A bill to amend and extend title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
PL 96-583 (H.R.6796), enacted 12/23/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-583—DEC. 23, 1980 
94 STAT. 3375 
Public Law 96-588 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To amend and extend title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training 
Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That section 
112(a)(7) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subparagraph: 
"(C) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to carry out title VIL". 
SEC. 2. Title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training 
Act is amended— 
(1) by inserting ", in cooperation with other Federal programs 
that generate employment," immediately after "under this Act, 
and" in the first sentence of section 701; 
(2) by striking out subsection (b) of section 702 and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: 
"(b)(1) Eighty-five per centum of the funds made available for 
carrying out this title shall be allocated by the Secretary on an 
equitable basis among such prime sponsors, taking into account the 
factors set forth in section 202(a). 
"(2) Ten per centum of the funds made available for carrying out 
this title shall be used by the Secretary to provide incentive bonuses 
to prime sponsors who engage in efforts to promote coordination with 
economic development activities supported by Federal, State, or local 
funds. Funds used for such coordinated activities shall not be taken 
into account in the computation of cost per participant or cost per 
placement for purposes of program evaluation. 
"(3) The remainder of the funds made available for carrying out 
this title shall be used by the Secretary to provide financial assistance 
to prime sponsors who jointly establish a single private industry 
council and to Native American entities described in section 302(cXl) 
(A) and (B) for carrying out the purposes of this title."; 
(3) by inserting ", local economic development councils estab-
lished under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965," immediately after "community-based organizations" in 
section 703(b)(5); 
(4) by inserting "local economic development councils (such as 
those established under the Public Works and Economic Devel-
opment Act of 1965)," immediately after "community-based 
organizations," in section 704(a)(1); 
(5) by inserting "(particularly persons with expertise in on-site, 
industry specific vocational education)" immediately after "edu-
cational agencies and institutions" in the second sentence of 
section 704(a)(1); 
(6) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (14) of section 
705(a); 
(7) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) of section 
705(a) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; 
(8) by adding after such paragraph the following new 
paragraph: 
Dec. 23, 1980 
[H.R. 6796] 
Comprehensive 
Employment 
and Training 
Act, 
amendment. 
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Appropriation 
authorization. 
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PUBLIC LAW 96-583—DEC. 23, 1980 
"(16) developing on-site, industry specific training programs 
supportive of industrial and economic development in coopera-
tion with State vocational education boards: Provided, That, 
where feasible, funds made available under this Act for such 
programs are supplemented by Federal, State, or local vocational 
education funds or by non-governmental funds made specifically 
available for such programs, or both."; and 
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(9) by adding at the end of section 705 the following new 
subsection: 
"(c) Activities under this section may include upgrading and 
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retraining in accordance with the provisions of part C of title II. Not 
more than 15 per centum of the funds available for this title may be 
used for programs under this subsection. No employer may partici-
pate in such a program unless the employer agrees that the employer 
will hire one economically disadvantaged person for every employee 
Waiver. 
participating in the upgrading or retraining program. The Secretary 
may waive the provisions of the preceding sentence in whole or in 
part where the Secretary finds that it would be impracticable for the 
employer to comply with such provisions or that a waiver would 
facilitate participation by the employer in an experimental or demon-
stration project approved or being carried out by the Secretary.". 
SEC. 8. The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act is 
further amended as follows: 
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(a) Section 122(i)(2) of such Act is amended by deleting 
"$7,200" and substituting in lieu thereof "$8,000". 
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(b) Section 202(f)(2)(B), section 283(d)(1), and section 604(b)(1) of 
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such Act are each amended by deleting "1980" and substituting 
in lieu thereof "1982". 
(c) Wherever the terms "Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare" or "Department of Health, Education, and Welfare" 
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appear in sections 311(b), 457(c), and 462(b) of such Act, they are 
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amended to read "Secretary of Education" or "Department of 
Education", respectively. 
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(d) Section 805 of such Act is amended by deleting the words 
"and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" and the 
words "Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare" where they 
occur, and substituting in lieu thereof, respectively, the words 
"the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary 
of Education" and "Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education". 
Approved December 28, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-985 (eomm. on Education and Labor). 
eONGRESSIONAL REOORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Sept. 15, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 9, House concurred in Senate amendments.