ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

SEC. 203. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. (a) Financing Provisions.— (1) Payments to states.— There shall be paid to each State which enters into an agreement under section 201 an amount equal to the lesser of the reasonable costs of operating the job search assistance program pursuant to such agreement or the State’s average weekly benefit amount for each individual selected to participate in the job search assistance program operated by such State pursuant to such agreement. Funds in the extended unemployment compensation account (as established by section 905 of the Social Security Act) shall be used for purposes of making such payments. (2) Payments on calendar month basis.— There shall be paid to each State either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, such sum as the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under this subsection for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which the Secretary finds that the Secretary’s estimates for any prior calendar month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency. (3) Certification.— The Secretary shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable to such State under this subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment to the State in accordance with such certification, by transfers from the extended unemployment compensation account (as established by section 905 of the Social Security Act) to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund. (4) Special rule.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts in the account of a State in the Unemployment Trust Fund may be used for purposes of making payments pursuant to intensive job search vouchers provided pursuant to an agreement under this title. (b) Reports to Congress.— (1) Interim reports.— The Secretary shall submit 2 interim reports to the Congress on the effectiveness of the demonstration program carried out under this title. The 1st such report shall be submitted before the date 2 years after operations under the demonstration program commenced and the 2d such report shall be submitted before the date 4 years after such commencement. 105 STAT. 1059 (2) Final report.— Not later than the date 5 years after the commencement referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a final report to the Congress on the demonstration program carried out under this title. Such report shall include estimates of program impact, such as— (A) changes in duration of unemployment, earnings, and hours worked of participants, (B) changes in unemployment compensation outlays, (C) changes in unemployment taxes, (D) net effect on the Unemployment Trust Fund, (E) net effect on Federal unified budget deficit, and (F) net social benefits or costs of the program. (c) Definitions.— For purposes of this title, the terms “compensation”, “benefit year”, “State”, “State agency”, “State law”, “base Kriod”, and “week” have the respective meanings given such terms . section 106.