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such entities to develop and implement effective one-stop
career systems.
(b) INTEGRATION.—The Secretary shall fully inte-
grate the staff training and technical assistance provided
under subsection (a) with the activities of the Capacity
Building and Information and Dissemination Network es-
tablished under section 453 of the Job Training Partner-
ship Act (29 U.S.C. 1733).
SEC. 264. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE RELATING TO WAIV-
ER REQUESTS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Labor, the
Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall establish an interagency task force
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘task force’’).
(b) IDENTIFICATION
AND DESIGNATION
OF RE-
QUIREMENTS OF PROVISIONS OF LAW AND REGULATIONS
SUBJECT TO EXPEDITED WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The task
force, in consultation with the National Commission on
Employment Policy, shall—
(1) identify initial requirements under the pro-
visions of law described in section 242 and (includ-
ing requirements relating to definitions, cost classi-
fications, and program cycles) or of any regulation
issued under such provisions, that impede the ability
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of States and one-stop service areas to carry out the
purposes of this title;
(2) publish such requirements in the Federal
Register for the purpose of providing interested indi-
viduals and entities an opportunity to review such
requirements and provide comments with respect to
such requirements to the task force;
(3) based upon such comments, designate such
requirements as final requirements subject to the ex-
pedited waiver authority under section 252(b), to the
extent appropriate; and
(4) publish such final requirements in the Fed-
eral Register.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the task force
shall submit to the Congress a report containing rec-
ommendations for proposed legislation to simplify, coordi-
nate, or eliminate 1 or more of the final requirements des-
ignated under subsection (b)(4) that impede the ability of
States and one-stop service areas to carry out the pur-
poses of this title.
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TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
LABOR
MARKET INFORMATION PRO-
GRAM FOR STATES AND LO-
CALITIES
SEC. 301. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to establish a national, State, regional and
local labor market information program that will
promote the consolidation and coordination of exist-
ing labor market information programs and develop
new databases in furtherance of this title and sec-
tion 113, as the Secretary determines is practicable
and useful to all users of the information;
(2) to provide for the development, mainte-
nance, and continuous improvement of a nationwide
system for the collection, analysis, and dissemination
of locally based labor market information;
(3) to create a cooperative Federal/State/local
governance structure for the planning, administra-
tion, and evaluation of the labor market information
system; and
(4) to provide funding for the labor market in-
formation system to the extent required for—
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(A) the planning, development, implemen-
tation, and evaluation of workforce development
policies and programs; and
(B) the achievement of the National Strat-
egy in section 302.
SEC. 302. NATIONAL STRATEGY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop, in co-
ordination with Governors and appropriate Federal, State,
regional, and local officials and entities, a strategy to es-
tablish a program, administered by the Office of Labor
Market Information within the Department of Labor es-
tablished under subsection (c), in order to develop a na-
tionwide system of State, regional and local labor market
information that accomplishes the purpose described in
section 301 and carries out the activities described in this
section and section 303. In addition, such strategy shall
be designed to fulfill the labor market information require-
ments of the Job Training Partnership Act, title I of this
Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act, and other appropriate Federal pro-
grams.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the strate-
gies described in subsection (a), the Secretary is author-
ized to enter into contracts and intergovernmental cooper-
ative agreements, award grants and foster the creation of
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public-private partnerships, using funds authorized under
this title and funds otherwise available for such purposes.
In addition, the Secretary may conduct research and dem-
onstration projects to assist in such implementation.
(c) OFFICE OF LABOR MARKET INFORMATION.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished within the Department of Labor an Office of
Labor Market Information to have overall policy, co-
ordination, and funding responsibilities for the labor
market information system described in subsection
(a).
(2) DUTIES.—The Office shall, with respect to
data collection, analysis, and dissemination of labor
market information—
(A) continuously review the current and
proposed activities of departmental entities in
order to—
(i) eliminate gaps and duplication in
statistical 
undertakings, 
with 
the
systemization of wage surveys as an early
priority;
(ii) recommend any needed improve-
ments in administrative reporting systems
to support the development of labor mar-
ket information from their data; and
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(iii) ensure that all departmental enti-
ties use the common structures for data
collection and analysis and for employment
resources;
(B) manage the investment in labor mar-
ket information by—
(i) developing a comprehensive annual
budget, including funds at the Federal
level, funds allotted to States by formula,
and funds supplied to the States by con-
tracts with departmental entities;
(ii) administering grants allotted to
States in a cooperative agreement with
each State in a manner similar to such
agreements between the Department of
Labor and the State agency responsible for
the Federal-State cooperative statistical
program; and
(iii) overseeing the negotiation and
execution of contracts between depart-
mental entities and the States, while en-
suring State maximum flexibility within
the standards of consistency.
(3) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In carrying out its
duties, the Office shall—
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(A) establish and maintain, with the co-
operation of the States, the components speci-
fied in section 303;
(B) coordinate statistical and administra-
tive data collection activities to enable a com-
prehensive labor market information system;
and
(C) ensure that—
(i) administrative records are stand-
ardized to facilitate the aggregation of
data from local to State and national levels
and to support the possible creation of new
statistical series from program records;
(ii) paperwork and reporting require-
ments on employers and individuals are re-
duced;
(iii) automated technology is used by
Federal and State agencies; and
(iv) the appropriate dissemination of
results from research studies and dem-
onstration projects, feedback from surveys
of customer satisfaction, education and
training provider performance data, and
other relevant information that promotes
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improvement in the quality of labor market
information.
SEC. 303. COMPONENTS OF PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination
with Governors and appropriate Federal, State, regional
and local officials and entities, and public-private partner-
ships, shall design and implement a strategy for creating
and sustaining a program for a system of national, State,
regional and local labor market information.
(b) PROGRAM CONTENT.—The labor market informa-
tion program shall include a common core set of current,
comprehensive, localized, and automated data on—
(1) labor market demand including—
(A) profiles of occupations that describe
job duties, education and training requirements,
skills, wages, benefits, working conditions, and
the industrial distribution of occupations;
(B) current and projected employment op-
portunities and trends, by industry and occupa-
tion including growth projections by industry,
and growth and replacement need projections
by occupation;
(C) job openings, job locations, hiring re-
quirements and application procedures;
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(D) profiles of industries and employers in
the local labor market describing the nature of
the work performed, employment skill and expe-
rience 
requirements, 
specific 
occupations,
wages, hours and benefits, and hiring patterns;
and
(E) industries, occupations and geographic
locations facing significant change or disloca-
tion;
(2) labor market supply including—
(A) educational attainment, training, skills,
skill levels, and occupations of the population;
(B) demographic, socioeconomic character-
istics, and current employment status of the
population, including self-employed, part-time,
and seasonal workers;
(C) job seekers, including their education
and training, skills, skill levels, employment ex-
perience, and employment goals;
(D) the number of workers displaced by
permanent layoffs and plant closings by indus-
try, occupation, and geographic location; and
(E) 
current 
and 
projected 
training
completers who have acquired specific occupa-
tional and or work skills and competencies; and
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(3) consumer information which shall be in a
form useful for immediate employment search, entry
into training and education programs and career ex-
ploration including—
(A) the availability of education courses,
training programs and job placement programs
and support services;
(B) the quality of education/training pro-
grams and service providers based on student
and employer satisfaction, and statistically
based performance evaluations of job placement
rates and retention, wages at placement and
one year after completion, and other elements
of program quality;
(C) the quality of one-stop career systems
and other providers of reemployment services
based on customer satisfaction measures; and
(D) Automated systems to permit easy de-
termination of eligibility for funding and other
assistance in job training, job search, income
support, supportive services and other reem-
ployment services.
(c) TECHNICAL STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in co-
operation with Governors and labor market information
users, shall promulgate standards necessary to promote ef-
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ficient exchange of information between the local, regional,
State and national levels, including such standards as may
be required to ensure that data are comparable. Such
standards shall be designed to ensure that there is appro-
priate access to local, State, regional, and national data,
subject to confidentiality constraints. In issuing such tech-
nical standards, the Secretary shall meet the requirements
of chapter 35 of Title 44, United States Code, and ensure
coordination and consistency with other appropriate Fed-
eral standards established by the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall be responsible
for providing technical assistance and training to States
to assure the statistical reliability and uniform standards
of the labor market information program.
(d) CONSUMER REPORTS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education and other appro-
priate Federal agencies, Governors, and State and local
governments, shall set standards for the required reports
and create a mechanism for collection and dissemination
of the consumer reports described in subsection (a)(6).
(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall designate an
advisory group of labor market information specialists rep-
resenting national, State, regional and local users and pro-
ducers of labor market information to be responsible to
provide for the evaluation of the procedures, products and
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services under this title, including their cost-effectiveness
and the level of customer satisfaction. Such evaluations
may include—
(1) analyses of the precision of estimates pro-
duced or collected under this title;
(2) examination of the uses of the data by job
seekers, employers, educators, career counselors,
public and private training providers, economic de-
velopment planners, and public agencies and institu-
tions;
(3) the appropriateness of such uses; and
(4) the relative costs and benefits of the data.
(f) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—Data contained
in the labor market information program shall be made
available in automated information delivery systems and
dissemination mechanisms for data and analysis shall be
developed, maintained, and continuously improved.
SEC. 304. COORDINATION.
To ensure the appropriate coordination, implementa-
tion and integration of labor market information programs
nationwide, the Secretary shall—
(1) coordinate the activities of Federal agencies
responsible for the collection and dissemination of
labor market information at the national, State, re-
gional and local level;
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(2) determine, on an annual basis, the re-
sources, needed to establish and maintain a national,
State, regional and local labor market information
program, and, as feasible, enter into a cooperative
agreement with each State in a manner similar to
such agreements between the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, and the State agency responsible for the Fed-
eral-State cooperative statistical program; and
(3) ensure the appropriate dissemination of re-
sults from research studies and demonstration
projects, feedback from surveys of customer satisfac-
tion, education and training provider performance
data, and other relevant information that promotes
improvement in the quality of labor market informa-
tion.
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act,
shall take effect on July 1, 1995, or the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, whichever occurs later.
SEC. 402. SUNSET.
The authority provided by titles II and III shall ter-
minate on October 1, 2003.
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