special condition’s

special condition’s Sec. 208. (a) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this title unless he determines, in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe, that— (1) the program (A) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those opportunities which would otherwise be available, (B) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of non-overtime work or wages or employment benefits), (C) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed, and (D) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs; (2) persons employed in public service jobs under this Act shall be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever is the highest of (A) the minimum wage which would be applicable to the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, if section 6(a) (1) of such title applied to the participant and if he were not exempt under section 13 thereof, (B) the State or local minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employment, or (C) the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in similar public occupations by the same employer; (3) funds under this title will not be used to pay persons employed in public service jobs under this title, at a rate in excess of $1(1,000 per year; (4) all persons employed in public service jobs under this title, will be assured of workmen’s compensation, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels and to the same extent as other employees of the employer and to working conditions and promotional opportunities neither more nor less favorable than such other employees enjoy; (5) the provisions of section 2(a)(3) of Public Law 89–286 (relating to health and safety conditions) shall apply to such program or activity; (6) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants; (7) no funds under this title will be used for the acquisition of, or for the rental or leasing of supplies, equipment, materials, or real property; and (8) every participant shall he advised, prior to entering upon employment, of his rights mid benefits in connection with such employment. (b) Consistent with the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall make financial assistance under this title available in such a manner that, to the extent practicable, public service, employment opportunities will be available on an equitable basis in accordance with the purposes of this title among significant segments of the population of unemployed persons, giving consideration to the relative numbers of unemployed persons in each such segment. (c) Where a labor organization represents employees who are engaged in similar work in the same area to that proposed to be per-formed under any program for which an application is being developed for submission under this title, such organization shall be notified and afforded a reasonable period of time prior to the submission of the application in which to make comments to the applicant and to the Secretary. (d) The Secretary shall prescribe, regulations to assure that pro-87 Stat. 856 grains under this title have adequate internal administrative controls, accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, and other policies as may be necessary to promote the effective use of funds. (e) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this title unless he determines, in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe, that periodic reports will be submitted to him containing data designed to enable the Secretary and the Congress to measure the relative and, where programs can be compared appropriately, comparative effectiveness of the programs authorized under this title and other federally supported manpower programs. Such data shall include information on— (1) characteristics of participants including age, sex, race, health, education level, and previous wage and employment experience ; (2) duration in employment situations, including information on the duration of employment, of program participants for at least a year following the termination of participation in federally assisted programs and comparable information on other employees or trainees of participating employers; and (3) total dollar cost per participant, including breakdown between wages, training, and supportive services, all fringe benefits, and administrative costs. The Secretary shall compile such information on a State, regional, and national basis, and shall include such information in the report required by section 209 of this title. (f) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this title unless the grant, contract, or agreement with respect thereto specifically provides that no person with responsibilities in the operation of such program will discriminate with respect to any program participant or any applicant for participation in such program because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs. (g) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this title which involves political activities; and neither the program, the funds provided therefor, nor personnel employed in the administration thereof, shall be, in any way or to any extent, engaged in the conduct of polit’cal activities in contravention of chapter 15 of title 5. United States Code. (h) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this title unless he determines that participants in the program will not be employed on the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship.