community service employment

community service employment Sec. 105. (a) The Act is amended by redesignating title IX as title V, and by redesignating section 901 through section 908 as section 501 through section 508, respectively. (b)(1) Section 502(b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: “(3) The Secretary shall develop alternatives for innovative work modes and provide technical assistance in creating job opportunities through work sharing and other experimental methods to prime, sponsors, labor organizations, groups representing business and industry and workers as well as to individual employers, where appropriate. “(4) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Senior Environmental Employment Corps.”. (2) Section 502, as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(d)(1) Whenever a national organization or other program sponsor conducts a project within a State such organization or program sponsor shall submit to the State agency on aging a description of such project to be conducted in the State, including the location of the project, 30 days prior to undertaking the project, for review and comment according to guidelines the Secretary shall issue to assure efficient and effective coordination of programs under this title. “(2) The Secretary shall review on his own initiative or at the request of any public or private nonprofit agency or organization, or an agency of the State government, the distribution of programs under this title within the State including the distribution between urban and rural areas within the State. For each proposed reallocation of programs within a State, the Secretary shall give notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record by all interested individuals and make a written determination of his findings and decision. “(e) The Secretary, in addition to any other authority contained in this title, may enter into agreements designed to assure the transition of individuals employed in public service jobs under this title to employment opportunities with private business concerns. The Secretary, from amounts reserved under section 506(a)(1)(B) in any fiscal year, may pay all of the costs of any agreement entered into under the provisions of this subsection.”. (c)(1) Section 503(a), as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by striking out “304” each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “305”. 92 STAT. 1548 (3) Section 503, as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) In carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary may fund and expand projects concerning the Senior Environmental Employment Corps and energy conservation from sums appropriated under section 508 for such fiscal year.”. (d) Section 505, as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) In administering projects under this title concerning the Senior Environmental Employment Corps and energy conservation, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy and shall enter into an agreement with the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to coordinate programs conducted by them with such projects.”. (e)(1) Section 506(a)(1), as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended— (A) by inserting “(A)” after “(1)” and by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: “(B) From sums appropriated under this title for each fiscal year after September 30, 1978, the Secretary may reserve an amount not to exceed one per centum of the amount appropriated in excess of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1978 for the purpose of entering into agreements under section 502(e), relating to improved transition to private employment.”; (B) by striking out “From” and inserting in lieu thereof “Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), from”; and (C) by striking out “the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975” and inserting in lieu thereof “fiscal year 1978”. (2) Section 506(a), as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) as paragraph (3) and paragraph (4), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: “(2) For each fiscal year in which the sums appropriated under this title exceed the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1978, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 45 per centum of such excess amount for the purpose described in paragraph (1). The remainder of such excess shall be allotted pursuant to paragraph (3).”. (3) Section 506(a)(3), as so redesignated in subsection (a) and in paragraph (2), is amended by striking out “908” and inserting in lieu thereof “508”. (f) Section 507(2), as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by inserting “(including any such individual whose income is not more than 125 per centum of the poverty guidelines established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics)” after “low income”. (g) Section 508, as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by striking out “and” the second place it appears therein, and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “, $350,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $450,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981”.