Employment and Training Administration

Employment and Training Administration training and employment services (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as “WIA”), the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992 (“WANTO”), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIA, $3,195,383,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment and training activities, $2,605,268,000 as follows:(A) $770,922,000 for adult employment and training activities, of which $58,922,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, and of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013;(B) $825,914,000 for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and(C) $1,008,432,000 for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $148,432,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board if approved by the Governor: Provided further, That a local board may award a contract to an institution of higher education or other eligible training provider if the local board determines that it would facilitate the training of multiple individuals in high-demand occupations, if such contract does not limit customer choice: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of the WIA, the amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce investment activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amount allotted to the State from each of the appropriations under the preceding subparagraphs;(2) for federally administered programs, $487,053,000 as follows:(A) $224,112,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $24,112,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to provide assistance to a State for statewide or local use in order to address cases where there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging economic development needs; and train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the WIA may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That none of the funds shall be obligated to carry out section 173(e) of the WIA;(B) $47,652,000 for Native American programs, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013;(C) $84,451,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIA, including $78,253,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for employment and training services), $5,689,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $509,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from providing such services;(D) $998,000 for carrying out the WANTO, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and(E) $79,840,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in section 173A of the WIA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and(F) $50,000,000 to be available to the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as “Secretary”) for the Workforce Innovation Fund to carry out projects that demonstrate innovative strategies or replicate effective evidence-based strategies that align and strengthen the workforce investment system in order to improve program delivery and education and employment outcomes for beneficiaries, which shall be for the period July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013: Provided, That amounts shall be available for awards to States or State agencies that are eligible for assistance under any program authorized under the WIA, consortia of States, or partnerships, including regional partnerships: Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the funds available for workforce innovation activities shall be for technical assistance and evaluations related to the projects carried out with these funds;(3) for national activities, $103,062,000, as follows:(A) $6,616,000, in addition to any amounts available under paragraph (2), for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That funds made available by Public Law 112–10 that were designated for grants to address the employment and training needs of young parents may be used for other pilots, demonstrations, and research activities and for implementation activities related to the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 and may be transferred to “State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations” to carry out such implementation activities;(B) $80,390,000 for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, notwithstanding the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: Provided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries for activities that prepare young ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment, with a priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas;(C) $9,581,000 for Evaluation, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and(D) $6,475,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and which shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D). office of jobs corps To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIA, including Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIA, $1,706,171,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:(1) $1,572,049,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013;(2) $104,990,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 2013; and(3) $29,132,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012: Provided further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. community service employment for older americans To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as “OAA”), $449,100,000, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. federal unemployment benefits and allowances For payments during fiscal year 2012 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and case management services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, including benefit payments, allowances, training, employment and case management services, and related State administration provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, $1,100,100,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2012. state unemployment insurance and employment service operations For authorized administrative expenses, $86,231,000, together with not to exceed $3,958,441,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (“the Trust Fund”), of which:(1) $3,181,154,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act (including not less than $10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews), the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, and shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2012, except that funds used for automation acquisitions or competitive grants awarded to States for improved operations, or reemployment and eligibility assessments and improper payments shall be available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2014, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States through September 30, 2012 shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2012;(2) $11,287,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system;(3) $679,531,000 from the Trust Fund, together with $22,638,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013;(4) $20,952,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980;(5) $65,517,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration of foreign labor certifications and related activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which $50,418,000 shall be available for the Federal administration of such activities, and $15,099,000 shall be available for grants to States for the administration of such activities; and(6) $63,593,000 from the General Fund is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the WIA and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (“AWIU”) for fiscal year 2012 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 4,832,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the request. In addition, $50,000,000 from the Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews. advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the “Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances” account, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2013. program administration For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $97,320,000, together with not to exceed $50,040,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.