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‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State; or 
‘‘(B) a local board or consortium of local 
boards. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this subsection shall use 
the grant funds to provide, through a local area 
or areas, eligible individuals with personal re-
employment accounts. An eligible individual 
may receive only 1 personal reemployment ac-
count. 
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The eligible entity 
shall establish the amount of a personal re-
employment account for each eligible indi-
vidual participating, which shall be uni-
form throughout the area represented by 
the eligible entity, and shall not exceed 
$3,000. 
‘‘(ii) OPTION FOR STATES.—If the eli-
gible entity is a State, the eligible entity 
may choose to use the grant statewide, if
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practicable, or only in specified local areas 
within a State. 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible enti-
ty shall establish eligibility criteria for indi-
viduals for personal reemployment ac-
counts in accordance with this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), an individual shall be 
eligible to receive a personal reemploy-
ment account under a grant awarded 
under this subsection if, beginning 
after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the individual— 
‘‘(aa) is identified by the 
State 
pursuant 
to 
section 
303(j)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 503(j)(1)) as like-
ly to exhaust regular unemploy-
ment compensation and in need 
of job search assistance to make 
a successful transition to new
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employment, or the individual’s 
unemployment can be attributed 
in substantial part to unfair com-
petition from Federal Prison In-
dustries, Incorporated; 
‘‘(bb) is receiving regular 
unemployment 
compensation 
under any Federal or State un-
employment compensation pro-
gram administered by the State; 
and 
‘‘(cc) is eligible for not less 
than 20 weeks of regular unem-
ployment compensation described 
in item (bb). 
‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY 
AND PRIORITY CRITERIA.—An eligible 
entity may establish criteria that are 
in addition to the criteria described in 
subclause (I) for the eligibility of indi-
viduals to receive a personal reemploy-
ment account under this subsection. 
An eligible entity may also establish 
criteria for priority in the provision of 
a personal reemployment account to
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such eligible individuals under a grant 
awarded under this subsection. 
‘‘(iii) TRANSITION RULE.— 
‘‘(I) PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS 
LIKELY TO EXHAUST UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—At the 
option of the eligible entity, and 
subject to item (bb), an indi-
vidual may be eligible to receive a 
personal reemployment account 
under this subsection if the indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(AA) during the 13- 
week period ending the week 
prior to the date of the en-
actment of the subsection, 
was identified by the State 
pursuant 
to 
section 
303(j)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
503(j)(1)) as likely to ex-
haust regular unemployment 
compensation and in need of 
job 
search 
assistance 
to