ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM.

SEC. 408. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM. Title IV of the Act (29 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), as amended by sections 406 and 407, is further amended by adding at the end the following new part: “Part J— Disaster Relief Employment Assistance “SEC. 499A. GENERAL AUTHORITY. “(a) Qualification for Funds.— Funds appropriated to carry out this part shall be made available in a timely manner by the Secretary to the Governor of any State within which is located an area that has suffered an emergency or a major disaster as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of section 102 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5122 (1) and (2)) (referred to in this part as the ‘disaster area’). “(b) Substate Allocation.— Not less than 80 percent of the funds made available to any Governor under subsection (a) shall be allocated by the Governor to units of general local government located, in whole or in part, within such disaster areas. The remainder of such funds may be reserved by the Governor for use, in concert with State agencies, in cleanup, rescue, repair, renovation, and rebuilding activities associated with such major disaster. “(c) Coordination.— Funds made available under this part to Governors and units of general local government shall be expended in consultation with— “(1) agencies administering programs for disaster relief provided under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; and “(2) the administrative entity and the private industry council in each service delivery area within which disaster employment programs will be conducted under this part. 106 STAT. 1095 “SEC. 499B. USE OF FUNDS. “(a) Projects Restricted to Disaster Areas.— Funds made available under this part to any unit of general local government in a disaster area— “(1) shall be used exclusively to provide employment on projects to provide food, clothing, shelter, and other humanitarian assistance for disaster victims and on projects regarding demolition, cleanup, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of damaged and destroyed structures, facilities, and lands located within the disaster area; and “(2) may be expended through public and private agencies and organizations engaged in such projects. “(b) Eligible Participants.— An individual shall be eligible to be offered disaster employment under this part if such individual is— “(1) (A) eligible to participate or enroll, or is a participant or enrolled, under title III of this Act, other than an individual who is actively engaged in a training program; or “(B) eligible to participate in programs or activities assisted under section 401 or 402; and “(2) unemployed as a consequence of the disaster. “(c) Limitations on Disaster Relief Employment.— No individual shall be employed under this part for more than 6 months for work related to recovery from a single natural disaster. “(d) Regulations.— The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to promote the fiscal integrity of programs conducted with funds made available under this part. “SEC. 499C. DEFINITIONS. “As used in this part, the term ‘unit of general local government’ includes— “(1) in the case of a community conducting a project in an Indian reservation or Alaska Native village, the grantee designated under subsection (c) or (d) of section 401, or a consortium of such grantees and the State; and “(2) in the case of a community conducting a project in a migrant or seasonal farmworker community, the grantee designated under section 402(c), or a consortium of such grantees and the State.”.