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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2891
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a demonstration
grant program for the purpose of establishing an employment information
network to provide job search services to unemployed individuals, under-
employed individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1993
Mr. MARTINEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish
a demonstration grant program for the purpose of estab-
lishing an employment information network to provide
job search services to unemployed individuals, under-
employed individuals, and economically disadvantaged in-
dividuals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION GRANT
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1737 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 456 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 457. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION NETWORK DEM-
ONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts reserved
under section 3(c)(6) for each fiscal year to carry
out this section, the Secretary shall provide a grant
to a private nonprofit organization for the purpose
of establishing an employment information network
to provide job search services in an eligible commu-
nity described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY.—An eligible com-
munity described in this paragraph is a community
which is part of an area with respect to which the
President, within the 3-year period ending on the
date of the enactment of this section, has declared
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
that a major disaster or emergency exists relating to
urban social unrest.
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
GRANT.—A grant received
under paragraph (1) may extend for a period of not
less than 3 fiscal years.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—The Secretary may provide a
grant to a private nonprofit organization under subsection
(a) only if such organization submits to the Secretary an
application which contains such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A private nonprofit
organization shall use amounts received from a
grant under subsection (a) to establish an em-
ployment information network (in this section
referred to as the ‘network’) to provide job
search services to unemployed individuals, un-
deremployed individuals, and economically dis-
advantaged individuals in an eligible community
described in subsection (a)(2).
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The network shall be
composed of businesses, educational organiza-
tions, governmental entities, labor organiza-
tions, and community-based organizations.
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES OF NETWORK.—The network
shall—
‘‘(A) establish and carry out job fairs to
help 
put 
unemployed 
individuals, 
under-
employed individuals, and economically dis-
advantaged individuals in touch with prospec-
tive employers and community-based organiza-
tions;
‘‘(B) establish and carry out seminars and
workshops relating to job search skills, inter-
viewing skills, job retention skills, and other re-
lated job search and employment skills;
‘‘(C) at least once a week, publish and dis-
tribute a periodical containing detailed informa-
tion on available jobs in the community; and
‘‘(D) utilize the local broadcast media to
provide information relating to available jobs in
the community.
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—The Secretary
may provide a grant to a private nonprofit organiza-
tion under subsection (a) only if such organization
agrees to submit to the Secretary, in each fiscal year
in which the Secretary makes payments under such
grant to such organization, a report containing—
‘‘(A) a description and evaluation of the
activities of the Network established under sub-
section (c); and
‘‘(B) any other information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
‘‘(A) INTERIM REPORTS.—Not later than
180 days after the date on which the Secretary
receives from a private nonprofit organization a
report under paragraph (1) in both the 1st and
2d fiscal years in which the Secretary makes
payments under a grant to such organization,
the Secretary shall submit to the President and
the Congress an interim report containing a
compilation of the information contained in
each such report received under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180
days after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives from a private nonprofit organization a
report under paragraph (1) in the 3d fiscal year
in which the Secretary makes payments under
a grant to such organization, the Secretary
shall submit to the President and the Congress
a final report containing—
‘‘(i) a compilation of the information
contained in such report received under
paragraph (1); and
‘‘(ii) an evaluation of the effectiveness
of the demonstration grants authorized
under subsection (a).’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (c) of section 3 of such Act is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6)(A) From the amount appropriated under para-
graph (1) for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996,
the Secretary, after making the reservations under para-
graph (2), shall reserve $2,600,000 for each such fiscal
year to carry out section 457.
‘‘(B) Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1)
shall remain available until expended.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 456 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 457. Employment Information Network Demonstration Program.’’.
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