emergency job programs authorized

emergency job programs authorized Sec. 101. The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 is amended by redesignating title VI, and all references thereto, as title VII, by redesignating sections 601 through 615, and all references thereto, as sections 701 through 715, respectively, and by inserting after title V the following new title: “TITLE VI— EMERGENCY JOB PROGRAMS “authorization of appropriations “Sec. 601. There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for carrying out the provisions of this title. Any amounts so appropriated for such fiscal year which are not obligated prior to the end of such fiscal year shall remain available for obligation until December 31, 1975. “financial assistance “Sec. 602. (a) The Secretary shall enter into arrangements with eligible applicants in accordance with the provisions of this title in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing transitional employment, for unemployed and underemployed persons in jobs providing needed public services, and training and manpower services related to such employment which are otherwise unavailable, and enabling such persons to move into employment not supported under this Act. “(b) Not less than 90 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to this title which are used by an eligible applicant for public service employment programs shall be expended only for wages and employment benefits to persons employed in public service jobs pursuant to this title. “(c) The provisions of section 204(d) and sections 205 through 211 shall apply to financial assistance under this title. “(d) In filling public service jobs with financial assistance under this title, eligible applicants shall give preferred consideration, to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with other provisions of this Act, to unemployed persons who have exhausted unemployment insurance benefits, to unemployed persons who are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits (except for persons lacking work experience), and to unemployed persons who have been unemployed for fifteen or more weeks. “(e) For purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible applicants’ means prime sponsors qualified under title I and Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations. 88 Stat. 1846 “allotment of funds “Sec. 603. (a) (1) Not less than 90 per centum of the amounts appropriated under section 601 for any fiscal year shall be allotted among eligible applicants by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. “(2) (A) Fifty per centum of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted among eligible applicants in proportion to the relative number of unemployed persons who reside in areas within the jurisdiction of each such applicant as compared to the number of unemployed persons who reside in all such areas in all the States. “(B) Twenty-five per centum of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted among eligible applicants in accordance with the number of unemployed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment (as defined in section 204(c)) within the jurisdiction of the applicant compared to the number of unemployed persons residing in all such areas. “(C) Twenty-five per centum of the amount allotted under this subsection shall be allotted among eligible applicants on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed persons who reside within the jurisdiction of the applicant as compared to the total excess number of unemployed persons who reside within the jurisdiction of all eligible applicants. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘excess number’ means (i) the number which represents unemployed persons in excess of 4½ per centum of the labor force in the jurisdiction of the applicant in whose jurisdiction such persons reside or (ii), in the case of an applicant which is a State, the term ‘excess number’ means such number as defined in clause (i) or the number which represents unemployed persons in excess of 4½ per centum of the labor force in areas eligible for assistance under title II located in the geographical area served by such State prime sponsor under title I or II, whichever is greater. “(b) The remainder of the amount appropriated under section 601 shall be available to the Secretary for financial assistance under section 602 as the Secretary deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this title, taking into account changes in rates of unemployment. “(c) For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the term ‘jurisdiction’ includes the jurisdiction of each unit of general local government as described in section 102(a)(2) whether or not such unit has entered into a combination of units of general local government for purposes of section 102(a)(3) or section 102(a)(4). “special provision for areas of excessively high unemployment and to expand job opportunities “Sec. 604. (a) Funds allocated from appropriations for carrying out this title to any eligible applicant, which certifies to the Secretary that the application of the provisions of this section is necessary in order to provide sufficient job opportunities in the area served by such eligible applicant, may be used for making payments to public employers to expand the provision of job opportunities of the type described in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 304(a) of this Act. “(b) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 602(a) and 602(b), funds allotted under section 603 to eligible applicants may be used for— “(1) public service employment programs without regard to the provisions of sections 205(b), 205(c)(4), 205(c)(6), 205(c) (16), 205(c)(19), and 208(a)(6). “(2) providing employment for persons who have been unemployed for at least 15 days without regard to the provision of sec-88 Stat. 1847tion 205 (a) relating to 30 days of unemployment, if the applicant certifies that the hiring of an individual will not violate the provisions of section 205 (c) (8). “(3) payment of wages (at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5)), for unemployed and underemployed persons as employees of public employers in jobs on community capital improvement projects which would not otherwise be carried out, including the rehabilitation, alteration, or improvement of public buildings, roads and other public transportation facilities, health and education facilities, and other facilities for the improvement of the community in which the project is or will be located, and including construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or improvement of water and waste disposal facilities in communities having populations of 10,000 individuals or less which are outside the boundaries of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census). “(c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall apply to any area having an unemployment rate in excess of 7 per centum, and to any area, without regard to the rate of unemployment of such area, if such area is served by a prime sponsor which qualifies under section 102(a)(4) or section 102(a)(5) or is in an area which is eligible for assistance under title II and which is served by a State prime sponsor, and if the prime sponsor for such area certifies to the Secretary that the application of such provisions is necessary in order to provide sufficient job opportunities, and gives public notice of such certification. “expenditure of funds “Sec. 605. Funds obligated for the purposes of providing public service employment under this title may be utilized by prime sponsors for projects and activities planned to extend over a twelve-month period from the commencement of any such project or activity. “reallocation of funds “Sec. 606. The Secretary is authorized to make such reallocations as he deems appropriate of any amount of any allocation under this title to the extent that the Secretary determines that an eligible applicant will not be able to use such amount within a reasonable period of time. Any such amount may be reallocated only if the Secretary has provided thirty days’ advance notice to the prime sponsor for such area and to the Governor of the State of the proposed reallocation, during which period of time the prime sponsor and the Governor may submit comments to the Secretary. After considering any comments submitted during such period of time, the Secretary shall notify the Governor and affected prime sponsors of any decision to reallocate funds, and shall publish any such decision in the Federal Register. Any such funds shall be reallocated to other areas within the same State.”