An Act to provide assistance for unemployed persons.
PL 93-567 (H.R.16596), enacted 12/31/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-567-DEC. 31, 1974 
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Public Law 93-567 
AN A C T 
December31, 1974 
To provide assistance for unemployed persons. 
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Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of ATuerica in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
Emergency jobs 
be cited as the "Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act ^"nt^AsTut^nce 
of 1974". 
Act of 1974 
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note. 
TITLE I—PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 
EMERGENCY JOB FBOGRAMS AUTHORIZED 
SEC. 101. The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 
1973 is amended by redesignating title VI, and all references thereto, 
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as title VII, by redesignating sections 601 through 615, and all refer-
ences thereto, as sections 701 through 715, respectively, and by insert-
ing after title V the following new title: 
"TITLE VI—EMERGENCY JOB PROGRAMS 
"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 601. There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,000 
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for fiscal year 1975 for carrying out the provisions of this title. Any 
amounts so appropriated for such fiscal year which are not obligated 
prior to the end of such fiscal year shall remain available for obliga-
tion until December 31,1975. 
"FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 602. (a) The Secretary shall enter into arrangements with 
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eligible applicants in accordance with the provisions of this title in 
order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of provid-
ing transitional employ 
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^ for unemployed and underemployed per-
sons in jobs providing needed public services, and training and 
manpower services related to such employment which are otherwise 
unavailable, and enabling such persons to move into employment not 
supported under this Act. 
"(b) Not less than 90 per centum of the funds appropriated pursu-
ant to tliis title which are used by an eligible applicant for public 
service employment programs shall be expended only for wages and 
employment benefits to persons employed in public service jobs pur-
suant to this title. 
" (c) The provisions of section 204(d) and sections 205 through 211 
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shall apply to financial assistance under this title. 
"(d) In filling public service jobs with financial assistance under 
this title, eligible applicants shall give preferred consideration, to 
the maximum extent feasible and consistent with other provisions of 
this Act, to unemployed persons who have exhausted unemployment 
insurance benefits, to unemployed persons who are not eligible for 
unemployment insurance benefits (except for persons lacking work 
experience), and to unemployed persons who have been unemployed for 
fifteen or more weeks. 
"(e) For purposes of this section, the term 'eligible applicants' 
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means prime sponsors qualified under title I and Indian tribes on Fed- ^ 2Tus^c si 1. 
eral or State reservations. 
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ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS 
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"Excess 
number." 
"SEC. 603. (a) (1) Not less than 90 per centum of the amounts appro-
priated under section 601 for any fiscal year shall be allotted among 
eligible applicants by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions 
of this subsection. 
"(2) (A) Fifty per centum of the amount allotted under this 
subsection shall be allotted among eligible applicants in proportion to 
the relative number of unemployed persons who reside in areas within 
the jurisdiction of each such applicant as compared to the number of 
unemployed persons who reside in all such areas in all the States. 
"(B) Twenty-five per centum of the amount allotted under this 
subsection shall be allotted among eligible applicants in accordance 
with the number of unemployed persons residing in areas of substan-
tial unemployment (as defined in section 204(c)) within the juris-
diction of the applicant compared to the number of unemployed 
persons residing in all such areas. 
"(C) Twenty-five per centum of the amount allotted under this 
subsection shall be allotted among eligible applicants on the basis of 
the relative excess number of unemployed persons who reside within 
the jurisdiction of the applicant as compared to the total excess num-
ber of unemployed persons who reside within the jurisdiction of all 
eligible applicants. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
'excess number' means (i) the number which represents unemployed 
persons in excess of 4i/^ per centum of the labor force in the jurisdiction 
of the applicant in whose jurisdiction such persons reside or (ii), in 
the case of an applicant which is a State, the term 'excess number' 
means such number as defined in clause (i) or the number which 
represents unemployed persons in excess of 414 per centum of the 
labor force in areas eligible for assistance under title I I located in 
the geographical area served by such State prime sponsor under title 
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I or II, whichever is greater. 
"(b) The remainder of the amount appropriated under section 601 
shall be available to the Secretary for financial assistance under section 
602 as the Secretary deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of 
this title, taking into account changes in rates of unemployment. 
"Jurisdiction." 
" ((>) For Durposcs of determining allocations under this section, the 
term 'jurisdiction' includes the jurisdiction of each unit of general 
local government as described in section 102(a)(2) whether or not 
such unit has entered into a combination of units of general local 
government for purposes of section 102(a) (3) or section 102(a) (4). 
"SPECIAL PROVISION FOR AREAS OF EXCESSIVELY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT 
AND TO EXPAND JOB OPPORTUNITIES 
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"SEC. 604. (a) Funds allocated from appropriations for carrying 
out this title to any eligible applicant, which certifies to the Secretary 
that the application of the provisions of this section is necessary in 
order to provide sufficient job opportunities in the area served by such 
eligible applicant, may be used for making payments to public 
employers to expand the provision of job opportunities of the type 
described in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 304(a) of 
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this Act. 
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"(b) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), and not-
withstanding the provisions of sections 602(a) and 602(b), funds 
allotted under section 603 to eligible applicants may be used for— 
"(1) public service employment programs without regard to 
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^j^g provisions of sections 205(b), 205(c) (4), 205(c) (6), 205(c) 
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(16),205(c)(19),and208(a)(6). 
"(2) providing employment for persons who have been unem-
ployed for at least 15 days without regard to the provision of sec-
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tion 205 (a) relating to 30 days of unemployment, if the applicant 
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certifies that the hiring of an individual will not violate the pro-
visions of section 205 (c) (8). 
"(3) payment of wages (at rates not less than those prevailing ^^puarrmprove-
on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Sec- ment projects. 
retary in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 
U.S.C. 276a-276a-5)), for unemployed and underemployed per- ^^^^ use 276a 
sons as employees of public employers in jobs on community capi-
tal improvement projects which would not otherwise be carried 
out, including the rehabilitation, alteration, or improvement of 
public buildings, roads and other public transj)ortation facilities, 
health and education facilities, and other facilities for the im-
provement of the community in which the project is or will be 
located, and including construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or 
improvement of water and waste disposal facilities in communi-
ties having populations of 10,000 individuals or less which are 
outside the boundaries of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical 
Area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census). 
"(c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall apply to any area having 
an unemployment rate in excess of 7 per centum, and to any area, 
without regard to the rate of unemployment of such area, if such area 
is served by a prime sponsor which qualifies under section 102(a) (4) 
or section 102(a) (5) or is in an area which is eligible for assistance 
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under title II and which is served by a State prime sponsor, and if the 
prime sponsor for such area certifies to the Secretary that the applica-
tion of such provisions is necessarv in order to provide sufficient job 
opportunities, and gives public notice of such certification. 
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"EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS 
"SEC. 605. Funds obligated for the purposes of providing public 
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service employment under this title may be utilized by prime spon-
sors for projects and activities planned to extend over a twelve-month 
period from the commencement of any such project or activity. 
"REALLOCATION OF FUNDS 
"SEC. 606. The Secretary is authorized to make such reallocations as 
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he deems appropriate of any amount of any allocation under this title 
to the extent that the Secretary determines that an eligible applicant 
will not be able to use such amount within a reasonable period of time. 
Any such amount may be reallocated only if the Secretary has pro-
vided thirty days' advance notice to the prime sponsor for such area 
and to the Governor of the State of the proposed reallocation, during 
which period of time the prime sponsor and the Governor may submit 
comments to the Secretary. After considering any comments submitted 
during such period of time, the Secretary shall notify the Governor 
and affected prime sponsors of any decision to reallocate funds, and 
shall publish any such decision in the Federal Register. Any such funds 
Publication in 
shall be reallocated to other areas within the same State." 
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PLACEMENT GOALS 
SEC. 103. Section 211 of the Comprehensive Employment and Train-
ing Act of 1973 is amended by striking out "PROVISION" in the title 
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and inserting in lieu thereof "PROVISIONS", by inserting " (a)" immedi-
ately before the first sentence, and by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
" (b) No officer or employee of the Department of Labor shall, by 
regulation or otherwise, impose on any eligible applicant, as a condi-
tion for the receipt of financial assistance under this title, any require-
ment that any eligible applicant must place in other jobs a specific 
Waiver. 
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number or proportion of public service jobholders supported under 
this title. The Secretary may establish placement goals for eligible 
applicants, except that such goals must be identified as goals, not 
requirements, and any form or other document developed pursuant to 
such regulations shall give written notice to that effect. Any eligible 
applicant shall have the right, clearly stated in such regulations, to 
request a waiver of such goals if, in his judgment, such goals are not 
feasible. Such waiver, a request for which may be submitted at any 
time, may be granted by the Secretary where, in his judgment, local 
conditions warrant it. Wherever such a waiver has been granted, fail-
ure to meet placement goals shall not be cited in any official review or 
evaluation of that eligible applicant's programs." 
VETERxVNS' EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS 
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gEC. 104. (a) The Director of the Veterans' Employment Service, 
note 
Department of Labor, established by section 2002 of title 38, United 
States Code, together with the Secretary and Under Secretary of 
Labor and such Assistant Secretaries of Labor as the Secretary may 
designate, shall be responsible for formulating and monitoring the 
implementation of all departmental policies and programs as they 
affect veterans, especially those relating to unemployment, job train-
ing, employment, and placement under any provision of law. 
(b) The Secretary of Labor, in consultation and cooperation with 
the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, shall provide for an outreach and public 
information program utilizing, to the maximum extent, the facilities 
of the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare 
and the Veterans' Administration in order to (A) exercise maximum 
efforts to produce jobs and job training opportunities for individuals 
who served in the Armed Forces and were discharged within 4 years 
before the date of their application for such jobs or job training and 
inform all eligible veterans about employment, job training, on-the-job 
training, and educational opportunities, under the Comprehensive 
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Employment and Training Act of 1973, as amended by this Act, as 
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provided for under title 38, United States Code, and under any other 
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provision of law, and (B) inform all eligible applicants under the 
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, Federal con-
tractors and subcontractor's, all Federal departments and agencies, 
educational institutions, labor unions, and other employers, of their 
responsibilities under this subsection and under all such laws, and 
(C) provide the entities described in clause (B) of this subsection 
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- technical assistance in carrying out those responsibilities. The Secre-
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tary of Labor, in consultation and cooperation with the Administrator 
of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare shall report to the appropriate committees of the Congress 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the 
steps taken and regulations issued to carry out the provisions of this 
section and of section 205(c) (5) of the Comprehensive Employment 
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and Traininff Act of 1973. 
SPECIAL REPORT 
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SEC. 105. Section 209 of such Act is amended by striking out "Sec. 
209." and inserting in lieu thereof "Sec. 209. (a)". and by adding at the 
end of such section the following new subsection: 
"(b) In compiling the data which the Secretary is required to report 
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to the Congress under section 208(e), the Secretary shall obtain and 
compile information on practices and procedures implemented by 
prime sponsors affecting average annual wage rates paid to public 
service job holders and public service job opportunities described 
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under this title. The Secretary is authorized to make general recom-
mendations to prime sponsors, on a regional and area basis, as he may 
deem appropriate, consistent with section 208(a)(3) 
(relating to 
the maximum annual wage rate per public service job holder), taking 
into account average wages in the various areas served and the cost 
of living in such areas, with the aim of maintaining the number of 
jobs on a nationwide average in federally supported wage rates 
equivalent to $7,800 per public service job holder." 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 106. (a) Section 201 of the Comprehensive Employment and 
Training Act of 1973 is amended by striking out the words "of sub- 
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stantial unemployment" and inserting in lieu thereof "qualifying for 
assistance". 
(b) Section 202(a) of such Act is amended by inserting before the 
words "under this title" the following: "for use m areas of substantial 
unemployment". 
(c) Section 204(a) (2) of such Act is amended by striking out "and 
which include areas of substantial unemployment". 
(d) (1) Section 204(d) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
the words "of substantial unemployment" each place they appear and 
inserting "(qualifying for assistance". 
(2) Section 204(d) (3) of such Act is amended by striking out "of 
substantial unemployment" and inserting in lieu thereof "qualifying 
for assistance". 
(e) Section 205(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "of sub- 
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stantial unemployment" and inserting in lieu thereof "qualifying for 
assistance". 
(f) Section 205(c) (3) of such Act is amended by striking out "areas 
of substantial unemployment" and inserting in lieu thereof "area 
qualifying for assistance". 
(g) Section 210 of such Act is amended by striking out "for resi- 
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dents of the areas of substantial unemployment designated under this 
title" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "for residents of the 
area qualifying for such assistance". 
MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 107. (a) Section 701(a)(7) of such Act (as redesignated by 
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section 101 of this Act) is amended by inserting after "education," 
the following: "child care,". 
(b) Section 701(a) (7) of such Act (as redesignated by section 101 
of this Act) is further amended by inserting after "work" the fol-
lowing: ", including part-time work for individuals who are unable, 
because of age, handicap, or other factors, to work full time,". 
(c) Section 701(a) of such Act (as redesignated by section 101 of 
this Act) is amended by inserting after paragraph (13) the following 
new paragraph: 
"(14) 'veterans outreach' means the veterans outreach services 
"veterans out-
program carried out under subchapter IV of chapter 3 of title '•^^''^•" 
38, United States Code, with full utilization of veterans receiv- 
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ing educational assistance or vocational rehabilitation under 
chapter 31 or 34 of such title 38." 
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(d) Section 703(1) of such Act (as redesignated bv section 101 of 
this Act) is amended by inserting after "sex," the following: "age,". 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 
SEC. 108. Section 104(a) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 
(as amended) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new para- 
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graph as follows: 
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"(6) The National Council may accept gifts or grants and may 
accept transfer of funds from other departments or agencies.". 
TITLE II—SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE PROGRxA.M 
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Ante, 
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 201. It is the purpose of this title to establish a temporary 
Federal program of special unemployment assistance for workers 
who are unemployed during a period of aggravated unemployment 
and who are not otherwise eligible for unemployment allowances 
under any other law. 
GRANTS TO STATES: AGREEMENT W I T H 
STATES 
SEC. 202. Each State which enters into an agreement with the Secre-
tary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unem-
ployment assistance in accordance with the provisions of this title 
and the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor 
hereunder, shall be paid by the United States from time to time, prior 
to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, such amounts 
as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out 
the provisions of this title in the State. Assistance may be paid under 
this title to individuals only pursuant to such an agreement. 
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS 
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gEc. 203. An individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of 
assistance or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unem-
ployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemploy-
ment assistance period in accordance with the provisions of this title 
if— 
(1) the individual is not eligible for compensation under any 
State or Federal unemployment compensation law (including 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et 
seq.)) with respect to such week of unemployment, and is not 
receiving compensation with respect to such w^eek of unemploy-
ment under the unemployment compensation law of Canada and 
is not eligible for assistance or an allowance payable with respect 
to such week of unemployment imder such laws as the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act Amendments of 1974, the 
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Disaster Relief Act of 1974, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as 
note.""" °"' 
amended, or any successor legislation or similar legislation, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided, 
That the individual 
meets the qualifying employment and wage requirements of the 
applicable State unemployment compensation law in a base year 
which, notwithstanding the State law, shall be the fifty-two-week 
period preceding the first week with respect to which the indi-
vidual: (1) files a claim for assistance or waiting period credit 
under this title; (2) is totally or partially unemployed; and (3) 
meets such qualifying employment and wage requirements; and 
for the purpose of this proviso employment and wages which are 
not covered by the State law shall be treated as though they were 
covered, except that employment and wages covered by any 
State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), 
shall be excluded to the extent that the individual is or was 
entitled to compensation for unemployment thereunder on the 
basis of such employment and wages; and 
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(2) the individual is totally or partiall}^ unemployed, and is 
able to work, available for work, and seeking work, within the 
meaning of, or as required by, the applicable State unemploy-
ment compensation law, and is not subject to disqualification 
under that law; and 
(3) the individual has filed a claim for assistance or waiting 
period credit under this title; and 
(4) in the area in which the individual was last employed for 
at least five work days prior to filing a claim under this title for 
assistance or waiting period credit with respect to such week of 
unemployment, a special unemployment assistance period is in 
effect with respect to such week of unemployment: 
Provided, 
That if the individual, except for the imposition of a disqualifi-
cation in accordance with subsection (b), was otherwise eligible 
for a payment of assistance or waiting period credit under this 
title with respect to a week of unemployment which began dur-
ing a special unemployment assistance period, but did not 
exhaust entitlement to assistance during such period, entitlement 
shall continue after the end of the period but no assistance shall 
be paid under this title for any week of unemployment that begins 
more than twenty-six weeks after the end of such period; and 
(5) the State in which the individual was last employed for at 
least five work days prior to filing a claim under this title for 
assistance or waiting period credit with respect to such week of 
unemployment, has an agreement with the Secretary of Labor 
under section 202 which is in effect with respect to such week of 
unemployment. 
SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PERIOD 
SEC. 204. (a) A special unemployment assistance period shall com- 
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mence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after 
the first week for which the Secretary determines that there is an "on" 
indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after 
the first week for which the Secretary determines that there is an "off" 
indicator for such area except that no special unemployment assistance 
period shall have a duration of less than thirteen weeks. 
(b) The Secretary shall designate as an area under this section 
areas served by an entity which is eligible to be a prime sponsor under 
section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act 
of 1973 (PublicLaw 93-203). 
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(c) There is an "on" indicator in an area for a week if for the 
most recent three consecutive calendar months for which data are 
available the Secretary determines that— 
(1) the rate (seasonally adjusted) of national unemployment 
averaged 6 per centum or more; or 
(2) the rate of unemployment in the area averaged 6.5 per 
centum or more. 
(d) There is an "off" indicator for a week, if for the most recent 
three consecutive calendar months for which data are available the 
Secretary determines that both subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) are 
not satisfied. 
(e) The determinations made under this section shall take into 
account the rates of unemployment for three consecutive months, even 
though any or all of such months may have occurred not more than 
three complete calendar months prior to the enactment of this Act. 
WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT 
SEC. 205. (a) The amount of assistance under this title to which an 
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eligible individual shall be entitled for a week of unemployment shall "°*^' 
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be the weekly benefit amount for a week of unemployment that would 
be payable to the individual as regular compensation as computed 
under the provisions of the applicable State unemployment compensa-
tion law: Provided^ That in computing the weekly benefit amount 
under this subsection the individual's base year, notwithstanding the 
State law, shall be the fifty-two-week period preceding the first week 
with respect to which the individual: (1) files a claim for assistance 
or waiting period credit under this title; (2) is totally or partially 
unemployed; and (3) meets the qualifying employment and wage 
requirements of subsection (a) of section 203; and for the purpose of 
this proviso employment and wages which are not covered by the 
applicable State unemployment compensation law shall be treated as 
though they were covered, except that employment and wages covered 
by any State or Federal unemployment compensation law, including 
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^^g Kailroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), 
shall be excluded to the extent that the individual is or was entitled to 
compensation for unemployment thereunder on the basis of such 
employment and wages. 
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions of State law, claims for assist-
ance under this title may be determined, where an employment record 
is not available, on the basis of an affidavit submitted by an applicant. 
If an applicant knowingly provides false information in such affidavit, 
he shall be ineligible for any assistance under this title and shall, in 
addition, be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of title 18, 
LTnited States Code. 
M A X I M U M BENEFIT 
AMOUNT 
note 
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gj,^.^ ^06. The maximum amount of assistance under this title which 
an eligible individual shall be entitled to receive shall be the maximum 
amount of regular compensation that would be payable to such individ-
ual as computed under the provisions of the applicable State unem-
ployment compensation law, but not exceeding twenty-six times the 
weekly benefit amount payable to the individual for a week of total 
unemployment as determined under subsection (a) of section 205: 
Provided^ That for the purposes of this subsection the individual's 
base year, notwithstanding the State law, shall be the fifty-two-week 
period preceding the first week with respect to which the individual: 
(1) files a claim for assistance or waiting period credit under this title; 
(2) is totally or partially unemployed; and (3) meets the qualifying 
employment and wage requirements of section 203(a) ; and for the 
purpose of this proviso employment and wages which are not covered 
by the State law shall be treated as though they were covered, except 
that employment and wages covered by any State or Federal unem-
ployment compensation law, including the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), shall be excluded to the extent 
that the individual is or was entitled to compensation for unemploy-
ment thereunder on the basis of such employment and wages. 
APPLICABLE STATE LAW PROVISIONS 
note. 
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gj^^^ 207. Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this title, 
the terms and conditions of the applicable State unemployment com-
pensation law which apply to claims thereunder for regular compen-
sation and the payment thereof shall apply to claims for assistance 
under this title and the payment thereof. 
TERMINATION DATE 
note 
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gjjQ^ 208. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no pay-
ment of assistance under this title shall be made to any individual with 
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respect to any week of unemployment ending after March 31, 1976; 
and no individual shall be entitled to any compensation with respect to 
any initial claim for assistance or waiting period credit made after 
December 31,1975. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 209. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for pur-
poses of this title such sums as may be necessary. 
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DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 210. (a) As used in the title, the term— 
(1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor; 
(2) "State" means the States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Kico, and the Virgin Islands; 
(3) "applicable State unemployment compensation law" means 
the law of the State in which the individual was last employed for 
at least five work days prior to filing a claim for assistance or 
waiting period credit under this title; and 
(4) "week" means a calendar week. 
(b) Assistance under this title shall not be considered to be regular 
compensation for purposes of qualifying for benefits under the Fed-
eral-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, and 
claims filed under this title shall not be treated as claims for weeks of 
unemployment for purposes of determining the rate of insured unem-
ployment under section 203 (f) (1) of such Act. 
TITLE III—JOB OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM 
SEC. 301. The Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title: 
"TITLE X—JOB OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM 
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
_ "SEC. 1001. It is the purpose of this title to provide emergency finan-
cial assistance to stimulate, maintain or expand job creating activities 
in areas, both urban and rural, which are suffering from unusually 
high levels of unemployment. 
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a DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 1002. For the purpose of this title— 
" (1) the term 'eligible area' means— 
"(A) any area, which the Secretary of Labor designates 
as an area which has a rate of unemployment, equal to or in 
excess of 6.5 per centum for three consecutive months. 
"(B) any area designated pursuant to section 204(c) of the 
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, and 
"(C) any area which is designated by the Secretary of 
Commerce pursuant to section 401 of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 as a redevelopment area. 
li PROGRAM AUTHORIZED 
"SEC. 1003. (a) To carry out the purposes of this title, the Secretary 
of Commerce, in accordance with the provisions of this title, is author-
ized from funds appropriated and made available under section 1007 
of this title to provide financial assistance to programs and projects 
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identified through the review process described in section 1004 to 
expand or accelerate the job creating impact of such programs or 
projects for unemployed persons in eligible areas. Programs and proj-
ects for which funds are made available under this title shall not be 
approved until the officials of the appropriate units of general govern-
ment in the affected area have an adequate opportunity to comment on 
the specific proposal. 
"(b) Whenever funds are made available by the Secretary of Com-
merce under this title for any program or project, the head of the 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government 
administering the law authorizing such assistance shall, except as 
otherwise provided in this subsection, administer the law authorizing 
such assistance in accordance with all applicable provisions of that 
law, except provisions relating to— 
" (1) requiring allocation of funds among the States, 
"(2) limits upon the total amount of such grants for any 
period, and 
"(3) the Federal contribution to any State or local govern-
ment, whenever the President or head of such department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the Federal Government determines that 
any non-Federal contribution cannot reasonably be obtained by 
the State or local government concerned. 
"(c) Where necessary to effectively carry out the purposes of this 
title, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to initiate programs 
in eligible areas, 
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"^^) In allocating funds under this title, the Secretary of Commerce 
shall give priority consideration to— 
" (1) the severity of unemployment in the area; and 
"(2) the appropriateness of the proposed activity in relating 
to the number and needs of unemployed persons in eligible areas. 
"(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, funds 
allocated by the Secretary of Commerce shall be available only for 
programs or projects which the Secretary of Commerce and the Secre-
tary of Labor jointly determine are programs or projects— 
"(1) which will contribute significantly to the reduction of 
unemployment in the eligible area; 
" (2) which can be initiated or strengthened promptly; 
"(3) a substantial portion of which can be completed within 
12 months after such allocation is made; 
"(4) which are not inconsistent with locally approved compre-
hensive plans for the jurisdiction affected, whenever such plans 
exist; and 
"(5) which will be approved giving first priority to programs 
and projects which are most labor intensive, 
"PROGRAM REVIEW 
42 use 3246c. 
"§^0. 1004. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of the 
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Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974, each 
department, agency or instrumentality of the Federal government, and 
each regional commission established by section 101 of the Appalachian 
40 use app. 101. Regional Development Act of 1965 or pursuant to section 502 of this 
42 use 3182. 
^QI^ shall (1) complete a review of its budget, plans and program 
including State, substate and local development plans filed with such 
department, agency or commission; (2) evaluate the job creation effec-
tiveness of programs and projects for which funds are proposed to be 
obligated in calendar year 1975 and additional programs and projects 
for which funds could be obligated in such year with Federal financial 
assistance under this title; and (3) submit to the Secretary of Com-
merce and the Secretary of Labor recommendations for programs 
and projects which have the potential to stimulate the creation of 
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jobs for unemployed persons in eligible areas. Within 30 days of the 
receipt of such recommendations the Secretary of Commerce and the 
Secretary of Labor shall jointly review such recommendations, and 
the Secretary of Commerce shall after consultation with such depart-
ment, agency, instrumentality, and regional commissions, make alloca-
tions of funds in accordance with section 1003(e) of this title. 
'LIMITATIONS ON USE or FUNDS 
42 u s e 3246d. 
"SEC. 1005. Fifty per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to section 1007 of this title shall be available only for programs and 
projects in which not more than 25 percent of such funds will be 
expended for necessary non-labor costs. 
"RULES AND REGULATIONS 
"SEC. 1006. The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe such rules, 
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regulations, and procedures to carry out the provisions of this title 
as will assure that adequate consideration is given to the relative needs 
of applicants for assistance in rural eligible areas and the relative 
needs of applicants for assistance in urban eligible areas and to any 
equitable distribution of funds authorized under this title between 
rural and urban eligible applicants. 
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
42 u s e 3246f. 
"SEC. 1007. There are authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 1975 to carry out the provisions of this title, except 
that no further obligation of funds appropriated under this section 
may be made subsequent to a determination that the national average 
rate of unemployment has receded below 6.5 per centum for three 
consecutive calendar months as determined by the Secretary of Labor. 
Any amounts so appropriated for such fiscal year which are not obli-
gated prior to the end of such fiscal year shall remain available for 
obligation until December 31,1975. 
"TERMINATION DATE 
"SEC. 1008. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no "
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further obligation of funds appropriated under this title shall be made 
by the Secretary of Commerce after December 31,1975." 
"SEC. 302. Section 712 of the Public Works and Economic Develop-
ment Act of 1965 is amended by striking "or 403" and inserting in lieu 
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thereof "403,903, and 1003". 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-568 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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December 31, 1974 
To authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on 
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Library and Information Services not later than 1978, and for other purposes. 
Whereas access to information and ideas is indispensable to the devel-
opment of human potential, the advancement of civilization, and 
the continuance of enlightened self-government; and