(B) the identity of each entity that pro-
vided counseling, training, or services to any
participant under subsection (f) and a descrip-
tion of the counseling, training, or services so
provided;
(C) the number of participants who left the
program before completing the program and the
reasons therefore;
(D) the number of participants who did
and did not secure unsubsidized employment
during—
(i) the 60-day period beginning on the
date that such participant completed the
program; and
(ii) the 60-day period beginning on
the date that such participant completed
the plan of services described in subsection
(f); and
(E) information regarding the unsubsidized
employment secured by participants during the
periods described in subparagraph (D), includ-
ing industry, occupation, starting wages and
hours, availability of employer sponsored health
insurance, and sick and vacation leave.
(h) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
a study regarding the employment and earnings sta-
tus of program participants as of the date which is
12 months after the date such participant completes
the plan of services described in subsection (f).
(2) STATISTICAL
SAMPLING.—The Secretary
shall conduct the study under paragraph (1) by
using such method of statistical sampling as the
Secretary determines appropriate to obtain an accu-
rate representation of the employment and earnings
status of all program participants.
(3) GRANTEE
COOPERATION.—Each grantee
shall provide such information as the Secretary may
request for purposes of carrying out this subsection.
(4) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a re-
port to Congress describing the results of the study
conducted under paragraph (1) and including such
conclusions, analysis, and recommendations as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
(i) DEADLINE
FOR
EXPENDITURE
OF
GRANT
FUNDS.—
(1) RETURN
OF
UNEXPENDED
FUNDS.—A
grantee to which funds are provided under this sec-
tion shall remit to the Secretary any portion of such
funds which are not expended within 3 years after
date on which such funds are received by the grant-
ee, except to the extent that the grantee dem-
onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that
the grantee had good cause for not expending the
funds.
(2) 
REDISTRIBUTION
OF
UNEXPENDED
FUNDS.—The Secretary shall redistribute any funds
remitted under paragraph (1) among other eligible
applicants who have not received a grant under this
section.
(j) REGULATIONS AND NONCOMPLIANCE.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Within 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary
to carry out this section, including procedures for
the reporting of alleged violations of this section and
remedies for such violations.
(2) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a grantee fails to
comply with any requirement of this title, the Sec-
retary may take such actions as are necessary to ob-
tain reimbursement of any grant funds which were
misused or remain unused.
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—The term ‘‘eligible
applicant’’ means any of the following:
(A) A unit of local government.
(B) A community-based non-profit organi-
zation.
(C) A labor organization.
(D) An Indian tribe (as defined in section
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)).
(E) A community, technical, or vocational
college.
(F) A local welfare, human service, or
workforce development agency.
(G) An entity determined to be appropriate
by the Secretary.
(H) A combination of the entities described
in this paragraph.
(2) ELIGIBLE RURAL AREA.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall define the term ‘‘eligible rural
area’’ for purposes of this section.
(B) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—The 
Secretary
shall consider including in the definition the fol-
lowing factors:
(i) Poverty level.
(ii) Trends pertaining to persistent
poverty, joblessness, and population loss.
(iii) Loss of agricultural or other nat-
ural resource-based employment.
(iv) Significant labor market depend-
ency on a single industry sector.
(l) APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary
$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through
2007 to carry out this section.
(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of any amount made avail-
able under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not more
than 10 percent of such amount may be used by the
Secretary for administrative expenses and evalua-
tions.
SEC. 4. GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT RURAL WORKFORCE IN-
VESTMENT PLANS.
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(1) to provide rural communities with flexible
resources to address labor market and workforce de-
ficiencies;
(2) to implement innovative community and
workforce development strategies that strengthen
rural economies and provide low-income individuals
with jobs that will enable them to become economi-
cally independent; and
(3) to provide the targeted resources necessary
to ensure that rural, economically depressed regions
do not continue to fall behind urban and suburban
regions in welfare reform efforts.
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Health
and Human Services (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’) shall make grants among eligible applicants,
on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section.
(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An entity desir-
ing to receive a grant under this section shall submit to
the Secretary an application at such time and in such form
and manner as the Secretary may require. Any such appli-
cation shall include a proposed rural workforce investment
plan described in subsection (d).
(d) RURAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PLAN.—
(1) PLAN
REQUIREMENTS.—Any rural work-
force investment plan submitted by the applicant
shall include—
(A) a description of the workforce needs of
the eligible rural area;
(B) a description of the basic services in
the eligible rural area that are available to as-
sist low-income individuals in achieving eco-
nomic security and stability;
(C) a description of the opportunities for
economic diversification and innovation in the
eligible rural area, with particular attention to
entrepreneurial support and innovation;
(D) a description of the current and future
human resource capacity of the eligible rural
area;
(E) an identification of innovative public
and private collaborations in the eligible rural
area that will build workforce capacity and pro-
vide low-income individuals with support in
achieving economic stability and security;
(F) a clear explanation of how the pro-
posed activities and use of grant funds will in-
crease the ability of low-income individuals to
get and keep jobs that lead to economic security
and stability;
(G) an identification of the entity which
will manage any grant funds awarded to such
applicant; and
(H) a listing of annual performance goals
and a description of the strategies to be used to
meet such goals.
(2) WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT
ACTIVITIES.—
The activities proposed to be carried out with grant
funds under the plan may include activities to—
(A) support the development and training
of rural workforces to facilitate the transition of
individuals from welfare to work and their
movement into jobs that provide them opportu-
nities for advancement;
(B) provide assistance to entities in the eli-
gible rural area that provide workforce develop-
ment services;
(C) assist with job training, workforce de-
velopment, and other needs related to the devel-
opment and maintenance of strong local and re-
gional economies including such facilities, infra-
structure, and other physical assets as are de-
termined by the Secretary;
(D) assist in the development of collabora-
tions that link public, private, and philanthropic
resources to achieve solutions to rural workforce
problems and enable low-income individuals re-
siding in rural areas to move from dependency
to economic security; and
(E) provide funds that will enable commu-
nities to solve problems associated with the dis-
tance between rural residents and available
jobs.
(e) BASIS FOR COMPETITION.—
(1) DETERMINATIONS
BY
SECRETARY.—The
Secretary shall not make a grant to an eligible appli-
cant under this section unless the Secretary has de-
termined that—
(A) the plan submitted by the applicant
meets the requirements of subsection (d);
(B) the management and organizational
structure of the applicant is sufficient to over-
see plan activities;
(C) the applicant is able to provide the
grantee share required by subsection (g);
(D) the applicant agrees to achieve, to the
maximum extent practicable, the annual per-
formance goals referred to in subsection
(d)(1)(H);
(E) the grant will not supplant non-Fed-
eral funds currently expended to support the
purposes of this section;
(F) the entity identified by the applicant to
manage the grant funds meets such require-
ments as the Secretary shall establish to ensure
that such entity is qualified and reliable; and
(G) the applicant and the plan of such ap-
plicant adequately represents the interests of all
demographic groups in the eligible rural area.
(2) PREFERENCES.—In awarding grants under
this section, the Secretary shall give a preference to
eligible applicants—
(A) that exhibit entrepreneurial innovation,
particularly in a public-private partnership;
(B) that represent a broad coalition of in-
terests described in subparagraphs (A) through
(G) of section 3(k)(1);
(C) that address deficiencies in job pro-
motion, job retention, and workforce develop-
ment services;
(D) that encourage economic diversifica-
tion in the eligible rural area;
(E) whose rural workforce investment plan
strengthens workforce and community develop-
ment so that low-income people can get and
keep jobs that will enable them to increase their
earnings and economic independence and sta-
bility;
(F) from communities or regions where the
unemployment or poverty rate exceeds 120 per-
cent of the national average unemployment or
poverty rate;
(G) from the rural counties which are most
isolated from a population center;
(H) whose rural workforce investment plan
provides for collaboration and coordination with
local Workforce Investment Boards established
pursuant to section 117 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, and transitional jobs
programs established under section 3 of this
Act; and
(I) whose rural workforce investment plan
addresses other workforce development needs
identified by the Secretary.
(f) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each grantee shall use
the grant funds to—
(1) implement the rural workforce investment
plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (e);
and
(2) prepare the annual reports described in sub-
section (h).
(g) COST SHARING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each grantee shall provide
cash, services, materials, and other contributions
(excluding grant funds), which have a combined
value of not less than 25 percent of the grant funds,
to carry out the activities described in subsection (f).
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re-
quirement of paragraph (1) with respect to any
grantee if the Secretary determines that such re-
quirement would create a barrier to full participation
in the program.
(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—With respect to each year
covered by the workforce investment plan, each grantee
shall submit to the Secretary a report at such time and
in such form and manner as the Secretary may require.
Each such report shall include a description of the grant-
ee’s success or failure in meeting the annual performance
goals referred to in subsection (d)(1)(H).
(i) DUTIES
OF
THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary
shall—
(1) provide advice and technical assistance to
applicants and grantees regarding workforce devel-
opment and the means by which to assist rural low-
income individuals and families attain jobs, develop
(1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—The term ‘‘eligible
applicant’’ means a consortium of entities described
in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 3(k)(1)
which represent the public, nonprofit, and private
sector interests in the eligible rural area, including
the interests of demographic groups which compose
such sectors.
(2) ELIGIBLE RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘eligible
rural area’’ has the meaning given such term under
section 3(k)(2).
(l) APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
there are appropriated to the Secretary $75,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007 to carry out this
section.
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