JOB BANKS.

SEC. 6307. JOB BANKS. (a) Amendment.— Title V of the Job Training Partnership Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “state job bank systems “Sec. 505. (a) (1) The Secretary shall carry out the purposes of this section with sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) for any fiscal year. “(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. “(b) The Secretary shall make such sums available through the United States Employment Service for the development and implementation of job bank systems in each State. Such systems shall be designed to use computerized electronic data processing and telecommunications systems for such purposes as— “(1) identifying job openings and referring jobseekers to job openings, with continual updating of such information; “(2) providing information on occupational supply and demand; and “(3) utilization of such systems by career information delivery systems (including career counseling programs in schools). “(c) Wherever possible, computerized data systems developed with assistance under this section shall be capable of utilizing software compatible with other systems (including management information systems and unemployment insurance and other income maintenance programs) used in the administration of employment and training programs. In developing such systems, special consider-102 STAT. 1542ation shall be given to the advice and recommendations of the State occupational information coordinating committees (established under section 422(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act), and other users of such systems for the various purposes described in subsection (b) of this section.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 504 the following: “Sec. 505. State job bank systems.”.