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Information Coordinating Committee: Provided further, That reve-
nues received from publications and delivery of technical assistance
and training, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, shall be credited
to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
program account and shall be available to the National Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee without further appropria-
tions, so long as such revenues are used for authorized activities
of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee:
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 provided for title III of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act shall not be subject to the limitation contained
in subsection (b) of section 315 of such Act; that the waiver described
in section 315(a)(2) may be granted if a substate grantee dem-
onstrates to the Governor that such waiver is appropriate due
to the availability 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 provision of
appropriate basic readjustment services; and that funds provided
for discretionary grants under part B of such title III may be
used to provide needs-related payments to participants who, in
lieu of meeting the enrollment requirements under section 314(e)
of such Act, are enrolled in training by the end of the sixth week
after grant funds have been awarded: Provided further, That funds
provided to carry out section 324 of such Act may be used for
demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That
service delivery areas may transfer funding provided herein under
authority of title II, parts B and C of the Job Training Partnership
Act between the programs authorized by those titles of the Act,
if the transfer is approved by the Governor: Provided further, That
service delivery areas and substate areas may transfer up to 20
percent of the funding provided herein under authority of title
II, part A and title III of the Job Training Partnership Act between
the programs authorized by those titles of the Act, if such transfer
is approved by the Governor: Provided further, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, any proceeds from the sale of
Job Corps center facilities shall be retained by the Secretary of
Labor to carry out the Job Corps program: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Labor
may waive any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of titles
I–III of the Job Training Partnership Act (except for requirements
relating to wage and labor standards, worker rights, participation
and protection, grievance procedures and judicial review, non-
discrimination, allocation of funds to local areas, eligibility, review
and approval of plans, the establishment and functions of service
delivery areas and private industry councils, and the basic purposes
of the Act), and any of the statutory or regulatory requirements
of sections 8–10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except for requirements
relating to the provision of services to unemployment insurance
claimants and veterans, and to universal access to basic labor
exchange services without cost to job seekers), only for funds avail-
able for expenditure in program year 1998, pursuant to a request
submitted by a State which identifies the statutory or regulatory
requirements that are requested to be waived and the goals which
the State or local service delivery areas intend to achieve, describes
the actions that the State or local service delivery areas have
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undertaken to remove State or local statutory or regulatory barriers,
describes the goals of the waiver and the expected programmatic
outcomes if the request is granted, describes the individuals
impacted by the waiver, and describes the process used to monitor
the progress in implementing a waiver, and for which notice and
an opportunity to comment on such request has been provided
to the organizations identified in section 105(a)(1) of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act, if and only to the extent that the Secretary
determines that such requirements impede the ability of the State
to implement a plan to improve the workforce development system
and the State has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Secretary requiring such State to meet agreed upon outcomes
and implement other appropriate measures to ensure accountability:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor shall establish a
workforce flexibility (work-flex) partnership demonstration program
under which the Secretary shall authorize not more than six States,
of which at least three States shall each have populations not
in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to those States
that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States under section
311(e) of Public Law 103–227, to waive any statutory or regulatory
requirement applicable to service delivery areas or substate areas
within the State under titles I–III of the Job Training Partnership
Act (except for requirements relating to wage and labor standards,
grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, allot-
ment of funds, and eligibility), and any of the statutory or regulatory
requirements of sections 8–10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except
for requirements relating to the provision of services to unemploy-
ment insurance claimants and veterans, and to universal access
to basic labor exchange services without cost to job seekers), for
a duration not to exceed the waiver period authorized under section
311(e) of Public Law 103–227, pursuant to a plan submitted by
such States and approved by the Secretary for the provision of
workforce employment and training activities in the States, which
includes a description of the process by which service delivery
areas and substate areas may apply for and have waivers approved
by the State, the requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act to be
waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other measures to be
taken to ensure appropriate accountability for Federal funds.
For necessary expenses of Opportunity Areas of Out-of-School
Youth, in addition to amounts otherwise provided herein,
$250,000,000, to be available for obligation for the period October
1, 1998 through September 30, 1999, if job training reform legisla-
tion authorizing this or similar at-risk youth projects is enacted
by July 1, 1998.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To carry out the activities for national grants or contracts
with public agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations
under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker
activities as subsequently authorized, $343,356,000.
To carry out the activities for grants to States under paragraph
(3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of
1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker activities as subse-
quently authorized, $96,844,000.
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The funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred
to and merged with the Department of Health and Human Services,
‘‘Aging Services Programs’’, for the same purposes and the same
period as the account to which transferred, following the enactment
of legislation authorizing the administration of the program by
that Department.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment
benefit payments and allowances under part I; and for training,
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State adminis-
trative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2,
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $349,000,000, together
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the
subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent
to September 15 of the current year.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OPERATIONS
For authorized administrative expenses, $173,452,000, together
with not to exceed $3,322,476,000 (including not to exceed
$1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States
which had independent retirement plans in their State employment
service agencies prior to 1980, and including not to exceed
$2,000,000 which may be obligated in contracts with non-State
entities for activities such as occupational and test research activi-
ties which benefit the Federal-State Employment Service System),
which may be expended from the Employment Security Administra-
tion account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost
of administering section 1201 of the Small Business Job Protection
Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended,
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990,
and the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of
which the sums available in the allocation for activities authorized
by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
502–504), and the sums available in the allocation for necessary
administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall
be available for obligation by the States through December 31,
1998, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall
be available for obligation by States through September 30, 2000;
and of which $40,000,000 of the amount which may be expended
from said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period
October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999, for the purpose of
assisting States to convert their automated State employment secu-
rity agency systems to be year 2000 compliant; and of which
$173,452,000, together with not to exceed $738,283,000 of the
amount which may be expended from said trust fund, shall be
available for obligation for the period July 1, 1998 through June
30, 1999, to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as
amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39
U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of allotments
for such purpose, and of which $200,000,000 shall be available
solely for the purpose of assisting States to convert their automated
State employment security agency systems to be year 2000 compli-
ant, and of which $196,333,000 shall be available only to the extent
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necessary for additional State allocations to administer unemploy-
ment compensation laws to finance increases in the number of
unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or changes
in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average
Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 1998 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,789,000 an additional
$28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every 100,000
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any
increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to
establish a national one-stop career center network may be obligated
in contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities
authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title
III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund
integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87.
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act,
as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as
authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, section 104(d) of Public Law 102–164, and section
5 of Public Law 103–6, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits
and allowances’’ account, to remain available until September 30,
1999, $392,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September
15, 1998, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $90,308,000, including $6,000,000 to support up to 75 full-
time equivalent staff, the majority of which will be term Federal
appointments lasting no more than three years, to administer wel-
fare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed $41,285,000, which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, $82,000,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain
available through September 30, 1999 for expenses of completing
the revision of the processing of employee benefit plan returns.