[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1467 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1467

   To provide grants to community-based organizations to improve the 
capacity of those organizations to provide employment and job training 
     services, to provide grants to those organizations to provide 
attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to certain disadvantaged 
               youths and adults, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1993

   Mr. Payne of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide grants to community-based organizations to improve the 
capacity of those organizations to provide employment and job training 
     services, to provide grants to those organizations to provide 
attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to certain disadvantaged 
               youths and adults, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Job Training and 
Investment Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Adult.--The term ``adult'' means an individual who has 
        attained the age of 22.
            (2) Community-based organization.--The term ``community-
        based organization'' means a private, nonprofit organization, 
        including a private, nonprofit Native American organization, 
        that--
                    (A) has a board of directors composed of 
                individuals with experience in representing or serving 
                individuals who are economically disadvantaged or have 
                substantial barriers to employment;
                    (B) has a history of demonstrated effectiveness in 
                providing employment and job training services to such 
                individuals; and
                    (C) has an institutional capacity to protect the 
                investment of public funds consistent with sound 
                management principles.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Labor.
            (4) Youth.--The term ``youth'' means an individual who has 
        attained the age of 14 but not 22.

            TITLE I--GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

                  Subtitle A--Capacity Building Grants

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION.

    The Secretary of Labor shall provide grants to community-based 
organizations for the purpose of improving the capacity of such 
organizations to provide employment and job training services.

SEC. 102. APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may not make a grant under section 
101 to a community-based organization unless the organization submits 
to the Secretary an application in such form and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require.
    (b) Additional Requirement.--In addition to the requirements 
described in subsection (a), the Secretary may not make a grant under 
section 101 to a community-based organization unless such organization 
includes in the application submitted under subsection (a) a 
description of a plan to improve program and staff development which 
will increase the capacity of the organization to plan, manage, assess, 
and evaluate employment and job training services carried out--
            (1) from amounts received from a grant provided under 
        section 101;
            (2) under the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 
        et seq.);
            (3) under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
        Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
            (4) under the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training 
        Program authorized under part F of title IV of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 681 et seq.); and
            (5) under other Federal and State programs that have as 
        their objective the improvement of employment opportunities for 
        individuals who are economically disadvantaged or have 
        substantial barriers to employment.

SEC. 103. USE OF AMOUNTS.

    The Secretary may not make a grant under section 101 to a 
community-based organization unless the organization agrees that it 
will use all amounts received from such grant to improve the capacity 
of such organization to provide employment and job training services.

SEC. 104. PRIORITY.

    In awarding grants under section 101, the Secretary shall give 
priority to those community-based organizations that--
            (1) represent national networks of affiliates; and
            (2) have a history of providing technical assistance and 
        training to affiliates and other local service providers.

            Subtitle B--Disadvantaged Youth and Adult Grants

SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION.

    The Secretary of Labor shall provide grants to community-based 
organizations for the purpose of providing attitudinal, motivational, 
and skills training to eligible youths and adults described in section 
112.

SEC. 112. ELIGIBLE YOUTHS AND ADULTS.

    A youth or adult shall be eligible to receive training under 
section 111 if the youth or adult, as the case may be--
            (1) is economically disadvantaged, as such term is defined 
        in section 4(8) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 
        1503); or
            (2) has a substantial barrier to employment, as determined 
        by the Secretary.

SEC. 113. APPLICATION.

    The Secretary may not make a grant under section 111 to a 
community-based organization unless the organization submits to the 
Secretary an application in such form and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.

SEC. 114. USE OF AMOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may not 
make a grant under section 111 to a community-based organization unless 
the organization agrees that it will use all amounts received from such 
grant to provide attitudinal, motivational, and skills training to 
eligible youths and adults described in section 112. To the extent 
practicable, such attitudinal, motivational, and skills training shall 
be provided in coordination with employment and job training services 
provided under other Federal programs, including programs under--
            (1) the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et 
        seq.); and
            (2) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology 
        Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
    (b) Administrative Costs.--A community-based organization may use 
not more than 20 percent of amounts received from a grant under section 
111 for administrative costs associated with providing attitudinal, 
motivational, and skills training described in subsection (a).

 TITLE II--NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT.

    The Secretary shall establish a National Advisory Committee on 
Community-Based Organizations (in this title referred to as the 
``Committee'').

SEC. 202. DUTIES.

    The Committee shall--
            (1) study the role of community-based organizations in 
        providing employment and job training services in the United 
        States, with special emphasis on such organizations providing 
        such services under the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 
        1501 et seq.); and
            (2) conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
        employment and job training services provided to disadvantaged 
        youths and adults by community-based organizations from amounts 
        received from grants provided under section 111.

SEC. 203. REPORT.

    Not later than June 30, 1994, the Committee shall submit to the 
Congress a report containing a summary of the study and evaluation 
conducted under section 202.

               TITLE III--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, 
$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995. Of the amounts 
appropriated for each fiscal year--
            (1) 24 percent of such amount shall be made available to 
        carry out subtitle A of title I;
            (2) 70 percent of such amount shall be made available to 
        carry out subtitle B of title I;
            (3) 5 percent of such amount shall be made available for 
        administrative costs of the Secretary associated with providing 
        grants under title I; and
            (4) 1 percent of such amount shall be made available for 
        administrative costs of the Commission under title II.

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