Employment and Training Administration

Employment and Training Administration program administration For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $71,638,000 together with not to exceed $48,906,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. training and employment services For expenses necessary to carry into effect the Job Training Partnership Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,709,800,000, plus reimbursements, to be available for obligation for the period July 1, 1989, through June 30, 1990, of which $59,713,000 shall be for carrying out section 401, $69,372,000 shall be for carrying out section 402, $9,633,000 shall be for carrying out section 441, $2,000,000 shall be for the National Commission for Employment Policy, $4,000,000 shall be for all activities conducted by and through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee under the Job Training Partnership Act, and $6,000,000 shall be for service delivery areas under section 101(a)(4)(A)(iii) of the Job Training Partnership Act in addition to amounts otherwise provided under sections 202 and 251(b) of the Act and $36,000,000 shall be used to continue acquisition, rehabilitation, and construction of six new Job Corps centers; and, in addition, $9,500,000 is appropriated for activities authorized by title VII, subtitle C of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, of which $1,900,000 shall be for carrying out section 738 of the Act; Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. For necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act, $63,916,000, to be available for obligation for the period July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1992. 102 STAT. 1681 For activities authorized by sections 236, 237, and 238 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, including necessary related administrative expenses, $47,870,000, in accordance with section 1424 of H.R. 4848 as passed the Senate on August 3, 1988. Of the funds provided under this heading in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1988, for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, not to exceed $30,000,000, may be expended as necessary, for center operations to maintain existing Job Corps centers and current enrollment levels. Such funds for center operations shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 1988 through June 30, 1989. Such transfer shall in no way reduce the obligation of the Department of Labor to comply with the provisions of Public Law 100–202 for the rehabilitation and relocation of existing centers and the expeditious obligation of funds for the planning and construction of new centers. The Congress recognizes the need to prepare the Nation’s workforce for the more complex work environment of the United States post-industrial economy. The Congress is concerned with the findings of the Office of Technology Assessment that 25 million workers will have to upgrade their job skills by the end of this century. Accordingly, the Congress directs the Secretary to give priority to funding pilots and demonstrations and research, development, and evaluation programs that will address this urgent National priority. Further, in recognition that upgrading the skills of 25,000,000 workers cannot be achieved with current methods of teaching, the Congress directs the Secretary to fund from the available National activities program funds research and development projects using interactive laser-videodisc technology course materials that are specifically designed to upgrade “workplace literacy”. 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, $271,440,000. 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, $76,560,000. federal unemployment benefits and allowances For payments during the current fiscal year of benefits and payments as authorized by title H of Public Law 95–250, as amended, and of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances, as provided by law (part I, subchapter B, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended), $134,000,000, 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: Provided, That amounts received or recovered pursuant to section 208(e) of Public Law 95–250 shall be available for payments. 102 STAT. 1682 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 231–235 and 243–244, 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)(ii), 212(a)(14), and 216(g) (1), (2), and (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and necessary administrative expenses to carry out the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit program under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $22,833,000, together with not to exceed $2,479,714,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and of which the sums available in the basic allocation for activities authorized by title HI of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the basic 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, 1989, and of which $21,733,000 together with not to exceed $7 51,296,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust fund shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 1989, through June 30, 1990, to fund activities under section 6 of 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 $157,479,000 (including not to exceed $3,000,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980) shall be available only to the extent necessary to administer unemployment compensation laws to meet increased costs of administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases in the number of unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or increased salary costs resulting from changes in State salary compensation plans embracing employees of the State generally over those upon which the State’s basic allocation was based, which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments based on State obligations as of December 31, 1989. 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 to the “Federal unemployment benefits and allowances” account, to remain available until September 30, 1990; $124,000,000.