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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2271

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 26, 1993

Mr. GINGRICH introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Education and Labor and Ways and Means

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. PRIORITY FOR PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE SEC4 TOR JOBS UNDER SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOY5 MENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM OF JOB

6 TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—
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1 (1) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—Section

2 106(b) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

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

4 the following:

5 ‘‘(9) RETENTION IN UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOY6 MENT.—Notwithstanding section 255(a), the Sec7 retary shall not consider retention in unsubsidized

8 employment as an appropriate factor in prescribing

9 performance standards for programs under part B

10 of title II.’’.

11 (2) PLACEMENT AND CERTIFICATION.—Section

12 253 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.

13 1632) is amended—

14 (A) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub15 section (e); and

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

17 following new subsection:

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

19 JOBS.—

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

21 141(k), in providing on-the-job training, work expe22 rience programs, and any other employment or job

23 training activity under this section, a service delivery

24 area shall give priority to placing participants in

25 jobs in the private sector.
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1 ‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding section

2 141(k), a service delivery area shall establish proce3 dures for the certification of participants described

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

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

6 51(d)(12)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of

7 1986.’’.

8 (3) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—Section 255

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

10 1634) is amended by striking ‘‘Private industry

11 councils established under title I’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘Except as provided in section 106(b)(9), private in13 dustry councils established under title I’’.

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

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

16 (29 U.S.C. 1503) are amended by striking ‘‘section

17 253(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 253(e)’’.

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

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

20 the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992.

21 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT.

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

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

24 1986 (defining qualified summer youth employee) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘age 16 but not 18’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘age 14 but not 22’’.

3 (b) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON CREDITABLE

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

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

6 (c) COORDINATION WITH SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOY7 MENT PROGRAM.—Paragraph (2) of section 51(c) of such

8 Code (defining wages) is amended—

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

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

11 employer receives federally funded payments under

12 any summer youth employment program for such

13 period’’,

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

15 heading of subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘CER16 TAIN’’, and

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

18 thereof and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN’’.

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

20 such Code (defining wages) is amended by adding at the

21 end the following new sentence: ‘‘This paragraph shall not

22 apply to qualified summer youth employees.’’.

23 (e) REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK BURDENS.—Sub24 section (g) of section 51 of such Code is amended to read

25 as follows:
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1 ‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED STATES UNEM2 PLOYMENT SERVICE.—The United States Employment

3 Service, in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service

4 shall—

5 ‘‘(1) take such steps as may be necessary or ap6 propriate to keep employers apprised of the avail7 ability of the targeted jobs credit determined under

8 this subpart, and

9 ‘‘(2) takes such steps as may be necessary to

10 reduce any paperwork burdens under this subpart

11 and to ensure that certifications are timely made.’’.

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

13 this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for

14 the employer on or after April 30, 1993.

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