Employment and Training Administration

Employment and Training Administration program administration For expenses of administering employment and training programs and for carrying out section 908 of the Social Security Act, $90,276,000, together with not to exceed $45,073,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. training and employment services (including rescission) For expenses necessary to carry into effect the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act; title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1991; title XV, part A of Public Law 102–325; title VII, subtitle C of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act; Goals 2000: Educate America Act; and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act; $5,505,885,000 plus reimbursements, of which $5,181,250,000 is available for obligation for the period July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996; of which $142,029,000 is available for the period July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1998 for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, including $46,404,000 for new centers; and of which $125,000,000 shall be available for obligation from July 1, 1996 through September 30, 1996, for carrying out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act: Provided, That $64,080,000 shall be for carrying out section 401 of the Job Training108 STAT. 2540 Partnership Act, $85,710,000 shall be for carrying out section 402 of such Act, $8,880,000 shall be for carrying out section 441 of such Act, $2,223,000 shall be for the National Commission for Employment Policy, $6,000,000 shall be for all activities conducted by and through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee under such Act, $3,861,000 shall be for service delivery areas under section 101(a)(4)(A)(iii) of such Act in addition to amounts otherwise provided under sections 202, 252 and 262 of the Act, $1,054,813,000 shall be for carrying out title II, part A of such Act, and $598,682,000 shall be for carrying out title II, part C of such Act: Provided further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That funds used from this Act to carry out title III of the Job Training Partnership Act shall not be subject to the limitation contained in subsection (b) of section 315 of such Act; that the waiver allowing a reduction in the cost limitation relating to retraining services described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 315 may be granted with respect to funds used from this Act if a substate grantee demonstrates to the Governor that such waiver is appropriate due to the availability of low-cost retraining services, is necessary to facilitate the provision of needs-related payments to accompany long-term training, or is necessary to facilitate the provision of appropriate basic readjustment services; and that funds used from this Act to carry out the Secretary’s discretionary grants under part B of such title III may be used to provide needs-related payments to participants who, in lieu of meeting the requirements relating to enrollment in training under section 314(e) of such Act, are enrolled in training by the end of the sixth week after grant funds have been awarded. Of the amounts made available in fiscal year 1994 under the Job Training Partnership Act, title II-C, $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. community service employment for older americans To carry out the activities for national grants or contracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $320,190,000. To carry out the activities for grants to States under paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $90,310,000. federal unemployment benefits and allowances For payments during the current fiscal year of benefits and payments as authorized by title II of Public Law 95–250, as amended, and of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I, and for training, for allowances for job search and relocation, and for related State administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $274,400,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of the current year. 108 STAT. 2541 state unemployment insurance and employment service operations For activities authorized by the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49–491–1; 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E)); title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504); necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and sections 225, 231–235, 243–244, and 250(d)(1), 250(d)(3), title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; as authorized by section 7c of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, necessary administrative expenses under sections 101(a)(15)(H), 212(a)(6)(A), (m)(2) and (3), (n)(1), and 218(g) (1), (2), and (3), and 258(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); necessary administrative expenses to carry out the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and section 221(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990, $147,188,000, together with not to exceed $3,269,097,000 (including not to exceed $1,653,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980, and including not to exceed $1,000,000 which may be obligated in contracts with non-State entities for activities such as occupational and test research activities which benefit the Federal-State Employment Service System), which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and of which the sums available in the allocation for activities authorized by title of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 1995, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by States through September 30, 1997; and of which $145,254,000 together with not to exceed $820,658,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust fund shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 1995, through June 30, 1996, to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail made available to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose, and of which $223,837,000 shall be available only to the extent necessary for additional State allocations to administer unemployment compensation laws to finance increases in the number of unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or changes in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 1995 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2.772 million, an additional $30,000,000 shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act and in Public Law 103–112 which are used to establish a national one-stop career center network may be obligated in contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding cost108 STAT. 2542 allocation principles prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87. advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and section 104(d) of Public Law 102–164, and section 5 of Public Law 103–6, and to the “Federal unemployment benefits and allowances”; account, to remain available until September 30, 1996, $686,000,000. In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 1995, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.