REGIONAL RETRAINING SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSES.

SEC. 1373. [29 U.S.C. 1662d–1 note] REGIONAL RETRAINING SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSES. (a) Establishment Required.—The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may carry out a demonstration project to establish one or more regional retraining services clearinghouses to serve eligible persons described in subsection (b). (b) Persons Eligible for Clearinghouse Services.—The following persons shall be eligible to receive services through the clearinghouses: (1) Members of the Armed Forces who are discharged or released from active duty. (2) Civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are terminated from such employment as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of a military installation, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. (3) Employees of defense contractors who are terminated or laid off (or receive a notice of termination or lay off) as a result of the completion or termination of a defense contract or program or reductions in defense spending, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. (c) Informational Activities of Clearinghouses.—The clearinghouses shall— (1) collect educational materials that have been prepared for the purpose of providing information regarding available retraining programs, in particular those programs dealing with critical skills needed in advanced manufacturing and skill areas in which shortages of skilled employees exist; (2) establish and maintain a data base for the purpose of storing and categorizing such materials based on the different needs of eligible persons; and (3) furnish such materials, upon request, to educational institutions and other interested persons. (d) Funding.—From the unobligated balance of funds made available pursuant to section 4465(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 29 U.S.C. 1662d–1 note) to carry out section 325A of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1662d–1), not more than $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Labor to carry out this section during fiscal year 1994. Funds made available under section 1302 for defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs shall not be used to carry out this section.