An Act to assure opportunities for employment and training to unemployed and underemployed persons.
PL 93-203 (S.1559), enacted 12/28/1973

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Public Law 93-203 
A N A C T 
December 28, 1973 
To assure opportunities for employment and training to unemployed and under- 
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employed persons. 
Comprehensive 
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Be it enacted hy the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assewhled. That tliis Act may be ^^°^^y^^^^_ ^^^ 
cited as the "Compreliensive Employment and Ti-aining Act of 1973". Training Act o
f 
1973. 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. It is the purpose of this Act to provide job trainino- and 
employment opportunities for economically disadvanta*>e(l, unem-
ployed, and underemployed persons, and to assure that training- and 
other services lead to maximum employment opportunities and enhance 
self-sufficiency by establishing a flexible and decentralized system of 
Federal, State, and local programs. 
T K A X S r n O X A L 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 3. (a) To the extent necessary to provide for the ordei-ly transi-
tion of supporting job training pi'ograms, and to provide continued 
financial assistance for such programs, prior to July 1, 1974, the Sec-
retary is authorized to provide financial assistance in the same manner 
and on the same conditions as provided in the Manpower Development 
and Training Act of 1962, as in eifect prior to June 30, 1973, title I 
of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and the Emergency no^e 
Employment Act of 1971, as in effect prior to June 30, 1973, from 
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(b) The authority contained in this section shall not be construed 
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to postpone or impede the prompt designation of prime sponsors and note.^^*^ "
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the implementation of othei" provisions of this Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other pi-ovision of this Act other than 
the provisions of section 4(d)(1), the Secretary is author-ized from 
appropriations available under- this Act for fiscal year 1974 to provide 
financial assistance for the program described in section 304(a) (3) 
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during the period June 1, 1974, through October 1, 1974, in the same 
manner and on the same conditions as provided pursuant to the Man-
power Development and Training Act of 1962, as in effect ])rior to 
June 30, 1973, and title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, 
as in effect prior to repeal by this Act. 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 4. (a) There ai-e authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, and for each 
of the three succeeding fiscal years for carrying out the provisions of 
this Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other pi'ovision of law, unless enacted in 
specific limitation of the provisions of this subsection, any funds 
a])propriated to cari-y out this Act which ai'e not obligated prior to the 
end of the fiscal year for which such funds were appr-opriated shall 
remain available for obligation during the succeeding fiscal year, and 
any funds obligated in any fiscal year may be expended during a 
period of tw^o years from the date of obligation. 
(c) (1) For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding 
available under this Act, appropriations under this Act are authorized 
to be included in an appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding 
the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. 
(2) Ixi order to effect a transition to the advance funding method 
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of timing appi'opriation nctioii, the piovif^ioiis of this subsection sliall 
apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in the 
enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act 
or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current 
fiscal year and one for the snceeeding fiscal year, 
(d) (1) Of the amounts appropriated to cai-ry out this Act, the Sec-
cretary shall reserve and make available not less than $250,000,000 in 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 19T-1-, and not less than $350,000,000 in 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, to carry out public service employ-
ment programs under title II. 
(2) In addition to the amounts reserved under i)aragraph (1) of 
this subsection, there are authorized to be ai)propriated and made 
available for the fiscal years ending June 30,1974, and June 30, 1975, 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out public ser\ice employment 
programs under title II. There are authorized to be appropriated and 
made available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for the 
succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out pub-
lic service employment programs under title II. 
(e) Of the amount appropriated to carry out this Act for any fiscal 
year, not more than 20 percent of such amount (excluding any amount 
in excess of $250,000,000 of the amount made available for carrying 
out title II) shall be available for carrying out the provisions of title 
Posf, pp. 859, 
H I and title IV. 
863. 
TYYhV: I—COMPREnEXSIVE ^LVNPOWER SERVICES 
DESCKIPTIOX OF TROGRA^I 
SKC. 101. It is the purpose of this title to establish a program to 
provide comprehensive manpoAver services throughout the Nation. 
Such program shall include the development and creation of job oppor-
tunities and the training, education, and other services needed to 
enable individuals to secure and retain employment at their maximum 
capacity. Oomprehensive manpower services may include, but shall 
not be limited to. programs and activities designed to carry out the 
purpose of this title, such as— 
(1) outreach to make persons aware of the availability of man-
power services and persuade them to use such services. 
(2) assessment of the individual's needs, interests, and poten-
tial in the labor market and referral to appropriate employment, 
training, or other opportunities. 
(3) orientation, counseling, education, and institutional skill 
ti-aining to prepare the individual to enter the labor market or to 
qualify for more productive job opportunities, 
(4) training on the job, 
(5) payments or other inducements to public or private employ-
ers to expand job opportunities, but payments to employers 
organized for profit shall not exceed the diiference between the 
costs of recruiting, training, and providing supportive services for 
low-income persons and those regularly employed, 
(()) services to individuals to enable them to retain employment, 
(7) payment of allowances to persons in training for which 
they receive no remuneration and payment of such allowances for 
transportation, subsistence, or other expenses incurred in par-
ticipating in manpower services or employment as are necessary 
to enable the individual to participate therein, 
(8) supportiA'e services to enable individuals to take advantage 
of employment opportunities, including necessary health care and 
medical services, child care, residential support, assistance in 
securing bonds, or anv otlier necessarv assistance incident to 
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cniployiiieiit. and any other service needed to participate in 
employment or manpower services. 
(9) development of information concerning the labor market 
and activities, such as job restructuring, to make it more respon-
sive to objectives of the manpower services program, 
(10) 
manpower training, employment opportunities, and 
related services conducted by community-based organizations, 
(11) transitional public service employment programs, and 
(1:2) any programs authorized by part A of title III and by 
title IV of this Act. 
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PRIME 
SPONSORS 
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SEC. 162. (a) The Secretary may make financial assistance available 
to a prime sponsor to enable it to carry out all or a substantial part 
of a comprehensive manpower program. A prime sponsor shall be—-
(1) a State; 
(2) a unit of general local government which has a population 
of one hundred thousand or more persons on the basis of the most 
satisfactory current data available to the Secretary; 
(3) any combination of units of general local government which 
includes any unit of general local government qualifying under 
paragraph (2) of this siibsection; 
(i) any imit of general local government or any combination 
of such units, without regard to population, which, in exceptional 
circumstances, is determined by the Secretary of Labor— 
(A) (i) to serve a substantial portion of a functioning labor 
market area, or (ii) to be a rural area liaA'ing a high level of 
unemployment; and 
(B) to have demonstrated (i) that it has the capability for 
adequately carrying out programs under this Act, and (ii) 
that there is a special need for services within the area to be 
served, and (iii) that it will carry out such programs and 
services in such area as effectively as the State; or 
(5) a limited number of existing concentrated employment 
program gi-antees ser\ing rural areas having a high level of 
unemployment which the Secretary determines have demonstrated 
special capabilities for carrying out programs in such areas and 
are designated by him for that purpose. 
(b) (1) A State shall not qualify as a prime sponsor for any geo-
graphical area within the jurisdiction of any prime sponsoi- described 
in paragraph (2), (3), (4J,or (5) of subsection (a) unless such prime 
sponsor has not submitted an approvable comprehensive manpower 
plan for such area. 
(2) A unit of general local government shall not qualify as a ])rime 
sponsor with respect to any area within the jurisdiction of another 
eligible unit of general local government unless such smaller unit has 
not submitted an approvable comprehensive manpower plan for such 
area. 
(c) (1) To be eligible for prime sponsorship for any fiscal year, an 
otherwise eligible applicant must submit to the Secretary a notice of 
intent to apply for prime sponsorship by such date as the Secretary-
shall prescribe. 
(2) The Secretary may not, prior to March 1, 1974, designate as a 
prime sponsor, any State or unit of general local government contain-
ing another unit of general local government meeting the requirements 
of subsection (a) (2) of this section unless such smaller unit has sub-
mitted to the Secretarv written consent for such desionation. 
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ALLOCATIOX OF FUNDS 
SEC. 108. (a)(1) Llighty percent of the amount available for this 
title in any fiscal year shall be allotted in accordance with the pro-
visions of this subsection. 
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) — 
(A) 50 percent of the amount allotted under this subsection 
shall be allotted on the basis of the manpower allotment of the 
State in the fiscal year- prior to the year for which the determina-
tion is made compared to the manjjower allotment foi" all States 
in that year; 
(B) 371/2 percent of the amount allotted under this subsection 
shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of vmeuiployed 
pei'sons within the State as compared to such numbers in all 
States; 
(C) 121/^ percent of the amount allotted undei- this subsection 
shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of adults in 
families with an annual income below the low-income level within 
the State compared to such total numbers in all States; 
(I)) Not less than $2,000,000 shall be allotted among Guam, the 
Vii'gin Islands, Amei'ican Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, in accordance with their respective needs. 
(3) The sum allotted to each State shall be allotted by the Seci-etai-y 
among areas within the State on an equitable basis based upon the 
factors set forth in paragi'aph (2). 
(4) No prime sponsor shall be allocated an amount which is in excess 
of 150 percent of the amount received by the area served by that })riine 
sponsoi' in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year- for 
which the detei'mination was made except that if the amount so 
allocated is less than 50 percent of the amount to which such j>i-ime 
sponsor- is entitled under- ])ar-agi-a])h (2) in the fiscal year- for- which 
a determination was made, then such allocation shall be increased to 
50 per-cent of the amoiuit of such entitlement. 
(b) Not more than 5 percent of the amount available for this title 
shall be available to the Secretary to encour-age, after- consultation 
with aird r-eceiviirg r-ecommendations fi-om the Gover-nor- of the 
ai)])r-opr-iate State, \'oluntar-y combinations formed under section 102 
(a)(3)._ 
(c) Five per-cent of the funds available under title I shall be avail-
able only for- gr-ants under section 112 except that such gr-ants shall not 
iircr-ease the funds available in any pr-ime sponsor-*s area by nrore than 
20 ])ercent of the amount allocated to such pr-ime sponsor under- sub-
section (a). 
(d) One per-cent of the arnorrnt allocated under subsection (a) shall 
be available to the Secr-etar-y to be allocated in the same manner as 
l)rovided under subsection (a) to State pr-ime sponsors for the costs 
irrcrrr-r-ed in carrying orrt the pr-ovisions of section 107(a) (2) (B). If 
any State does not need the amoirnt allocated under- this subsection for-
any fiscal year, that amount shall be available for State ser-vices under 
section 106. 
(e) Four percent of the amounts available for this title shall be. 
available to each State in the same proportion as that State's allo<-a-
tion under subsection (a) for State ser-vices under section 106. 
(f) The remainder of the frrnds shall be available in the Secre-
tar-y's discretion. In exer-cising his discr-etion the Secretar-y shall fir-st 
rrtilize srrch firnds to provide eacli prime sponsor with an amoirnt for 
any fiscal year- equal to 90 percent of such area's manpower allotment 
in the pr-eceding fiscal year. The remainder shall be distr-ibuted in tlie 
Secretar-y's discretion among ar-eas served by pr-ime sponsor-s (or 
where a ])rime sponsor's plan has not been approved an area served 
Publication in 
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by the Secretary under his authority in section 110). In exercising his 
discretion the Secretary shall take into account the need for continued 
funding of programs of demonstrated eflf'ectiveness, 
(g) Grants made to prime sponsors designated under section 102 
(a) (5) shall be fi'om funds not allocated under subsection (a). 
(h) As soon as practicable after funds are appropriated to carry 
out this Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish in the 
Federal Register- the allotments made pursuant to this section. Allot-
ments under this section shall be based on the latest satisfactory data 
and estimates available. 
(i) The Secretary is authoi'ized to make such reallocations under 
Reallocations. 
this title as he deems appropriate of the unobligated amount of any 
allotment pursuant to subsection (a) to the extent that the Secretaiy 
determines that it will not be requii-ed foi' the period for which such 
allotment is available. Allotted amounts may not be reallocated for any 
reason before the expiration of the ninth month of the fiscal year for 
Avhich such funds were allotted and thereafter may be reallocated only 
if the Secretary has provided thirty days' advance notice to the prime 
sponsor for such area and to the (jovernor of the State of the pro-
posed reallocation, during which period of time the prime sponsor 
and the Governor may submit comments to the Secretary. After con-
sidering any comments submitted during such period of time, the 
Secretary shall notify the Govei-nor and affected prime sponsors of 
any decision to reallocate funds and shall publish any such decision 
in the Federal Register. Priority shall be given in reallocating such 
funds to other ar-eas within the same State. 
PKI.ME SI'ONSOU'S PLAN NINO COUXCILS 
SEC. 104. Each prime sponsor designated under this title shall 
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establish a phinning council consisting, to the extent practical, of 
members who are representative of the client community and of com-
munity-based organizations, the employment service, education and 
training agencies and institutions, business, labor, and, where appro-
priate, agriculture. The prime sponsor shall appoint, the members 
of the council, designate the chairman, and provide professional, 
technical, and clerical staff to serve the council. It is the function of 
the council to submit recommendations regarding program i)lans and 
basic goals, policies, and procedures, to monitor and pr-ovide for 
objective evaluations of em})loyinent and training programs conducted 
in the prime sponsorship area, and to provide for continuing analyses 
of needs for employment, training, and related services in such area. 
Any final decision with respect to such recommendations shall be 
made by the prime si)onsor. 
CONDITIOXS FOR KECEII'T OF FIXAXCIAL ASSISTAXCE 
SEC. 105. (a) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance 
for any fiscal year to a prime sponsor unless such sponsor submits 
a comprehensive manpower plan, in such detail as the Secretary deems 
necessaiy, which— 
(1) sets forth a comprehensive manpower program which meets 
the objectives of this title, including (A) a description of the 
services to be provided, and performance goals, (B) assurance 
that such services will be administered by or under the supervision 
of the prime sponsor, (C) a description of the geogr-aphical 
areas to be served under the plan, and (D) assurances that to the 
maximum extent feasible manpower services, including the 
development of job opportunities, will be provided to those most in 
need of them, including low-income persons and persons of lim-
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ited English-speaking ability, and that the need for continued 
funding of programs of demonstrated effectiveness is taken into 
account in serving such groups and persons; 
(2) provides, in the case of prime sponsors who are recipients 
of funds under title I I for the development of a public service 
employment program, that it is fully integrated with the services 
under this title in order to assure that persons employed in such 
a program are afforded a better opportunity to find regular 
employment not supported under this Act; 
(3) (A) provides appropriate arrangements with community-
based organizations serving the poverty community, and other 
special target groups for their participation in the planning of 
programs included in the plan; (B) provides for utilizing those 
services and facilities which are available, with or without reim-
bursement of the reasonable cost, from Federal, State, and local 
agencies to the extent deemed appropriate by the prime sponsor, 
after giving due consideration to the effectiveness of such exist-
ing services and facilities, including, but not limited to, the State 
employment service, State vocational education and vocational 
rehabilitation agencies, area skills centers, local educational agen-
cies, postsecondai-y training and education institutions, and com-
munity action agencies, but nothing contained herein shall be 
construed to limit the utilization of services and facilities of 
private agencies, institutions and organizations (such as private 
businesses, labor organizations, private employment agencies, and 
private educational and vocational institutions) which can, at 
comparable cost, provide substantially equivalent training or 
services or otherwise aid in reducing more quickly unemployment 
or current and prospective manpower shortages; (C) provides 
that in making arrangements for institutional training priority 
shall be given (to the extent feasible) to the use of skills centers 
established undei' the authority of section 231 of the Manpower 
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Development and Training Act of 1962; (D) provides arrange-
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ments to the extent feasible for the coordination of services for 
which financial assistance is provided under programs adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Labor relating to manpower and man-
power-i-elated services; 
(4) provides for paying the allowances and compensation pro-
vided by section 111; 
(5) pi'ovides that any transitional public service employment 
piograms meet the requirements of section 205(c) and section 208^ 
and that p(M'sons hired to fill jobs created by such programs will 
be residents of tlie areas described under paragraph (1) (C) of this 
subsection; 
(6) provides assurances that piograms of institutional training 
be designed for occupations in which skill shortages exist and 
assurances that such programs and training on the job shall, 
wliorexor possible, losult in employment which provides economic 
self-sufficiency; 
(7) contains such other information, assurances, statements, 
and anangements consistent with the provisions of this Act as the 
Secretary shall prescribe by regulation including provisions 
designed to assist the Secretarv in carrying out his special respon-
sibilities under this section and section 108. 
(b) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
fiscal year to a i)rime sponsor unless such sponsor certifies that— 
(1) its plan meets all the requirements of this section; and 
(2) it will comply with all provisions of this Act. 
((?) The Societary shall provide financial assistance to each prime 
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sponsor under this title to carry out the ph\n submitted by each such 
})riine sponsor ui)on determining that— 
(1) tlie j)hin is consistent with the provisions of this title; 
{•2) the phm was made public prior to submission to the Secre-
tary; 
(?)) the prime sponsor has demonstrated maximum efforts to 
iuii)lement the pr-ovisions in the prior year's i)lan. 
SPECIAL PROVISIOXS RELATING TO STATE PRIME 
SPONSORS 
SEC. 106. (a) Anv State seeking assistance under this Act shall .^^^'^ comprehen-
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submit a Ibtate comprehensive manpower plan to the Secretary tor pian. 
approval in accordance with the requirements of this section. 
(b) The State comprehensive manpower plan shall in addition to 
meetiug the i-equirements of section 105— 
(1) provide satisfactory arrangements for serving all geo-
graphical areas under its jurisdiction except areas served by an 
eligible ai)plicant who has filed a notice of intent under section 
10:2(c), except that such plan may be amended to include areas 
served by an eligible applicant whose plan is finally disapproved 
without pi-ejudice to the remedies available to such eligible 
a])])licaut under section 109; 
(2) provide for the cooperation and participation of all State 
agencies providing manpower and manpower-related sei'vices in 
the implementation of comprehensive nuinpower sei-\ices plans 
by prime sponsors in accoi'dance with the provisions of this Act; 
(3) set forth an overall State plan for the development and 
sharing of resources and facilities needed to conduct manpower 
programs under its direct si)onsor^liip without unnecessary dupli-
cation and otherwise in the most efficient and economical manner; 
(4) provide for' the coordination of programs financed under 
the Wagner-Peyser Act in accordance with such rules, regula- 
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tions, and guidelines as the Secretary determines necessary for 
the purpose of providing coordinated and comprehensive assist-
ance to those individuals requiring mani)Ower and manpower-
related services to achieve theii- full occupational potential in 
accordance with the policies of this Act; 
(5) set foith arrangements for- assisting the Seci'etary in carry-
ing out his responsibilities for enfoiring the requii'ement for Fed-
ei'al contr'actors and subcontractoivs to list all suitable employment 
openings with local offices of the State employment service and 
I)rovide special emphasis, as I'equired in section 2012(a) of title 
;58, United States Code; 
se stat. 1097. 
(6) set forth arrangements, if any, which the State may desire 
to provide foi- planning ai-eas to serve geographical regions within 
the State; and 
(7) make adequate provision for the coordination of the man-
power and related services to be ])rovided by the State in areas 
to be ser'ved by prime sponsor's other than the State, and that 
jir'ovision has been made for the establishment of mechanisms to 
(A) pi'ovide for the exchange of information between States and 
local governments on State, intrastate, and regional planning in 
areas such as economic development, human resource develop-
ment, education, and such other areas that may be relevant to 
manpower j)lanning; and (B) promote the coordination of all 
manpower j)lans in a State so as to eliminate conflict, duplica-
tion, and overlapping between manpower services. 
(c) Funds available to each State undei' section 108(e) may be used 
for— 
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(1) the provision of services under tliis Act tlironoliont the 
State by State agencies responsible for employment and training 
and related services; 
(2) providing financial assistance for special programs and 
services designed to meet the needs of rural areas outside major 
labor market areas; 
(3) developing and ])ublishing information regarding eco-
nomic, industrial, and labor market conditions, including but 
not limited to job opportunities and skill requirements, labor sup-
ply in various skills, occupational outlook and employment trends 
in various occupations, and economic and business development 
and location trends; 
(4) providing, without reimbursement and upon request, to 
any prime sponsor serving an area within the State, such informa-
tion and technical assistance as may be appropriate to assist any 
such prime sponsor in developing and implementing its programs 
under this Act; and 
(5) carrying out special model training and employment pro-
grams and related services, including programs for offenders simi-
lar to programs described in section 301(c) of this Act. 
(d) The State prime sponsor shall annually certify compliance with 
all the requirements for State prime sponsors. 
STATE ^lAXrOWER SEKVICES COUXCTL 
Establishment. 
c;j-(._ i^()7_ (a)(1) Auy State Avhich desii-es to be designated as a 
l)rime sponsor and to enter into arrangements with the Secretary 
under this title shall establish a Manpower Services Council (herein-
after referred toias the "Council") which shall exercise the powers and 
duties set forth in this section. 
(2) The Council established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be appointed by the Governor (who shall designate one 
member thereof to be Chairman), and shall be composed of— 
(i) representatives of the units or combinations of units of 
general local government in such State, who shall comprise 
at least one-third of the membership of the Comicil. which 
have comprehensive manpower plans approved under sec-
tion 108 (except that the initial appointments to the Council 
may consist of representatives of units or combinations of 
units of general local government described in clauses (2), 
(3), (4), and (5) of section 102(a) which have indicated an 
intention to submit a plan for approval under section 108). 
and such representatives shall be designated by the chief 
executive officers of the units or combination of units of gen-
eral local government which qualify for representation under 
this section in accordance with procedures agreed upon by 
such chief executive officers; 
(ii) one representative each of the State board of voca-
tional education and the public employment service of such 
State; 
(iii) one representative of each such other State agency 
as the Governor may determine to have a direct intei-est in 
overall manpower training and utilization within the State; 
(iv) representatives of organized labor; 
(v) representatives of business and industry; 
(vi) rei:)resentativos of conununity-based organizations 
and of the client community to be served under this Act 
(including, where persons of limited English-speaking abil-
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ity represent a substantial portion of the client population, 
appropriate representation of such persons) ; and 
(vii) representatives of the general public. 
(B) be appropriately staffed and serviced by the State prime 
sponsor; 
(C) meet at such times and in such places as it deems neces-
sary. 
(b) The Council shall— 
(1) review the plans of each prime sponsor and the plans of 
State agencies for the provision of services to such prime spon-
sors, and make recommendations to such prime sponsors and 
agencies for the more eff'ective coordination of efforts to meet the 
overall manpower needs of the State; 
(2) continuously monitor the oper-ation of programs conducted 
by each prime sponsor, and the availability, responsiveness, and 
adequacy of State services, and make recommendations to the 
prime sponsors, to agencies pi'oviding manpower services, and to 
the Governor and the general public with respect to ways to 
improve the eft'ectiveness of sucli programs or services in fulfilling 
the purposes of this Act; 
(3) make an annual report to the Governor which shall be a 
Report to GOV-
public document, and issue such other studies, reports, or docu-
ments as it deems advisable to assist prime sponsors or to other-
wise help carry out the pur-poses of this Act. 
REVIEW OF PLANS 
SEC. 108. (a) The Secretary shall not approve a comprehensive 
manpower plan or any amendment thereto until he determines that 
it meets the requirements of section 105, and in the case of a State 
plan section 106, and that the plan was submitted to, and an opportu-
nity to comment thereon provided, the Governor of the State and 
appro{)riate oflicials in units of general local government of tlie area 
to be served. 
(b) (1) The Secretary shall not finally disapprove any comprehen- 
Hearing, notice. 
sive manpower plan submitted under this title, or any modifications 
thereof, without first affording the prime sponsor submitting the plan 
reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. 
(2) If the Secretai-y receives a formal allegation from an affected 
unit of genera] local government that a prime sponsor has changed 
its comprehensive manpower plan so that it no longer complies with 
section 105 or that in the administration of the plan there is a failure 
to comply substantially with any such provision, with any provision 
of the plan, or with any requirements of section 603 or ("04, he shall, 
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and, if he receives such an allegation from any other interested person, 
he may, or, if such allegation is supported by substantial evidence, he 
shall, after due notice and opportunity for a hearing to the prime 
sponsor, determine whether the allegation is true. If he determines 
such an allegation to be true, the Secretary shall notify the prime 
sponsor that no further payments will be made to the prime sponsor 
under the plan (or, in his discretion, that further payments will be 
limited to programs under or portions of the plan not affected bv such 
failure), until he is satisfied that there will no longer be any failure 
to comply. Until he is so satisfied, the Secretary shall make no further 
payments to such sponsor under the plan (or shall limit payments to 
programs under the plan not affected by the failure). 
(c) The Secretary shall not disapprove any plan solely because of 
the percentage of funds devoted to a particular program or activity 
authorized under section 101 of this Act. 
(d) Whenever the Secretary determines, after notice and oppor-
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[87 STAT. 
tunity for a public hearing, that any prime sponsor designated to serve 
under this Act is— 
(1) maintaining a pattern or practice of discrimination in vio-
lation of section 603(1) or section 612(a) of this Act or otherwise 
failing 
to serve equitably the economically 
disadvantaged, 
unemployed, or underemployed persons in the area it serves; 
(2) incurring unreasonable administrative costs in the conduct 
of activities and programs, as determined pursuant to regulation; 
(3) failing to give due consideration to continued funding of 
programs of demonstrated effectiveness including those previ-
ously conducted under provisions of law repealed by section 614 
of this Act; or 
(4) otherwise materially failing to carry out the purposes and 
provisions of this Act; 
the Secretary shall revoke the prime sponsor's plan for the area, in 
whole or in part, and to the extent necessary and appropriate shall not 
make any further payments to such prime sponsor under this Act, and 
he shall notify such sponsor to return to him all or part of the 
unexpended sums paid under this Act during that fiscal year. 
JUDICIAL 
REVIEW 
SEC. 109. (a) If any prime sponsor is dissatisfied with the Secre-
tary's final action w4th respect to the approval of its compi'ehensive 
manpower plan submitted under section 105 or section 106 or with his 
final action under section 108, such prime sponsor may, within sixty 
days after notice of such action, file with the United States court of 
appeals for the circuit in wliicli the prime sponsor is located a petition 
for review of that action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith 
transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary. Thereupon the 
Secretary shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which 
he based his action, as provided in section 2112 of title 28. United 
Jl^'"';lV'- 
States Code. 
(b) The findings of fact by the Secretary, if supported by substan-
tial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause shown, 
may remand the case to the Secretary to take further evidence, and 
the Secretary may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact 
and may modify his previous action, and shall certify to the court 
the record of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings 
of fact shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial 
evidence. 
(c) The court shall have juiisdiction to affirm the action of the 
Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the 
court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United 
States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of 
62 Stat. 928. 
^j^|^, 28, United States Code. 
AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO PROVIDE SERVICES 
SEC. 110. (a) In any area of a State which has not qualified as a 
])iime sponsor- and for which no other prime sponsor has qualified 
under paragr'aph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 102(a) or where the 
Secretary has taken an action under subsection (b)(2) or (d) of section 
108 which results in such services not being provided in such area, the 
Secretary is authorized and directed out of funds allotted to such State 
or- local area under section 103(a) to provide for continuing programs 
by making payments directly to public and private nonprofit agencies 
and organizations conducting activities w*hich he determines are not 
in violation of the requirements of this section. To the extent necessary 
to assure the delivery of services in the areas served by any prime 
sponsor- subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary is author-
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849 
ized (if no other eligible prime sponsor is designated under section 
102 of this Act to serve such area) to make grants to and enter into 
contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations 
in the same manner and to the same extent as if the Secretary were the 
prime sponsor for that area. 
(b) The Secretai-y shall, prior to making anjr payments under this 
Act for any fiscal year, enter into an agreement with any prime sponsor 
receiving payments under this Act which contains provisions adequate 
to assure that the provisions of this section are carried out effectively. 
ALLOWANCES 
SEC. 111. (a) Basic weekly allowances for individuals receiving 
training or education under this title for which no wages are payable 
shall be at a rate prescribed by the Secretary which'when added to 
amounts received by the trainee in the form of unemployment compen-
sation payments shall equal the minimum wage for a work week of 
forty hours under section 6(a) (1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 or, if higher, under the applicable State or local minimum wage 
^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 
law, and such basic allowances shall, in the case of an individual with 
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dependents, be increased by $5 a week for each dependent over two up 
to a maximum of four additional dependents. The prime sponsor may 
waive the payment of all or part of the allowances when it determines, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, that such waiver will 
promote the purposes of this Act. Trainees receiving public assistance 
or whose needs or income are taken into account in determining such 
public assistance payments to others, shall receive an incentive allow-
ance of $S0 per week. Such allowance shall be disregarded in deter-
mining the amount of public assistance payments under Federal or 
Federally assisted public assistance programs. In prescribing allow-
ances, the prime sponsor shall, in accordance with regulations 
presciibed by the Secretary, allow additional sums for special circum-
stances such as exceptional expenses incurred by trainees, including 
but not limited to meal and travel allowances, or he may reduce such 
allowances by an amount reflecting the fair value of meals, lodging, 
or other ne<*essaries furnished to the trainee. The prime sponsor shall 
take such action as may be necessary to insure that such persons 
receive no allowances with respect to periods during which they are 
failing to participate in such programs, training, or instruction as pre-
scribed herein without good cause. Notwithstanding the preceding 
provisions of this subsection, the prime sponsor shall, in accordance 
Avith sucli I'egulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, make such 
adjustments as he deems appropriate in allowances which would other-
wise be payable under this title, including but not limited to adjust-
ments which take into account the amount of time per week spent by 
the individual participating in such programs and adjustments to 
reflect the special economic circumstances which exist in the area in 
which the program is to be carried on. Allowances shall not be paid 
for any course of training having a duration in excess of one hundred 
and four weeks. 
(b) Individuals receiving training on the job shall be compensated 
by the employer at such rates, including periodic increases, as may be 
(leemed reasonable under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, con-
sidering such factors as industry, geographical region, and trainee 
proficiency, but in no event at a rate less than that specified in section 
0(a) (1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or, if higher, under 
the applicable State or local minimum wage law. 
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SUITLEMENTAL VOCATIOXAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE 
emors. 
Grants to Gov- 
gjj^- 112. (a) Fi'om the fviiids available to liim for this section, the 
Secretary shall make grants to Governors to provide financial assist-
ance, through State vocational education boards, to i)rovide needed 
vocational education services in areas served by prime sponsors. 
(b) All of the sums available to carry out this section shall be 
allotted among the States in the manner provided for allotting funds 
under section 103 (a). 
(c) Funds available under this section shall be used only for pro-
viding vocational education and services to participants in programs 
under this title in accordance with an agreement between the State 
vocational education board and the prime sponsor. 
TITLE II—PI'BLIC EMPLOYJSIENT PROGRAMS 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 201. It is the purpose of this title to provide unemployed and 
undei-employed persons with transitional employment in jobs provid-
ing needed public services in areas of substantial unemployment and, 
wherever feasible, related training and manpower services to enable 
such persons to move into employment or training not supported 
under this title. 
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 202. (a) Eighty per centum of funds available for any fiscal 
year under this title shall be allocated among eligible applicants in 
accordance with the number of unemployed residing in areas of sub-
.-tautial unemployment within the jurisdiction of the applicant com-
j)ared to the number of unemployed residing in all such areas. 
(b) The lemainder may be distributed by the Secretary in his discre-
tion taking into account the severity of unemployment within such 
areas. 
FIXAXCIAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 203. (a) The Secretary shall enter into arrangements with 
eligible applicants in accordance with the provisions of this title in 
order to make financial assistance available in areas of substantial 
unemployment for the ]iurpose of providing transitional employment 
for unemployed and under-employed persons in jobs providing needed 
public services, and training and manpower services related to such 
euiploymeut which are otherwise unavailable, and enabling such per-
sons to move into employment or training not supported under this 
title. 
(b) Xot less than 90 ])er centum of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to this title which are used by an eligible applicant for public service 
euiploymeut programs shall be expended only for wa.<ies and employ-
ment benefits to persons employed in public service jobs pursuant to 
this title. 
ELIGIBLE 
APPLICANTS 
SF(\ 204. (a) Financial assistance under this title may be provided 
by the Seci-etary only pursuant to applications submitted by eligible 
ap])licants which are— 
(1) piime sponsors qualified under title T; or 
(2) Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations and which 
include areas of substantial unemployment. 
(b) For fiscal year 1974, eligible applicants include any entity 
eligible to be a prime sponsor under section 102 (a). 
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851 
(c) For the purpose of this title ''areas of substantial uneniploy- ^^'^^^Zrunlmpioy-
ineiit" means any area of sufficient size and scope to sustain a public ment." 
service employment program and which has a rate of unemployment 
equal to or in excess of 6.5 per centum for three consecutive months 
as determined by the Secretary. Determinations concerning the rate of 
unemployment shall be made by the Secretary at least once each fiscal 
year. 
(d) (1) Whenever an area of substantial unemployment within the 
jurisdiction of an eligijjle applicant is also within the jurisdiction 
of a unit of general local government or a combination of such units 
having a population of 50,000 or more (but less than that necessary 
to qualify as a prime sponsor under title I ) , the eligible applicant shall 
delegate to such unit or units of general local government the functions 
of program agent with respect to the funds allocated to sucli eligible 
applicant on account of such area of substantial unemployment. 
(2) For purposes of this subsection the functions of program agent 
include the administrative responsibility for developing, funding, 
overseeing, and monitoring programs within the area but such func-
tions shall be carried on consistently with the application for financial 
assistance which shall be developed by the eligible applicant in coop-
eration with the program agent. 
(3) Whenever two or more units of general local government qualify 
as program agents with respect to the same area of substantial unem-
ployment the provisions of section 102(b)(2) shall be applicable. 
(e) Whenever the Secretary makes any determination i-equ.ii'cd by 
Notice to con-
this section, he shall promptly notify the (Congress and shall publish fn^peder^i Re^gis" 
such determination in the Federal Register. 
ter. 
APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 205. (a) Financial assistance under this title may be provided 
by the Secretary for any fiscal year only pursuant to an application 
which is submitted by an eligible applicant and which is approved by 
the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Any 
such application shall set forth a public service employment program 
designed to provide emT)loyment, in jobs providing needed public 
services, for persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment 
who have been unemployed for at least thirty days and, where appro-
priate, training and manpower services related to such employment 
which are otherwise unavailable, and to enable such persons to move 
into employment or training not supported under this title. 
(b) Programs assisted under this title shall, to the extent feasible, 
be designed with a view toward— 
(1) developing new careers, or 
(2) providing opportunities for career advancement^ or 
(3) providing opportunities for continued training, including 
on-the-job training, or 
(4) providing transitional public service employment which 
will enab-e the individuals so employed to move into public or 
private employment oi- training not supported under this Act. 
(c) An application for financial assistance for a public service 
employment program under this title shall include provisions setting 
forth— 
(1) assurances that the activities and services for which assist-
ance is sought under this title will be administered by or undei-
the supervision of the applicant, identifying any agency or insti-
tution designated to carry out such activities or services under 
such supervision; 
(2) a description of the area to be served by such programs, and 
a plan for effectively serving on an equitable basis the significant 
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[87 STAT. 
segments of the population to be served, including data indicating 
the number of potential eligible participants and their income and 
employment status; 
(3) assurances that only persons residing within the areas of 
substantial unemployment qualifying for assistance will be hired 
to fill jobs created under this title, and that the public services 
provided by such jobs shall, to the extent feasible, be designed to 
benefit the residents of such areas; 
(4) assurances that special consideration will be given to the 
filling of jobs which provide sufficient prospects for advancement 
or suitable continued employment by providing complementary 
training and manpower services designed to (A) promote the 
advancement of participants to employment or training opportu-
nities suitable to the individuals involved, whether in the public 
or private sector of the economy, (B) provide participants with 
skills for which there is an anticipated high demand, or (C) pro-
vide participants with self-development skills, but nothing con-
tained in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude persons 
or programs for whom the foregoing goals are not feasible or 
appropriate; 
Veterans, spe- 
^5^ assurauces (A) that special consideration in filling transi-
uon. °"^' ^
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tional public service jobs will be given to unemployed persons who 
served in the Armed Forces in Indochina or Korea on or after 
August 5, 1964, in accordance with criteria established by the 
Secretary (and who have received other than dishonorable dis-
charges) , and a description of the specific steps to be undertaken 
during such fiscal year to provide such special consideration, and 
of the types of jobs to be made available to such veterans, with 
special emphasis on the development of jobs which will utilize, to 
the maximum extent feasible, the skills which such veterans 
ac<iuired in connection with their military training and service, 
and (B) that the applicant shall (i) make special efforts to 
acquaint such veterans with the program and the public service 
jobs available to veterans under this Act, and (ii) coordinate 
efforts in behalf of such veterans with those activities authorized 
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^y chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code (relating to Job 
Coimseling and Employment Services for Veterans), or carried 
out by other public or private organizations or agencies; 
(6) assurances that, to the extent feasible, public service jobs 
shall be provided in occupational fields which are most likely to 
expand within the public or private sector as the unemployment 
rate recedes; 
(7) assurances that special consideration in filling transitional 
public service jobs will be given to unemployed persons who are 
the most severely disadvantaged in terms of the length of time 
they liave been unemployed and their pi'ospects for 
finding 
em])loynient without assistance under this title, but such special 
consideration shall not authoi'ize the hiring of any person when 
any other peison is on lay-off from the same or any substantially 
equivalent job; 
(8) assurances that no funds received under this title will be 
used to hire any person to fill a job opening created by the action 
of an employer in laying oft' or terminating the employment of 
any ivgular employee not supported under this title in anticipa-
tion of filling the vacancy so created by hiring an employee to be 
su])ported under this title; 
(9) assurances that due consideration be given to persons who 
have participated in mani)ower training programs for whom 
employment opportunities would not be otherwise immediately 
available; 
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853 
(10) a (lo.s('i'i[)tiou of the luotliods to be used to recruit, select, 
and orient participants, including specific eligibility criteria, and 
programs to prepare the participants for their job responsibili-
ties; 
(11) a description of unmet pnblic serxico needs and a state-
ment of priorities among such needs; 
(12) a description of jobs to be filled, a listing of the major 
kinds of Avoiiv to be performed and skills to be acqnired and the 
a[)proximate dnration for \vhich participants would be assigned 
to such jobs; 
(13) the wages or salaries to be paid persons emj)loyed in pub-
lic service jobs under this title and a comparison with the Avages 
paid for similar public occupations by the same em]jloyer; 
(14) where appropriate, the education, training, and support-
ive services (including counseling and healtli care services) which 
complement the work performed; 
(15) the planning for and training of supervisory personnel in 
working with participants; 
(16) a description of career opportunities and job advancement 
potentialities for participants; 
(17) assurances that procedures established pursuant to sec-
tion 207(a) will be complied with; 
(18) assurances that agencies and institutions to whom finan-
cial assistance is made available under this title have undertaken, 
or will undertake, analyses of job descriptions and revaluations 
and, where shown necessary, revisions of qualification require-
ments at all levels of employment, including civil service require-
ments and practices relating thereto, in accordance 
with 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary, Avith a view toward 
removing artificial bari'iers to public employment of those whom it 
is the purpose of this title to assist; 
(19) assurances that the applicant will, where appropriate, 
maintain or provide linkages with upgrading and other man-
power i^rograms for the purpose of (A) providing those persons 
employed in public service jobs under this title who want to pur-
sue work with the employer, in the same or similar work, with 
opportunities to do so and to find permanent, upwardly mobile 
careers in that field, and (B) providing those pei'sons so employed 
who do not wish to pursue permanent careers in such field, with 
opportunities to seek, prepare for, and obtain Avork in other 
fields; 
(20) assui-ances that all persons employed under any such j)ro-
gram, other than necessary technical, supervisory, and adminis-
trative personnel, Avill be selected from among unemployed and 
underemployed persons; 
(21) assurances that the program Avill, to the maximum extent 
feasible, contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to 
employment and occupational adA^ancement, including civil serv-
ice requirements Avhich restrict employment opportunities for the 
disadvantaged; 
(22) assurances that not more than one-third of the partici-
pants in the program Avill be einployed in a bona fide professional 
capacity (as such term is used in section 13(a)(1) of tlie Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938), except that this paragraph shall 
^s stat. 7i; 
not be applicable in the case of particij^ants employed as class- 
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room teacners, and the Secretary may Avaive this limitation in 
exceptional circumstances; 
(23) a description of the manpoAver needs of local gOA-ernments 
and of local educational agencies Avithin the area to be served 
together Avith the comments of such gOA-ernments and ao-encies 
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[87 STAT. 
where appropi-iate, and assnrancos tlint jobs will bo allocated 
e(iuitably to sucli governments and agencies taking into account 
the number of unemployed ^Yithin their jurisdi<^tions and the 
needs of the agencies; 
(24) assurances that the jobs in each job category in no way 
infringe upon the promotional opportunities Avhich woidd other-
wise be availa})le to persons currently employed in public service 
jobs not subsidized under this title, and assurances that no job 
will be filled in other than an entry level position in each job 
category until applicable personnel procedures and collective bar-
gaining agreements have been complied with; 
(25) assurances that jobs funded under this title are in addition 
to those that would be funded by the sponsor in the absence of 
assistance under this Act; and 
(26) such other assurances, arrangements, and conditions, con-
sistent with the provisions of this title, as the Secretary deems 
necessary, in accordance with such regulations as he shall 
prescribe. 
ArPEOVAL OF ArPIJCATIOXS 
SKC. 20(). An application, or modification or amendment thereof, for 
financial assistance under this title may be approved only if the Sec-
retary determines that— 
(1) the application meets the requirements set forth in this 
title; 
(2) an opportimity has been provided to officials of the appro-
priate units of general local government to submit comments with 
respect to the application to the applicant and to the Secretary: 
(3) an opportimity has been provided to the Governor of the 
State to submit comments with respect to the application to the 
applicant and to the Secretary; and 
(4) where a labor organization represents employees who are 
engaged in similar work in the same area to that proposed in the 
application, an opportunity has been provided such organization 
to submit comments with respect to the application to the appli-
cant and to the Secretary. 
SPECIAL RESPOXSIBILITIKS OF THE SEClUrrARY 
SEC. 207. (a) The Secretary shall establish procedures for periodic 
reviews by an appropriate agency of the status of each person 
employed in a public service job under this title to assure that iai the 
event that any person employed in a public service job under this title 
and the reviewing agency find that such job will not provide sufficient 
prospects for advancement or suitable continued employment, maxi-
mum efforts shall be made to locate employment or training oppor-
tunities providing such prospects, and such person shall be offered 
appropi'iate assistance in securing placement in the opportunity wdiich 
he chooses after appropriate counseling. 
(b) The Secretary shall revieAV the implementation of the proce-
dures established under subsection (a) of this section six months after 
funds are first obligated under this title and at six-month intervals 
thereafter. 
Indians, public 
(e) Whcrc the Secretary determines that an Indian tribe on a 
m^ent"ro^^ams7 
Fodoral or State reservation is unable to submit an application to 
assistance. 
caiTy oiit a public sei'vice em])loyment ])rogram which meets the 
requirements of section 205. the Seci-etary shall assist such tribe in pre-
paring, submitting, and implementing a public service employment 
program. The provisions of section 20S shall api)ly to programs car-
i"ied out under this subsection. 
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855 
SPECIAL CONDITIOXS 
SEC. 208. (a) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance 
for any program or activity nnder this title unless he determines, in 
accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe, that— 
(1) the program (A) will result in an increase in emj;)Ioyment 
opportunities over those opportunities which would otherwise be 
available, (B) Avill not result in the displacement of currently 
employed workers (including partial displacement such as a 
reduction in the hours of non-overtime work or wages or employ-
ment benefits), (C) will not impair existing contracts for services 
or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connec-
tion Avitli work that would otherwise be performed, and (D) will 
not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted 
(2) persons employed in public service jobs under this Act shall 
be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever is the 
highest of (A) the minimum wage which would be applicable to 
the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, if 
section 6(a) (1) of such title applied to the participant and if he 
were not exempt under section 13 thereof, (B) the State or local 
minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employ-
ment, or (C) the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in 
similar public occupations by the same employer; 
(3) funds under this title will not be used to pay persons 
employed in public service jobs under this title at a rate in excess 
of $10,000 per year; 
(4) all persons employed in public service jobs under this title 
will be assured of workmen's compensation, health insurance, 
unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels 
and to the same extent as other employees of the employer and 
to working conditions and promotional opportunities neither 
more nor less favorable than such other employees enjoy; 
(5) the provisions of section 2(a)(3) of Public Law 89-286 
(relating to health and safety conditions) shall apply to such 
program or activity; 
(6) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, con-
tribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of 
individual participants; 
(7) no funds under this title will be used for the acquisition 
of, or for the rental or leasing of supplies, equipment, materials, 
or real property; and 
(8) every participant shall be advised, prior to entering upon 
employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such 
employment. 
(b) Consistent with the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall 
make financial assistance under this title available in such a manner 
that, to the extent practicable, public service employment opportuni-
ties will be available on an equitable basis in accordance with the pur-
poses of this title among significant segments of the population of 
unemployed persons, giving consideration to the relative numbers of 
unemploved persons in each such segment. 
(c) Where a labor organization represents employees who are 
engaged in similar work in the same area to that proposed to be per-
formed under any program for which an application is being devel-
oped for submission under this title, such organization shall be notified 
nnd afforded a reasonable period of time prior to the submission of 
the a]:)plication in which to make comments to the applicant and to 
the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to assure that pro-
52 Stat. 1050; 
63 Stat. 910. 
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79 Stat. 1034. 
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Labor organiza-
tions, notifica-
tion. 
Regulations, 
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[87 STAT. 
grams under this title have adequate internal administrative controls, 
accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, 
and other policies as may be necessary to promote the effective use of 
funds. 
Periodic reports. 
^g^ rpj^g Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any pro-
gram under this title unless he determines, in accordance with regula-
tions which he shall prescribe, that periodic reports will be submitted 
to him containing data designed to enable the Secretary and the Con-
gress to measure the relative and, where programs can be compared 
appropriately, comparative effectiveness of the programs authorized 
under this title and other federally supported manpower programs. 
Such data shall include information on— 
(1) characteristics of participants including age, sex, race, 
health, education level, and previous wage and employment 
experience; 
(2) duration in employment situations, including information 
on the duration of employment of program participants for at 
least a year following the termination of participation in federally 
assisted programs and comparable information on other employees 
or trainees of participating employers; and 
(3) total dollar cost per participant, including breakdown 
between wages, training, and supportive services, all fringe bene-
fits, and administrative costs. 
The Secretary shall compile such information on a State, regional, 
and national basis, and shall include such information in the report 
required by section 209 of this title. 
Discrimination, 
?f\ ^}^^ Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
program under this title unless the grant, contract, or agreement with 
respect theieto specifically provides that no person with responsibilities 
in the opei-ation of such program will discriminate with respect to any 
program participant or any applicant for participation in such pro-
gram because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political 
affiliation, or beliefs. 
(g) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
program undoi- this title which involves political activities; and neither 
the program, the funds provided therefor, nor personnel employed 
in the administration thereof, shall be, in any way or to any extent, 
engaged in tlie conduct of political activities in contravention of chap-
ter 15 of title 5, Ignited States Code. 
(h) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
program under this title unless he determines that participants in the 
pi-ogram will not be employed on the construction, operation, or main-
tenaiuM' of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian 
instiMiction or as a i)lace for religious worship. 
SPECIAI. REPORT 
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annually a detailed report setting forth the activities conducted under 
this title, including information derived from evaluations required 
by this title and information on the extent to which (1) participants 
in such activities subsequently secure and retain public or private 
employment or participate in training or employability development 
pi'ograms, (2) segments of the population of unemployed persons are 
provided public service opportunities in accordance with the purposes 
of this title. 
prohibition. 
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857 
UTILIZATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 210. Funds available under this title to an eligible applicant 
may, at its option, be utilized for residents of the areas of substantial 
unemployment designated under this title for programs authorized 
under title I and part A of title I I I of this Act. 
SPECIAL PROVISION 
SEC. 211. The determinations to be made under section 204(c) shall 
take into account the rate of unemployment for a period of three 
consecutive months even though all or part of such period may have 
occurred prior to the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—SPECIAL FEDERAL RESPOXSIBILITIES 
PART A—SPECIAL TARGET GROUPS 
SPECIAL ]\rANP0WER TARGET GROUPS 
SEC. 301. (a) The Secretary shall use funds available under this title 
to provide additional manpower services as authorized under titles I 
and I I to segments of the population that are in particular need of 
such services, including youth, offenders, persons of limited English-
speaking ability, older workers, and other persons which the Secretary 
determines have particular disadvantages in the labor market. The 
Secretary shall take into account the need for continued funding of 
programs of demonstrated effectiveness. 
(b) With respect to programs for persons of limited English-speak-
ing ability under this Act, the Secretary shall establish appropriate 
procedures to ensure that participants are provided with manpower 
training and related assistance and supj)ortive services (where feasi-
ble, at times designed to meet the needs of individuals unable to attend 
during normal Avorking hours) designed to increase the employment 
and training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed per-
sons of limited English-speaking ability, including (A) the teaching 
of occupational skills in the primary language of such persons for 
occupations which do not require a high proficiency in English, and 
(B) dev'eloping new employment opportunities for limited English-
speaking persons and opportunities for promotion within existing 
employment situations for such j^ersons, including programs for the 
dissemination of appropriate information, and job placement, and 
counseling assistance, and the conduct of training and employment 
programs, in the primary language of such persons, as well as pro-
grams designed to increase the English-speaking ability of such 
persons. 
(c) With respect to i)rograms for offenders referred to in subsec-
tion (a), the Secretary shall establish appropriate procedures to insure 
that participants aie provided Avith such manpower training and 
related assistance and support services (including basic education, 
drug addiction or dependency rehabilitation, health care and other 
services) Avhich Avill enable them to secure and obtain meaningful 
omplo^nnent. To ensure the objectives of this subsection, the Secretary 
may, Avherever feasible, provide for appropriate arrangements wdth 
employers and labor organizations, appropriate parole, probationary 
and judicial authorities, and for the utilization of training equipment 
comparable to that currently used for the job in which training is 
furnished. To support such programs, the Secretary shall develop 
information concerning the special needs of offenders for such services, 
including special studies regarding the incidence of unemployment 
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among offenders and the means of increasino- employment opx^ortu-
nity for offenders. 
(d) The Secretary shall carry out fully and effectively his responsi-
bilities for the assignment of assistant veterans employment represent-
86 Stat. 1094. 
atives under section 2003 of title 38, United States Code, and his other 
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i-esponsibilities under chapter 41 of such title and for the listing of all 
suitable employment openings with local offices of the State employ-
ment service by Federal contractors and subcontractors and providing 
for the special emphasis as required by section 2012(a) of such title. 
86 Stat. 1097. 
IXDIAX MANPOWER PROGRAMS 
SKV. 302. (a) The (^ongress finds that (1) serious unemployment 
and economic disadA'antage exist among members of Indian and 
Alaskan native communities; (2) there is a compelling need for the 
establishment of comprehensive manpower training and employment 
progi-ams for members of those communities; (3) such programs are 
essential to the reduction of economic disadvantage among individual 
members of those communities and to the advancement of economic 
and social development in these communities consistent with their goals 
and life styles. 
(b) The Congress therefore declares that, because of the special rela-
tionship between tlie Federal Government and most of those to be 
served by the provisions of this section, (1) such programs can best 
be administered at the national level; (2) such programs shall be 
available to federally recognized Indian tribes, bands, and individuals 
and to other gi'oups and individuals of native American descent such 
as, but not limited to, the Lummis in Washington, the Menominees in 
Wisconsin, the Klamaths in Oregon, the Oklahoma Indians, the Pas-
samaquoddys and Penobscots in Maine, and Eskimos and Aleuts in 
Alaska; (3) such pi'ograms shall be administered in such a manner 
as to maximize the Federal commitment to support growth and devel-
opment as determined by representatives of the communities and 
groups served by this part. 
(c) (1) In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the 
Secretary shall, wherever possible, utilize Indian tribes, bands or 
groups (including Alaska Native villages or groups as defined in the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 
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C)S8)) having a governing body, for the provision of manpower serv-
ices under this title. When the Secretary determines that sudi tribe, 
band, or group has demonstrated the capability to eff'ectively admin-
ister a comprehensive manpower program, he shall require such tribe, 
band, or group to submit to him a comprehensive plan meeting the 
requirements of section 105. 
(2) In carrying out his responsibilities under this section the Sec-
retary shall make arrangements with prime sponsors and organiza-
tions (meeting requir-ements prescribed by the Secretary) serving 
non-reservation Indians for programs and projects designed to meet 
the needs of such Indians for employment and training and related 
services. 
(d) Whenever the Secretary determines not to utilize Indian tribes, 
bands, or groups for the provisions of manpower services under this 
section, he shall, to the maximum extent feasible, enter into arrange-
ments for the provision of such services with public or private non-
profit agencies which meet with the approval of the tribes, bands, or 
groups to be served. 
(e) The Secretary is directed to take appropriate action to establish 
administrative procedures and machinery (including personnel hav-
ing particular competence in this field) for the administration of 
Indian manpower programs authorized under this Act. 
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(f) Funds available for this section shall be expended for programs 
and activities consistent with the purposes of this part, including but 
not limited to such programs and activities carried out by eligible 
applicants under other provisions of this Act. 
(g) For the purpose of carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall reserve from funds available for this title an amount equal to 
not less than 4 percent of the amount allocated pursuant to section 
103(a)(1). 
(h) No provision of this section shall abrogate in any way the trust 
responsibilities of the Federal Government to Indian bands or tribes. 
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER MANPOWER PROGRAMS 
SEC. 303. (a) The Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) chronic seasonal unemployment and underemployment in 
the agricultural industry, substantially affected by recent advances 
in technology and mechanization, constitute a substantial portion 
of the Nation's rural manpower problem and substantially affects 
the entire national economy; 
(2) because of the special nature of certain farmworker man-
power problems such programs can best be administered at the 
national level. 
(b) (1) Funds available for this section shall be expended for pro-
grams and activities consistent with the purposes of this section, 
including but not limited to progiams and activities carried out b}' 
eligible applicants under other provisions of this Act. 
(2) For the purpose of carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 
T-eserve fi-om funds available for this title an amount equal to not 
less than 5 percent of the amount allocated pursuant to section 
103(a)(1). 
YOUTH PROGRAMS AND OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
SEC. 304. (a) The Secretary may pi'ovide financial assistance in 
urban and rural areas, including areas having large concentrations 
or proportions of low-income, unemployed persons, and rural areas 
having substantial outnrigration to lu'ban areas, for comprehensive 
work and training programs, and necessary supportive and follow-up 
ser-vices, irrcluding the following: 
(1) programs to provide part-time employment, on-the-job 
training, and useful wor-k exper-ience for students from low-income 
families who are in tlie nirrth through twelfth grades of school 
(or are of an age equivalent to that of students in such grades) 
and who are in need of the earnings to permit them to r-esume or 
maintain attendance in school; 
(2) programs to provide imemployed. underemployed, or low-
income per-sons (aged sixteen and over) with useful work and 
training (which must include sufficient basic education and insti-
tutional or on-the-job training) designed to assist those persons 
to develop their maximum occupational potential and to obtain 
r-egular competitive employment; 
(3) jobs, including those in recreation and related programs, 
for economically disadA'antaged youths during tlie summer 
months; 
(4) special programs which involve work activities directed to 
the needs of those chronically unemployed poor who have poor 
employment prospects and are unable, because of age, lack of 
employment opportunit}-, or otherwise, to secure appr-opr-iate 
em])loyment or tr-aining assistance under otlier progranrs, and 
which, in addition to other services ])rovided, will enable sucli 
persons to participate in projects for the betterment, physical 
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[87 STAT. 
improvement, or beautification of tlie community or areas served 
by the program; 
(5) special programs which provide unemployed or low-income 
persons with jobs leading to career opportunities, including new 
types of careers, in programs designed to improve the physical, 
social, economic, or cultural condition of the community or area 
served; 
(6) special services, when required, for middle-aged and older 
men and women, including recruitment, placement, and counsel-
ing for such persons who are unemployed as a result of the clos-
ing of a plant or factory or a permanent large-scale reduction in 
the work force of a locality, and provide grants to or contracts 
with prime sponsors to assist such sponsors in securing part-
time or temporary employment for middle-aged and older per-
sons ; and 
(7) other manpower programs conducted by community-based 
organizations. 
(b) To the maximum extent feasible, programs or components of 
programs conducted under this section shall be linked to comprehen-
sive work and training programs conducted by prime sponsors under 
title I of this Act, but the Secretary may provide financial assistance 
to a public agency or private organization other than a prime sponsor 
to carry out one or more component programs described in subsection 
(a) when he determines, after soliciting and considering comments of 
the appropriate prime sponsor, if any, that such assistance would 
enhance program effectiveness. In the case of programs under subsec-
tion (a) (1) of this section, financial assistance may be provided 
directly to local or State education agencies, after consultation with 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, for tlie operation 
of such programs. 
CONSULTATION W I T H SECRETARY OF H E A L T H , EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
SEC, 306. The Secretary of Labor shall consult with the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to arrangements for 
services of a health, education, or welfare character under this Act, 
and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall solicit the 
advice and comments of State educational agencies with respect to 
education services. Such services include but are not limited to basic or 
general education; educational programs conducted for offenders; 
institutional training; health care, child care, and other supportive 
services; and new careers and job restructuring in the health, educa-
tion, and welfare professions. When the Secretary of Labor arranges 
for the provision of basic education and vocational training directly, 
pursuant to the provisions of this title, he shall obtain the approval 
of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for such 
arrangements. 
PART B—KESEARCH, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH 
SEC. 311. (a) To assist the Nation in expanding work opportunities 
and assuring access to those opportunities for all who desire it, the 
Secretary shall establish a comprehensive program of manpower 
research utilizing the methods, techniques, and knowledge of the behav-
ioral and social sciences and such other methods,, techniques, and 
knowledge as will aid in the solution of the Nation's manpower prob-
lems. This program will include, but not be limited to, studies, the find-
ings of which may contribute to the formulation of manpower policy; 
development or improvement of manpower programs; increased 
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861 
knowliMloe about labor market pi'oct^sses: rcMluctioii of unciupJoymeiit 
and its relationships to price stability; promotion of more effective 
manpower de\elopment, training, and utilization; impro\ed national, 
regional, and local means of measuring future labor demand and sup-
ply; enhancement of job opportunities; skill training to qualify 
employees for positions of greater skill, responsibility, and remunera-
tion; meeting of manpower shortages; easing of the transition from 
school to work, from one job to another, and from work to retirement, 
opportunities and services for older persons who desire to enter or 
i-eenter the labor force, and for improvements of opportunities for 
employment and advancement through the reduction of discrimina-
tion and disad\antage arising from poAerty, ignorance, or prejudice. 
(b) The Secretary shall establish a program of experimental, devel- 
Experimental 
opmental, demonstration, and pilot projects, through grants to or con- P'""^''^'"-
tracts with public or private non-profit organizations, or through 
contracts with other private organizations, for the purpose of improv-
ing techniques and demonstrating the effectiveness of specialized 
methods in meeting the manpower, employment, and training prob-
lems, however, nothing in this subsection shall authorize the Secretary 
to carry out employment programs experimenting with subsidized 
wages in the private sector or with wages less than those established 
by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 19;58. as amended, for employ- 
52 stat. loiso. 
ment sub]ect to that Act. In carrying out this subsection Avith respect 
to programs designed to provide employment and training opportuni-
ties for low-income people, the Secretary shall consult with such other 
agencies as may be appropriate. Where programs under this section 
require institutional training, appropriate arrangements for such 
training shall be agreed to by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(c) The Secretary is authorized to conduct, either directly or by j^^^'""^""" evaiua-
way of contract, gi'ant, or other arrangement, a thorough evaluation 
of all programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act to deter-
mine the effectiveness of such programs and activities in meeting the 
special needs of disadvantaged, chronically unemployed, and low-
income ])ersons for meaningful employment opportunities and sup-
])ortive serxices to continue or resume their education and employment 
and to become more responsible and productive citizens. 
(d) The Seci'etary shall conduct such research and investigations as 
giA^e promise of furthering the objectives of this Act either (lirectly or 
through grants, contracts, or other arrangements. 
T.AlVOK MARKET STATISTICS AXD JOB BANK 
SEC. 312. (a) The Secretary shall develop a comprehensive system 
of labor market information on a national. State, local, or other appro-
priate basis, which shall be made publicly available in a timely 
fashion. 
(b) In addition to the monthly national unemployment statistics, 
the Secretary shall develop reliable methods, including the use of 
selected sample surveys, to produce more statistically accurate data on 
unemployment, underemployment and labor demand by State, local, 
and poverty areas. 
(c) The Secretary shall develop preliminary data for an annual 
statistical measure of labor market related economic hardship in the 
nation. Among the factors to be considered in developing such a meas-
ure are unemployment, labor force participation, involuntary part-
time emplo^-ment. and full-time employment at less than poverty 
wafres. 
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[87 STAT. 
bud°ef d
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(d) The Secretary shall develop methods to establish and maintain 
" ^^ ^ ^' 
more comprehensive household budget data at different levels of liv-
ing, including a level of adequacy, to reflect the differences of house-
hold living costs in regions and localities, both urban and rural. 
Sums set aside, 
(e) The Secretary shall set aside, out of sums available to the depart-
cong'rTss!"^ ° 
mcut for any fiscal year including sums available under section 4(e) 
of this Act, an amount which he determines is necessary and appro-
priate to enable him to carry out the provisions of this section, and 
shall no later than sixty days after such sums are appropriated and 
made available notify the appropriate committees of the Congress of 
the amount so set aside and the basis for his determination of need and 
appropriateness. 
re^Tona\°co^' 
^^^ '^^^^ Secretary shall report to the Senate Committee on Labor 
mittees. 
and Public Welfare and to the House Committee on Education and 
Labor the results of his efforts under subsections (a), (b), and (c) 
of this section by December 31,1974. 
Job bank; match- 
(g) xiic Secretary shall establish and carry out a nationwide com-
'"irtTbiTshment. 
puterizcd job bank and matching program (utilizing the listing of 
all suitable employment openings with local offices of the State employ-
ment service by Federal contractors and subcontractors and pro-
viding for the special emphasis as required by section 2012(a) of title 
86 Stat. 1097. 
,",8, Uuitcd Statcs Code) on a regional, State, and local basis, using 
electronic data processing and telecommunications systems to the maxi-
nnim extent possible for the purpose of identifying sources of available 
l)ersons and job vacancies, providing an expeditious means of match-
ing the qualifications of unemployed, underemployed, and economi-
cally disadvantaged i)ersons with employer requirements and job 
oppoitunities, and referring and placing such persons in jobs. 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 313. (a) The Secretary shall provide for the continuing evalua-
tion of all programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act, 
including their cost in relation to their effectiveness in achieving stated 
goals, their impact on communities and participants, their implication 
for related programs, the extent to which they meet the needs of per-
sons of various ages, and the adequacy of the mechanism for the 
Program compar- Jelivcry of serviccs. lu coiuluctiug the evaluations called for by this 
subsection, tlie Secretary shall compare the effectiveness of programs 
conducted by prime sponsors of the same class, of different classes, 
and shall compare the effectiveness of programs conducted by prime 
sponsors with similar programs carried out by the Secretary under 
section 110, or muler title III. He shall also arrange for obtaining the 
opinions of participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the 
programs. 
Reports to 
(b) lu Order to enable the Secretary to measure the relative and, 
Secretary. 
whcrc prograuis Call be compared appropriately, comparative effective-
ness of programs authorized under this Act and part C of title IV of 
85^s 3^*80^5^^' 
^^^^ Social Securit}' Act, he shall require that periodic reports be sub-
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mitted to him. Reports submitted under this subsection shall contain 
data which shall include information on— 
(1) enrollee characteristics, including age, sex, race, health, 
education level, and previous wage and emplojanent experience; 
(2) duration in training and employment situations, including 
information on the duration of employment of program partici-
pants for at least a year following the termination of federally 
assisted programs and comparable information on other employees 
orti-aineesof ])articipatingemplo3ers; and 
(3) total dollar cost per trainee, including breakdown between 
isons 
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863 
salary or stipend, training and supportive services, and adminis-
trative costs. 
From the information received pursuant to tliis section, the Secretary 
shall compile the information on a State, regional, and national basis. 
(c) The Secretary is authorized to carry out a special program to ^o'^^her's^^orec"-'* 
demonstrate the efficacy of providing certificates or vouchers to eco- nomicaiiy disad-
nomically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons vantaged. 
entitling private employer's who pi'ovide employment, training, and 
services to each person volunteering to participate in such program to 
l)ayment in amounts equal to the face value of the certificate for speci-
fied periods of time during which each such person may not be fully 
productive. 
KEMOVxVL o r 
ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCEMENT 
SEC. 314. The Secretary, in consultation wdth appropriate depart- 
study. 
ments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall conduct a con-
tinuing study of the extent to which artificial barriers to employment 
and occupation advancement, including civil service requirements and 
])r'actices relating thereto, within agencies conducting programs under 
this Act, restrict the opportunities for employment and advancement 
within such agencies and shall develop and promulgate guidelines, 
based upon such study, setting forth recommendations for task and 
skill requirements for specific jobs and recommended job descriptions 
at all levels of employment, designed to encourage career employment 
and occupational advancement within such agencies. 
TRAINING AND TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 315. The Secretary, in consultation wuth the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, and other appropriate officials, where 
appropriate, shall provide directly or through grants, contracts, or 
other arrangements, preservice and inservice training for special-
ized, supportive, and supervisory or other personnel and technical 
assistance which is needed 
in connection Avitli the 
programs 
established under this Act. 
TITLE IV—JOB CORPS 
STATE^IENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 401. This title establishes a Job Corps for low-income disadvan-
taged young men and women, sets forth standards and procedures for 
selecting individuals as eni'ollees in the Job Corps, authorizes the 
establishment of residential and nonresidential centers in which 
enrollees will participate in intensive programs of education, voca-
tional training work experience, counseling and other activities, and 
])rescribes various otlier powers, duties, and responsibilities incident 
to the operation and continuing development of the Job Corps. The 
purpose of this title is to assist young persons who need and can 
benefit from an unusually intensive program, operated in a group 
setting, to become more responsive, employable, and productive citi-
zens; and to do so in a w^ay that contributes, wdiere feasible, to the 
development of National, State, and community resources, and to the 
development and dissemination of techniques for working with the 
disadvantaged that can be widely utilized by public and private 
institutions and agencies. 
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[87 STAT. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF T H E JOB CORPS 
SEC. 402. There is established within the Department of Labor a 
"Job Corps". 
INDIVU)UALS ELIGIBLE FOR T H E JOB CORPS 
SEC. 403. To become an enroUee in the Job Corps, a young man or 
woman must, be a person who— 
(1) is a' permanent resident of the United States who has 
attained age fourteen but not attained age twenty-two at the time 
of enrollment; 
(2) is a low-income individual or member of a low-income 
family who requires additional education, training, or intensive 
counseling and related assistance in order to secure and hold 
meaningful 
employment, participate successfully in regular 
schoolwork, qualify for other training programs suitable to his 
needs, or satisfy Armed Forces requirements; 
(3) is currently living in an environment so characterized by 
cultural deprivation, a disruptive homelife, or other disorienting 
conditions as to substantially impair his prospects for successful 
participation in any other program providing needed training, 
education, or assistance; 
(4) is determined, after careful screening as provided for in 
sections 404 and 405, to have the present capabilities and aspira-
tions needed to complete and secure the full benefit of the pro-
gram authorized in this title, and to be free of medical and 
behavioral problems so serious that he could not or would not be 
able to adjust to the standards of conduct and discipline or pat-
tei-n of work and training which that program involves; and 
/ 
(5) meets such other standards for enrollment as the Secretary 
may prescribe (including special standards for the enrollment on 
a residential basis of 14 and 15 year olds) and agrees to comply 
with all applicable Job Corps rules and regulations. 
S(KKEN1N(J AND SEJ-ECTION OF APPLICANTS 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Rules. 
^K(-. 404. (a) The Secretary shall prescribe necessary rules for the 
s(;reening and selection of applicants for enrollment in the Job Corps. 
To the extent practicable, I'ules established under this section shall be 
implemented througli arrangements which make use of agencies and 
organizations such as comnuinity action agencies, public employment 
offices, professional groups, and labor organizations. The rules shall 
<'Stablish specific standards and procedures for conducting screening 
and selection activities; shall encourage recruitment through agencies 
and individuals having contact with youths over substantial periods 
of time and able, accordingly, to offer reliable information as to their 
needs and problems; and shall provide for necessary consultation with 
other individuals a]id organizations, including court, probation, 
parole, law enfoicement, education, welfare, and medical authorities 
and advisers. The rules shall also provide for— 
(1) the interviewing of each applicant for the purpose of— 
(A) determining whether his educational and vocational 
needs can best be meet through the Job Corps or any alter-
native j)rogram in his home community; 
(B) obtaining from the applicant pertinent data relating 
to his background, needs, and interests for evaluation in 
determining his eligibility and potential assignment; and 
(C) giving the api)licant a full imderstanding of the Job 
Rural area 
candidates. 
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Corps program and making clear what Avill be exjiected of 
him as an enrollee in the event of his acceptance; and 
(2) the conduct of a careful and systematic inquiry concerning 
the applicant's background for the eifective dcAelopment and, as 
appropriate, clarification of information concerning his age, citi-
zenship, school and draft status, health, employability, past 
beliavior, family income. euAironment, and other matters related 
to a determination of his eligibility. 
(b) The Secretary shall make no payments to any individual or 
organization solely as compensation for the service of referring the 
names of candidates for enrollment in the Jobs Corps. 
(c) The Secretary shall take all necessary steps to assure that the 
enrollment of the Job Corps includes an appropriate mmiber of candi-
dates selected from rural areas, taking into account the proportion of 
eligible youth who reside in rural areas and the need to provide resi-
dential facilities for such youth in order to meet problems of wide 
geographic dispersion. 
SCKEEXIXG AXD SELECTIOX—SPECIAL 
LIMITATIOXS 
SEC. 405. (a) Xo individual shall be selected as an enrollee unless 
it is determined that there is reasonable ex})ectation that he can par-
ticipate successfully in group situations and activities with other 
enrollees, that he is not likely to engage in actions or behavior that 
would prevent other enrollees fiom receiving the benefit of the pro-
gram or be incompatible with the maintenance of sound discipline and 
satisfactory relationships between any center to which he might be 
assigned and surrounding communities, and that he manifests a basic 
understanding of both the rules to w^hich he will be subject and of the 
consequences of failure to observe those rules, l^efore selecting an 
individual who has a history of serious and violent behavior against 
persons or property, repetitive delinquent acts, narcotics addiction, or 
other major behavioral aberrations, the Secretary of Labor shall 
obtain a finding from a professionally ([ualified person who knows such 
potential enrollee's individual situation that there is reasonable expec-
tation that his conduct will not be inimical to the goals and success 
of the Job Corps and that the opportunity j^rovided by the Job Corps 
Avill help him to overcome his problem. 
(b) An individual who otherwise qualifies for enrollment may be Par°iees. 
selected even though he is on probation or parole, but only if his 
release from the innnediate su])ervision of the cognizant probation or 
parole officials is nnitually satisfactory to those officials and the Secre-
tary, does not violate applicable hiAvs or regulations, and if the Secre-
tary has arranged to provide all supervision of the individual and all 
rejwrts to State or other authorities that may be necessary to comply 
Avith ai)plicable probation or parole requirements. 
EXKOLLMEXT AX'I) ASSKJXMEXT 
SEC. 406, (a) Xo individual may be enrolled in th(^ Job Corps for 
more than two years, except as the Secretary may authorize in special 
cases. 
(b) Enrollment in the Job Cor])s shall not relieve any individual 
of obligations under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 
A p p . 451 e t s e q . ) . 
62 Stat. 604; 
(c) Each enrollee (other than a native and citizen of Cuba described 
oatTreqiire-
in section 609(3) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or a per- "^^"t. 
manent resident of the Trust Teri-itoi-y of the Pacific Islands) must 
42 use 2949. 
take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in the following form: 'T 
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I bear true faith and allegiance 
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STAT. 
62 Stat. 749. 
Assignment to 
contiguous areas. 
Assignment to 
remote areas. 
Male enrollees. 
to the United States of America and will support and defend the Con-
stitution and laws of the LTnited States against all its enemies foreign 
and domestic.'* The provisions of section 1001 of title 18, United States 
Code, shall be applicable to this oath or affirmation. 
(d) After the Secretary has determined whether an enrollee is to be 
assigned to a men's training center, a conservation center, or a women's 
training center, the enrollee, shall be assigned to the center of the 
appropriate type in which a vacancy exists which is closest to the 
enrollee's home, except that the Secretary, on an individual basis, may 
waive this requirement when overriding considerations justify such 
action. Assignments to centers in areas more remote from the enrollee's 
home shall be carefully limited to situations in which such action is 
necessary in order to insure an equitable opportunity for disadvan-
taged youth from various sections of the country to participate in the 
program, to prevent undue delays in the assignment of individual 
enrollees, to provide an assignment which adequately meets the edu-
cational or other needs of the enrollee or is necessary for efficiency and 
economy in the operation of the program. 
(e) Assignments of male enrollees shall be made so that, at any 
one time, at least 40 per centum of those enrollees are assigned to con-
servation centers as described in section 407, or to other centers or 
projects where their work activity is primarily directed to the con-
servation, development, or management of public natural resources or 
i-ecreational areas and is performed under the direction of personnel 
of agencies regulai-ly responsible for the functions relating to such 
r-esources or areas. 
,)()1'. CORPS CENTKKS 
Civilian Con-
servation Centers. 
SKC. 407. (a) The Secretary may make agreements with Federal, 
State, oi- local agencies, or private organizations for the establishment 
and opeiation of Job Corps centers. Job Corps centers may be residen-
tial or nonresidential in character, or both, and shall be designed and 
operated so as to provide enrollees, in a well-supervised setting, wdth 
education, vocational training, work experience (either in direct pro-
gram activities or through arrangemeiits with employers), counseling, 
and other services appropriate to their needs. The centers shall include 
conservation centers, to be known as Civilian Conservation Centers, to 
be located primarily in rural areas and to provide, in addition to other 
training and assistance, programs of work experience focused upon 
activities to conserve, develop, oi' manage public natural resources or 
public recreational ai-eas or to assist in developing community projects 
in the public interest. The centers shall also include men's and women's 
training centers to be located in either urban or rui-al areas and to pro-
vide activities which shall include training and other services appro-
{)riate for enrollees who can be expected to participate successfully 
in training for specific types of skilled or semiskilled employment. 
(b) To the extent feasible, men's and women's training centers shall 
oll'er education and vocational training opportunities, together w^ith 
supportive services, on a nonresidential basis to participants in pro-
grams described in title I of this Act. Such opportunities may be 
offered on a reimbursable basis or through such other arrangements as 
the Secretai'v niay specify. 
'lUXJRAil -VCTIVITIKS 
SEC. 408. (a) Each Job Corps center shall be operated so as to pro-
vide enrollees with an intensive, well-organized and fully supervised 
program of education, vocational training, work experience, planned 
avocational and recreational activities, physical rehabilitation and 
development, and counseling. To the fullest extent feasible, the required 
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program for each enro]]ee sluill incUide uctivitios designed to assist 
him in choosing realistic career goals, coping with problems he may 
encounter in his home comnumity or in adjusting to a new com-
munity, and planning and managing his daily affairs in a manner that 
will best contribute to a long-term upward mobility. Center programs 
shall include required participation in center maintenance support and 
related work activity as appropriate to assist enrollees in increasing 
their sense of contribution, responsibility, and discipline. 
(b) To the extent practicable, the Secretary may arrange for enrollee 
education and vocational training through local public or private 
educational agencies, vocational educational institutions, or technical 
institutes Avhere such institutions or institutes can provide training 
comparable in cost and substantially equivalent in quality to that which 
he could provide through other means. 
(c) Arrangements for education shall, to the extent feasible, provide 
opportunities for qualified enrollees to obtain the equivalent of a cer-
tificate of graduation from high school. The Secretary, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall 
develop certificates to be issued to enrollees who have satisfactorily 
completed their services in the Job Corps and which will reflect the 
enrollee's level of educational attainment. 
(d) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to assure that Job 
Corps work-experience programs or activities do not displace presently 
employed workers or impair existing contracts for service and will be 
(Coordinated with other work-experience programs in the community. 
Education and 
vocational train-
ing. 
Certificates, 
Coordination 
with community 
work-experience 
programs. 
Regulations. 
ALLOWANCES AND SUPPORT 
SEC. -1:09. (a) The Secretary may provide enrollees Avith such per-
sonal, travel and leave allowances, and such quarters, subsistence, 
transportation, equipment, clothing, recreational services, and other 
expenses as he may deem necessary or aj^propriate to their needs. Per-
sonal allowances shall be established at a rate not to exceed $35 per 
jnonth during the first six months of an enrollee's participation in the 
program and not to exceed $50 per month thereafter, except that 
allowances in excess of $35 per month, but not exceeding $50 per 
month, may be provided from the beginning of an enrollee's participa-
tion if it is expected to be of less than six months' duration and the 
Secretary is authorized to pay personal allowances in excess of the 
rates specified herein in unusual circumstances as determined by him. 
Such allowances shall be graduated up to the maximum so as to encour-
age continued participation in the program, achievement and the 
best use by the enrollee of the funds so provided and shall be subject 
to reduction in appropriate cases as a disciplinary measure. To the 
degree reasonable, enrollees shall be required to meet or contribute to 
costs associated with their individual comfort and enjoyment from 
their personal allowances. 
(b) The Secretary shall prescribe specific rules governing the 
accrual of leave by enrollees. Except in the case of emeroency, he shall 
in no event assume transportation costs connected with leave of any 
enrollee Avho has not completed at least six months service in the Job 
Corps. 
(c) The Secretary may provide each former enrollee upon termina-
tion, a readjustment allowance at a rate not to exceed $50 for each 
month of satisfactory participation in the Job Corps. No enrollee shall 
be entitled to a readjustment allowance, however, unless he has 
remained in the program at least ninety days, except in unusual cir-
cumstances as deteimined by the Secretary. The Secretary may, from 
time to time, advance to or on behalf of an enrollee such portions of his 
Limitations. 
Enrollee contri-
butions. 
Leave accrual 
rules. 
Readjustment 
allowance. 
Advancement or 
reduction. 
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[87 
STAT. 
80 Stat. 495. 
I'eadjustment allowances as the Secretary deems necessary to meet 
extraordinary financial obligations incurred by that enrollee; and he 
may also, pursuant to rules or regulations, reduce the amount of an 
enrollee's readjustment allowance as a penalty for misconduct during 
participation in the Job Corps. In the event of an enrollee's death dur-
ing his period of service, the amount of any unpaid readjustment 
allowance shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 
5582 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) Under such circumstances as the Secretary may determine, a 
portion of the readjustment allowance of an enrollee not exceeding 
$25 for each month of satisfactory service may be paid during the 
period of service of the enrollee directly to a spouse or child of an 
enrollee or to any other relative who draws substantial support from 
the enrollee, and any sum so paid shall be supplemented by the pay-
ment of an equal amount by the Secretary. 
Violations, 
penalties. 
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT 
SEC. 410. (a) Within Job Corps centers standards of conduct and 
depoi-'tment sliall be provided and stringently enforced. In the case 
of violations committed by enrollees, dismissals from the Corps or 
transfers to other locations shall be made in every instance where it is 
determined that retention in the Corps, or in the particular Job Corps 
center, will jeopardize the enforcement of such standards of conduct 
and deportment or diminish the opportunity of other enrollees. 
(b) In order to promote the proper moral and disciplinary condi-
tions in the Job Corps, the individual directors of Job Corps centers 
shall be given full authority to take appropriate disciplinary meas-
ures against enrollees including, but not limited to, dismissal from 
the Job Corps, subject to expeditious appeal procedures to higher 
authority, as provided under regulations established by the Secretary. 
Community ad-
visory councils. 
Rules. 
COMMUNITY 
PARTICIPATION 
SEC. 41L The Secretary shall encourage and shall cooperate in 
activities designed to establish a mutually beneficial relationship 
between Job Corps centers and surrounding or nearby communities. 
These activities shall include the establishment of community advisory 
councils to provide a mechanism for joint discussion of common prob-
lems and for planning programs of mutual interest. Whenever possi-
ble, such advisory councils shall be formed by and coordinated under 
the local community action agency. Youth participation in advisory 
council affairs shall be encouraged and where feasible separate youth 
councils may be established, to be composed of representative enrollees 
and representative young people from the communities. The Secretary 
shall establish necessary rules and take necessary action to assure that 
each center is operated in a manner consistent with this section with 
a view to achieving, so far as possible, objectives which shall include— 
(1) giving community officials appropriate advance notice of 
changes in center rules, procedures, or activities that may affect 
or be of interest to the community; 
(2) affording the community a meaningful voice in center 
affairs of direct concern to it, including policies governing the 
issuance and terms of passes to enrollees; 
(3) providing center officials with full and rapid access to rele-
vant community groups and agencies, including law enforcement 
agencies and agencies which work with young people in the 
community; 
(4) encouraging the fullest practicable participation of en-
rollees in programs or projects for community improvement or 
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869 
betterment, with adequate advance consultation with business, 
labor, professional, and other interested community groups and 
organizations; 
(0) arranging recreational, athletic, or similar events in which 
enrollees and local residents may participate together; 
(6) providing community residents with opportunities to work 
with enrollees directly, as part-time instructors, tutors, or advisers, 
either in the center or in the community; 
(7) developing, where feasible, job or career opportunities for 
eni"ollees in the community; and 
(8) promoting interchanges of information and techniques 
among, and cooperative projects involving, the center and com-
munity schools, educational institutions, and agencies serving 
young people. 
COFXSEIJXO 
VXD JOB 
PLACEMENT 
SEC. A:\-2. (a) The Secretary shall provide for the counseling and 
resting of each enrollee at i-egular intervals to follow his progress in 
educational and vocational programs, 
(b) The Secretary shall counsel and test each enrollee prior to his 
scheduled tei'mination to determine his capabilities and shall place 
him in a job in tlie vocation for which he is trained and in which he 
is likely to succeed, or shall assist him in attaining further training 
or education. In placing enrollees in jobs, the Secretary shall utilize 
the United States Employment Service to the fullest extent possible. 
(c) The Seci-etary of Labor shall make arrangements to determine 
tlie status and progress of terminees and to assure that their need for 
fuither education, training, and counseling are met. 
(d) Upon teiniination of an enrollee's training, a copy of his perti- 
Training records, 
nent records, including data derived from his counseling and testing, Labor Department 
other than confidential information, shall be made available immedi- and OEO. 
ately to the Department of Labor and the Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity. 
(ej The Secretary shall, to the extent feasible in accordance with aifo^^a'tlce!"'^"' 
section ()87(b) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, arrange for 
si stat. 720. 
the readjustment allowance provided for in section 409(c) of this 
42 use 2979. 
Act, less any sums already paid pursuant to subsection (d) of that 
section, to l>e paid to former enrollees (who have not already found 
employment) at the public employment service office nearest the home 
of any any such former enrollee if he is returning to his home, or at the 
nearest such office to the community in which the former enrollee has 
indicated an intent to reside. The Secretary shall make arrangements fo^^°etro°iees 
by which public employment service officers w^ll maintain records 
regarding former enrollees who are thus paid at such offices including 
information as to— 
(1) the number of former enrollees who have declined the 
offices* help in tinding a job; 
(2) the number who were successfully placed in jobs without 
fui'ther education or training; 
(3) the number who were found to require further training 
before being placed in jobs and the types of training programs 
in which they participated; and 
(4) the number wlio were found to require further remedial 
or basic education in order to qualify for training programs, 
together witli information as to the types of programs for which 
such former enrollees were found unqualified for enrollment. 
If the Secretary deems it advisable to utilize the services of any other 
public or private organization or agency in lieu of the public employ-
ment office, lie shall arrange for that organization or agency to make 
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[87 STAT. 
Copies to Secre-
tary. 
iliG payiiuMit. of tlic i\'iuljiistiiu'iit iillowiuuv and iiiainraiu the same 
types of records ivgardino- fonner eiirollees as are liereiu specified 
for niaintenaiiee by public einploymeut sej\ice offices, and shall 
furnisli copies of sucli i-ecords to the Secretary. In tlie case of eiirollees 
who are placed in jobs by the Secretaiy prior to the termination of 
their participation in the fFob Coi'ps, the Secretary shall maintain 
records providing- pertinent placement and follow-nj) information. 
KV.VIA'ATIOX: KXl'KKIMKXTAL A M ) l)KVKr/>r:\M-:X'rAL PHOJKCTS 
SKO. 418. (a) The Secretary sliall provide for the carefid and sys-
tematic evalnation of the Job Corps progi-am. directly or by 
contracting for independent eAalnations, Avith a \ie\v to measuring spe-
cific benefits, so far as pi-acticable. and providing information needed 
to assess the effectiveness of program procedures, policies, and methods 
of operation. In particular, this evaluation shall seek to determine the 
costs and benefits i-esulting from the use of residential as opposed to 
nonresidential facilities, from the use of facilities combining residen-
tial and nonresidential components, f I'om the use of centers Avith large 
:is opposed to small enrollments, and from the use of dirt'erent types 
of pi-ogram sponsors, including public agencies, institutions of higher 
education, boards of education, and private coi'poi'ations. The evalu-
ation shall also include comparisons with pi'0])e]- control groups 
composed of pei'sons who have not pai'ticipated in the progi-am. In 
cari-ying out such evaluations, the Seci'etary shall ai'i-ange for obtain-
ing the opinions of participants alxmt the strengths and weaknesses of 
the pi-ogi-am and shall consult with other agencies and officials in order 
to compare the relative effectiveness of .lob Corps techniques with 
those used in other programs, and shall endeavor to secure, through 
employers, schools, or other Government and private agencies specific 
infoi-mationconcei-ning the residence of former eni-ollees, their employ-
ment status, compensation, and success in adjusting to community 
life. The Secretary shall also secure, to the extent feasible, similar 
information directly from enrollees at ai)i)roi)riate intervals following 
Annual report 
tluMi' comjiletioii of the Jol) Coi'ps pi'ogram. The results of such evalua-
summary, pubiica- ^
-
^
^
^
^ gljall be publislied aiul shall be summarized in the annual report 
of the Seci-etary. 
tr^cTs"*^^ °'^ '^°^' 
^^^^ '^'^^ Secretai-y may undertake or make gi'ants or conti-acts for 
experimental, research, or demonstration projects directed to develop-
ing or testing ways of seoiring the better use of facilities, of encourag-
ing a more rapid adjustment of enrollees to comumnity life that will 
permit a reduction in the period of tlieii- eni-ollment. of leducing 
transportation ami suppoit costs, or of otherwise promoting greater 
efficiency and effectiveness in the program authorized under this part. 
These projects shall include one or more projects providing youths 
with education, ti-aining. and other supportive services on a combined 
Pilot projects. 
I'esideiitial and nonresidential basis. The Secretary may, if he deems 
it advisable, undertake one or more pilot projects designed to involve 
youth who ha\e a history of serious and violent behavior against per-
sons or property, repetitive delinquent acts, narcotics addiction, or 
Consultation 
other beliavloral aberrations. Projects under this subsection shall be 
Trai o
°
r s^tate^gen- <leveloped after appj'opriate consultation with other Federal or State 
agencies conducting similar or related programs or projects and with 
the prime sponsoi's, in the communities where the projects will be 
carried out. They may be undei-taken jointly with other Federal or 
federally assisted programs, and funds otherwise a^•ailable for activi-
ties under those programs shall, with the consent of the head of any 
agency concerned, be available to projects under this section to the 
extent they include the same or substantially similar activities. The 
Secretai'v may wai\e any pi-ovision of this title which he finds would 
cies. 
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871 
prevent the cariying out of elements of projects under this subsection 
essential to a determination of their feasibility and usefulness. He ^^^^°''^'° ^'°"" 
shall, in the annual report of the Secretary, report to the Congress 
concerning the actions taken under this section, including a full 
description of progress made in connection with combined residential 
and nonresidential projects. 
(c) In order to determine whether upgraded Aocational education 
Model community 
schools could eliminate or substantially reduce the school dropout prob- uon^l'choois! "''^" 
lem, and to demonstrate how communities could make maximum uti-
lization of existing educational and training facilities, the Secretary 
in cooperation with the Commissioner of Education, shall enter into 
one or more agreements with State educational agencies to pay the 
cost of establishing and operating model comnnuiity vocational edu-
cation schools and skill centers. Such facilities shall be centrally located 
in an urban area having a high dropout rate, a large number of 
unemployed youths, and a need in the area for a combination voca-
tional school and skill center. No such agreement shall be entered into 
imless it contains provisions designed to assure that— 
(1) a job survey be made of the area; 
(2) the training program of the school and skill center reflect 
the job market needs as projected by the survey; 
(3) an advisory committee composed of representatives of busi-
ness, labor, education, and community leaders be formed to follow 
the center's activities and to make periodic recommendations 
regarding its operation; 
(4) arrangements ha^-e been worked out with schools in the 
area and the administrator of the skill center for maximum utili-
zation of the center both during and after school hours; and 
(5) such accounting and evaluation procedures as the Secretary 
and the Commissioner of Education deem necessary to carry out 
the purpose of this project will be provided. 
ADVISORY BOARDS AXD COMMITTKKS 
SKC. 414. The Secretary shall make use of adAisory committees or 
boards in connection with the operation of the Job Corps, and the 
operation of Job Corps centers, whenever he determines that the 
availability of outside advice and counsel on a I'egular basis would be 
of substantial benefit in identifying and overcoming problems, in plan-
ning program or center development, or in streng-thening relationships 
between the Job Corps and agencies, institutions, or groups engaged in 
; 
related activities. Nothing in this section shall be considered as limit-
ing the functions of the National Advisory Council, established pur-
suant to section (>05 of the Jx'onomic ()])portunitv Act of 1964. with 
^° ^tat. 1459. 
respect to any matter or question involving the Job Corps; but this 
shall not prevent the establishment through or in cooi)eration with 
the National Advisory Council of one or more boards or committees 
under this section. 
r A RT l f l l ' A T I O X OF THE STATES 
SEC. 415. (a) The Secretary sliall take necessary action to facilitate 
the efiVctive i)articipation of States in the Job Coips program, includ-
ing, but not limited to. consultation with appropriate State agencies 
on matters pertaining to the enforcement of applicable State laws, 
standards of enrollee conduct and discipline, the development of 
meaningful work exi)erience and other activities for enrollees, and 
coordination with State-operated programs. 
42 u s e 2945. 
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[87 STAT. 
state-operated 
programs, assist-
ance. 
Job Corps Cen-
ter plan, submit-
tal to Governor. 
(b) The Secretary may enter into agreements with States to assist 
in the operation or administration of State-operated programs which 
carry out the purpose of this part. The Secretary may, pursuant to 
regulations, pay part or all of the operative or administrative costs of 
such programs. 
(c) Xo Job Corps center or other similar facility designed to carry 
out the purpose of this Act shall be established within a State unless a 
plan setting j:'orth such proposed establishment has been submitted to 
the Governor, and such plan has not been disapproved by him within 
30 days of such submission. 
82 Stat. 1313. 
68A Stat. 3. 
70 Stat. 819. 
"Employee.' 
80 Stat. 532. 
5 u s e 8101. 
"Performance of 
duty." 
Disability or 
death compensa-
tion. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
80 Stat. 540. 
62 Stat. 982. 
28 u s e 2671. 
80 Stat. 306. 
Detailed per-
sonnel. 
APrLICATIOX OF TROVISIOXS OF FEDERAL LAW 
SEC. 416. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in the fol-
lowing paragraphs of this subsection, and in section 8143(a) of title 5, 
T'^nited States Code, enrollees in the Job Corps shall not be considered 
Federal employees and shall not be subject to the provisions of law 
I'clating to Federal employment including those regarding hours of 
work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and 
Federal employee benefits: 
(1) For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 
1 et seq.) and title I I of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 
seq.), enrollees shall be deemed employees of the United States and any 
service performed by an individual as an enroUee shall be deemed to 
be per-formed in the employ of the United States. 
(2) For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 of the 
T'nited States Code (relating to compensation to Federal employees 
for work injuries), enrollees shall be deemed civil employees of the 
United States within the meaning of the term "employee" as defined 
in section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, and the provisions of 
that subchapter shall apply except as follows: 
(A) The term "pei'formance of duty" shall not include any 
act of an enrollee while absent from his or her assigned post of 
duty, except while participating in an activity (including an 
activity while on pass or during travel to or from such post of 
duty) authoi'ized by or under the direction and supervision of 
the Job Corps; 
(B) In com[)utiug compensation benefits for disability or death, 
the monthly pay of an enrollee shall be deemed that received under 
the entrance salary for a grade GS-2 employee, and sections 8113 
(a) and (b) of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to enrollees; 
and 
(C) Compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until 
the day following the date on which the injured enrollee is 
terminated. 
(3) For purposes of the Federal tort claims provisions in title 28, 
Ignited States Code, eni-ollees shall be considered employees of the 
Government. 
(b) Whenever the Secretary finds a claim for damage to persons or 
])roperty resulting fi'om the operation of the Job Corps to be a proper 
charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under section 
2672 of title 28, T'nited States Code, he may adjust and settle it in an 
amount not exceeding $500. 
(c) Personnel of the uniformed services who are detailed or assigned 
to duty in the performance of agreements made by the Secretary for 
the support of the Corps shall not be counted in computing strength 
under any law limiting the strength of such services or in computing 
the [)ercentage authorized by law for any gi'ade therein. 
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873 
SPECIAL I.IMITA'JIOXS 
SEC. 417. (a) The Secretary shall not use any funds made available 
to carry out tliis part for the fiscal year ending June 30,1968, in a man-
ner thkt will increase the residential capacity of Job Corps centers 
above forty-five thousand enrollees. 
(b) The Seci-etarv shall take necessarv action to assure that on or „,^°"!^" ^"""": 
^ 
• 
„ 
, 
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ees, percentage. 
before June 30. 1968. of the total number of Job Corps enrollees 
receiving- training- at least 25 per centum shall be women. The Secretary 
shall immediately take steps to achieve an enrollment ratio of 50 per 
centum women enrollees in training in the Job Corps consistent with 
(1) efficiency and economy in the operation of the program, (2) sound 
administrative practice, and (3) the socioeconomic, educational, and 
training needs of the population to be served. 
(c) The Secretary^sliall take necessar}^ action to assure that for any 
fiscal year the direct operating costs of Job Corps centers which have 
been in opei'ation for more than nine months do not exceed $6,900 per 
enrol lee. 
(d) The Secretary shall take necessar}- action to assure that all 
stvulies. evaluations, pioposals. and data produced or developed with 
Federal funds in the course of the operation of any conservation or 
training center shall become the pi'operty of the United States. 
I'OErilCAE DISCKI-AEIXATIOX AXD POLITICAL ACTIVITY 
SEC. 418. (a) Xo officer or employee of the executive branch of the 
Federal (jlovermiient shall make any inquiry concerning the political 
iiffiliation or Ix'liefs of any enrollee or applicant for enrollment in the 
C'ori)S. All disclosures concerning such matters shall be ignored, except 
as to such uiembership in political parties or organizations as consti-
tutes by law a disqualification for Government employment. Xo dis-
crimination shall be exercised, threatened, or promised by any person 
in the executive branch of the Federal Government against or in favor 
of any enrollee in the Corps, or any applicant for enrollment in the 
Corps because of his political affiliation or beliefs, except as may be 
specificall}' authorized or required by law. 
(b) Xo officer, employee,, or enrollee of the Corps shall take any 
active part in political management or- in i)olitical campaigjis, except 
as may be proxided by or puisuant to statute, and no such officer, 
cmi)loyee. or enrollee shall use his official ])osition or influence for the 
])urpose of interfering with an election or affecting the I'esult thereof. 
All such persons shall i-etain the right to vote as tliey may choose and 
to exi)ress, in theii- pi-ivate capacities, their opinions on all political 
^:ubjects and candidates. Any officer, employee, eni'ollee, or other Fed- 
solicitation o
f 
era] employee who solicits funds for political i)urposes from members ^i^nl'.''^' contnbu-
of the Coi'ps shall be in violation of section 602 of title 18, United 
States (^ode. 
^2 stat. 722. 
(c) Whenever the Ignited States Civil Service Connnission finds „„Yi°l,^*'°"^' 
that any pei-son has violated the provisions of this section, it shall, 
after giving due notice and 0])portunity foi- explanation to the officer 
or employee or enrollee concerned, certify the facts to the Secretary 
with specific insti-uctions as to discipline or dismissal or other correc-
tive actions. 
ADIMIXLSTRA'IIVE I'KOMSIOXS 
SEC. 419. (a) In carrying out the ])rovisions of this title, the Sec-
ictary shall have the same powei'S as the Director of the Office of 
penalty. 
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[87 STAT. 
Kconomic Opportunity under section 602 of the Economic Opportu-
78^Stat. 528; 
u i t j A c t of 1964. 
42*usc 2942. 
(b) The provisions of section 603 of this Act shall apply to this 
title only to the extent that such provisions are consistent with the 
provisions of this title. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MANPOWER 
POLICY 
n X D I X G S AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 501. (a) The Congress finds and declares that the respon-
sibility for the development, administration, and coordination of pro-
grams of training and manpower development generally is so diffused 
and fragmented at all levels of government that it has been impossible 
to develop rational priorities in these fields, with the result that even 
good programs have proved to be far less effective than could reason-
ably be expected. The Congress further finds that the lack of a 
coherent, flexible, national manpower policy reduces our prospects of 
solving economic and social problems which threaten fundamental 
national interests and objectives. 
(b) Accordingly, the purpose of this title is to establish a National 
Commission for Manpower Policy which will have the responsibility 
for examining these issues, for suggesting ways and means of dealing 
with them, and for advising the Secretary on national manpower 
issues. 
COMMISSION 
ESTABLISHED 
SEC. 50'2. (a) There is established a National Commission for Man-
power Policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") which 
shall consist of seventeen members selected as follows— 
(1) the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator 
of the Veterans' Affairs; and 
(2) eleven members broadly representative of labor, industry, 
commerce, education (including vocational and technical educa-
tion). State and local elected officials involved with manpower 
programs, persons served by manpower programs and of the gen-
eral public appointed by the President. 
Meetings. 
^jj) 'j^j^g Commissiou shall meet at the call of the Chairman, who 
shall be selected by the President and who shall be one of the ten 
appointed public members, but not fewer than three times a year. 
Dii-ector. 
((.) The Chairman (with the concurrence of the Commission) shall 
appoint a Director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Com-
mission and shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the Chair-
man. The Director may appoint, with the concurrence of the Chairman 
and the Secretary of Labor, such clerical staff as are necessary. 
The Commission may utilize such staff from the Department of Labor, 
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and such other 
Federal agencies as may be available to assist the Commission in carry-
ing out its responsibilities. 
Gifts and be- 
^^j^ -j^j^^ Commissioii may accept in the name of the Department of 
quests, accept- 
j^^bor aud employ or dispose of gifts or bequests, to carry out its 
responsibilities under this title. 
(e) Members of the Commission who are not officers or employees of 
the Federal Government shall be paid compensation at a rate of up to 
noL^^^ ^^^^ 
^be per diem equivalent of the rate for GS-18 when engaged in the 
work of the Commission, including traveltime, and shall be allowed 
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/ - " ^ 
875 
travel expenses and par diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently and receiving compensation on a per diem, when actu-
ally employed, basis. 
80 Stat. 499; 
83 Stat. 190. 
FUNCTIONS OF T H E 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 503. The Commission shall— 
(1) identify the manpower goals and needs of the Nation and 
assess the extent to which employment and training, vocational 
education, institutional training, vocational rehabilitation, eco-
nomic opportunity, and other programs under this and related 
Acts represent a consistent, integrated, and coordinated approach 
to meeting such needs and achieving such goals; 
(2) conduct such studies, hearings, research, or other activities 
as it deems necessary to enable it to formulate appropriate recom-
mendations ; 
(3) examine and evaluate the effectiveness of any federally 
assisted manpower development programs 
(including those 
assisted under this Act), Avith particular reference to the contri-
butions of such f)rograms to the acliievement of objectives sought 
by the recommendations undei' clause (2) of this section; 
(4) examine and evaluate major Federal programs which are 
intended to (or potentially could) contribute to achieving major 
objectives of existing manpower and related legislation or those 
set forth in the recommendations of the Commission and particu-
larly the programs which are designed (or could be designed) to 
develop information and knowledge about manpower problems 
through research and demonstration projects or to train personnel 
in fields (such as occupational counseling, guidance, and place-
ment) which are vital to the success of manpower programs; and 
(5) evaluate and make recommendations to the Congress with 
respect to the report of the Secretary required under se(?tion 506, 
and continue to make studies of the impact of energy shortages 
upon manpower needs and include these findings and recom-
mendations with I'espeot thereto in the reports required by sec-
tion 505. 
COORDINATION STUDY 
SEC. 504. The Conmiission shall conduct a study of the utilization 
and interrelation of programs of manpower training with closely asso-
ciated programs such as those conducted under the Wagner-Peyser Act, 
'^^ stat. i u. 
the work incentives program under part C of title IV of the Social 
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Security Act. and others of similar nature, with a view to determining gs^g^a^t^^gos^'*' 
how they could be better coordinated and more effectively combined to 
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serve individuals, particularly at the State and local levels, and shall dg^t^nd (^0^-^^' 
make a report of their findings and recommendations to the President gress. 
and the Congress not later than January 31,1975. 
KEPORTS 
SEC. 505. The Commission shall make at least annually a report of 
Report to Pre si-
its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress, gr"ss^" 
and the first such report shall be transmitted not later than September 
1,1974. The Commission may make such interim reports or recommen-
dations to the Secretary of Labor or to the heads of other Federal 
departments and agencies, and in such form, as it may deem desirable. 
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[87 STAT. 
ENERGY STUDY 
SEC. 506. The Secretary shall, immediately upon enactment of this 
Act, make a study of the impact of energy shortages, including fuel 
rfs^r°and°commis- i^^tiouiug, upou maupowcr needs. The Secretary shall make a repoit 
sion^ 
of his findings and recommendations thereon to the Congress and to 
the Commission not later than March 31,1974. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 601. (a) As used in this Act, the term—• 
(1) 
Community-based organizations" means organizations 
which are representative of communities or significant segments 
of the communities and which provide manpower services (for 
example. Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Jobs for Prog-
ress, Mainstream, and Community Action Agencies). 
(2) "Governor" means the chief executive of any State. 
(3) "Health care" includes, but is not limited to, preventive and 
clinical medical treatment, family planning services, nutrition 
services, and appropriate psychiatric, psychological, and pros-
thetic services, to the extent any such treatment or services are 
necessary to enable the recipient of manpower services to obtain 
or retain employment. 
(4) "Low-income level" means $7,000 with respect to income in 
1969, and for any later year means that amount which bears the 
same relationship to $7,000 as the Consumer Price Index for that 
year bears to the Consumer Price Index for 1969, rounded to the 
nearest $1,000. 
" 
(5) "Manpower allotment" means sums received by a State or 
area under title I of this Act for any fiscal year (or, w^here 
applicable, under title II of the Manpower Development and 
76 Stat. 25. 
Training Act of 1962, and part B of title I of the Economic 
sJsta^.elV; 
Opportunity Act of 1964). 
86 Stat. 690. ' 
(6) "Offender" means any adult or juvenile who is confined in 
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j^^y type of correctional institution and also includes any indi-
vidual or juvenile assigned to a community based facility or 
subject to pretrial, probationary, or parole or other stages of the 
judicial correctional or probationary process where manpower 
training and services may be beneficial, as determined by the Sec-
retary, after consultation with judicial, correctional, probationary, 
or other appropriate authorities. 
(7) "Public service" includes, but is not limited to, work in such 
fields as environmental quality, health care, education, public 
safety, crime prevention and control, prison rehabilitation, trans-
portation, recreation, maintenance of parks, streets, and other 
public facilities, solid waste removal, pollution control, housing 
and neighborhood improvements, rural development, conserva-
tion, beautification, veterans outreach, and other fields of human 
betterment and community improvement. 
(8) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor. 
(9) "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
(10) "Unit of general local government" means any city, munic-
ipality, county, town, township, parish, village or other general 
purpose political subdivision which has the power to levy taxes 
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877 
and s})end funds, as well as ooneral corporate and police powers. 
(11) "Undereni[)loyed persons" means— 
(A) persons \\\\o are working part-time but seeking- full-
time work; 
(B) persons who are working full-time but receiving wages 
below the poverty level determined in accordance Avith cri-
teria as established by the Director of the Office of ^Manage-
ment and Budget. 
(12) "Lnemployed pei'sons" means— 
(A) persons who are without jobs and wlio wan.t and are 
a\ailable for work; and 
(B) except for purposes of sections 103 and 202, adults g^^"'^' PP- «*2. 
who or whose families receive supplemental security income 
or monev pavments pursuant to a State plan approved under 
title I, IV. X. or XVI of the Social Security Act or would, as ^^'^\ ""f^^f"'' ^*''' 
defined in regulations to be issued by the Secretary, be eligi-
ble for such payments but for the fact that both parents are 
present in the home (1) who are determined by the Secretary 
of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, to be available for Avork. and (2) who 
are either (i) persons without jobs, or (ii) persons working 
in jobs i)roviding insufficient income to enable such persons 
and their families to be self-supporting without welfare 
assistance: 
and the determination of whether i)ersons are without jobs shall 
be made in accordance with the critei'ia used by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor in defining persons 
as unemi)loyed, but such ci-iteria shall not be applied dirt'erently 
on account of a person's pre\ious employment. 
(13) "Wagner-Peyser Act"* means "An Act to provide for the 
establishment of a national employment system and for coopera-
tion with the States in the })roinotion of such system, and for other 
l)urposes", ai)pro\ed June 6. 11)33 (48 Stat. 113). as amended (29 
r.S.(\40etseq.). 
(b) As used in section 208(c) of this Act, the term "area" means— 
(1) where the applicant is an eligible unit of government or an 
Lulian tribe, that ideographical area over which the applicant 
exercises genei-al political jurisdiction, or 
(2) where the api)licant is a ]:)ublic agency or institution which 
is a subdivision of an eligible unit of government, that geographi-
cal aiva over Avhich such unit of government exercises general 
political jurisdiction. 
LEGAL 
AUTJIORITY 
SKC. ()()2. (a) The Secretary may, in accordance with cliai)ter 5 of 
title T). T'nited States Code, prescribe such rules, regulations, guidelines, 
^gta*^'" ^^^' 
and other i)ublislied interpretations under this Act as he deems neces- 
5 use soo". 
^ ai-y. Ivules, i-egulations. guidelines and othei- published interpretations 
or orders may include adjustments authorized by section 204 of the 
Intergoveiinnental Cooperation Act of 1068. For purposes of chapter 
.
"
) of su.ch title any condition or guideline for receipt of financial assist-
ance shall be deemed a rule to which section 553 applies. All such rules, 
regulations, guidelines, and other published interpretations or orders 
under this Act shall be i)ublished in the Federal Register at least thirty ^ P^^bUcation in 
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(lays prior to their eilective date. C opies of all such rules, regulations, 
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guidelines. and other published inter])retations or orders shall be trans- *^°"^' transmittal 
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to congressional 
mitted to the a])proi)i']ate committees of the Congress at the same time committees. 
and shall contain with respect to each material provision of such rules, 
legulations, guidelines, and other published interpretations or orders, 
82 Stat. 1101. 
42 u s e 4214. 
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[87 STAT. 
70A Stat. 269. 
citations to the pai-ticular substantive sexjtion of law which is the basis 
therefor. 
(b) The Secretary may make such grants, contracts, or agreements, 
establish such procedures (subject to such policies, rules, and regula-
tions as he may prescribe), and make such payments, in installments 
and in advance or by way of reimbursement, or otherwise allocate or 
expend funds made available under this Act, as he may deem necessary 
to carry out the provisions of this Act, inchiding (without regard to 
the provisions of section 4774(d) of title 10, United States Code) 
expenditures for construction, repairs, and capital improvements, and 
including necessary adjustments in payments on account of overpay-
ments or underpayments. The Secretary may also withhold funds 
otherwise payable under this Act, but only in order to recover any 
amounts expended in the current or immediately prior fiscal year in 
violation of any provision of this Act or any term or condition of 
assistance under this Act. 
Nondi scrimina-
tion. 
Workmen's com-
pensation. 
Training. 
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PROGRAMS 
SEC. 603. The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
program under this Act unless— 
(1) the grant, contract, or agreement with respect thereto spe-
cifically provides that no person with responsibilities in the oper-
ation of such program will discriminate with respect to any 
program participant or any applicant for participation in such 
program because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political 
affiliation, or beliefs; 
(2) such program does not involve political activities; 
(3) participants in the program will not be employed on the 
(Construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility 
a.s is used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for 
religious worship; 
(4) conditions of employment or training will be appropriate 
and T-easonable in the light of such factors as the type of work, 
geographical region, and proficiency of the participant; 
(5) appropriate standards for the health, safety, and other 
conditions applicable to the performance of work and training on 
any ])roje<?t are established and will be maintained; 
(()) appi'opriate workmen's compensation protection will be 
provided to all participants; 
(7) the program will not result in the displacement of employed 
workei'S or im])air existing contracts for services or result in the 
substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work 
that would otherwise be performed; 
(8) persons shall not be referred for training in an occupation 
which requires less than two weeks of pi-eemployment training 
unless there are immediate employment opportunities available 
in that occupation; 
(9) training and related stn-vices under any such program are 
designed, to the maxinunn extent practicable, consistent with 
every individual's fullest capabilities, to lead to employment 
opportunities enabling participants to l^ecome economically self-
sufficient; 
(10) no person shall be referred for training authorized under 
paragraph (3) or (4) of section 101 iniless the Secretary or the 
piime sponsor, as appropi'iate, shall have determined that thei'e 
is a reasonable expectation of employment for such person in the 
occupation for which he is being trained; 
(11) funds will be used to supplement, to the extent practicable. 
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879 
the level of funds that would otherwise be made available from 
non-Federal sources for the purpose of planning and adminis-
tration of programs within the scope of this Act and not to sup-
plant such other funds; 
(12) the applicant will make such reports, in such forni and 
containing such information as the Secretary may from time to 
time require, and will keep such records and afford such access 
thereto as the Secretary may find necessary to assure that funds 
are being expended in accordance with the provisions of this Act; 
(13) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, con-
tribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of 
individual participants; 
(14) the program has adequate internal administrative con-
trols, accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation 
procedures, availability of inservice training and technical assist-
ance programs, and other policies as may be necessary to promote 
the effective use of funds; and 
(15) the program makes appropriate provision for the man-
power needs of youths in the area to be served. 
SPECIAL 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 604. (a) No authority conferred by this Act shall be used to 
Non-skiUed jobs, 
enter into arrangements for, or otherwise establish, any training pro-
grams in the lower wage industries in jobs where prior skill or train-
ing is typically not a prerequisite to hiring and where labor turnover 
is high, or to assist in relocating establishments from one area to 
anothei-. Such limitations on relocation shall not prohibit assistance to 
a business entity in the establishment of a new branch, affiliate, or sub-
sidiary of such entity if the Secretary of Labor finds that assistance 
will not result in an increase in unemployment in the area of original 
location or in any other area where such entity conducts business oper-
ations, unless he has reason to believe that such bi-anch, affiliate, or 
subsidiary is being established with the intention of closing down the 
oper-ations of the existing business entity in the area of its original 
location or in any other area where it conducts such operations. 
(b) Acceptance of family planning services provided to trainees 
shall be voluntaiy on the part of the individual to whom such serv-
ices are offered and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or 
receipt of any benefit under the program. 
(c) No non-governmental individual, institution, or organization 
shall evaluate any program under this Act if that individual or such 
institution or organization is associated with that program as a con-
sultant, technical adviser, or in any similar capacity. 
REPORTS 
SEC. 005. (a) The Secretai-y shall make such reports and i-econnnen- i^^^f""*^ *" ^"'^^' 
dations to the President as he deems appropriate pertaining to employ-
ment and occupational requirements, I'esources, use, and ti'aining, and 
his recommendations for the succeeding fiscal year, and the President 
Presidential re-
shall transmit to the Congress within sixty days after the beginning of ^°"''° '^°"«^^"-
each regular- session a report pertaining to manpower requirements, 
resour-ces, utilization, andtr-aining. 
(b) The Secretary and the Secrvtary of Health, Education, and ^^^^^P"*"* *° ^°"" 
AVelfar-e shall r-epor-t to the Congr-ess on the extent to which comrmmity 
colleges, ar-ea vocatioiuil and technical schools and other vocational 
educational agencies and institutions, and vocational • rehabilitation 
agencies are being utilized to carry out tr-aining programs sui)ported 
in whole or in part from provisions of this and related Acts, the extent 
grass. 
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[87 
STAT. 
Summer youth 
programs, report 
to Congress. 
Employment op-
portunities for 
offenders, report 
to President and 
Congress. 
49 Stat. 1011; 
85 Stat. 879. 
5 u s e app. 
to wliicli administrative steps have been taken and are being taken 
to encourao-e the use of sucli facilities and institntions and ao-encies 
m the carrying ont of the provisions of this Act and any further leg-
ishation that may be required to assure effective coordination and uti-
lization of such facilities and agencies to the end that all federally 
supported eniployment and training, vocational education, and voca-
tional i-eiiabilitation programs can more eti'ectively accomplish their 
objectives of providing employment and training opportunities to all 
persons needing occupational training. 
(c) The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress at the earliest 
appropriate date, but not later than March 1, of each calendar year 
a report setting forth a description of summer programs providing 
jobs for economically disadvantaged youth to begin in June of such 
year, including the number of o})portunities in ])ublic and private 
agencies or oiganizations that will be provided under section 304 
(a) (3) of this Act or in the case of the summer of 19T4 under sec-
tion 3(c), and a statement as to the total number of such persons who 
won hi be eligible for such programs, together with his recommenda-
tions, if any, for supplemental appropriations for such programs. 
(d) Tlie Secretary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall 
annnally compile and maintain information on the incidence of unem-
ployment among offenders and shall i)ublish the results of the infor-
mation obtained pursiumt to this subsection in the rei)ort required 
under subsection (a) of this section. 
(e) The Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission, 
in consultation with the Secretary, shall report to the President and 
to the Congress no later than six months after the eft'ective date of 
this Act on tlie extent to which and manner in which employment 
opportunities for offenders may be increased in the Federal service, 
with special reference to the critei'ia used in determining the suitability 
of offenders for Federal employment, including such recommendations 
for additional legislation as they deem advisable. 
(f) Each pi-ime sponsor shall prepare for the Secretary, and make 
available, to the public, a report (m its activities under the Act, 
including a detailed comparison of program pei'formance with 
apj)roved plan. 
LABOR 
STANDARDS 
SKC. 600. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or 
subcontractors in any construction, alteration, or repair, including 
painting and decoiating of projects, buildings, and works which are 
federally assisted under this Acit, shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than tliose prevailing on similar construction in the locality as deter-
mined by the Secretary in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as 
amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5). The Secretary shall have, with re-
spect to such labor standards, the authority and fmictions set forth in 
Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 
1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 1, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 
948. as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276(c)). 
ACCEPTAXCE OF GIFTS 
SKC. 607. The Secretary is authorized, in carrying out his functions 
and responsijbilities under this Act, to accept in the name of the 
Department, and employ or dispose of in furtherance of the purposes 
of this Act, or any title thereof, an unconditional gift of any money or 
[)ropeity, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, received 
by gift, devise, l)equest, or otherwise; and to accept voluntary and 
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i 
uncoiiipcnsiiriMl >i'i\ ices, uotwithstaiurnig tlio ))r()\isions of section 
:5«)7D(1)) of rhc Kcvised Statutos of the United States. 
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I ril.IZATIOX OF SKRVrCKS AXD FACILITIES 
SKC. <)08. (a) III addition to sucli other authority as he may have, 
riie Secretary is authorized, in the performance of liis functions under 
this Act. and to tlie extent permitted by law, to utilize the services 
and facilities of departments, aoeneies, and establishments of the 
United States. The Secretary is also authorized to accept and utilize 
the services and facilities of the agencies of any State or political 
sulxlivision of a State, with their consent. 
(b) The Secretary shall carry out his responsibilities under this Act 
through the utilization, to the extent appropriate, of all resources for 
skill de\elopment available in industry, labor, public and private 
educational and tiaining institutions, vocational rehabilitation agen-
cies, a]id other State. Federal, and local agencies, and other appropri-
ate [)ui)lic and private organizations and facilities, with their consent. 
IXTERSTATP: AO]U:EMEXTS 
SEC BOD. In the e\ent that compliance with provisions of this Act 
would be enhanced by cooperative agreements between States, the 
cons(>nt of Congi'ess is hereby given to such States to enter into such 
compa<-ts and agreements to facilitate such compliance, subject to the 
appro\al of the Secretary. 
I'KOIIIIUTIOX ACAIXST rOLlTICAL ACTIVITIES 
SEC. HK). The Secretary shall not piovide financial assistance for 
any program under this Act which involves political activities; and 
neither the ])rogram, the funds provided therefor, nor personnel 
employed in the administration thereof, shall be, in any way or to any 
extent, engaged in the conduct of political activities in contravention 
of chapter 15 of title 5. United States Code. 
so stat. 403. 
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5 u s e 1501. 
C)U:MIXAL PROVISIOXS 
SEC. (UL (a) C^hapter ;
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1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
j^^l^H^^^^' 
hy adding a new section (565 to read as follows: 
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"'THEFT OR EMBEZZLEMEXT FROM :StAXP()WER FTXDS ; IMl'ROl'ER 
IXDUCEMEXT 
"SEC. (i65. (a) WlioeA'er, being an officer, dii'ector, agent, or employee 
of, or connected in any capacity with, any agency receiving linancial 
assistance under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act 
of 1973 embezzles, willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud any 
of the moneys, fuiids, assets, or property which are the subject of a 
grant or contract of assistance pursuant to this Act shall be fined not 
more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both; 
but if the amount so embezzled, misapplied, stolen, or obtained by 
fraud does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000, ov 
imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
"(b) Whoever, by threat of procuring dismissal of any person from 
e:mployment or of refusal to employ or refusal to renew a contract of 
employment in connection with a grant or contract of assistance under 
the Compreluinsive Employment and Training .Vet of 1973, induces 
any peison to give up any money or thing of any value to any person 
(including such grantee agency) shall be fined not more than $1,000. 
or imprisoned not more tiian one 3'ear. or ])oth." 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-203-DEC. 28, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
(b) The analysis of cliapter 31 is amended by adding at the end 
tliereof the following new item: 
"665. Theft or embezzlement from manpower funds ; improper inducement." 
XOXDISCRIMIXATIOX 
SEC. 612. (a) Xo person in the L'nited States shall on the ground of 
race, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in, 
be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any 
})rogram or actixity funded in whole oi- in pai't with funds made avail-
able under this Act. 
Noncompliance. 
(b) Wheuevcr tlic Secretary determines that a prime sponsor or 
eligible applicant has failed to comply with subsection (a) or an appli-
cable regulation, he shall notify the prime sponsor or eligible appli-
cant of the noncom})liance and shall re(juest the prime sponsor or 
eligible a})plicant to secure compliance. If within a reasonable period 
of time, not to exceed sixty days, the prime sponsor or eligible applicant 
fails or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary, in addition to exer-
cising the powers and functions provided for the tei'mination of finan-
cial assistance under this Act, is authorized (1) to refer the matter to 
the Attorney General with a recommendation that an appropriate 
civil action be instituted; (2) to exercise the powers and functions pro-
78 Stat. 252. 
yidcd by title VI of the Civil Eights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) ; 
or (3) to take such other action as may be provided by law. 
(c) When a matter is referred to the Attorney General pursuant to 
subsection (b). or whenever he has reason to believe that a prime 
sponsor or eligible applicant is engaged in a pattern or practice in vio-
lation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may bring 
a civil action in any appropriate T^'nited States district coui't for such 
relief as may be appropriate, including injunctive relief. 
(d) The Secretary shall enforce the provsions of subsection (a) 
dealing with discrimination on the basis of sex in accordance with sec-
2
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2 u^c 2oood.i, ^iQj-^ gQ2 of the Civil Eights Act of 1964. Section 603 of such Act shall 
apply with respect to any action taken by the Secretary to enforce such 
provisions of such subsection. This section shall not be construed as 
affecting any other legal remedy that a person may have if that person 
is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to 
discrimination under, or denied employment in connection with any 
])rogram or activity receiving assistance under this Act. 
RKCORDS, AUDITS, AXD REPORTS 
SKC. 613. In order to assure that funds provided under this Act are 
used in accordance with its provisions, each recipient shall— 
(1) use such fiscal, audit, and accounting procedures as may be 
necessary to assure (A) proper accounting for payments received 
by it. and (B) proper disbursement of such payments; 
(2) provide to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of 
the United States access to, and the right to examine, any books, 
documents, papers, or records as he requires; and 
(3) make sucli reports to the Secretary or the Comptroller 
General of the I'nited States as he requires. 
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883 
REl'EALER 
SEC. 614. Effective with respect to fiscal years after June 30, 1974, 
tlie Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 and parts A, B, 
and E of title I of the P^conomic Opportunity Act of 1964 are repealed. 
Unexpended appropriations for carrying out such Acts may be made 
available to carry out this Act, as directed by the President. 
Repeals. 
42 u s e 2571 
note. 
42 u s e 2711, 
2737, 2769. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 615. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment. 
Approved December 28, 1973. 
Public Law 93-204 
AN ACT 
To amend section 232 of the National Housing Act to axithorize insured loans 
to provide tire safety equipment for nursing homes and intermediate care 
facilities. 
December 28, 1973 
[S. 513] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 232 of 
the National Housing Act is amended by adding at the end thereof a 
new subsection as follows: 
"(i) (1) The Secretary is authorized upon such terms and conditions 
as he may prescribe to make commitments to insure and to insure loans 
made by financial institutions or other approved mortgagees to nursing 
homes and intermediate care facilities to provide for the purchase and 
installation of fire safety equipment necessary for compliance with 
the 1967 edition of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protec-
tion Association or other such codes or requirements approved by the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as conditions of partici-
pation for providers of services under title XVIII and title X I X of the 
Social Security Act. 
" (2) To be eligible for insurance under this subsection a loan shall— 
"(A) not exceed the Secretary's estimate of the reasonable cost 
of the equipment fully installed; 
"(B) bear interest at not to exceed a rate determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary to meet the loan market; 
"(C) have a maturity satisfactory to the Secretary; 
"(D) be made by a financial institution or other mortgagee 
approved by the Secretary as eligible for insurance under section 
2 or a mortgagee approved under section 203 (b) (1); and 
"(E) comply with other such terms, conditions, and restrictions 
as the Secretary may prescribe. 
"(3) The provisions of paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (9), and (10) of 
section 220(h) shall be applicable to loans insured under this subsec-
tion, except that all references to 'home improvement loans' shall be 
construed to refer to loans under this subsection. 
"(4) The provisions of subsections (c), (d), and (h) of section 2 
shall apply to loans insured under this subsection, and for the purpose 
of this subsection references in such subsections to 'this section' or 'this 
title' shall be construed to refer to this subsection.". 
Approved December 28, 1973. 
Nursing homes 
and intermediate 
care facilities. 
Fire safety 
equipment, in-
sured loans. 
73 Stat. 663; 
83 Stat. 382. 
12 use 1715w. 
42 u s e 1395, 
1396. 
48 Stat. 1248. 
12 u s e 1709. 
75 Stat. 154. 
12 u s e 1715k. 
12 u s e 1703.