SEC. 3. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EMPLOY-
MENT 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR 
LOW-INCOME 
YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 
section 2(c)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall make an al-
lotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 
modification to a State plan approved under section 112 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2822) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘State plan modi-
fication’’) (or other State request for funds specified in 
guidance under subsection (b)) approved under subsection 
(d) and recipient under section 166(c) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2911(c)) (referred to 
in this section as a ‘‘Native American grantee’’) that 
meets the requirements of this section, for the purpose of 
providing summer employment and year-round employ-
ment opportunities to low-income youth. 
(b) GUIDANCE
AND APPLICATION
OF REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen-
tation of this section. 
(2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con-
sistent with this section, include procedures for— 
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(A) the submission and approval of State 
plan modifications, for such other forms of re-
quests for funds by the State as may be identi-
fied in such guidance, for modifications to local 
plans approved under section 118 of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833) 
(referred to individually in this section as a 
‘‘local plan modification’’), or for such other 
forms of requests for funds by local areas as 
may be identified in such guidance, that pro-
mote the expeditious and effective implementa-
tion of the activities authorized under this sec-
tion; and 
(B) the allotment and allocation of funds, 
including reallotment and reallocation of such 
funds, that promote such implementation. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 
and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 
the funds provided for activities under this section 
shall be administered in accordance with the provi-
sions of subtitles B and E of title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq., 
2911 et seq.) relating to youth activities. 
(c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall allot to 
each State the total of the amounts assigned to the 
State under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (2). 
(2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— 
(A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Labor shall assign to each State an amount 
equal to 1⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 
(B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 
of Labor shall assign the remainder of the 
funds described in subsection (a) among the 
States by assigning— 
(i) 331⁄3 percent on the basis of the 
relative number of individuals in the civil-
ian labor force who are not younger than 
16 but younger than 25 in each State, 
compared to the total number of individ-
uals in the civilian labor force who are not 
younger than 16 but younger than 25 in 
all States; 
(ii) 331⁄3 percent on the basis of the 
relative number of unemployed individuals 
in each State, compared to the total num-
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ber of unemployed individuals in all States; 
and 
(iii) 331⁄3 on the basis of the relative 
number of disadvantaged young adults and 
youth in each State, compared to the total 
number of disadvantaged young adults and 
youth in all States. 
(3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 
does not submit a State plan modification or other 
State request for funds specified in guidance under 
subsection (b) by the date specified in subsection 
(d)(2)(A), or a State does not receive approval of 
such State plan modification or request, the amount 
the State would have been eligible to receive pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) shall be transferred within the 
Fund and added to the amounts available for com-
petitive grants under sections 2(c)(2) and 4(b)(2). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 
(2), the term ‘‘disadvantaged young adult or youth’’ 
means an individual who is not younger than 16 but 
is younger than 25 who received an income, or is a 
member of a family that received a total family in-
come, that, in relation to family size, does not exceed 
the higher of— 
(A) the poverty line; or 
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(B) 70 percent of the lower living standard 
income level. 
(d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 
receive an allotment of funds under subsection (c), 
the Governor of the State shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Labor a State plan modification, or other 
State request for funds specified in guidance under 
subsection (b), in such form and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. At a min-
imum, such State plan modification or request shall 
include— 
(A) a description of the strategies and ac-
tivities to be carried out to provide summer em-
ployment opportunities and year-round employ-
ment opportunities, including linkages to train-
ing and educational activities, consistent with 
subsection (f); 
(B) a description of the requirements the 
State will apply relating to the eligibility of low- 
income youth, consistent with section 2(4), for 
summer employment opportunities and year- 
round employment opportunities, which require-
ments may include criteria to target assistance 
to particular categories of such low-income 
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youth, such as youth with disabilities, con-
sistent with subsection (f); 
(C) a description of the performance out-
comes to be achieved by the State through the 
activities carried out under this section and the 
processes the State will use to track perform-
ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 
Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 
and processes and with section 5(b); 
(D) a description of the timelines for im-
plementation of the strategies and activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and the number of 
low-income youth expected to be placed in sum-
mer employment opportunities, and year-round 
employment 
opportunities, 
respectively, 
by 
quarter; 
(E) assurances that the State will report 
such information, relating to fiscal, perform-
ance, and other matters, as the Secretary may 
require and as the Secretary determines is nec-
essary to effectively monitor the activities car-
ried out under this section; 
(F) assurances that the State will ensure 
compliance with the requirements, restrictions, 
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