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(c) E FFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section
shall take effect one day following the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 407. YOUTH PROGRAMS LIMITATION.
None of the funds authorized under this Act shall be
used to develop materials or programs directed at youth
that are designed to directly promote or encourage sexual
activity, whether homosexual or heterosexual.
SEC. 408. LIMITATION.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under
this Act may be used to make condoms available in a public
school.
SEC. 409. CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning
on June 1, 1994, and ending on the date of enactment of
an Act reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.),
the Secretary shall not issue any new final regulations to
implement such Act.
SEC. 
410. 
THERAPEUTIC 
MODEL 
DEMONSTRATION
SCHOOLS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is au-
thorized to establish demonstration schools based on
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the therapeutic model described in this section, to pro-
vide services necessary to achieve positive changes in
the attitudes, behavior, and academic performance of
Indian youth attending off-reservation boarding
schools.
(2) P URPOSE.—The purpose of the therapeutic
model demonstration schools shall be—
(A) to provide a program, based on an an-
nual written plan, linking clinicians, counselors,
and mental health professionals with academic
program personnel in a culturally sensitive resi-
dential program tailored to the particular needs
of Indian students;
(B) to provide for a continued evaluation of
the planning and implementation of the thera-
peutic model in the designated schools; and
(C) to determine what steps the Bureau of
Indian Affairs must take and what resources are
required to transform existing off-reservation
boarding schools to meet the needs of chemically
dependent, emotionally disturbed, socially trou-
bled, or other at-risk Indian youth who attend
such schools.
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(b) LOCATION.—The Secretary shall initiate the thera-
peutic model at two schools in school years 1994 through
1996, and shall give priority to—
(1) one school that is the recipient of a grant
under section 5204 of the August F. Hawkins-Robert
T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Im-
provement Amendments of 1988 during the 1994–
1995 school year; and
(2) one school operated by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs during the 1995–1996 school year.
(c) S ERVICES.—The demonstration schools shall pro-
vide an integrated residential environment that may in-
clude—
(1) mental health services;
(2) education;
(3) recreation therapy;
(4) social service programs;
(5) substance abuse education and prevention;
and
(6) other support services for aftercare.
(d) STAFFING.—The demonstration schools shall be
staffed with health and social service professionals, and edu-
cators, and may include, but not be limited to—
(1) clinical psychologists;
(2) child psychologists;
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(3) substance abuse counselors;
(4) social workers; and
(5) health educators.
(e) E NROLLMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Interior may limit the en-
rollment at the demonstration schools.
(f) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is authorized to enter
into agreements with other organizations and agencies, in-
cluding the Indian Health Service, to carry out this section.
(g) REPORT.—Not later than July 31 of each year, the
Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives
on the progress of the Department of the Interior in the
development of the demonstration schools.
SEC. 411. CRIMINAL HISTORY INVESTIGATIONS OF SCHOOL
BUS DRIVERS.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—(1) Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, a local edu-
cational agency may not employ a person as a driver of
a school bus of or on behalf of the agency until the agency
conducts a background check under procedures that meet the
guidelines set forth in section 3(b) of the National Child
Protection Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–209; 107 Stat.
2491; 42 U.S.C. 5119a(b)).
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(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the prohibition set forth
in paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(b) I NTERIM REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the establish-
ment of the procedures referred to in subsection (a)(1), or
a State’s participation in the procedures referred to in sub-
section (a)(1), local educational agencies shall conduct a
fingerprint based check through the criminal history files
maintained by the Criminal Justice Information Services
Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 10101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended by title I of this Act.
SEC. 412. RATE OF PAY FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND
REHABILITATION RESEARCH.
Notwithstanding section 202(c)(2) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 761a(c)(2)), the Secretary of
Education is authorized to compensate anyone appointed
during calendar year 1994 to be the Deputy Director of the
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Re-
search at the rate of pay for level 5 of the Senior Executive
Service Schedule.
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TITLE 
V—WORKERS 
TECH-
NOLOGY 
SKILL 
DEVELOP-
MENT
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Workers Technology
Skill Development Act’’.
SEC. 502. FINDINGS.
Congress finds and declares the following:
(1) In an increasingly competitive world econ-
omy, the companies and nations that lead in the
rapid development, commercialization, and applica-
tion of new and advanced technologies, and in the
high-quality, competitively priced production of goods
and services, will lead in economic growth, employ-
ment, and high living standards.
(2) While the United States remains the world
leader in science and invention, it has not done well
in rapidly making the transition from achievement in
its research laboratories to high-quality, competitively
priced production of goods and services. This lag and
the unprecedented competitive challenge that the
United States has faced from abroad have contributed
to a drop in real wages and living standards.
(3) Companies that are successfully competitive
in the rapid development, commercialization, applica-
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pation with employers in the development of strate-
gies and programs for the successful evaluation, selec-
tion, and implementation of advanced workplace tech-
nologies and advanced workplace practices through
the provision of a range of education, training, and
related services.
SEC. 504. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title:
(1) ADVANCED
WORKPLACE
PRACTICES.—The
term ‘‘advanced workplace practices’’ means innova-
tions in work organization and performance, includ-
ing high-performance workplace systems, flexible pro-
duction techniques, quality programs, continuous im-
provement, concurrent engineering, close relationships
between suppliers and customers, widely diffused deci-
sionmaking and work teams, and effective integration
of production technology, worker skills and training,
and workplace organization, and such other charac-
teristics as determined appropriate by the Secretary
of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Com-
merce.
(2) ADVANCED
WORKPLACE
TECHNOLOGIES.—
The term ‘‘advanced workplace technologies’’ in-
cludes—
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(A) numerically controlled machine tools,
robots, automated process control equipment,
computerized flexible manufacturing systems, as-
sociated computer software, and other technology
for improving the manufacturing and industrial
production of goods and commercial services,
which advance the state-of-the-art; or
(B) novel industrial and commercial tech-
niques and processes not previously generally
available that improve quality, productivity, and
practices, including engineering design, quality
assurance, concurrent engineering, continuous
process production technology, inventory man-
agement, upgraded worker skills, communica-
tions with customers and suppliers, and pro-
motion of sustainable economic growth.
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’
means the Department of Labor.
(4) N ONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘non-
profit organization’’ means a tax-exempt organiza-
tion, as described in paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of sec-
tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(5) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Labor.
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(6) W ORKER ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘worker
organization’’ means a labor organization within the
meaning of section 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
SEC. 505. GRANTS.
(a) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall, to the ex-
tent appropriations are available, award grants to eligible
entities to carry out the purposes described in section 503.
(b) E LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, an entity shall—
(1) be a nonprofit organization, or a partnership
consortium of such institutions or organizations;
(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and contain-
ing such information as the Secretary may require,
including a description of the activities that the en-
tity will carry out using amounts received under the
grant; and
(3) agree to make available (directly or through
donations from public or private entities) non-Federal
contributions toward the costs of the activities to be
conducted with grant funds, in an amount equal to
the amount required under subsection (d).
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(c) U SE OF AMOUNTS.—An entity shall use amounts
received under a grant awarded under this section to carry
out the purposes described in section 503 through activities
such as—
(1) the dissemination of information to workers,
worker organizations, employers, State economic de-
velopment agencies, State industrial extension pro-
grams, Advanced Technology Centers, and National
Manufacturing Technology Centers regarding success-
ful practices relating to the effective deployment of
advanced workplace technologies, and advanced work-
place practices;
(2) the provision of technical assistance to work-
ers, worker organizations, employers, State economic
development agencies, State industrial extension pro-
grams, Advanced Technology Centers, and National
Manufacturing Technology Centers to identify ad-
vanced workplace practices and strategies that en-
hance the effective evaluation, selection, and imple-
mentation of advanced workplace technologies;
(3) the researching and identification of new and
advanced workplace technologies, and advanced work-
place practices that promote the improvement of
workers’ skills, wages, working conditions, and job se-
curity, that research the link between advanced work-
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place practices and long-term corporate performance,
and that are consistent with the needs of local com-
munities and the need for a healthy environment; and
(4) the development and dissemination of train-
ing programs and materials relating to the services
provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3).
(d) TERMS OF GRANTS AND NON-FEDERAL SHARES.—
(1) T ERMS.—Grants awarded under this section
shall be for a term not to exceed 6 years.
(2) N ON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Amounts required to
be contributed by an entity under subsection (b)(3)
shall equal—
(A) an amount equal to 15 percent of the
amount provided under the grant in the first
year for which the grant is awarded;
(B) an amount equal to 20 percent of the
amount provided under the grant in the second
year for which the grant is awarded;
(C) an amount equal to 33 percent of the
amount provided under the grant in the third
year for which the grant is awarded;
(D) an amount equal to 40 percent of the
amount provided under the grant in the fourth
year for which the grant is awarded; and
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(E) an amount equal to 50 percent of the
amount provided under the grant in the fifth
and sixth years for which the grant is awarded.
(e) EVALUATION.—The Department shall develop
mechanisms for evaluating the effectiveness of the use of a
grant awarded under this section in carrying out the pur-
poses under section 503 and, not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, prepare and submit a report to Congress concerning
such evaluation.
SEC. 506. IDENTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF BEST
PRACTICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) I NFORMATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion and after consultation with the Secretary of
Commerce, shall assist workers, worker organizations,
and employers in successfully adopting advanced
workplace technologies, and advanced workplace prac-
tices by identifying, collecting, and disseminating in-
formation on best workplace practices and workplace
assessment tools, including—
(A) methods, techniques, and successful
models of labor-management cooperation and of
worker and worker organization participation in
the development, evaluation, selection, and im-
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plementation of new and advanced workplace
technologies, and advanced workplace practices;
(B) methods, techniques, and successful
models for the design and implementation of new
and advanced workplace practices;
(C) methods, techniques, and successful
models for the design and implementation of ad-
vanced forms of work organization; and
(D) methods, techniques, and successful
models for the assessment of worker skills and
training needs relating to the effective develop-
ment, evaluation, selection, and implementation
of advanced workplace technologies, and ad-
vanced workplace practices.
(2) C ONTENTS.—Such information on best work-
place practices shall include—
(A) summaries and analyses of best practice
cases;
(B) criteria for assessment of current work-
place practices; and
(C) information on the best available edu-
cation and training materials and services relat-
ing to the development, implementation, and op-
eration of systems utilizing new and advanced
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workplace technologies, and advanced workplace
practices.
(b) D ISTRIBUTION.—The information and materials
developed under this section shall be distributed through an
appropriate entity designated by the Secretary of Commerce
to the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing
Technology, to the Manufacturing Outreach Center, to other
technology training entities, and directly to others as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary of Labor and the Sec-
retary of Commerce.
SEC. 507. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) I N GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1997.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended.
TITLE VI—MULTIETHNIC
PLACEMENT
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Multiethnic Placement
Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) nearly 500,000 children are in foster care in
the United States;
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(2) tens of thousands of children in foster care
are waiting for adoption;
(3) 2 years and 8 months is the median length
of time that children wait to be adopted;
(4) child welfare agencies should work to elimi-
nate racial, ethnic, and national origin discrimina-
tion and bias in adoption and foster care recruit-
ment, selection, and placement procedures; and
(5) active, creative, and diligent efforts are need-
ed to recruit parents, from every race and culture, for
children needing foster care or adoptive parents.
(b) P URPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to de-
crease the length of time that children wait to be adopted
and to prevent discrimination in the placement of children
on the basis of race, color, or national origin.
SEC. 603. MULTIETHNIC PLACEMENTS.
(a) ACTIVITIES.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—An agency, or entity, that
receives Federal assistance and is involved in adop-
tion or foster care placements may not—
(A) categorically deny to any person the op-
portunity to become an adoptive or a foster par-
ent, solely on the basis of the race, color, or na-
tional origin of the adoptive or foster parent, or
the child, involved; or
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(B) delay or deny the placement of a child
for adoption or into foster care, or otherwise dis-
criminate in making a placement decision, solely
on the basis of the race, color, or national origin
of the adoptive or foster parent, or the child, in-
volved.
(2) PERMISSIBLE CONSIDERATION.—An agency
or entity to which paragraph (1) applies may con-
sider the race, color, or national origin of a child as
a factor in making a placement decision if such factor
is relevant to the best interests of the child involved
and is considered in conjunction with other factors.
(3) D EFINITION.—As used in this subsection, the
term ‘‘placement decision’’ means the decision to
place, or to delay or deny the placement of, a child
in a foster care or an adoptive home, and includes the
decision of the agency or entity involved to seek the
termination of birth parent rights or otherwise make
a child legally available for adoptive placement.
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall not provide placement and adminis-
trative funds under section 474(a)(3) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)) to an agency or entity described
in subsection (a) that is not in compliance with subsection
(a).
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(c) E QUITABLE RELIEF.—Any individual who is ag-
grieved by an action in violation of subsection (a), taken
by an agency or entity described in subsection (a), shall
have the right to bring an action seeking relief in a United
States district court of appropriate jurisdiction.
(d) C ONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to affect the application of the Indian Child Wel-
fare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
TITLE 
VII—ALBERT 
EINSTEIN
DISTINGUISHED 
EDUCATOR
FELLOWSHIP ACT
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Albert Einstein Distin-
guished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 702. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the Department of Energy has unique and
extensive mathematics and science capabilities that
contribute to mathematics and science education pro-
grams throughout the Nation;
(2) a need exists to increase understanding, com-
munication, and cooperation between the Congress,
the Department of Energy, other Federal agencies,
and the mathematics and science education commu-
nity;
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(3) elementary and secondary school mathe-
matics and science teachers can provide practical in-
sight to the Legislative and Executive branches in es-
tablishing and operating education programs; and
(4) a pilot program that placed elementary and
secondary school mathematics and science teachers in
professional staff positions in the Senate and the
House of Representatives has proven successful and
demonstrated the value of expanding the program.
SEC. 703. PURPOSE; DESIGNATION.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to establish
within the Department of Energy a national fellowship pro-
gram for elementary and secondary school mathematics and
science teachers.
(b) D ESIGNATION.—A recipient of a fellowship under
this title shall be known as an ‘‘Albert Einstein Fellow’’.
SEC. 704. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title—
(1) the term ‘‘elementary school’’ has the mean-
ing provided by section 10101(11) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended
by title I of this Act;
(2) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the
meaning provided by section 10101(15) of the Ele-