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(i) PREVIOUS DEFINITIONS OF CORE INDICATORS.—
Section 502 (29 U.S.C. 9272) is repealed.
SEC. 123. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) YOUTH ACTIVITIES.—Section 137(a) (29 U.S.C.
2872(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2006 through 2011’’.
(b) ADULT
EMPLOYMENT
AND
TRAINING
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 137(b) (29 U.S.C. 2872(b)) is amended by
striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011’’.
(c) DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN-
ING ACTIVITIES.—Section 137(c) (29 U.S.C. 2872(c)) is
amended by striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006
through 2011’’.
Subtitle C—Job Corps
SEC. 131. JOB CORPS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 144(3) (29 U.S.C. 2884(3))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(F) A child eligible for assistance under
section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
677).’’.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION
OF STANDARDS
AND PROCE-
DURES.—Section 145(a)(3) (29 U.S.C. 2885(a)(3)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) child welfare agencies that are respon-
sible for children in foster care and children eli-
gible for assistance under section 477 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677).’’.
(c) INDUSTRY COUNCILS.—Section 154(b) (29 U.S.C.
2894(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘local and
distant’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) EMPLOYERS OUTSIDE OF LOCAL AREA.—
The industry council may include, or otherwise pro-
vide for consultation with, employers from outside the
local area who are likely to hire a significant number
of enrollees from the Job Corps center.
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‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR SINGLE LOCAL AREA
STATES.—In the case of a single local area State des-
ignated under section 116(b), the industry council
shall include a representative of the State Board.’’.
(d) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 159 (29
U.S.C. 2899) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—The Secretary
shall annually establish expected levels of performance
for Job Corps centers and the Job Corps program re-
lating to each of the core indicators of performance
for 
youth 
activities 
identified 
in 
section
136(b)(2)(A)(ii).’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘meas-
ures’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘indi-
cators’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘core performance measures, as compared to
the expected performance level for each per-
formance measure’’ and inserting ‘‘perform-
ance indicators described in paragraph (1),
as compared to the expected level of per-
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formance established under paragraph (1)
for each performance measure’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘measures’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘indicators’’; and
(2) in subsection (f)(2), in the first sentence, by
striking ‘‘core performance measures’’ and inserting
‘‘indicators of performance’’.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
161 (29 U.S.C. 2901) is amended by striking ‘‘1999 through
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2011’’.
Subtitle D—National Programs
SEC. 141. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS.
(a) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 166(h)(4)(C) (29
U.S.C. 2911(h)(4)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The Council shall advise the
Secretary on the operation and administration
of the programs assisted under this section, in-
cluding the selection of the individual appointed
as head of the unit established under paragraph
(1).’’.
(b) ASSISTANCE TO UNIQUE POPULATIONS IN ALASKA
AND
HAWAII.—Section 166(j) (29 U.S.C. 2911(j)) is
amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(j) ASSISTANCE TO UNIQUE POPULATIONS IN ALASKA
AND HAWAII.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to pro-
vide assistance to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, In-
corporated, and the University of Hawaii at Maui,
for the unique populations who reside in Alaska or
Hawaii, to improve job training and workforce in-
vestment activities.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011.’’.
(c) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—Section 166 (29
U.S.C. 2911) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF INDICATORS.—The Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Native American
Employment and Training Council, shall develop a
set of performance indicators and standards which
shall be applicable to programs under this section.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—Such perform-
ance indicators and standards shall take into
account—