JOB CORPS.

SEC. 402. JOB CORPS. (a) Eligibility.— Section 423(1) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1693(1)) is amended by inserting after “except that”, the following: “not more than 20 percent of the individuals enrolled may be age 22 through 24, and that either”. (b) Clarification of Authority To Transfer Participants To and From Programs Under Title II.— Section 426 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1696) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an individual who has been a participant in the Job Corps from concurrently or subsequently participating in programs under title II, or to prohibit an individual who has been a participant in programs under title II from concurrently or subsequently participating in the Job Corps.”. (c) Nonresidential Participants.— Section 427(a)(2) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1697(a)(2)) is amended by— (1) striking “10 percent” and inserting “20 percent”; and (2) adding at the end the following new sentences: “In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential participants, priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. The Secretary shall not reduce the number of residential participants in Job Corps programs106 STAT. 1077 under this part during any program year below the number of residential participants during program year 1991 in order to increase the number of individuals who are nonresidential participants in the Job Corps.”. (d) Conservation Centers.— Section 427 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1697) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) No funds appropriated to the Department of Labor for any fiscal year may be used to carry out any contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps.”. (e) Additional Support Services Required.— Section 428 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1698) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(e) The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, provide child care at or near Job Corps centers, for individuals who require child care for their children in order to participate in the Job Corps. “(f) Each Job Corps center shall provide to enrollees who are dependent on, or who have a history of abuse of, alcohol or drugs, with counseling and referral to related services necessary to prevent the continuance or recurrence of such dependency or abuse.”. (f) Management Fees.—Section 437 of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1707) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) The Secretary shall provide all Job Corps contractors with an equitable and negotiated management fee of not less than 1 percent of the contract amount.”.