

14 Management shall be responsible for the selection of par15 ticipants for the training program. The Center shall place

16 a special emphasis on selecting members of the Armed

17 Forces who have lived in public housing projects.

18 ‘‘(d) CONTENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM.—The train19 ing program shall provide extensive training to partici20 pants in such courses as housing management, mainte21 nance management, occupancy management, security and

22 drug reduction management, community change manage23 ment, resident empowerment, tenant integrity, and fair

24 housing and civil rights. The National Center for Housing

25 Management shall provide such training through the use
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1 of recognized experts in these fields. The Center shall

2 evaluate the performance of participants through the use

3 of standardized tests.

4 ‘‘(e) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.—Subject to the

5 availability of appropriations for the training program, the

6 National Center for Housing Management shall conduct

7 at least 5 training sessions a year to achieve a graduation

8 rate of at least 250 participants per year.

9 ‘‘(f) JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Upon gradua10 tion of a participant from the training program, the Na11 tional Center for Housing Management shall also provide

12 the graduate with appropriate job placement assistance

13 through the Center’s network of housing authorities and

14 housing management companies.

15 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

16 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,

17 $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $2,000,000 for each

18 subsequent fiscal year. The amounts authorized by this

19 subsection shall be in addition to the amounts authorized

20 under section 3(c)(1) to carry out this part.’’.

21 (2) The table of contents in section 1 of the Job

22 Training Partnership Act is amended by inserting after

23 the item relating to section 456 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 457. Training program in public housing management.’’.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 457 of the Job

2 Training Partnership Act, as added by subsection (a),

3 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

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