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ing a ‘Made in America’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.’’.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous
Provisions
SEC. 161. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 182 of the Job Training
Partnership Act is hereby repealed.
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The repeal of section 182
of such Act made by subsection (a) does not affect in any
way the amendment made by such section 182.
SEC. 162. REFERENCE.
Section 183 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1592) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 183. REFERENCE.
‘‘Effective on the date of the enactment of the Em-
ployment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act of
1997, all references in any other provision of law (other
than section 665 of title 18, United States Code) to the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, or to the
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Job Training Partnership Act, as the case may be, shall
be deemed to refer to Employment, Training, and Literacy
Enhancement Act.’’.
SEC. 163. REPEALERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 184 of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is hereby re-
pealed.
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The repeal of section 184
of such Act made by subsection (a) does not affect in any
way the repealers made by such section 184.
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO EM-
PLOYMENT 
AND 
TRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR DISADVAN-
TAGED YOUTH
SEC. 201. ADULT TRAINING PROGRAM.
Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by striking part A of
such title.
SEC. 202. SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
PROGRAM.
Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by striking part B of
such title.
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SEC. 203. DISADVANTAGED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES GRANTS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Title II of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as amended by
this Act, is further amended—
(1) in the heading to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE 
II—DISADVANTAGED
YOUTH 
EMPLOYMENT 
AND
TRAINING 
OPPORTUNITIES
GRANTS’’;
(2) by striking the heading for part C of such
title;
(3) by redesignating section 261 as section 201;
and
(4) by inserting after section 201 (as redesig-
nated) the following:
‘‘SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of each State that
in accordance with the requirements of sections 101 and
102 submits to the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this
title referred to as the ‘Secretary’) a State plan, the Sec-
retary shall provide a grant to the State for the purpose
of providing employment, job training, educational, and
related assistance for disadvantaged youth in the State.
‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—The grant shall consist of the allot-
ment determined for the State under section 203.’’.
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(b) 
ALLOTMENT
AND
ALLOCATION
AMONG
STATES.—Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is fur-
ther amended—
(1) by redesignating section 262 as section 203;
and
(2) in section 203 (as redesignated)—
(A) in the heading to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 203. ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.’’;
(B) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
(C) by redesignating subsections (a) and
(d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively;
(D) by inserting before subsection (b) (as
redesignated) the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated pur-
suant to section 3(a)(1) to carry out this title for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall allot such amount in accordance
with subsection (b).’’;
(E) in subsection (b) (as redesignated)—
(i) in the heading to read as follows:
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT AMONG STATES.—’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) OUTLYING AREAS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount ap-
propriated for any fiscal year to carry out this
title, the Secretary shall reserve not more than
one quarter of one percent to provide assistance
to—
‘‘(i) the outlying areas; and
‘‘(ii) for each of the fiscal years 1998
through 2001, to carry out the competition
described in subparagraph (B), except that
the amount reserved to carry out such sub-
paragraph for any such fiscal year shall
not exceed the amount reserved for the
freely associated states for fiscal year
1997, from amounts reserved under section
262(a)(1) of the Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1642(a)(1)) (as such sec-
tion was in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of Employment,
Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act
of 1997).
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
FOR
FREELY
ASSOCI-
ATED STATES.—
‘‘(i) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary shall use funds described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) to award grants to
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Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and the freely associated states to carry
out the purposes of this title.
‘‘(ii) AWARD
BASIS.—The Secretary
shall award grants pursuant to clause (i)
on a competitive basis and pursuant to the
recommendations of experts in the field of
employment and training, working through
the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory
in Honolulu, Hawaii.
‘‘(iii) ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.—
Any freely associated state that desires to
receive amounts under this title shall in-
clude in its application for assistance—
‘‘(I) information demonstrating
that it will meet all conditions that
apply to States under this title;
‘‘(II) an assurance that, notwith-
standing any other provision of this
title, it will use such amounts only for
the direct provision of services; and
‘‘(III) such other information and
assurances as the Secretary may re-
quire.
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‘‘(iv) 
TERMINATION
OF
ELIGI-
BILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the freely associated states
shall not receive any funds under this title
for any program year that begins after
September 30, 2001.
‘‘(v) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The
Secretary may provide not more than 5
percent of the amount made available for
grants under this subparagraph to pay the
administrative costs of the Pacific Region
Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, Ha-
waii, regarding activities assisted under
this section.
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—The
provisions of Public Law 95–134, permitting
the consolidation of grants by the outlying
areas, shall not apply to funds provided to those
areas or to the freely associated states under
this section.
‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
paragraph, the term ‘freely associated states’
means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and the Repub-
lic of Palau.’’; and
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(iii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) by inserting after the heading
the following:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘82 percent of
the remainder’’ and all that follows
and inserting the following: ‘‘the re-
maining amount to the States pursu-
ant to the formula contained in sub-
paragraph (B).’’; and
(III) by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(B) FORMULA.—Subject to the provisions
of subparagraphs (C) and (D) of the amounts
allotted to States for this title for each fiscal
year—
‘‘(i) 331⁄3 percent shall be allotted on
the basis of the relative number of unem-
ployed individuals residing in areas of sub-
stantial unemployment within each State
as compared to the total number of such
unemployed individuals in all such areas of
substantial unemployment in all States;
‘‘(ii) 331⁄3 percent shall be allotted on
the basis of the relative excess number of
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unemployed individuals who reside in each
State as compared to the total excess num-
ber of unemployed individuals in all States;
and
‘‘(iii) 331⁄3 percent shall be allotted on
the basis of the relative number of eco-
nomically disadvantaged youth within each
State as compared to the total number of
economically disadvantaged youth in all
States.
‘‘(C) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—
‘‘(i) 
MINIMUM
PERCENTAGE.—No
State shall be allotted less than 90 percent
of its allotment percentage for the fiscal
year preceding the fiscal year for which the
determination is made.
‘‘(ii) 
MAXIMUM
PERCENTAGE.—No
State shall be allotted more than 130 per-
cent of its allotment percentage for the fis-
cal year preceding the fiscal year for which
the determination is made.
‘‘(D) SMALL
STATE
MINIMUM
ALLOT-
MENT.—No State shall receive less than one-
quarter of one percent of the amount available
under this title for a fiscal year. Amounts nec-
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essary for increasing such payments to States
to comply with the preceding sentence shall be
obtained by ratably reducing the amounts to be
paid to other States.’’; and
(F) in subsection (c)(1)(A) (as redesig-
nated)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ECO-
NOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘DISADVANTAGED’’; and
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i),
by striking ‘‘economically’’.
(c) ALLOCATION WITHIN STATES.—Title II of the
Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting
after section 203 the following:
‘‘SEC. 204. ALLOCATION WITHIN STATES.
‘‘(a) RESERVATION FOR STATE ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—The Governor of the
State shall reserve not more than 25 percent of
the amount allotted to the State under section
203(b) for a fiscal year to carry out the activi-
ties described in this subsection.
‘‘(B) MATCHING
FUNDS
FOR
OUT-OF-
SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAMS.—Of the amount re-
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served under subparagraph (A), the Governor
shall reserve not less than 10 percent of the
total amount alloted to the State under section
203(b) for any fiscal year to award grants in
accordance with this title to programs for dis-
advantaged youth that—
‘‘(i) serve only out-of-school youth;
and
‘‘(ii) agree to provide matching funds
from sources other than those received
under this subparagraph for such services
in an amount equal to the Federal funds
received under this subparagraph.
‘‘(2) REQUIRED
ACTIVITIES.—Activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) shall include the provi-
sion of additional assistance to areas that have high
concentrations of disadvantaged youth to carry out
the activities described in section 206.
‘‘(3) DISCRETIONARY
ACTIVITIES.—Activities
described in paragraph (1)(A) may include—
‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (4), administra-
tion by the State of programs under this title;
‘‘(B) capacity building and technical assist-
ance to local workforce development areas and
to providers of disadvantaged youth services as
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authorized under this title, including the devel-
opment and training of staff, members of local
workforce development boards, and employers
and workplace mentors providing training
through programs authorized under this title;
‘‘(C) incentives for program coordination
and integration, performance awards, and re-
search and demonstrations;
‘‘(D) implementation of innovative dis-
advantaged youth employment and training pro-
grams, 
pilot 
projects, 
and 
demonstration
projects which further the purposes of this title;
and
‘‘(E) support for a common management
information system across employment, train-
ing, literacy, and human resource programs as
identified in section 103.
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—Of the amount reserved by
the Governor under paragraph (1)(A), not more
than 5 percent of the total amount allotted to the
State under section 203(b) may be used for adminis-
tration by the State of programs under this title.
‘‘(b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of the State
shall allocate the remainder of the amount allotted
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to the State under section 203(b) to workforce devel-
opment areas designated under section 121, in ac-
cordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), for the pur-
pose of providing services for disadvantaged youth in
accordance with section 206.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION BY FORMULA.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall allo-
cate not less than 70 percent of the remainder
of funds described in paragraph (1) to
workforce development areas within the State
pursuant to the formula contained in subpara-
graph (B) for the provision of services for dis-
advantaged youth in accordance with section
206.
‘‘(B) FORMULA.—Of the amounts de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) 331⁄3 percent shall be allocated on
the basis of the relative number of unem-
ployed individuals residing in areas of sub-
stantial unemployment in each workforce
development area as compared to the total
number of such unemployed individuals in
all such areas of substantial unemployment
in the State;
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‘‘(ii) 331⁄3 percent shall be allocated
on the basis of the relative excess number
of unemployed individuals who reside in
each workforce development area as com-
pared to the total excess number of unem-
ployed individuals in all workforce develop-
ment areas in the State; and
‘‘(iii) 331⁄3 percent shall be allocated
on the basis of the relative number of eco-
nomically disadvantaged youth in each
workforce development area as compared
to the total number of disadvantaged youth
in all workforce development areas in the
State.
‘‘(3) DISCRETIONARY ALLOCATION.—The State,
through the collaborative process under section 102,
is authorized to allocate not more than 30 percent
of the remainder of funds described in paragraph (1)
to workforce development areas for the provision of
services for disadvantaged youth in accordance with
section 206. Such funds shall be allocated to urban,
rural, and suburban areas throughout the State and
shall be allocated promptly in accordance with sec-
tion 162(e).’’.
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(d) ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES.—Title II of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as
amended by this Act, is further amended—
(1) by redesignating section 263 as section 205;
and
(2) in section 205 (as redesignated)—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in the heading to read as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;
(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘subsections (e)
and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(c)’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘who is in
school’’; and
(III) by striking ‘‘part’’ and in-
serting ‘‘title’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (1)(B) to read as
follows:
‘‘(B) if provided in the local plan developed pur-
suant to section 122(d)(1), is age 14 through 24;
and’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
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(i) by amending the heading to read
as follows:
‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR SERVICE.—’’;
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1)
through (7) as subparagraphs (B) through
(H), respectively, and moving the margin
for each such subparagraph two ems to the
right;
(iii) by inserting before subparagraph
(B) (as redesignated) the following:
‘‘(A) Individuals who are school drop-
outs.’’;
(iv) in subparagraph (H) (as redesig-
nated) to read as follows:
‘‘(H) Other disadvantaged youth who face
serious barriers to employment as identified by
the local workforce development area.’’; and
(v) by amending the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) (as added by clause (iii))
to read as follows:
‘‘(1) PRIORITY.—Of the disadvantaged youth
described in subsection (a), priority for service shall
be given to school dropouts and to other hard-to-
serve youth.
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this
title, the term ‘hard-to-serve youth’ includes—’’;
(C) by striking subsections (c), (d), (f),
(g), and (h);
(D) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (c); and
(E) in subsection (c) (as redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2) or
(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘of individuals who
face’’ and all that follows and inserting
‘‘described in subparagraphs (A) through
(G) of subsection (b)(2).’’.
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Title II of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as amended by
this Act, is further amended—
(1) by redesignating section 264 as section 206;
and
(2) in section 206 (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking subsection (a);
(B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c),
and (d) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec-
tively;
(C) in subsection (a) (as redesignated)—
(i) in the heading to read as follows:
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‘‘(a) PROGRAM DESIGN.—’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1)—
(I) in the heading to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.—’’;
(II) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A)—
(aa) by striking ‘‘part’’ and
inserting ‘‘title’’; and
(bb) by striking ‘‘include’’;
(III) in subparagraph (A)—
(aa) by inserting ‘‘provide’’
after ‘‘(A)’’;
(bb) by striking ‘‘skill levels
and service needs’’ and inserting
‘‘academic levels, skill levels, and
service needs’’; and
(cc) by striking ‘‘and sup-
portive service needs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘supportive service needs,
and developmental needs of such
participants’’;
(IV) in subparagraph (B)—
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(aa) by striking ‘‘develop-
ment of’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
velop’’; and
(bb) by inserting ‘‘for each
participant’’ after ‘‘service strate-
gies’’; and
(V) by amending subparagraphs
(C) and (D) to read as follows:
‘‘(C) integrate academic, occupational, and
work-based learning opportunities;
‘‘(D) provide comprehensive guidance and
counseling;
‘‘(E) provide postsecondary educational or
training opportunities, where appropriate;
‘‘(F) involve employers and parents in the
design and implementation of programs;
‘‘(G) provide adult mentoring; and
‘‘(H) provide summer employment oppor-
tunities that are directly linked to academic and
occupational learning.’’;
(iii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) in subparagraph (A)—
(aa) in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ‘‘service de-
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livery’’ and inserting ‘‘workforce
development’’; and
(bb) in clause (i), by striking
‘‘service delivery’’ and inserting
‘‘workforce development’’; and
(II) in subparagraph (B)—
(aa) in clause (i), by striking
‘‘(i) 
SERVICE
PROVIDERS.—’’;
and
(bb) by striking clause (ii);
(D) in subsection (b) (as redesignated)—
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ‘‘part’’ and inserting
‘‘title’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1)—
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 204(b)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 314(c)(4)’’;
(II) in subparagraph (C), by
striking ‘‘section 141(o)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 141(11)(A)’’;
(III) in subparagraph (G) by
striking ‘‘in public agencies, nonprofit
agencies, and other appropriate agen-
cies, institutions, and organizations’’;
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(IV) by amending subparagraph
(H) to read as follows:
‘‘(H) such other training and transition
services that assist disadvantaged youth in
making the transition to employment or to post-
secondary education or training, as determined
appropriate by the local workforce development
area; and’’;
(V) by amending subparagraph
(I) to read as follows:
‘‘(I) summer employment opportunities
that are directly linked to academic and occupa-
tional learning.’’; and
(VI) by striking subparagraphs
(J) through (L); and
(iii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) in subparagraph (A) to read
as follows:
‘‘(A) assessment, outreach, staff develop-
ment, job development, and job search assist-
ance activities;’’;
(II) in subparagraph (C), by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(III) in subparagraph (D)—
(aa) by striking ‘‘cash’’; and
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(bb) by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
and
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) peer-centered activities encouraging
responsibility and other positive social behaviors
during non-school hours.’’;
(E) in subsection (c) (as redesignated)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘service delivery’’
and inserting ‘‘workforce develop-
ment’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘private industry
council’’ and inserting ‘‘local board’’;
and
(III) by striking ‘‘section 453(c)’’
and inserting ‘‘part D of title IV’’;
(ii) in clauses (i) through (iii) of para-
graph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘service delivery’’
each 
place 
it 
occurs 
and 
inserting
‘‘workforce development’’;
(iii) in paragraph (3)—
(I) in subparagraph (A)—
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(aa) in the heading to read
as follows:
‘‘(A) WORK-RELATED ACTIVITIES.—’’;
(bb) in the first sentence, by
inserting after ‘‘work maturity
skills training’’ the following: ‘‘,
summer employment, job search
assistance, job club activities, and
other work-related activities’’;
(cc) in the first sentence, by
striking ‘‘part’’ and inserting
‘‘title’’;
(dd) in the first sentence, by
striking ‘‘by either work experi-
ence or other additional services’’
and inserting ‘‘by occupational
and academic learning opportuni-
ties’’;
(ee) in the first sentence, by
striking ‘‘basic education or occu-
pational skills’’ and inserting
‘‘basic education and occupa-
tional skills’’; and
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(ff) in the second sentence,
by striking ‘‘, including the Job
Corps’’;
(II) by striking subparagraph
(B);
(III) by redesignating subpara-
graph (C) as subparagraph (B); and
(IV) in subparagraph (B) (as re-
designated)—
(aa) by striking clause (i);
(bb) by redesignating clause
(ii) as clause (i);
(cc) in clause (i) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘part’’ and
inserting ‘‘title’’; and
(dd) by redesignating clause
(iii) as clause (ii);
(iv) in paragraph (5)—
(I) in the heading, by striking
‘‘COUNSELING’’ and inserting ‘‘FOL-
LOW-UP, COUNSELING’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘part’’ and in-
serting ‘‘title’’; and
(III) by striking ‘‘for a period of
up to 1 year’’;
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(v) by striking paragraph (6);
(vi) in paragraph (7), by striking
‘‘service delivery’’ and inserting ‘‘workforce
development’’ and
(vii) by redesignating paragraph (7)
as paragraph (6).
(f) SELECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Title II of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing after section 206 (as redesignated), the following:
‘‘SEC. 207. SELECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS.
‘‘From funds made available under section 204(b) to
a local workforce development area, the local board for
such local area shall award grants, on a competitive basis,
to eligible providers to carry out the disadvantaged youth
programs described in section 206.’’.
(g) EDUCATIONAL LINKAGES.—Title II of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as
amended by this Act, is further amended—
(1) by redesignating section 265 as section 208;
and
(2) in section 208 (as redesignated)—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘service
delivery’’ and inserting ‘‘workforce develop-
ment’’;
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(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ‘‘service delivery’’ and in-
serting ‘‘workforce development’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (6) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(6) title I of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996;’’;
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘service delivery’’ and inserting ‘‘workforce
development’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘, including programs conducted under
part A’’; and
(D) by striking subsection (d).
(h) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS.—Title II of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as
amended by this Act, is further amended by striking sec-
tion 266.