UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 404. UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS. (a) Reporting; Training Network.— Part D of title IV of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1731 et seq.), is amended by inserting after section 454 (as added by section 403) the following new section: 106 STAT. 1085 “UNIFORM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS “Sec. 455. (a) Finding.— Congress finds that closer coordination and more effective use of resources among a variety of employment and training programs can be facilitated if the programs have common data elements and definitions. “(b) Data Elements.— The Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services, in consultation with other appropriate departments and with the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, shall identify a core set of consistently defined data elements for employment and training programs, including those funded under titles II, III, and IV of this Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the JOBS program, and title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.). “(c) Report.— The Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress not later than January 1, 1994, a report listing recommended data elements and their definitions, and containing an analysis of the benefits of the adoption of the data elements and definitions. “(d) Consultation.— The Secretary shall consult with experts and practitioners, at the Federal, State, and local levels and in the various program areas, in fulfilling the requirements of this section. The Secretary shall also consult with the General Accounting Office in fulfilling the requirements of this section.”.