An Act to amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
PL 88-214 (H.R.8720), enacted 12/19/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-214-DEC. 19, 1963 
[77 
STAT. 
December 19, 1963 
[H. R, 8720] 
Public Law 88-214 
AN ACT 
To iiniend the MsmiMiwer I)Hvt»l(>)»inent and TniininK Ad of 1fK>2. 
Manpower De-
velopment and 
Training Act of 
1962, amendment. 
76 Stat. 23. 
42 u s e 2571. 
42 u s e 2582. 
Special youth 
programs. 
Referrals. 
42 u s e 2583. 
Allowances. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repret^enidtlve,^ of the^ 
I'nited States of America in Congress asse/mhled. That section 101 of 
the Manpower Development and Trainino' Act of 1962 (hereinafter 
referred to a« "the Act") is amended by inserting after "sou^'ht out 
and trained" the followinj)-: "'as quickly as is reasonably possible", 
and by inserting after "afforded to these people" the following: "'with 
the least delay". 
SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 202 of the Act is amended 
l)y striking out the second sentence thereof. 
(b) Section 202 of the Act is amended by redesignating subsections 
(b) through (g) as subsections (c) through (h), respectively, and by 
niserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section : 
''(b) AMienever appropriate the Secretary shall provide a special 
program for the testing, counseling, selection, and referral of youths, 
sixteen years of age or older, for occupational training and further 
schooling, who because of inadequate educational background and 
work preparation are unable to qualify for and obtain employment 
without such training and schooling." 
(c) Subsection (d) of such section (as so designated prior to the 
redesignation provided for in subsection (b)) is amended by inserting 
after "training" in the first sentence thereof the following: "(other 
than for training under subsection (i))". 
(d) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
" (i) Whenever appi^opriate, the Secretary of Labor may also refer 
for the attainment of basic education skills those eligible persons who 
indicate their intention to, and will thereby be able to, pui'sue courses 
of CK'cupational training of a type for which there appears to be reason-
able expectation of employment. 
Such referrals shall be considered a 
referral for training within the meaning of this Act, and such persons 
shall be eligible for training allowances for not to exceed an additional 
twenty weeks." 
SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 203 of the Act is amended— 
(1) by inserting in the second sentence of the fii'st paragraph 
after "fifty-two weeks" the following: "(except where authorized 
for indi viduals referred for training under section 202 (i))", 
(2) by inserting in such sentence after "not exceed" the follow-
ing: "$10 more than", 
(3) by inserting in the firet sentence of the second paragraph 
after "less than" the following: "$10 more than", 
(4) by inserting in the second sentence of the second paragraph 
after "compensation and" the following: ^ 1 0 more than", and 
(o) by adding at the end of such subsection the following new 
paragraph: 
"The training allowance of a person engaged in full-time training 
under section 231 shall not be reduced on account of his part-time 
employment which does not exceed twenty hours per week, but shall 
be reduced in an amount equal to his full earnings tor hours worked in 
excess of twenty hours per week." 
(b) Subsection (c) of such.section is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The Secretary of Labor shall pay training allowances only 
to unemployed persons who have had not less than two years of 
experience I in gainful employment and who are either heads of 
families or heads of households as defined in the Internal Eevenue 
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Ihat not more than one person m any one household may be receiving aeq. 
training allowances under this Act at any particular time. Xotwith- 
conditions, 
standing the preceding sentence, the ^>ecretary may pay training 
allowances at a rate not in excess of $2() a week to youths seventeen 
yeai-s of age or older who require such training allowance in order 
to undertake training, who are referred for training in accordance 
with section 2C)2^(b), and who are not entitled to allowances under the 
preceding sentence, except that no such training allowance shall be 
paid to any such youth who has not graduated from high school, 
unless the Secretary has satisfied himself that such youth has con-
tinuously failed to attend school for a period of not less than one 
year and that the local authorities after pui'suing all appropriate 
procedures, including guidance and counseling, have concluded, after 
considering any assistance available under section 18 of the Voca-
tional Education Act of 19f)3, that further school attendance by such 
Ante, p. 412. 
youth in any regular academic or vocational program is no longer 
practicable under the circumstances. Xot more than 25 per centum 
of the persons who are receiving training allowances (or who would 
be entitled thereto but for receipt of unemployment compensation) 
may be youths under the age of twenty-two." 
(c) Subsection (d) qf such section is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1966, any amount paid to payments by 
a State for training allowances under this section, or as reimburse- states. 
ment for unemployment compensation under subsection (h), shall be 
])aid on condition that such State shall bear 88i/^ per centum of the 
amount of such payments, and for each fiscal year thereafter such 
amounts shall be paid on condition that such State shall bear 50 per 
centum of the amount of such payments." 
(d) Panigraph (2) of subsection (h) of such section is amended 
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by striking out "July 1, 196J:, and for 50 per centum of the amount 
of such benefits paid on or after that date" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "July 1, 1965, for 66% per centum of the amount of 
such benefits paid during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1966, and 50 
])er centum of the amount of such benefits paid thereafter". 
SEC. 4. (a) The center heading of section 205 of the Act is amended 
Advisory com-
to read as follows: "ADVISORY COMMII'I-KKS". 
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(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended to i"ead as follows: 
"(b) For the purpose of making exj^ei-t assistance available to per-
K(ms formulating and carrying on programs under this title, the Seci"e-
fary shall, whei'e appropriate, require the organization on a commu-
nity, State, and/or regional basis of labor-management-public advi-
sory committees." 
(c) Subsections (d) and (e) of such section are amended by insert-
ing "National Advisory" immediately l)efore "Connnittee" each place 
it appears. 
SEC. 5. Part A of title II of the Act is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new section: 
" L A B O R 
M O B I L I T Y nEMONSTOA'I'lON PROJECTS 
"SEC. 208. During the peritxl ending June 80, 1965, the Secretary of 
Jji\\)ov shall develop and carry out, in a limited number of geographical 
areas, pilot projects designed to assess or demonstrate the effectiveness 
in reducing unemployment of programs to increase the mobility of 
unemployed workers by providing assistance to meet their relocation 
expenses. In carrying out such projects the Secretary may provide 
such assistance, in the form of grants or loans, or lx>th, only to involun-
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42 use 2582. 
Facilities, 
Payments to 
States. 
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42 u s e 2619. 
42 u s e 2620. 
tarily uneiuployed uidividuals who lamiot reasoimV)ly be expected to 
secure full-time employment in the community in which they reside, 
have bona fide offers of employment (other than temporai-y or seasonal 
employment), and are deemed qualified to perform the work for which 
they are being employed. 
"VMiei"e such assistance is provided in the 
form of grants, siich grants may not exceed 50 per centum of the 
expenses incurred reasonably necessaiy to the transportation of the 
person who is relocating, and his family, and their household effects. 
^Vhere such assistance is provided in the form of loans, or a combina-
tion of loans and grants, the total amount thereof may not exceed 100 
per centum of such expenses and shall be made subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
Of the funds appro-
priated for a fiscal year to carry out this title, not more than 2 per 
centum thereof, or $4,000,000, whichever is the lesser, may be used for 
the purposes of this section." 
SEC. 6. (a) The first sentence of section 231 of the Act is amended by 
msertlng before the period at the end thereof the following: ", except 
that with respect to education to be provided pursuant to referrals 
imder subsection (b) or (i) of section 202, the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare may make arrangements for the provision of 
the education to be provided under such subsection through other 
appropriate education agencies''. 
(b) The second sentence of section 231 of such Act is amended by 
striking out ", if facilities or services of such agencies or institutions 
are not adequate for the purpose," and by inserting before the period 
at the end of such sentence the following: "whei-e such institutions 
can provide substantially equivalent training with reduced Federal 
expenditures". 
(c) The third sentence of section 231 of such Act is amended to 
read as follow^s: "The State agency shall be paid 50 per centum of 
the cost to the State of cariying out the agreement, except that for 
the period ending June 30, 1965, the State agency shall be paid 100 
per centum of the cost to the State of carrying out the agreement with 
respect to imemployed persons, and for the fiscal year ending June 
30,1966, the State agency shall be paid 66% per centum of such cost." 
SEC. 7. (a) Subsection (a) of section 304 of the Act is amended 
by striking out "and a like amount for the fiscal year ending Jmie 30, 
1965" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and each of the 
two succeeding fiscal years". 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out 
"$161,000,000 for the fiscal year endhig June 30, 1964, and a like 
amount for the fiscal year ending June 30,1965" and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: "$161,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1964, $407,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and 
$281,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1966". 
(c) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "and 
a like amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965" and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: "and each of the two succeeding fiscal 
years". 
SEC. 8. Section 305 of the Act is amended by striking out 
"vocational". 
SEC. 9. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 309 of the Act are each 
amended by striking out "March 1,1964" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"April 1,1964, April 1,1965, and April 1,1966". 
SEC. 10. Section 310 of the Act is amended by striking out "196o 
both times it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "1966". 
Approved December 19, 1963.