I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4184
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a public works
and public service job training program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1994
Miss COLLINS of Michigan 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 public works and public service job training program,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Full Employment Op-
portunity and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SERVICE JOB TRAIN-
ING PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) (in this Act referred to as
‘‘the Act’’) is amended by adding at the end the following
new title:
‘‘TITLE 
VIII—PUBLIC 
WORKS
AND PUBLIC SERVICE JOB
TRAINING PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 801. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) restoring the competitiveness and enhanc-
ing the productivity of the United States will require
that all workers possess basic job and educational
skills; and
‘‘(2) an investment in human capital will have
a substantial impact on increasing productivity in
the United States.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are to
establish a public works and public service job training
program designed—
‘‘(1) to provide on-the-job training opportunities
for hard-to-employ individuals; and
‘‘(2) to improve infrastructure and public sector
service delivery.
‘‘SEC. 802. ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION.
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENT TO STATES.—Of the amount ap-
propriated under section 3(g) for each fiscal year and
available to carry out this title, the Secretary shall allot
such amount to the States for allocation to service delivery
areas within each State.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION TO SERVICE DELIVERY AREAS.—
Of the amount allotted to a State under subsection (a)
for a fiscal year, the Governor shall allocate such amount
to service delivery areas in such State in accordance with
the criteria contained in subparagraphs (A) through (C)
of section 202(b)(1).
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days
after the end of each program year, the Secretary
shall, in accordance with the requirements of this
subsection, reallot to eligible States amounts appro-
priated for such program year that are available for
reallotment under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount available for real-
lotment is equal to the amount by which the unobli-
gated balance of the State allotment under sub-
section (a) for all States at the end of the program
year prior to the program year for which the deter-
mination under this subsection is made exceeds 20
percent of such allotment for that prior program
year.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
STATES
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘eligible States’
means States that demonstrate progress toward
achieving the objectives of this title and that require
additional funds in order to accomplish such objec-
tives, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 803. USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A service delivery area shall use
amounts allocated under section 802 to establish a public
works and public service job training program under which
eligible individuals participate in job projects in accord-
ance with this title.
‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out the
program established under subsection (a), the service de-
livery area shall—
‘‘(1) prepare a plan for the establishment and
conduct of job projects pursuant to criteria pre-
scribed by the Secretary;
‘‘(2) submit such plan to the Secretary for re-
view and approval;
‘‘(3) provide for an objective assessment of the
skill levels and service needs of each participant to
determine the appropriate job project for each such
participant;
‘‘(4) provide participants with limited English
speaking ability such instruction as the service deliv-
ery area considers appropriate;
‘‘(5) use objective measures to monitor the suc-
cess or failure of the participant in the job project
and maintain records on each participant;
‘‘(6) conduct outreach activities to attract eligi-
ble individuals;
‘‘(7) provide pre-employment skills and work re-
sponsibility training;
‘‘(8) provide each participant with—
‘‘(A) information about and referrals to
pre-college and adult continuing education and
related training programs;
‘‘(B) appropriate social services, including
information relating to educational programs;
and
‘‘(C) information about programs and serv-
ices provided by the State apprenticeship coun-
cil;
‘‘(9) establish a job counseling and job place-
ment service to assist each participant in obtaining
employment upon completion of the job project, in-
cluding the training-related placement of minorities
in nontraditional employment and apprenticeships;
and
‘‘(10) prepare and submit an annual report to
the Secretary on the activities of the service delivery
area with respect to the program.
‘‘(c) JOB
PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS.—Each job
project shall meet the following requirements:
‘‘(1) Each job project shall be capable of com-
pletion within 24 months.
‘‘(2) Each job project shall provide for on-the-
job training and employment of eligible individuals,
including the training of minorities in nontraditional
employment.
‘‘(3) A participant who has not received a high
school diploma or its equivalent shall, in order to
continue employment in the project, maintain satis-
factory progress toward receiving a high school di-
ploma or its equivalent.
‘‘(d) PERSONNEL.—A service delivery area shall—
‘‘(1) employ an administrator and support per-
sonnel sufficient to carry out the program estab-
lished under subsection (a); and
‘‘(2) select a project manager for each job
project assisted under this title, in accordance with
criteria established by the Secretary.
‘‘(e) PROGRESS REPORTS.—The administrator shall
prepare and submit to the private industry council of the
service delivery area monthly progress reports on the job
projects.
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 10
percent of amounts allocated under section 802 to a serv-
ice delivery area for a fiscal year may be used for adminis-
trative expenses in carrying out the program established
under subsection (a).
‘‘(g) CRITERIA RELATING TO PROFIT OR LOSS OF
EMPLOYERS.—The Secretary shall develop criteria to be
used by each private industry council to evaluate the pro-
jected profit or loss of an employer with respect to a job
project carried out by such employer.
‘‘(h) JOB PROJECT DEFINED.—For purposes of this
title, the term ‘job project’ means—
‘‘(1) the construction, renovation, repair, or
other improvement, and maintenance of a public
building or other public facility (including a surface
transportation, aviation, water resources, solid waste
management, or drinking water facility) with com-
mercial, industrial, public, service, or other value, or
‘‘(2) work in such fields as environmental qual-
ity, health care, education, public safety, crime pre-
vention and control, prison rehabilitation, transpor-
tation, recreation, maintenance of parks, streets, and
other public facilities, solid waste removal, pollution
control, housing and neighborhood improvements,
rural development, conservation, beautification, and
other fields of human betterment and community
improvement,
that will be carried out by a public agency or a private
nonprofit organization and would not otherwise be con-
ducted with existing funds.
‘‘SEC. 804. ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in sub-
section (b), an individual shall be eligible to participate
in a job project under this title if such individual—
‘‘(1)(A) has a high school diploma or its equiva-
lent; or
‘‘(B) is enrolled in a program which leads to a
high school diploma or its equivalent and is making
substantial progress toward such diploma or equiva-
lent;
‘‘(2) is at least 18 years of age;
‘‘(3) has resided in the service delivery area for
at least 60 consecutive days prior to applying for
employment under the job project; and
‘‘(4)(A) has been unemployed for at least 35
consecutive days prior to applying for such employ-
ment;