In the Senate of the United States,
October 6 (legislative day, October 2), 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2614) entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the reading
and literacy skills of children and families by improving in-
service instructional practices for teachers who teach reading,
to stimulate the development of more high-quality family lit-
eracy programs, to support extended learning-time opportuni-
ties for children, to ensure that children can read well and
independently not later than third grade, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reading Excellence Act’’.
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entifically based reading research, including findings
relating to phonemic awareness, systematic phonics,
fluency, and reading comprehension.
‘‘(4) To expand the number of high-quality fam-
ily literacy programs.
‘‘(5) To provide early literacy intervention to
children who are experiencing reading difficulties in
order to reduce the number of children who are incor-
rectly identified as a child with a disability and in-
appropriately referred to special education.
‘‘SEC. 2252. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROVIDER.—The term ‘eligible professional develop-
ment provider’ means a provider of professional devel-
opment in reading instruction to teachers that is
based on scientifically based reading research.
‘‘(2) FAMILY
LITERACY
SERVICES.—The term
‘family literacy services’ means services provided to
participants on a voluntary basis that are of suffi-
cient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient du-
ration, to make sustainable changes in a family, and
that integrate all of the following activities:
‘‘(A) Interactive literacy activities between
parents and their children.
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‘‘(B) Training for parents regarding how to
be the primary teacher for their children and full
partners in the education of their children.
‘‘(C) Parent literacy training that leads to
economic self-sufficiency.
‘‘(D) An age-appropriate education to pre-
pare children for success in school and life expe-
riences.
‘‘(3) INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.—The term ‘instruc-
tional staff’—
‘‘(A) means individuals who have respon-
sibility for teaching children to read; and
‘‘(B) includes principals, teachers, super-
visors of instruction, librarians, library school
media specialists, teachers of academic subjects
other than reading, and other individuals who
have responsibility for assisting children to learn
to read.
‘‘(4) READING.—The term ‘reading’ means a
complex system of deriving meaning from print that
requires all of the following:
‘‘(A) The skills and knowledge to under-
stand how phonemes, or speech sounds, are con-
nected to print.
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‘‘(B) The ability to decode unfamiliar
words.
‘‘(C) The ability to read fluently.
‘‘(D) Sufficient background information
and vocabulary to foster reading comprehension.
‘‘(E) The development of appropriate active
strategies to construct meaning from print.
‘‘(F) The development and maintenance of a
motivation to read.
‘‘(5) 
SCIENTIFICALLY
BASED
READING
RE-
SEARCH.—The term ‘scientifically based reading re-
search’—
‘‘(A) means the application of rigorous, sys-
tematic, and objective procedures to obtain valid
knowledge relevant to reading development, read-
ing instruction, and reading difficulties; and
‘‘(B) shall include research that—
‘‘(i) employs systematic, empirical
methods that draw on observation or experi-
ment;
‘‘(ii) involves rigorous data analyses
that are adequate to test the stated
hypotheses and justify the general conclu-
sions drawn;
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‘‘(iii) relies on measurements or obser-
vational methods that provide valid data
across evaluators and observers and across
multiple measurements and observations;
and
‘‘(iv) has been accepted by a peer-re-
viewed journal or approved by a panel of
independent experts through a comparably
rigorous, objective, and scientific review.
‘‘SEC. 2253. READING AND LITERACY GRANTS TO STATE
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of
this part, the Secretary shall award grants to State
educational agencies to carry out the reading and lit-
eracy activities authorized under this section and sec-
tions 2254 through 2256.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) SINGLE GRANT PER STATE.—A State
educational agency may not receive more than
one grant under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) 3-YEAR TERM.—A State educational
agency that receives a grant under paragraph
(1) may expend the funds provided under the
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grant only during the 3-year period beginning
on the date on which the grant is made.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
that desires to receive a grant under this part shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time
and in such form as the Secretary may require. The
application shall contain the information described in
paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application under this sub-
section shall contain the following:
‘‘(A) An assurance that the Governor of the
State, in consultation with the State educational
agency, has established a reading and literacy
partnership described in subsection (d), and a
description of how such partnership—
‘‘(i) assisted in the development of the
State plan;
‘‘(ii) will be involved in advising on
the selection of subgrantees under sections
2255 and 2256; and
‘‘(iii) will assist in the oversight and
evaluation of such subgrantees.
‘‘(B) A description of the following:
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‘‘(i) How the State educational agency
will ensure that professional development
activities related to reading instruction and
provided under this part are—
‘‘(I) coordinated with other State
and local level funds and used effec-
tively to improve instructional prac-
tices for reading; and
‘‘(II) based on scientifically based
reading research.
‘‘(ii) How the activities assisted under
this part will address the needs of teachers
and other instructional staff, and will effec-
tively teach students to read, in schools re-
ceiving assistance under section 2255 and
2256.
‘‘(iii) The extent to which the activities
will prepare teachers in all the major com-
ponents of reading instruction (including
phonemic awareness, systematic phonics,
fluency, and reading comprehension).
‘‘(iv) How the State educational agen-
cy will use technology to enhance reading
and literacy professional development ac-
tivities for teachers, as appropriate.
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‘‘(v) How parents can participate in
literacy-related activities assisted under this
part to enhance their children’s reading.
‘‘(vi) How subgrants made by the State
educational agency under sections 2255 and
2256 will meet the requirements of this
part, including how the State educational
agency will ensure that subgrantees will use
practices based on scientifically based read-
ing research.
‘‘(vii) How the State educational agen-
cy will, to the extent practicable, make
grants to subgrantees in both rural and
urban areas.
‘‘(viii) The process that the State used
to establish the reading and literacy part-
nership described in subsection (d).
‘‘(C) An assurance that each local edu-
cational agency to which the State educational
agency makes a subgrant—
‘‘(i) will provide professional develop-
ment for the classroom teacher and other
appropriate instructional staff on the teach-
ing of reading based on scientifically based
reading research;
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‘‘(ii) will provide family literacy serv-
ices based on programs such as the Even
Start family literacy model authorized
under part B of title I, to enable parents to
be their child’s first and most important
teacher;
‘‘(iii) will carry out programs to assist
those kindergarten students who are not
ready for the transition to first grade, par-
ticularly students experiencing difficulty
with reading skills; and
‘‘(iv) will use supervised individuals
(including tutors), who have been appro-
priately trained using scientifically based
reading research, to provide additional sup-
port, before school, after school, on weekends,
during noninstructional periods of the
school day, or during the summer, for chil-
dren preparing to enter kindergarten and
students in kindergarten through grade 3
who are experiencing difficulty reading.
‘‘(D) An assurance that instruction in read-
ing will be provided to children with reading dif-
ficulties who—
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‘‘(i) are at risk of being referred to spe-
cial education based on these difficulties; or
‘‘(ii) have been evaluated under section
614 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act but, in accordance with sec-
tion 614(b)(5) of such Act, have not been
identified as being a child with a disability
(as defined in section 602 of the such Act).
‘‘(E) A description of how the State edu-
cational agency—
‘‘(i) will build on, and promote coordi-
nation among, literacy programs in the
State (including federally funded programs
such as the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act and the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act), in order to in-
crease the effectiveness of the programs in
improving reading for adults and children
and to avoid duplication of the efforts of the
programs;
‘‘(ii) will promote reading and library
programs that provide access to engaging
reading material;
‘‘(iii) will make local educational
agencies described in sections 2255(a)(1)
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and 2256(a)(1) aware of the availability of
subgrants under sections 2255 and 2256;
and
‘‘(iv) will assess and evaluate, on a
regular basis, local educational agency ac-
tivities assisted under this part, with re-
spect to whether they have been effective in
achieving the purposes of this part.
‘‘(F) A description of the evaluation instru-
ment the State educational agency will use for
purposes of the assessments and evaluations
under subparagraph (E)(iv).
‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall approve
an application of a State educational agency under
this section only—
‘‘(A) if such application meets the require-
ment of this section; and
‘‘(B) after taking into account the extent to
which the application furthers the purposes of
this part and the overall quality of the applica-
tion.
‘‘(2) PEER REVIEW.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the National Institute for Lit-
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eracy, shall convene a panel to evaluate applica-
tions under this section. At a minimum, the
panel shall include—
‘‘(i) representatives of the National In-
stitute for Literacy, the National Research
Council of the National Academy of
Sciences, and the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development;
‘‘(ii) 3 individuals selected by the Sec-
retary;
‘‘(iii) 3 individuals selected by the Na-
tional Institute for Literacy;
‘‘(iv) 3 individuals selected by the Na-
tional Research Council of the National
Academy of Sciences; and
‘‘(v) 3 individuals selected by the Na-
tional Institute of Child Health and
Human Development.
‘‘(B) EXPERTS.—The panel shall include
experts who are competent, by virtue of their
training, expertise, or experience, to evaluate ap-
plications under this section, and experts who
provide professional development to teachers of
reading to children and adults, and experts who
provide professional development to other in-
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structional staff, based on scientifically based
reading research.
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—The panel shall rec-
ommend grant applications from State edu-
cational agencies under this section to the Sec-
retary for funding or for disapproval. In making
such recommendations, the panel shall give pri-
ority to applications from State educational
agencies whose States have modified, are modify-
ing, or provide an assurance that not later than
18 months after receiving a grant under this sec-
tion the State educational agencies will increase
the training and the methods of teaching reading
required for certification as an elementary school
teacher to reflect scientifically based reading re-
search, except that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to establish a national system of teach-
er certification.
‘‘(D) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(i) STATES.—Each State educational
agency selected to receive a grant under this
section shall receive an amount for the
grant period that is not less than $500,000.
‘‘(ii) OUTLYING
AREAS.—The Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands selected to receive a grant under this
section shall receive an amount for the
grant period that is not less than $100,000.
‘‘(E) LIMITATION.—The Republic of the
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro-
nesia, and the Republic of Palau shall not be eli-
gible to receive a grant under this part.
‘‘(d) READING AND LITERACY PARTNERSHIPS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIRED PARTICIPANTS.—In order for a
State educational agency to receive a grant under this
section, the Governor of the State, in consultation
with the State educational agency, shall establish a
reading and literacy partnership consisting of at least
the following participants:
‘‘(A) The Governor of the State.
‘‘(B) The chief State school officer.
‘‘(C) The chairman and the ranking mem-
ber of each committee of the State legislature
that is responsible for education policy.
‘‘(D) A representative, selected jointly by the
Governor and the chief State school officer, of at
least one local educational agency that is eligible
to receive a subgrant under section 2255.
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‘‘(E) A representative, selected jointly by the
Governor and the chief State school officer, of a
community-based organization working with
children to improve their reading skills, particu-
larly a community-based organization using tu-
tors and scientifically based reading research.
‘‘(F) State directors of appropriate Federal
or State programs with a strong reading compo-
nent.
‘‘(G) A parent of a public or private school
student or a parent who educates their child or
children in their home, selected jointly by the
Governor and the chief State school officer.
‘‘(H) A teacher who successfully teaches
reading and an instructional staff member, se-
lected jointly by the Governor and the chief State
school officer.
‘‘(I) A family literacy service provider
jointly by the Governor and the Chief State
School Officer.
‘‘(2) OPTIONAL PARTICIPANTS.—A reading and
literacy partnership may include additional partici-
pants, who shall be selected jointly by the Governor
and the chief State school officer, and who may in-
clude a representative of—
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‘‘(A) an institution of higher education op-
erating a program of teacher preparation based
on scientifically based reading research in the
State;
‘‘(B) a local educational agency;
‘‘(C) a private nonprofit or for-profit eligi-
ble professional development provider providing
instruction based on scientifically based reading
research;
‘‘(D) an adult education provider;
‘‘(E) a volunteer organization that is in-
volved in reading programs; or
‘‘(F) a school library or a public library
that offers reading or literacy programs for chil-
dren or families.
‘‘(3) PREEXISTING PARTNERSHIP.—If, before the
date of the enactment of the Reading Excellence Act,
a State established a consortium, partnership, or any
other similar body, that includes the Governor and
the chief State school officer and has, as a central
part of its mission, the promotion of literacy for chil-
dren in their early childhood years through the 3d
grade and family literacy services, but that does not
satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1), the State
may elect to treat that consortium, partnership, or
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body as the reading and literacy partnership for the
State notwithstanding such paragraph, and it shall
be considered a reading and literacy partnership for
purposes of the other provisions of this part.
‘‘SEC. 2254. USE OF AMOUNTS BY STATE EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.
‘‘A State educational agency that receives a grant
under section 2253—
‘‘(1) shall use not more than 5 percent of the
funds made available under the grant for the admin-
istrative costs of carrying out this part (excluding
section 2256), of which not more than 2 percent may
be used to carry out section 2259; and
‘‘(2) shall use not more than 15 percent of the
funds made available under the grant to solicit appli-
cations for, award, and oversee the performance of,
not less than one subgrant pursuant to section 2256.
‘‘SEC. 2255. LOCAL READING IMPROVEMENT SUBGRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS.—A State educational agency
that receives a grant under section 2253 shall make
subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local educational
agencies that either—
‘‘(A) have at least one school that is identi-
fied for school improvement under section
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1116(c) in the geographic area served by the
agency;
‘‘(B) have the largest, or second largest,
number of children who are counted under sec-
tion 1124(c), in comparison to all other local
educational agencies in the State; or
‘‘(C) have the highest, or second highest,
school-age child poverty rate, in comparison to
all other local educational agencies in the State.
For purposes of subparagraph (C), the term ‘school-
age child poverty rate’ means the number of children
counted under section 1124(c) who are living within
the geographic boundaries of the local educational
agency, expressed as a percentage of the total number
of children aged 5-17 years living within the geo-
graphic boundaries of the local educational agency.
‘‘(2) SUBGRANT
AMOUNT.—A subgrant under
this section shall consist of an amount sufficient to
enable the subgrant recipient to operate a program
for a 2-year period and may not be revoked or termi-
nated on the grounds that a school ceases, during the
grant period, to meet the requirements of subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1).
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—A local educational agency that
desires to receive a subgrant under this section shall submit
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an application to the State educational agency at such
time, in such manner, and including such information as
the agency may require. The application—
‘‘(1) shall describe how the local educational
agency will work with schools selected by the agency
to receive assistance under subsection (d)(1)—
‘‘(A) to select one or more programs of read-
ing instruction, developed using scientifically
based reading research, to improve reading in-
struction by all academic teachers for all chil-
dren in each of the schools selected by the agency
under such subsection and, where appropriate,
for their parents; and
‘‘(B) to enter into an agreement with a per-
son or entity responsible for the development of
each program selected under subparagraph (A),
or a person with experience or expertise about
the program and its implementation, under
which the person or entity agrees to work with
the local educational agency and the schools in
connection with such implementation and im-
provement efforts;
‘‘(2) shall include an assurance that the local
educational agency—
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‘‘(A) will carry out professional develop-
ment for the classroom teacher and other instruc-
tional staff on the teaching of reading based on
scientifically based reading research;
‘‘(B) will provide family literacy services
based on programs such as the Even Start fam-
ily literacy model authorized under part B of
title I, to enable parents to be their child’s first
and most important teacher;
‘‘(C) will carry out programs to assist those
kindergarten students who are not ready for the
transition to first grade, particularly students
experiencing difficulty with reading skills; and
‘‘(D) will use supervised individuals (in-
cluding tutors), who have been appropriately
trained using scientifically based reading re-
search, to provide additional support, before
school, after school, on weekends, during non-
instructional periods of the school day, or during
the summer, for children preparing to enter kin-
dergarten and students in kindergarten through
grade 3 who are experiencing difficulty reading;
‘‘(3) shall describe how the applicant will ensure
that funds available under this part, and funds avail-
able for reading instruction for kindergarten through
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grade 6 from other appropriate sources, are effectively
coordinated, and, where appropriate, integrated with
funds under this Act in order to improve existing ac-
tivities in the areas of reading instruction, profes-
sional development, program improvement, parental
involvement, technical assistance, and other activities
that can help meet the purposes of this part;
‘‘(4) shall describe, if appropriate, how parents,
tutors, and early childhood education providers will
be assisted by, and participate in, literacy-related ac-
tivities receiving financial assistance under this part
to enhance children’s reading fluency;
‘‘(5) shall describe how the local educational
agency—
‘‘(A) provides instruction in reading to chil-
dren with reading difficulties who—
‘‘(i) are at risk of being referred to spe-
cial education based on these difficulties; or
‘‘(ii) have been evaluated under section
614 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act but, in accordance with sec-
tion 614(b)(5) of such Act, have not been
identified as being a child with a disability
(as defined in section 602 of the such Act);
and
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‘‘(B) will promote reading and library pro-
grams that provide access to engaging reading
material; and
‘‘(6) shall include an assurance that the local
educational agency will make available, upon request
and in an understandable and uniform format, to
any parent of a student attending any school selected
to receive assistance under subsection (d)(1) in the ge-
ographic area served by the local educational agency,
information regarding the professional qualifications
of the student’s classroom teacher to provide instruc-
tion in reading.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—To the extent feasible, a local
educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this
section shall form a partnership with one or more commu-
nity-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness in
early childhood literacy, and reading readiness, reading in-
struction, and reading achievement for both adults and chil-
dren, such as a Head Start program, family literacy pro-
gram, public library, or adult education program, to carry
out the functions described in paragraphs (1) through (6)
of subsection (b). In evaluating subgrant applications under
this section, a State educational agency shall consider
whether the applicant has satisfied the requirement in the
preceding sentence. If not, the applicant must provide infor-
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mation on why it would not have been feasible for the appli-
cant to have done so.
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a
local educational agency that receives a subgrant
under this section shall use amounts from the
subgrant to carry out activities to advance reform of
reading instruction in any school that (A) is de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A), (B) has the largest, or
second largest, number of children who are counted
under section 1124(c), in comparison to all other
schools in the local educational agency, or (C) has the
highest, or second highest, school-age child poverty
rate (as defined in the second sentence of subsection
(a)(1)), in comparison to all other schools in the local
educational agency. Such activities shall include the
following:
‘‘(A) Securing technical and other assist-
ance from—
‘‘(i) a program of reading instruction
based on scientifically based reading re-
search;
‘‘(ii) a person or entity with experience
or expertise about such program and its im-
plementation, who has agreed to work with
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the recipient in connection with its imple-
mentation; or
‘‘(iii) a program providing family lit-
eracy services.
‘‘(B) Providing professional development ac-
tivities to teachers and other instructional staff
(including training of tutors), using scientif-
ically based reading research and purchasing of
curricular and other supporting materials.
‘‘(C) Promoting reading and library pro-
grams that provide access to engaging reading
material.
‘‘(D) Providing, on a voluntary basis,
training to parents of children enrolled in a
school selected to receive assistance under sub-
section (d)(1) on how to help their children with
school work, particularly in the development of
reading skills. Such training may be provided
directly by the subgrant recipient, or through a
grant or contract with another person. Such
training shall be consistent with reading reforms
taking place in the school setting. No parent
shall be required to participate in such training.
‘‘(E) Carrying out family literacy services
based on programs such as the Even Start fam-
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ily literacy model authorized under part B of
title I, to enable parents to be their child’s first
and most important teacher.
‘‘(F) Providing instruction for parents of
children enrolled in a school selected to receive
assistance under subsection (d)(1), and others
who volunteer to be reading tutors for such chil-
dren, in the instructional practices based on sci-
entifically based reading research used by the ap-
plicant.
‘‘(G) Programs to assist those kindergarten
students enrolled in a school selected to receive
assistance under subsection (d)(1) who are not
ready for the transition to first grade, particu-
larly students experiencing difficulty with read-
ing skills.
‘‘(H) Providing additional support for chil-
dren preparing to enter kindergarten and stu-
dents in kindergarten through grade 3 who are
enrolled in a school selected to receive assistance
under subsection (d)(1), who are experiencing
difficulty reading, before school, after school, on
weekends, during noninstructional periods of the
school day, or during the summer, using super-
vised individuals (including tutors), who have
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been appropriately trained using scientifically
based reading research.
‘‘(I) Providing instruction in reading to
children with reading difficulties who—
‘‘(i) are at risk of being referred to spe-
cial education based on these difficulties; or
‘‘(ii) have been evaluated under section
614 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act but, in accordance with sec-
tion 614(b)(5) of such Act, have not been
identified as being a child with a disability
(as defined in section 602 of the such Act).
‘‘(J) Providing coordination of reading, li-
brary, and literacy programs within the local
educational agency to avoid duplication and in-
crease the effectiveness of reading, library, and
literacy activities.
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—A recipient of a subgrant under this section
may use not more than 5 percent of the subgrant
funds for administrative costs.
‘‘(e) TRAINING NONRECIPIENTS.—A recipient of a
subgrant under this section may train, on a fee-for-service
basis, personnel from schools, or local educational agencies,
that are not a beneficiary of, or receiving, such a subgrant,
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in the instructional practices based on scientifically based
reading research used by the recipient. Such a nonrecipient
school or agency may use funds received under title I of
this Act, and other appropriate Federal funds used for read-
ing instruction, to pay for such training, to the extent con-
sistent with the law under which such funds were received.
‘‘SEC. 2256. TUTORIAL ASSISTANCE SUBGRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS.—Except as provided in para-
graph (4), a State educational agency that receives a
grant under section 2253 shall make at least one
subgrant on a competitive basis to—
‘‘(A) local educational agencies that have at
least one school in the geographic area served by
the agency that—
‘‘(i) is located in an area designated as
an empowerment zone under part I of sub-
chapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986; or
‘‘(ii) is located in an area designated
as an enterprise community under part I of
subchapter U of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986;
‘‘(B) local educational agencies that have at
least one school that is identified for school im-
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provement under section 1116(c) in the geo-
graphic area served by the agency;
‘‘(C) local educational agencies with the
largest, or second largest, number of children
who are counted under section 1124(c), in com-
parison to all other local educational agencies in
the State; or
‘‘(D) local educational agencies with the
highest, or second highest, school-age child pov-
erty rate, in comparison to all other local edu-
cational agencies in the State.
For purposes of subparagraph (D), the term ‘school-
age child poverty rate’ means the number of children
counted under section 1124(c) who are living within
the geographic boundaries of the local educational
agency, expressed as a percentage of the total number
of children aged 5-17 years living within the geo-
graphic boundaries of the local educational agency.
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—
‘‘(A) TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—
A State educational agency shall provide notice
to all local educational agencies within the State
regarding the availability of the subgrants under
this section.
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‘‘(B) TO
PROVIDERS
AND
PARENTS.—Not
later than 30 days after the date on which the
State educational agency provides notice under
subparagraph (A), each eligible local educational
agency shall provide public notice to potential
providers of tutorial assistance and parents
within the eligible local educational agency re-
garding the availability of the subgrants under
this section.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency
that desires to receive a subgrant under this section
shall submit an application to the State educational
agency at such time, in such manner, and including
such information as the agency may require. The ap-
plication shall include an assurance that the local
educational agency will use the subgrant funds to
carry out the duties described in subsection (b) for
children enrolled in any school selected by the agency
that (A) is described in paragraph (1)(A), (B) is de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B), (C) has the largest, or
second largest, number of children who are counted
under section 1124(c), in comparison to all other
schools in the local educational agency, or (D) has the
highest, or second highest, school-age child poverty
rate (as defined in the second sentence of paragraph
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(1)), in comparison to all other schools in the local
educational agency.
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION.—If no local educational agency
within the State submits an application to receive a
subgrant under this section within the 6-month period
beginning on the date on which the State educational
agency provided notice to the local educational agen-
cies regarding the availability of the subgrants, the
State educational agency may use funds otherwise re-
served under 2254(2) for the purpose of providing
local reading improvement subgrants under section
2255 if the State educational agency certifies to the
Secretary that the requirements of paragraph (2) have
been met and each local educational agency has dem-
onstrated to the State educational agency that no pro-
viders of tutorial assistance requested a local edu-
cational agency within the State to submit an appli-
cation for a tutorial assistance subgrant under para-
graph (3).
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency
that receives a subgrant under this section shall carry
out, using the funds provided under the subgrant,
each of the duties described in paragraph (2).
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‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The duties described in this
paragraph are the provision of tutorial assistance in
reading, before school, after school, on weekends, or
during the summer, to children who have difficulty
reading, using instructional practices based on sci-
entifically based reading research, through the follow-
ing:
‘‘(A) The creation and implementation of
objective criteria to determine in a uniform
manner the eligibility of tutorial assistance pro-
viders and tutorial assistance programs desiring
to provide tutorial assistance under the subgrant.
Such criteria shall include the following:
‘‘(i) A record of effectiveness with re-
spect to reading readiness, reading instruc-
tion for children in kindergarten through 3d
grade, and early childhood literacy, as ap-
propriate.
‘‘(ii) Location in a geographic area
convenient to the school or schools attended
by the children who will be receiving tuto-
rial assistance.
‘‘(iii) The ability to provide tutoring
in reading to children who have difficulty
reading, using instructional practices based
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on scientifically based reading research and
consistent with the reading instructional
methods and content used by the school the
child attends.
‘‘(B) The provision, to parents of a child el-
igible to receive tutorial assistance pursuant to
this section, of multiple choices among tutorial
assistance providers and tutorial assistance pro-
grams determined to be eligible under the cri-
teria described in subparagraph (A). Such
choices shall include a school-based program and
at least one tutorial assistance program operated
by a provider pursuant to a contract with the
local educational agency.
‘‘(C) The development of procedures—
‘‘(i) for the provision of information to
parents of an eligible child regarding such
parents’ choices for tutorial assistance for
the child;
‘‘(ii) for considering children for tuto-
rial assistance who are identified under
subparagraph (D) and for whom no parent
has selected a tutorial assistance provider or
tutorial assistance program that give such
parents additional opportunities to select a
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tutorial assistance provider or tutorial as-
sistance program referred to in subpara-
graph (B); and
‘‘(iii) that permit a local educational
agency to recommend a tutorial assistance
provider or tutorial assistance program in
a case where a parent asks for assistance in
the making of such selection.
‘‘(D) The development of a selection process
for providing tutorial assistance in accordance
with this paragraph that limits the provision of
assistance to children identified, by the school the
child attends, as having difficulty reading, in-
cluding difficulty mastering phonemic aware-
ness, systematic phonics, fluency, and reading
comprehension.
‘‘(E) The development of procedures for se-
lecting children to receive tutorial assistance, to
be used in cases where insufficient funds are
available to provide assistance with respect to all
children identified by a school under subpara-
graph (D), that—
‘‘(i) give priority to children who are
determined, through State or local reading
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assessments, to be most in need of tutorial
assistance; and
‘‘(ii) give priority, in cases where chil-
dren are determined, through State or local
reading assessments, to be equally in need of
tutorial assistance, based on a random se-
lection principle.
‘‘(F) The development of a methodology by
which payments are made directly to tutorial as-
sistance providers who are identified and selected
pursuant to this section and selected for funding.
Such methodology shall include the making of a
contract, consistent with State and local law, be-
tween the provider and the local educational
agency. Such contract shall satisfy the following
requirements:
‘‘(i) It shall contain specific goals and
timetables with respect to the performance
of the tutorial assistance provider.
‘‘(ii) It shall require the tutorial assist-
ance provider to report to the local edu-
cational agency on the provider’s perform-
ance in meeting such goals and timetables.
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‘‘(iii) It shall specify the measurement
techniques that will be used to evaluate the
performance of the provider.
‘‘(iv) It shall require the provider to
meet all applicable Federal, State, and local
health, safety, and civil rights laws.
‘‘(v) It shall ensure that the tutorial
assistance provided under the contract is
consistent with reading instruction and
content used by the local educational agen-
cy.
‘‘(vi) It shall contain an agreement by
the provider that information regarding the
identity of any child eligible for, or enrolled
in the program, will not be publicly dis-
closed without the permission of a parent of
the child.
‘‘(vii) It shall include the terms of an
agreement between the provider and the
local educational agency with respect to the
provider’s purchase and maintenance of
adequate general liability insurance.
‘‘(viii) It shall contain provisions with
respect to the making of payments to the
provider by the local educational agency.
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‘‘(G) The development of procedures under
which the local educational agency carrying out
this paragraph—
‘‘(i) will ensure oversight of the quality
and effectiveness of the tutorial assistance
provided by each tutorial assistance pro-
vider that is selected for funding;
‘‘(ii) will provide for the termination
of contracts with ineffective and unsuccess-
ful tutorial assistance providers (as deter-
mined by the local educational agency based
upon the performance of the provider with
respect to the goals and timetables con-
tained in the contract between the agency
and the provider under subparagraph (F));
‘‘(iii) will provide to each parent of a
child identified under subparagraph (D)
who requests such information for the pur-
pose of selecting a tutorial assistance pro-
vider for the child, in a comprehensible for-
mat, information with respect to the quality
and effectiveness of the tutorial assistance
referred to in clause (i);
‘‘(iv) will ensure that each school iden-
tifying a child under subparagraph (D) will
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provide upon request, to a parent of the
child, assistance in selecting, from among
the tutorial assistance providers who are
identified pursuant to subparagraph (B) the
provider who is best able to meet the needs
of the child;
‘‘(v) will ensure that parents of a child
receiving tutorial assistance pursuant to
this section are informed of their child’s
progress in the tutorial program; and
‘‘(vi) will ensure that it does not dis-
close the name of any child who may be eli-
gible for tutorial assistance pursuant to this
section, the name of any parent of such a
child, or any other personally identifiable
information about such a parent or child, to
any tutorial assistance provider (excluding
the agency itself), without the prior written
consent of such parent.
‘‘SEC. 2257. NATIONAL EVALUATION.
‘‘From funds reserved under section 2260(b)(1), the
Secretary, through grants or contracts, shall conduct a na-
tional assessment of the programs under this part. In devel-
oping the criteria for the assessment, the Secretary shall re-
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ceive recommendations from the peer review panel convened
under section 2253(c)(2).
‘‘SEC. 2258. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds reserved under section
2260(b)(2), the National Institute for Literacy shall dis-
seminate information on scientifically based reading re-
search and information on subgrantee projects under section
2255 or 2256 that have proven effective. At a minimum,
the institute shall disseminate such information to all re-
cipients of Federal financial assistance under titles I and
VII of this Act, the Head Start Act, the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, and the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act.
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the
National Institute for Literacy—
‘‘(1) shall use, to the extent practicable, informa-
tion networks developed and maintained through
other public and private persons, including the Sec-
retary, the National Center for Family Literacy, and
the Readline Program;
‘‘(2) shall work in conjunction with any panel
convened by the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development and the Secretary and any
panel convened by the Office of Educational Research
and Improvement to assess the current status of re-
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search-based knowledge on reading development, in-
cluding the effectiveness of various approaches to
teaching children to read, with respect to determining
the criteria by which the National Institute for Lit-
eracy judges scientifically based reading research and
the design of strategies to disseminate such informa-
tion; and
‘‘(3) may assist any State educational agency se-
lected to receive a grant under section 2253, and that
requests such assistance—
‘‘(A) in determining whether applications
submitted under section 2253 meet the require-
ments of this title relating to scientifically based
reading research; and
‘‘(B) in the development of subgrant appli-
cation forms.
‘‘SEC. 2259. STATE EVALUATIONS; PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
‘‘(a) STATE EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State educational
agency that receives a grant under section 2253 shall
evaluate the success of the agency’s subgrantees in
meeting the purposes of this part. At a minimum, the
evaluation shall measure the extent to which students
who are the intended beneficiaries of the subgrants
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made by the agency have improved their reading
skills.
‘‘(2) CONTRACT.—A State educational agency
shall carry out the evaluation under this subsection
by entering into a contract with an entity that con-
ducts scientifically based reading research, under
which contract the entity will perform the evaluation.
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—A State educational agency
shall submit the findings from the evaluation under
this subsection to the Secretary. The Secretary shall
submit a summary of the findings from the evalua-
tions under this subsection and the national assess-
ment conducted under section 2257 to the appropriate
committees of the Congress, including the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources of the Senate.
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—A State educational
agency that receives a grant under section 2253 shall sub-
mit performance reports to the Secretary pursuant to a
schedule to be determined by the Secretary, but not more
frequently than annually. Such reports shall include—
‘‘(1) with respect to subgrants under section
2255, the program or programs of reading instruc-
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tion, based on scientifically based reading research,
selected by subgrantees;
‘‘(2) the results of use of the evaluation referred
to in section 2253(b)(2)(E)(iv); and
‘‘(3) a description of the subgrantees receiving
funds under this part.
‘‘SEC. 2260. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS; RES-
ERVATIONS FROM APPROPRIATIONS; SUN-
SET.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATIONS.—
‘‘(1) FY 1999.—If the amount appropriated to
carry out the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act for fiscal year 1999 exceeds by at least
$500,000,000 the amount appropriated to carry out
such Act for fiscal year 1998, there are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this part and section
1202(c) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
‘‘(2) FY 2000.—If the amount appropriated to
carry out the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act for fiscal year 2000 exceeds by at least
$500,000,000 the amount appropriated to carry out
such Act for fiscal year 1999, there are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this part and section
1202(c) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
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‘‘(b) RESERVATIONS.—From each of the amounts ap-
propriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary—
‘‘(1) shall reserve 1.5 percent to carry out section
2257(a);
‘‘(2) shall reserve $5,000,000 to carry out section
2258; and
‘‘(3) shall reserve $10,000,000 to carry out sec-
tion 1202(c).
‘‘(c) SUNSET.—Notwithstanding section 422(a) of the
General Education Provisions Act, this part is not subject
to extension under such section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec-
tion 2003 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘title,’’
and inserting ‘‘title (other than part C),’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘part
C’’ and inserting ‘‘part D’’.
(2) PRIORITY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.—Section 2206 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6646) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other
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than part C)’’ after ‘‘for this title’’ each place such
term appears.
(3) REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section
2401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6701) is amended by striking
‘‘under this part’’ each place such term appears and
inserting ‘‘under this title (other than part C)’’.
(4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2402 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6701) is amended by striking ‘‘this part—’’
and inserting ‘‘this title (other than part C)—’’.
(5) 
GENERAL
DEFINITIONS.—Section
14101(10)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(10)(C)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘part C’’ and inserting ‘‘part D’’.
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II—AMENDMENTS 
TO
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FAMILY 
LIT-
ERACY PROGRAMS
SEC. 201. RESERVATION FOR GRANTS.
Section 1202(c) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362(c)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(c) RESERVATION FOR GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From funds re-
served under section 2260(b)(3), the Secretary shall
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award grants, on a competitive basis, to States to en-
able such States to plan and implement statewide
family literacy initiatives to coordinate and, where
appropriate, integrate existing Federal, State, and
local literacy resources consistent with the purposes of
this part. Such coordination and integration shall in-
clude funds available under the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act, the Head Start Act, this part,
part A of this title, and part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act.
‘‘(2) CONSORTIA.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—To receive a grant
under this subsection, a State shall establish a
consortium of State-level programs under the fol-
lowing laws:
‘‘(i) This title (other than part D).
‘‘(ii) The Head Start Act.
‘‘(iii) The Adult Education and Fam-
ily Literacy Act.
‘‘(iv) All other State-funded preschool
programs and programs providing literacy
services to adults.
‘‘(B) PLAN.—To receive a grant under this
subsection, the consortium established by a State
shall create a plan to use a portion of the State’s
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resources, derived from the programs referred to
in subparagraph (A), to strengthen and expand
family literacy services in such State.
‘‘(C) COORDINATION WITH PART C OF TITLE
II.—The consortium shall coordinate its activi-
ties with the activities of the reading and lit-
eracy partnership for the State established under
section 2253(d), if the State educational agency
receives a grant under section 2253.
‘‘(3) READING INSTRUCTION.—Statewide family
literacy initiatives implemented under this subsection
shall base reading instruction on scientifically based
reading research (as such term is defined in section
2252).
‘‘(4) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary
shall provide, directly or through a grant or contract
with an organization with experience in the develop-
ment and operation of successful family literacy serv-
ices, technical assistance to States receiving a grant
under this subsection.
‘‘(5) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary
shall not make a grant to a State under this sub-
section unless the State agrees that, with respect to
the costs to be incurred by the eligible consortium in
carrying out the activities for which the grant was
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awarded, the State will make available non-Federal
contributions in an amount equal to not less than the
Federal funds provided under the grant.’’.
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1202(e) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362(e)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(3) the term ‘family literacy services’ means
services provided to participants on a voluntary basis
that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and
of sufficient duration, to make sustainable changes in
a family, and that integrate all of the following ac-
tivities:
‘‘(A) Interactive literacy activities between
parents and their children.
‘‘(B) Training for parents regarding how to
be the primary teacher for their children and full
partners in the education of their children.
‘‘(C) Parent literacy training that leads to
economic self-sufficiency.
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‘‘(D) An age-appropriate education to pre-
pare children for success in school and life expe-
riences.
SEC. 203. EVALUATION.
Section 1209 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6369) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) to provide States and eligible entities receiv-
ing a subgrant under this part, directly or through a
grant or contract with an organization with experi-
ence in the development and operation of successful
family literacy services, technical assistance to ensure
local evaluations undertaken under section 1205(10)
provide accurate information on the effectiveness of
programs assisted under this part.’’.
SEC. 204. INDICATORS OF PROGRAM QUALITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 1210 as section
1212; and
(2) by inserting after section 1209 the following:
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‘‘SEC. 1210. INDICATORS OF PROGRAM QUALITY.
‘‘Each State receiving funds under this part shall de-
velop, based on the best available research and evaluation
data, indicators of program quality for programs assisted
under this part. Such indicators shall be used to monitor,
evaluate, and improve such programs within the State.
Such indicators shall include the following:
‘‘(1) With respect to eligible participants in a
program who are adults—
‘‘(A) achievement in the areas of reading,
writing, English language acquisition, problem
solving, and numeracy;
‘‘(B) receipt of a high school diploma or a
general equivalency diploma;
‘‘(C) entry into a postsecondary school, job
retraining program, or employment or career
advancement, including the military; and
‘‘(D) such other indicators as the State may
develop.
‘‘(2) With respect to eligible participants in a
program who are children—
‘‘(A) improvement in ability to read on
grade level or reading readiness;
‘‘(B) school attendance;
‘‘(C) grade retention and promotion; and
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‘‘(D) such other indicators as the State may
develop.’’.
(b) STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—Section 1203(a) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6363(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) carrying out section 1210.’’.
(c) AWARD OF SUBGRANTS.—Paragraphs (3) and (4)
of section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368) are amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(3) CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding
subgrant funds to continue a program under this part
for the second, third, or fourth year, the State edu-
cational agency shall evaluate the program based on
the indicators of program quality developed by the
State under section 1210. Such evaluation shall take
place after the conclusion of the startup period, if
any.
‘‘(4) INSUFFICIENT PROGRESS.—The State edu-
cational agency may refuse to award subgrant funds
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if such agency finds that the eligible entity has not
sufficiently improved the performance of the program,
as evaluated based on the indicators of program qual-
ity developed by the State under section 1210, after—
‘‘(A) providing technical assistance to the
eligible entity; and
‘‘(B) affording the eligible entity notice and
an opportunity for a hearing.’’.
SEC. 205. RESEARCH.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, as amended by section 204 of this Act, is further
amended by inserting after section 1210 the following:
‘‘SEC. 1211. RESEARCH.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out,
through grant or contract, research into the components of
successful family literacy services, to use—
‘‘(1) to improve the quality of existing programs
assisted under this part or other family literacy pro-
grams carried out under this Act or the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act; and
‘‘(2) to develop models for new programs to be
carried out under this Act or the Adult Education
and Family Literacy Act.
‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION.—The National Institute for Lit-
eracy shall disseminate, pursuant to section 2258, the re-
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sults of the research described in subsection (a) to States
and recipients of subgrants under this part.’’.
TITLE III—REPEALS
SEC. 301. REPEAL OF CERTAIN UNFUNDED EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
(a) COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS.—The Com-
munity School Partnership Act (contained in part B of title
V of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 (20
U.S.C. 1070 note) is repealed.
(b) EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DIS-
SEMINATION, AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1994.—Section
941(j) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemi-
nation, and Improvement Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6041(j))
is repealed.
(c) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF
1965.—The following provisions are repealed:
(1) INNOVATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRANSI-
TION
PROJECTS.—Section 1503 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6493).
(2) DE LUGO TERRITORIAL EDUCATION IMPROVE-
MENT PROGRAM.—Part H of title X of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8221 et seq.).
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(3) EXTENDED TIME FOR LEARNING AND LONGER
SCHOOL YEAR.—Part L of title X of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
8351).
(4) TERRITORIAL ASSISTANCE.—Part M of title
X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8371).
(d) FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR SCHOOLS.—
The Family and Community Endeavor Schools Act (42
U.S.C. 13792) is repealed.
(e) GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT.—Sub-
sections (b) and (d)(1) of section 601 of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5951) are repealed.
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AND
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
SEC. 401. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.
(1) Section 111(c) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 is amended by striking ‘‘CHAIRMAN’’ and
inserting ‘‘CHAIRPERSON’’.
(2) Section 112(c)(1) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’.
(3) Section 116(a)(3)(D)(ii)(I)(aa) of such Act is
amended by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’.
(4) Section 117 of such Act is amended—
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(A) in subsection (f)(1)(D), by striking
‘‘State’’ and inserting ‘‘Governor’’; and
(B) in subsection (i)(1)(D)(ii), by striking
subclause (II), and inserting the following:
‘‘(II) other representatives of employees
in the local area (for a local area in which
no employees are represented by such orga-
nizations).’’.
(5) Section 134(d)(4)(F) of such Act is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) 
INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING
AC-
COUNTS.—An individual who seeks training
services and who is eligible pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A), may, in consultation with a
case manager, select an eligible provider of
training services from the list or identifying
information for providers described in
clause (ii)(I). Upon such selection, the one-
stop operator involved shall, to the extent
practicable, refer such individual to the eli-
gible provider of training services, and ar-
range for payment for such services through
an individual training account.’’.
(6) Section 159 of such Act is amended—
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(A) in subsections (c)(1)(G) and (d)(4), by
striking ‘‘post-secondary’’ and inserting ‘‘post-
secondary’’; and
(B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘con-
taining’’ and inserting ‘‘containing,’’.
(7) Section 166(h)(3)(A) of such Act is amended
by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’.
(8) Section 167(d) of such Act is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and section 127(b)(1)(A)(iii)’’ after ‘‘this sec-
tion’’.
(9) Section 170(a)(1) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘carry out’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out’’.
(10) Section 170(b)(2) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘174(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘173(b)’’.
(11) Section 171(b)(2) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘only on a competitive’’ and all that follows
through the period and inserting ‘‘in accordance with
generally applicable Federal requirements.’’.
(12) Section 173(a)(2) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘the Robert’’ and inserting ‘‘The Robert’’.
(13) Section 189(i)(1) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘1997 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-
234)’’ and inserting ‘‘1998 (Public Law 105-78; 111
Stat. 1467).
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(14) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 192(a) of
such Act are amended by striking ‘‘), to’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘) to’’.
(15) Section 334(b) of such Act is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) DATE.—The appointments of the members
of the Commission shall be made by February 1,
1999.’’.
(16) Section 405 of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘et seq.),’’ and inserting ‘‘et seq.)’’.
(17) Section 501(b)(1) of such Act is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of this
paragraph, the activities and programs described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall
not be considered to be 2 or more activities or pro-
grams for purposes of the unified plan. Such activi-
ties or programs shall be considered to be 1 activity
or program.’’.
(18) Section 505 of such Act is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘in this
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘under title I, II, or III or
this title’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘under
this Act’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘under title I, II, or III or this title’’.
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(19) Section 506(d) of such Act is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘planning authorized
under’’ after ‘‘carry out’’ each place that
such appears; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘the purposes’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the planning purposes’’.
SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE REHABILITA-
TION ACT OF 1973.
(a) REDESIGNATION.—
(1) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended
by title IV of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998)
is further amended by redesignating sections 6
through 19 as sections 7, 8, and 10 through 21, re-
spectively.
(2) The table of contents for the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (as amended by section 403 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998) is further amended by
striking the items relating to sections 6 through 19
and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 7. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 8. Allotment percentage.
‘‘Sec. 10. Nonduplication.
‘‘Sec. 11. Application of other laws.
‘‘Sec. 12. Administration of the Act.
‘‘Sec. 13. Reports.
‘‘Sec. 14. Evaluation.
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‘‘Sec. 15. Information clearinghouse.
‘‘Sec. 16. Transfer of funds.
‘‘Sec. 17. State administration.
‘‘Sec. 18. Review of applications.
‘‘Sec. 19. Carryover.
‘‘Sec. 20. Client assistance information.
‘‘Sec. 21. Traditionally underserved populations.’’.
(b) SECTION HEADINGS.—
(1) Section 1 of such Act (as so amended) is fur-
ther amended by striking the section heading and all
that follows through ‘‘SHORT TITLE.—’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—’’.
(2) Section 2 of such Act (as so amended) is fur-
ther amended by striking the section heading and all
that follows through ‘‘FINDINGS.—’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE; POLICY.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—’’.
(3) Section 7 of such Act (as so amended and re-
designated in subsection (a)) is further amended by
striking the section heading and all that follows
through ‘‘(1) The term’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For the purposes of this Act:
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The term’’.
(4) Section 19 of such Act (as so amended and
redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by
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striking the section heading and all that follows
through ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘SEC. 19. CARRYOVER.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’.
(5) Section 20 of such Act (as so amended and
redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by
striking the section heading and all that follows
through ‘‘All’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 20. CLIENT ASSISTANCE INFORMATION.
‘‘All’’.
(6) Section 21 of such Act (as so amended and
redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by
striking the section heading and all that follows
through ‘‘FINDINGS.—’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 21. TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—’’.
(7) Section 110 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘(a)(1) Subject’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘STATE ALLOTMENTS
‘‘SEC. 110. (a)(1) Subject’’.
(8) Section 111 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
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all that follows through ‘‘(a)(1) Except’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘PAYMENTS TO STATES
‘‘SEC. 111. (a)(1) Except’’.
(9) Section 112 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘(a) From’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 112. (a) From’’.
(10) Section 121 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘(a) The’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 121. (a) The’’.
(11) Section 205 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT.—’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 205. REHABILITATION RESEARCH ADVISORY COUN-
CIL.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—’’.
(12) Section 621 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
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all that follows through ‘‘It’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘SEC. 621. PURPOSE.
‘‘It’’.
(13) Section 622 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘SEC. 622. ALLOTMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’.
(14) Section 623 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘Funds provided under this
part may’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 623. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES.
‘‘Funds provided under this part may’’.
(15) Section 624 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘An’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 624. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘An’’.
(16) Section 625 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
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all that follows through ‘‘STATE
PLAN
SUPPLE-
MENTS.—’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 625. STATE PLAN.
‘‘(a) STATE PLAN SUPPLEMENTS.—’’.
(17) Section 626 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘Each’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 626. RESTRICTION.
‘‘Each’’.
(18) Section 627 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES.—’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 627. SAVINGS PROVISION.
‘‘(a) SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—’’.
(19) Section 628 of such Act (as so amended) is
further amended by striking the section heading and
all that follows through ‘‘There’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 628. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There’’.
(c) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 7 of such Act (as so amended and re-
designated in subsection (a)) is further amended—
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(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘objec-
tives, nature,’’ and inserting ‘‘nature’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (7);
(C) in paragraph (16)(A)(iii), by striking
‘‘client’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible individual’’; and
(D) in paragraph (36)(C), by striking ‘‘re-
habilitation objectives’’ and inserting ‘‘employ-
ment outcome’’.
(2) Section 10 of such Act (as so amended and
redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘disregarded: (1)’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘disregarded—
‘‘(1)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2)’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘No payment’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘No payment’’.
(3) The second and third sentences of section
21(a)(3) of such Act (as so amended and redesignated
in subsection (a)) are further amended by striking
‘‘are’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’.
(4) Section 101(a) of such Act (as so amended)
is further amended—
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(A) in paragraph (18)(C), by striking ‘‘will
be utilized’’ and inserting ‘‘were utilized during
the preceding year’’; and
(B) in paragraph (21)(A)(i)(II)(bb), by
striking ‘‘Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘commis-
sion’’.
(5) Section 102(c)(5)(F) (as so amended) is fur-
ther amended—
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end thereof;
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) not delegate the responsibility for
making the final decision to any officer or
employee of the designated State unit.’’.
(6) Section 105(b) of such Act (as so amended)
is further amended—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Governor
or, in the case of a State that, under State
law, vests authority for the administration
of the activities carried out under this Act
in an entity other than the Governor (such
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as one or more houses of the State legisla-
ture or an independent board), the chief of-
ficer of that entity’’; and
(ii) in the second and third sentences,
by striking ‘‘Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘ap-
pointing authority’’;
(B) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking
‘‘section 
7(20)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section
7(20)(B)’’;
(C) in paragraph (5)(B)—
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by
striking ‘‘GOVERNOR’’ and inserting ‘‘CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Governor shall’’ and
inserting ‘‘appointing authority described
in paragraph (3) shall’’; and
(D) in paragraphs (6)(A)(ii) and (7)(B), by
striking ‘‘Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘appointing
authority described in paragraph (3)’’.
(7) Section 705(b) of such Act (as so amended)
is further amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Governor
or, in the case of a State that, under State
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law, vests authority for the administration
of the activities carried out under this Act
in an entity other than the Governor (such
as one or more houses of the State legisla-
ture or an independent board), the chief of-
ficer of that entity’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘appointing au-
thority’’;
(B) in paragraph (5)(B)—
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by
striking ‘‘GOVERNOR’’ and inserting ‘‘CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Governor shall’’ and
inserting ‘‘appointing authority described
in paragraph (3) shall’’; and
(C) in paragraphs (6)(A)(ii) and (7)(B), by
striking ‘‘Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘appointing
authority described in paragraph (3)’’.
SEC. 403. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS.
(a) WAGNER-PEYSER ACT.—Section 15 of the Wagner-
Peyser Act (as added by section 309 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘of
this section’’; and
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(2) in subsection (e)(2)(G), by striking ‘‘com-
plementary’’ and inserting ‘‘complementarity’’.
(b) OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.—Subparagraph
(Q) of section 502(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 3056(b)(1)) (as added by section 323 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998) is amended by aligning
the margins of the subparagraph with the margins of sub-
paragraph (P) of such section.
SEC. 404. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS REGARDING ADULT
EDUCATION.
(a) REFERENCES TO TITLE.—The matter preceding
paragraph (1) of section 203, and sections 204 and 205,
of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C.
9202, 9203, and 9204) are each amended by striking ‘‘this
subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
(b) QUALIFYING ADULT.—Section 211(d)(1) of the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C.
9211(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, but less than 61 years
of age’’.
(c) 
LEVELS
OF
PERFORMANCE.—Section
212(b)(3)(A)(vi) of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (20 U.S.C. 9212(b)(3)(A)(vi)) is amended by
striking ‘‘136(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘136(i)(1)’’.
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(d) CORRECTIONS EDUCATION.—Section 225(a) of the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C.
9225) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or education’’
and inserting ‘‘and education’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘with’’ and in-
serting ‘‘within’’.
(e) NATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
ACTIVITIES.—Section
243(2)(B) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
(20 U.S.C. 9253(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘qualify’’
and inserting ‘‘quality’’.
(f) INCENTIVE GRANTS.—Section 503(a) of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9273(a)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘expected’’ and inserting ‘‘adjusted’’.
SEC. 405. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) REFERENCES TO SECTION 204 OF THE IMMIGRA-
TION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986.—The table of
contents for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986 is amended by striking the item relating to section
204 of such Act.
(b) REFERENCES TO TITLE II OF PUBLIC LAW 95–
250.—Section 103 of Public Law 95–250 (16 U.S.C. 79l)
is amended—
(1) by striking the second sentence of subsection
(a); and
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(2) by striking the second sentence of subsection
(b).
(c) REFERENCES TO SUBTITLE C OF TITLE VII OF
THE STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
ACT.—
(1) TABLE OF CONTENTS RELATING TO SUBTITLE
C OF TITLE VII.—The table of contents of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11421 et seq.) is amended by striking the items relat-
ing to sections 731 through 737, and sections 739
through 741, of such Act.
(2) TITLE VII.—Title VII of such Act is amended
by inserting before section 738 the following:
‘‘Subtitle C—Job Training for the
Homeless’’.
(3) TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
6703(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (15); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (16)
through (19) as paragraphs (15) through (18),
respectively.
(d) REFERENCES
TO JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
ACT PRIOR TO REPEAL.—
(1) TITLE
5, UNITED
STATES
CODE.—Section
3502(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
clause (i) and inserting the following:
‘‘(i) the appropriate State dislocated worker
unit or office (referred to in section 311(b)(2) of
the Job Training Partnership Act), or the State
or entity designated by the State to carry out
rapid 
response 
activities 
under 
section
134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998; and’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘other services under the Job Training
Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘other serv-
ices under the Job Training Partnership
Act or under title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘Secretary of Labor on matters
relating to the Job Training Partnership Act’’
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Labor on matters re-
lating to the Job Training Partnership Act or
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(2) FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1977.—
(A) SECTION 5.—Section 5(l) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(l)) is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding section 142(b)
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1552(b)), earnings to individuals participating
in on-the-job training programs under section
204(b)(1)(C) or section 264(c)(1)(A) of the Job
Training Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not-
withstanding section 142(b) of the Job Training
Partnership Act or section 181(a)(2) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, earnings to
individuals participating in on-the-job training
programs 
under 
section 
204(b)(1)(C) 
or
264(c)(1)(A) of the Job Training Partnership
Act or in on-the-job training under title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(B) SECTION
6.—Section 6 of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amend-
ed—
(i) in subsection (d)(4)(M), by striking
‘‘the State public employment offices and
agencies operating programs under the Job
Training Partnership Act’’ and inserting
‘‘the State public employment offices and
agencies operating programs under the Job
Training Partnership Act or of the State
public employment offices and other State
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agencies and providers carrying out activi-
ties under title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’;
(ii) in subsection (e)(3), by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(A) a program under the Job Training
Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998;’’; and
(iii) in subsection (o)(1)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(C) SECTION
17.—The second sentence of
section 17(b)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(2)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘to accept an offer of
employment from a political subdivision or
a prime sponsor pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Employment and Training Act
of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 812),’’ and
inserting ‘‘to accept an offer of employment
from a political subdivision or provider
pursuant to a program carried out under
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the Job Training Partnership Act or title I
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998,’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘: Provided, That all of
the political subdivision’s’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘, if all of the jobs sup-
ported under the program have been made
available to participants in the program be-
fore the political subdivision or provider
providing the jobs extends an offer of em-
ployment under this paragraph, and if the
political subdivision or provider, in employ-
ing the person, complies with the require-
ments of Federal law that relate to the pro-
gram.’’.
(3) PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OP-
PORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.—
(A) Section 403(c)(2)(K) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)(K)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Job Training Partnership
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
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(B) Section 423(d)(11) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1183a note) is
amended by striking ‘‘Job Training Partnership
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(4) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—Sec-
tion 245A(h)(4)(F) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(F)) is amended by
striking ‘‘The Job Training Partnership Act.’’ and
inserting ‘‘The Job Training Partnership Act or title
I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.’’.
(5) REFUGEE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF
1980.—Section 402(a)(4) of the Refugee Education As-
sistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is amended
by striking ‘‘the Comprehensive Employment and
Training Act of 1973’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’.
(6) NATIONAL
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION
ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991.—Section 4003(5)(C) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1991 (10 U.S.C. 2391 note) is amended by inserting
before the period the following: ‘‘, as in effect on the
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day before the date of enactment of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998’’.
(7) NATIONAL
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION
ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993.—
(A) SECTION
3161.—Section 3161(c)(6) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1993 (42 U.S.C. 7274h(c)(6)) is amend-
ed by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(A) programs carried out by the Secretary
of Labor under the Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998;’’.
(B) SECTION 4461.—Section 4461(1) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘The Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).’’ and inserting ‘‘The Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998.’’.
(C) SECTION 4471.—Section 4471 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993 (10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended—
(i) in subsection (c)(2), by striking
‘‘the State dislocated’’ and all that follows
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through ‘‘and the chief’’ and inserting ‘‘the
State dislocated worker unit or office re-
ferred to in section 311(b)(2) of the Job
Training Partnership Act, or the State or
entity designated by the State to carry out
rapid response activities under section
134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998, and the chief’’;
(ii) in subsection (d)—
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘for training, adjustment assist-
ance, and employment services’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘except where’’
and inserting ‘‘for training, adjust-
ment assistance, and employment serv-
ices under section 325 or 325A of the
Job Training Partnership Act or to
participate in employment and train-
ing activities carried out under title I
of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998, except in a case in which’’; and
(II) by striking the second sen-
tence; and
(iii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘for
training,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘be-
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ginning’’ and inserting ‘‘, on the basis of
any related reduction in funding under the
contract, for training, adjustment assist-
ance, and employment services under sec-
tion 325 or 325A of the Job Training Part-
nership Act or to participate in employ-
ment and training activities under title I of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, be-
ginning’’.
(D) SECTION 4492.—Section 4492(b) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act or
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(8) NATIONAL
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION
ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.—Section 1333(c)(2)(B) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1994 (10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended by striking
‘‘Private industry councils (as described in section
102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1512)).’’ and inserting ‘‘Private industry councils as
described in section 102 of the Job Training Partner-
ship Act or local workforce investment boards estab-
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lished under section 117 of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998.’’.
(9) NATIONAL
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION
ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.—Section 2824(c)(5) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Job
Training Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Train-
ing Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’.
(10) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—The fourth sentence
of section 7(j)(13)(E) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘the
Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(11) 
EMPLOYMENT
ACT
OF
1946.—Section
4(f)(2)(B) of the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1022a(f)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and include
these in the annual Employment and Training Re-
port of the President required under section 705(a) of
the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of
1973 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as ‘CETA’)’’
and inserting ‘‘and prepare and submit to the Presi-
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dent an annual report containing the recommenda-
tions’’.
(12) 
FULL
EMPLOYMENT
AND
BALANCED
GROWTH ACT OF 1978.—
(A) SECTION 206.—Section 206 of the Full
Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978
(15 U.S.C. 3116) is amended—
(i) in subsection (b)—
(I) in the matter preceding para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘CETA’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partner-
ship Act and title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998’’; and
(II) in paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘(including use of section 110 of CETA
when necessary)’’; and
(ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking
‘‘CETA’’ and inserting ‘‘activities carried
out under the Job Training Partnership Act
or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(B) SECTION
401.—Section 401(d) of the
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of
1978 (15 U.S.C. 3151(d)) is amended by striking
‘‘include, in the annual Employment and Train-
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ing Report of the President provided under sec-
tion 705(a) of CETA,’’ and inserting ‘‘include,
in the annual report referred to in section
4(f)(2)(B) of the Employment Act of 1946 (15
U.S.C. 1022a(f)(2)(B)),’’.
(13) TITLE
18, UNITED
STATES
CODE.—Sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 665 of title 18,
United States Code are amended by striking ‘‘the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act or the
Job Training Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998’’.
(14) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—
(A) SECTION 236.—Section 236(a)(5)(B) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(5)(B))
is amended by striking ‘‘section 303 of the Job
Training Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 303 of the Job Training Partnership Act or
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(B) SECTION
239.—Section 239(e) of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2311(e)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘under title III of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘under title
III of the Job Training Partnership Act or title
I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
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(15) HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—
(A) 
SECTION
418A.—Subsections
(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (c)(1)(A) of section 418A of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070d–2) are amended by striking ‘‘section 402
of the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 402 of the Job Training Part-
nership Act or section 167 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998’’.
(B) SECTION 480.—Section 480(b)(14) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087vv(b)(14)) is amended by striking ‘‘Job
Training Partnership Act noneducational bene-
fits’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Training Partnership
Act noneducational benefits or benefits received
through participation in employment and train-
ing activities under title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998’’.
(16) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
ACT.—Subsection (a) of section 302 of the Department
of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3443(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘under section 303(c)(2) of the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘relating to such education’’.
(17) NATIONAL SKILL STANDARDS ACT OF 1994.—
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(A) SECTION 504.—Section 504(c)(3) of the
National Skill Standards Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C.
5934(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Capac-
ity Building and Information and Dissemina-
tion Network established under section 453(b) of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1733(b)) and’’.
(B) SECTION
508.—Section 508(1) of the
National Skill Standards Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C.
5938(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘community-based organization’ means a private
nonprofit organization that is representative of a
community or a significant segment of a community
and that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness
in the field of workforce investment.’’.
(18) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
ACT OF 1965.—
(A) SECTION 1205.—Section 1205(8)(B) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6365(8)(B)) is amended by
striking ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act and
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
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(B) SECTION
1414.—Section 1414(c)(8) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6434(c)(8)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘programs under the Job Training Partner-
ship Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘programs under the
Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998,’’.
(C) SECTION 1423.—Section 1423(9) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6453(9)) is amended by striking
‘‘programs under the Job Training and Partner-
ship Act’’ and inserting ‘‘programs under the
Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(D) SECTION 1425.—Section 1425(9) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6455(9)) is amended by striking
‘‘, such as funds under the Job Training Part-
nership Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘, such as funds
made available under the Job Training Partner-
ship Act or title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998,’’.
(19) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL REFORM
ACT OF 1995.—Section 2604(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public
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Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–145) is amended by
striking ‘‘Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Job Training Partner-
ship Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(20) FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT.—The last sentence
of section 505 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22
U.S.C. 5855) is amended by striking ‘‘, through the
Defense Conversion’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or
through’’ and inserting ‘‘or through’’.
(21) EMERGENCY JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT AS-
SISTANCE ACT OF 1974.—
(A) SECTION
204.—Section 204(b) of the
Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance
Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘designate as an area’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘designate as an area under
this section an area that is a service delivery
area established under section 101 of the Job
Training Partnership Act (except that after local
workforce investment areas are designated under
section 116 of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 for the State involved, the corresponding
local workforce investment area shall be consid-
ered to be the area designated under this section)
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or a local workforce investment area designated
under section 116 of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998.’’.
(B) SECTION
223.—Section 223 of the
Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance
Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘as-
sistance provided’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘assistance provided under the
Job Training Partnership Act or title I of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998;’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking
‘‘funds provided’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘funds provided under the Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998;’’.
(22) JOB
TRAINING
REFORM
AMENDMENTS
OF
1992.—Section 701 of the Job Training Reform
Amendments of 1992 (29 U.S.C. 1501 note) is re-
pealed.
(23) PUBLIC LAW 98–524.—Section 7 of Public
Law 98–524 (29 U.S.C. 1551 note) is repealed.
(24) VETERANS’ BENEFITS AND PROGRAMS IM-
PROVEMENT ACT OF 1988.—Section 402 of the Veter-
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ans’ Benefits and Programs Improvement Act of 1988
(29 U.S.C. 1721 note) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘title III
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1651 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘title III of the Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998’’;
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Training,
in consultation with the office designated or cre-
ated under section 322(b) of the Job Training
Partnership Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Training, in
consultation with the unit or office designated or
created under section 322(b) of the Job Training
Partnership Act or any successor to such unit or
office under title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998,’’; and
(C) in subsection (d)—
(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking
‘‘part C’’ and all that follows through‘‘;
and’’ and inserting ‘‘part C of title IV of
the Job Training Partnership Act or title I
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998;
and’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘Employment and training’’ and all that
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follows and inserting ‘‘Employment and
training activities for dislocated workers
under title III of the Job Training Partner-
ship Act or title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998.’’.
(25) VETERANS’ JOB TRAINING ACT.—
(A) SECTION 13.—Section 13(b) of the Vet-
erans’ Job Training Act (29 U.S.C. 1721 note)
is amended by striking ‘‘assistance under the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance under the Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998’’.
(B) SECTION 14.—Section 14(b)(3)(B)(i)(II)
of the Veterans’ Job Training Act (29 U.S.C.
1721 note) is amended by striking ‘‘under part
C of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘under
part C of title IV the Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(C) SECTION
15.—Section 15(c)(2) of the
Veterans’ Job Training Act (29 U.S.C. 1721
note) is amended—
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(i) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘part C of title IV of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)’’
and inserting ‘‘part C of title IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’; and
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking
‘‘title III of that Act’’ and inserting ‘‘title
III of the Job Training Partnership Act or
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(26) WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NO-
TIFICATION ACT.—Section 3(a)(2) of the Worker Ad-
justment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C.
2102(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘to the State’’
and all that follows through ‘‘and the chief’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to the State dislocated worker unit or office
(referred to in section 311(b)(2) of the Job Training
and Partnership Act), or the State or entity des-
ignated by the State to carry out rapid response ac-
tivities under section 134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, and the chief’’.
(27) TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
6703(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(4) Programs under title II or IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act or under title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.’’.
(28) VETERANS’ 
REHABILITATION
AND
EDU-
CATION AMENDMENTS OF 1980.—Section 512 of the
Veterans’ Rehabilitation and Education Amendments
of 1980 (38 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended by striking
‘‘the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
(29 U.S.C. et seq.),’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Training
Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998,’’.
(29) TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.—
(A) SECTION
4102A.—Section 4102A(d) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act and
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(B) SECTION 4103A.—Section 4103A(c)(4) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘(including part C of title IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.))’’ and inserting ‘‘including part C of title
IV of the Job Training Partnership Act and title
I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
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(C) SECTION 4213.—Section 4213 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘program assisted under the Job Training Part-
nership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘program carried out under the Job
Training Partnership Act or title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998,’’.
(30) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 403(a)(5)
of Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(vii)(I), by striking
‘‘(as described in section 103(c) of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘(as de-
scribed in section 103(c) of the Job Training
Partnership Act or defined in section 101 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (D)—
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘means,
with respect to a service delivery area, the
private industry council (or successor en-
tity) established for the service delivery area
pursuant to the Job Training Partnership
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘means, with respect to
a service delivery area, the private industry
council or local workforce investment board
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established for the service delivery area pur-
suant to the Job Training Partnership Act
or title I of the Workforce Investment Area
of 1998, as appropriate’’; and
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘shall
have the meaning given such term (or the
successor to such term) for purposes of the
Job Training Partnership Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall have the meaning given such
term for purposes of the Job Training Part-
nership Act or shall mean a local area as
defined in section 101 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, as appropriate’’.
(31) UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT.—Section 23
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437u) is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘the
Job Training’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or
the’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partner-
ship Act or title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 or the’’;
(B) in the first sentence of subsection (f)(2),
by striking ‘‘programs under the’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘and the’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
grams under the Job Training Partnership Act
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or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
or the’’; and
(C) in subsection (g)—
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pro-
grams under the’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘and the’’ and inserting ‘‘programs
under the Job Training Partnership Act or
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 or the’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (3)(H), by striking
‘‘program under’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘and any other’’ and inserting
‘‘programs under the Job Training Partner-
ship Act or title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 and any other’’.
(32) HOUSING ACT OF 1949.—Section 504(c)(3)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474(c)(3)) is
amended by striking ‘‘pursuant to’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘or the’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to the
Job Training Partnership Act or title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 or the’’.
(33) OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.—
(A) SECTION 203.—Section 203 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3013) is
amended—
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(i) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the
last sentence and inserting the following:
‘‘In particular, the Secretary of Labor shall
consult and cooperate with the Assistant
Secretary in carrying out the Job Training
Partnership Act and title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998.’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking para-
graph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) the Job Training Partnership Act or title I
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998,’’.
(B) SECTION 502.—Section 502 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056) is
amended—
(i) in subsection (b)(1)(N)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job
Training Partnership Act and title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’; and
(ii) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by striking
‘‘programs carried out under section 124 of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1534)’’ and inserting ‘‘programs
carried out under the Job Training Part-
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nership Act and title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998’’.
(C) SECTION 503.—Section 503(b)(1) of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3056a(b)(1)) is amended—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership
Act and title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998’’; and
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998’’.
(D) SECTION 510.—Section 510 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056h) is
amended by striking the matter following the sec-
tion heading and inserting the following:
‘‘In the case of projects under this title carried out
jointly with programs carried out under the Job Training
Partnership Act, eligible individuals shall be deemed to sat-
isfy the requirements of sections 203 and 204(d)(5)(A) of
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603, 1604(d)(5)(A)) that are applica-
ble to adults. In the case of projects under this title carried
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out jointly with programs carried out under subtitle B of
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, eligible indi-
viduals shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of sec-
tion 134 of such Act.’’.
(34) OMNIBUS
CRIME
CONTROL
AND
SAFE
STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Section 1801(b)(3) of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3796ee(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘activi-
ties carried out under part B of title IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act (relating to Job Corps) (29
U.S.C. 1691 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘activities carried
out under part B of title IV of the Job Training Part-
nership Act or subtitle C of title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (relating to Job Corps)’’.
(35) ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMS
ASSISTANCE
ACT OF 1984.—The second sentence of section 2(a) of
the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984
(42 U.S.C. 4368a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and
title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and title IV of the Job Training Partnership
Act or subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998’’.
(36) DOMESTIC
VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
ACT
OF
1973.—
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(A) SECTION 103.—The second sentence of
section 103(d) of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4953(d)) is amended to
read as follows: ‘‘Whenever feasible, such efforts
shall be coordinated with an appropriate private
industry council established under the Job
Training Partnership Act or local workforce in-
vestment board established under section 117 of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.’’.
(B) SECTION 109.—Subsections (c)(2) and
(d)(2) of section 109 of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is amended
by striking ‘‘administrative entities designated
to administer job training plans under the Job
Training Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘ad-
ministrative entities designated to administer job
training plans under the Job Training Partner-
ship Act and eligible providers of employment
and training activities under subtitle B of title
I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(37) AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1975.—Section
304(c)(1) of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42
U.S.C. 6103(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Except
with’’ and all that follows through ‘‘nothing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Nothing’’.
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(38) ENERGY CONSERVATION AND PRODUCTION
ACT.—Section 414(b)(3) of the Energy Conservation
and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6864(b)(3)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the Comprehensive Employment and
Training Act of 1973’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’.
(39) NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY
ACT.—Section 233 of the National Energy Conserva-
tion Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 6873) is amended, in the
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of
1973’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Training Partnership
Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
(40) COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT
OF 1981.—Section 617(a)(3) of the Community Eco-
nomic 
Development 
Act 
of 
1981 
(42 
U.S.C.
9806(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘activities such as
those described in the Comprehensive Employment
and Training Act’’ and inserting ‘‘activities such as
the activities described in the Job Training Partner-
ship Act or title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998’’.
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(41) STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSIST-
ANCE
ACT.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11302(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act or title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’.
(42) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF
1990.—
(A) SECTION
177.—Section 177(d) of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12637(d)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF BENEFITS.—Allowances, earn-
ings, and payments to individuals participating in pro-
grams that receive assistance under this title shall not be
considered to be income for the purposes of determining eli-
gibility for and the amount of income transfer and in-kind
aid furnished under any Federal or federally assisted pro-
gram based on need, other than as provided under the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).’’.
(B) SECTION
198C.—Section 198C of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12653c) is amended—
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(i) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘a
military installation described in section
325(e)(1) of the Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1662d(e)(1)).’’ and inserting
‘‘a military installation being closed or re-
aligned under—
‘‘(A) the Defense Base Closure and Realign-
ment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of divi-
sion B of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note); and
‘‘(B) title II of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment
Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note).’’; and
(ii) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking
clause (iii) and inserting the following:
‘‘(iii) an eligible youth described in section
423 of the Job Training Partnership Act or an
individual described in section 144 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998.’’.
(C) SECTION 199L.—Section 199L(a) of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12655m(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Training
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Partnership Act and title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998’’.
(43) CRANSTON-GONZALEZ
NATIONAL
AFFORD-
ABLE HOUSING ACT.—
(A) SECTION 454.—Subparagraphs (H) and
(M) of subsection (c)(2), and subsection (d)(7), of
section 454 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12899c) are
amended by striking ‘‘the Job Training Partner-
ship Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Job Training Part-
nership Act and title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998’’.
(B) SECTION 456.—The first sentence of sec-
tion 456(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12899e(e)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(as in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998)’’ after ‘‘the Job Training
Partnership Act’’ each place it appears.
(44) VIOLENT
CRIME
CONTROL
AND
LAW
EN-
FORCEMENT ACT OF 1994.—Section 31113(a)(4)(C) of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13823(a)(4)(C)) is amended by
striking ‘‘authorized under the Job Training Partner-
ship Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘au-
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thorized under the Job Training Partnership Act or
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’.
(e) OTHER REFERENCES TO TITLE VII OF THE STEW-
ART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—
(1) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.) is amended by striking the
items relating to title VII of such Act, except the
items relating to the title heading, and subtitles B
and C, of such title.
(2) TITLE
VII.—The Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (as amended by section
199(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998) is
further amended by inserting before subtitle B (relat-
ing to education for homeless children and families)
the following:
‘‘TITLE VII—EDUCATION AND
TRAINING’’.
(f) REFERENCES TO JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT
SUBSEQUENT TO REPEAL.—
(1) TITLE
5, UNITED
STATES
CODE.—Section
3502(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
clause (i) and inserting the following: