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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 505
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a program to
assist discharged members of the Armed Forces to obtain training and
employment as managers and employees with public housing authorities
and management companies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 13, 1995
Mr. ENGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish
a program to assist discharged members of the Armed
Forces to obtain training and employment as managers
and employees with public housing authorities and man-
agement companies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROGRAM TO ASSIST DISCHARGED MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES TO OBTAIN TRAIN-
ING AND PLACEMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING
MANAGEMENT.
(a) TRAINING AND PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—(1) Part
D of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1731 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 457. TRAINING PROGRAM IN PUBLIC HOUSING MAN-
AGEMENT.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall
enter into a cooperative agreement with the nonprofit Na-
tional Center for Housing Management, established pur-
suant to Executive Order 11668 (42 U.S.C. 3531 note),
to provide for a training program to assist recently sepa-
rated members of the Armed Forces to obtain the training
necessary to become managers and employees in public
housing authorities and management companies. Under
the terms of the cooperative agreement, the training pro-
gram shall be developed and operated by the National
Center for Housing Management.
‘‘(b) MEMBERS ELIGIBLE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Armed
Forces shall be eligible for selection to participate in
the training program if the member—
‘‘(A) is discharged or released from active
duty after three or more years of continuous ac-
tive duty immediately before the discharge or
release; and
‘‘(B) applies to participate in the training
program within the one-year period beginning
on the date of the discharge or release.
‘‘(2) INELIGIBLE PERSONS.—A member of the
Armed Forces who is discharged or released from
service under other than honorable conditions shall
not be eligible to participate in the training pro-
gram.
‘‘(c) SELECTION.—The National Center for Housing
Management shall be responsible for the selection of par-
ticipants for the training program. The Center shall place
a special emphasis on selecting members of the Armed
Forces who have lived in public housing projects.
‘‘(d) CONTENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM.—The train-
ing program shall provide extensive training to partici-
pants in such courses as housing management, mainte-
nance management, occupancy management, security and
drug reduction management, community change manage-
ment, resident empowerment, tenant integrity, and fair
housing and civil rights. The National Center for Housing
Management shall provide such training through the use
of recognized experts in these fields. The Center shall
evaluate the performance of participants through the use
of standardized tests.
‘‘(e) NUMBER
OF PARTICIPANTS.—Subject to the
availability of appropriations for the training program, the
National Center for Housing Management shall conduct
at least 5 training sessions a year to achieve a graduation
rate of at least 250 participants per year.
‘‘(f) JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Upon gradua-
tion of a participant from the training program, the Na-
tional Center for Housing Management shall also provide
the graduate with appropriate job placement assistance
through the Center’s network of housing authorities and
housing management companies.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and $2,000,000 for each
subsequent fiscal year. The amounts authorized by this
subsection shall be in addition to the amounts authorized
under section 3(c)(1) to carry out this part.’’.
(2) The table of contents in section 1 of the Job
Training Partnership Act is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 456 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 457. Training program in public housing management.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 457 of the Job
Training Partnership Act, as added by subsection (a),
shall take effect on October 1, 1995.
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