Calendar No. 589
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 3755
[Report No. 104–368]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses.
JULY 12, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 589
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 3755
[Report No. 104–368]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 12, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Reported by Mr. SPECTER, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry into effect the Job
Training Partnership Act, as amended, including the pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facili-
ties, and the purchase of real property for training centers
as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act; the
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations
Act; the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; and the
School-to-Work Opportunities Act; $4,171,482,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) $4,202,739,000 plus reimburse-
ments, of which $3,297,011,000 (reduced by $5,000,000)
$3,323,268,000 is available for obligation for the period
July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998; of which
$73,861,000 is available for the period July 1, 1997
through June 30, 2000 for necessary expenses of construc-
tion, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers;
and of which $175,000,000 $180,000,000 shall be available
from July 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998, for carry-
ing out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act:
Provided, That $50,000,000 $52,502,000 shall be for car-
rying out section 401 of the Job Training Partnership Act,
$65,000,000 $70,285,000 shall be for carrying out section
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402 of such Act, $7,300,000 shall be for carrying out sec-
tion 441 of such Act, $2,530,000 $8,000,000 shall be for
all activities conducted by and through the National Occu-
pational Information Coordinating Committee under such
Act, $850,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) $845,000,000
shall be for carrying out title II, part A of such Act, and
$126,672,000 shall be for carrying out title II, part C of
such Act: Provided further, That no funds from any other
appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or
for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided to carry out title III of the Job Training Partnership
Act shall not be subject to the limitation contained in sub-
section (b) of section 315 of such Act; that the waiver
allowing a reduction in the cost limitation relating to re-
training services described in subsection (a)(2) of such
section 315 may be granted with respect to funds from
this Act if a substate grantee demonstrates to the Gov-
ernor that such waiver is appropriate due to the availabil-
ity of low-cost retraining services, is necessary to facilitate
the provision of needs-related payments to accompany
long-term training, or is necessary to facilitate the provi-
sion of appropriate basic readjustment services; and that
funds provided to carry out the Secretary’s discretionary
grants under part B of such title III may be used to pro-
vide needs-related payments to participants who, in lieu