An Act to amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 19 2
PL 89-792 (H.R.16715), enacted 11/07/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-792-NOV. 7, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
Loan authoriza-
tion. 
Ante, p. 857. 
by this subsection shall include any amounts made available pursuant 
to the amendment made by subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act approved June (5, 
1058 (D.C. (>ode, sec. i)-2'20(b)), is amended— 
(1) by striking out ''$250,000,000" in the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof ''$290,000,000", and 
(2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end of 
the first sentence the following: "and (3) $40,000,000 of the 
principal amcmnt of loans authorized to be advanced pursuant 
to this subsection shall be utilized to carry out the purposes of 
titles 1 and I I of the District of Columbia Public Education Act". 
Approved November 7, 1966. 
November 7, 1966 
[H.R. 16715] 
Public Law 89-792 
AN ACT 
To amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962. 
Manpower De-
velopment and 
Training Amend-
ments of 1966. 
79 Stat. 76. 
42 u s e 2572b. 
42 u s e 2572c. 
76 Stat. 25; 
77 Stat. 422. 
42 u s e 2582. 
Referral for 
training. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Manpower Development and Training Amendments 
of 1966". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 104(a) of the Manpower Development and 
Training Act of 1962 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is amended 
by striking out "1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "1968". 
(b) Section 105 of the Act is amended by striking out "1967" where 
it appears in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1968", 
and by amending the last sentence thereof to read as follows: "Of the 
funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this Act, not more than 
$300,000 may be used for purposes of this section." 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 202 of the Act is amended by redesignating sub-
section, (c) through (h), and all cross references thereto, as (d) 
through (i), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection: 
"(c) The Secretary of Labor shall provide, where appropriate, a 
special program of testing, counseling, selection, and referral of per-
sons foirty-five years of age or older for occupational training and 
further schooling designed to meet the special problems faced by such 
persons in the labor market." 
(b) Section 202 of the Act is further amended by striking out the 
last subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sub-
sections : 
"(]) Whenever appropriate, the Secretary of Labor may also refer, 
f 
qr the attainment of basic education and communications and employ-
ment skills, those eligible persons who indicate their intention to and 
will, thereby be able to pursue, subsequently or concurrently, courses 
of occupational training of a type for which there appears to be a 
reasonable expectation of employment, or who have completed or 
do not need occupational training but do require such other preparation 
to render them employable. 
Such referrals shall be considered a 
referral for training within the meaning of this Act. 
"(k) The Secretary of Labor may enter into an agreement with 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of 
furthering the objectives of this Act by facilitating the provision of 
appropriate physical examinations, medical treatment, and prostheses 
for persons selected or otherwise eligible to be selected for training 
under this Act. 
The agreement may provide that where any such 
person cannot reasonably be expected to pay the cost of the services 
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and the services are not otherwise available without cost to him from 
any other resource in the community, there may be expended (from 
sums appropriated to carry out this title and pursuant to arrangements 
made by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) not more 
than an aggregate of $100 to provide such services to that person. If 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is unable to arrange 
for the provision of services under this section, the Secretary of Labor 
may expend not more than an aggregate of $100 to provide such 
services to any one person. 
" (1) In order to assist in providing qualified workers in areas or 
in occupations in which there are critical skill shortages the Secretary 
of Labor shall, in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, 
provide an experimental program for part-time training of persons, 
including employed persons, to meet such skill shortages." 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 203(c) of the Act is amended— 
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(1) by striking out in the first sentence "two years" and insert- ^"y^stat. 422. 
ing in lieu thereof "one year", 
^2 use 2583. 
(2) by striking out in the second sentence "not less than one 
year and" and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than one year 
or", and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstand-
ing any provision to the contrary in this subsection or in subsection 
(h), the Secretary may refer any individual who has completed 
a program under part B of title I of the Economic Opportunity 
Act of 1964 to training under this Act, and such individual may be 
^a sta^ M|^^ 
paid a training allowance as provided in section 203 (a) of this Act 2736. 
without regard to the requirements imposed on such payments 
by the preceding sentences of subsection (c) or by subsection 
(h) of this section. 
Such payments shall not exceed the average 
weekly gross unemployment compensation payment (including 
allowances for dependents) for a week of total unemployment in 
the State making such payments during the most recent four-
calendar-quarter period for which such data are available. Such 
persons shall not be deemed youths for the purpose of applying the 
provision under this subsection limiting the number of youths 
who may receive training allowances." 
(b) Section 203(h) of the Act is amended by inserting before the J^ f'^yg^^' 
period at the end thereof the following: "unless the Secretary deter- 
42 use 2533. 
mines that there is good cause to permit an individual referred to 
further training to receive training allowances so that he may be 
prepared adequately for full-time employment." 
(c) Section 203 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsections: 
"(j) To assure the maximum use of training opportunities, the 
Secretary of Labor is authorized to make, or cause to be made, advance 
payments of training allowances or a part thereof to individuals 
selected for training who, because of immediate financial needs for the 
maintenance of themselves or their dependents pending receipt of 
training allowances, would otherwise be unable to enter or continue 
training. The total advance payments to a trainee under this subsec-
tion outstanding at any time shall not exceed the amount of the aver-
age weekly gross unemployment compensation payment (including 
allowances for dependents) for a week of total unemployment in the 
State making such payments during the four-calendar-quarter period 
for which such data are available most immediately prior to the com-
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Ante, p. 1435. 
42 u s e 301, 601, 
1201, 1351, 1381. 
79 Stat. 78. 
42 u s e 2583. 
42USe301, 601, 
1201, 1351, 1381. 
76 Stat. 30. 
42 u s e 2601. 
79 Stat. 78. 
79 Stat. 75. 
42 u s e 2572. 
42 u s e 2581-
2610a. 
mencement of training by such trainee. Such advance payments shall 
be repaid either through deductions from training allowances or 
through other arrangements with such trainee. 
"(k) Under such standards as the Secretary of Labor may find 
appropriate to achieve the purposes of subsection 202(1), an individual 
referred to part-time training under such section shall be paid an 
amount not to exceed $10 with respect to each week in which he is 
engaged in such training and such payment shall be in lieu of any 
other payments to which he may otherwise be entitled under this 
section. 
"(1) (1) No training allowance shall be paid to any person for any 
period for which a money payment has been made with respect to the 
need of that person under a State plan which has been approved under 
title I, IV, X, XIV, or X V I of the Social Security Act and which 
meets the requirements of the first sentence of paragraph (2) of this 
subsection. The Secretary of Labor is authorized to pay to any such 
person (A) such sums as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
defray expenses of that person which are attributable to training pur-
suant to the provisions of this Act, and (B) a training incentive pay-
ment of not more than $20 per week; Persons receiving payments 
under the preceding sentence shall be counted for purposes of the 
third sentence of section 203(c) as though they were receiving training 
allowances. 
"(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of titles I, IV, X, XIV, and 
X V I of the Social Security Act, a State plan approved under any such 
title shall provide that no payment made to any person pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be regarded (A) as income or 
resources of that person in determining his need under such approved 
State plan, or (B) as income or resources of any other person in deter-
mining the need of that other person under such approved State plan. 
No funds to which a State is otherwise entitled under title I, IV, X, 
XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act for any period before the 
first month beginning after the adjournment of the State's first regu-
lar legislative session which adjourns more than sixty days after the 
enactment of this subsection shall be withheld by reason of any action 
taken pursuant to a State statute which prevents such State from 
complying with the requirements of this paragraph." 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 231 of the Manpower Development and Training 
Act is amended by striking out "vocational" in the first sentence, and 
by striking out the last sentence of such section and inserting the fol-
lowing in lieu thereof: "The Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare shall give preference to training and education provided 
through State vocational education agencies and other State educa-
tion agencies. However, in any case in which he determines that it 
would permit persons to begin their training or education within a 
shorter period of time, or permit the needed training or education to 
be provided more economically, or more effectively, he may provide 
the needed training or education by agreement or contract made 
directly with public or private training or educational facilities or 
through such other arrangements as he deems necessary to give full 
effect to this Act." 
(b) The third sentence of section 231 is amended by adding, after 
the words "with respect to private institutions", the words "or pro-
grams carried out in conjunction with programs or projects under 
section 102(6)". 
SEC. 6. (a) Title I I of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: 
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"PART D—CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
76 Stat. 30. 
42 use 2611. 
"SEC. 251. Without regard to any other provision of this title or 
section 301 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall, during the period 
ending June 30,1969, develop and carry out experimental and demon-
stration programs of training and education for persons in correc-
tional institutions who are in need thereof to obtain employment upon 
release. Arrangements for such education and training shall be made 
by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare after consulta-
tion with the appropriate area manpower development and training 
advisory committee. Programs under this part sliall be conducted 
through agreements with officials of Federal, State, and local correc-
tional institutions. To the fullest extent practicable, the Secretary 
of Labor shall utilize the available services of other Federal depart-
ments and agencies. Programs under tliis part may include voca-
tional education; special job development and placement activities; 
prevocational, basic, and secondary education, and counseling, where 
appropriate; supportive and followup services and such other assist-
ance as is deemed necessary." 
(b) Section 304 of the Act is amended by redesignating subsection 
(d) as subsection (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following J^ J'^^- ^^^^ 
new subsection: 
" (d) For the purpose of carrj^ing out part D of title II, there are ^"^™-
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1968, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, such amounts 
as may be necessary." 
SEC. 7. Section 301 of the Act is amended by inserting "parts A 
and B of" before "title II" in the first sentence, by striking out the 
words "make such apportionment" in the first sentence and inserting 
in lieu thereof "apportion 80 per centum of the funds available for 
such purposes", and by inserting after the first sentence the following 
new sentence: "The remaining 20 per centum may be expended by the 
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare as they find necessary or appropriate to carry out the pur-
poses of title II." 
SEC. 8. (a) Section 309 of the Act is repealed. 
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(b) Part B of title II of the Act is amended by adding at the end 42 use 2619. 
thereof the following new section: 
'•^ use 2601, 
° 
2602. 
76 Stat. 30. 
42 use 2611. 
li ANNUAL REPORT 
"SEC. 233. Prior to April first of each year, the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare shall make an annual report to Congress. 
Such report shall contain an evaluation of the programs under sec-
tion 231, the need for continuing such programs, and recommendations 
for improvement. The reports shall also contain progress reports 
on the vocational training study which will be conducted under the 
supervision of the Secretary during 1966 and 1967." 
Approved November 7, 1966. 
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