[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2825 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2825

 To demonstrate the economy and efficiency of centralizing Federal job 
                           training programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1993

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To demonstrate the economy and efficiency of centralizing Federal job 
                           training programs.

    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 ``Training for Future Jobs Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Local nonprofit organizations are effective providers 
        of job training for adults and out-of-school youth.
            (2) Twelve Federal departments and independent agencies 
        administer over 100 Federal programs that provide over 
        $10,000,000,000 for job training for adults and out-of-school 
        youth.
            (3) These multiple programs and multiple agencies--
                    (A) create confusion on the part of local service 
                providers and individuals seeking assistance; and
                    (B) lead to waste and inefficiency in Federal 
                programs.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to establish a 5-year demonstration of 
the economy and efficiency of centralizing Federal job training 
programs.

SEC. 4. JOB TRAINING COUNCIL.

    (a) Composition.--There is established the Job Training Council, 
which shall be comprised of--
            (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
            (2) the Secretary of Agriculture,
            (3) the Secretary of Commerce,
            (4) the Secretary of Defense,
            (5) the Secretary of Education,
            (6) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and
            (7) the Secretary of Labor.
    (b) Chairperson.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall be the Chairperson of the Council.

SEC. 5. GRANTS.

    (a) General Authority.--The Council, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, may make grants to--
            (1) nonprofit organizations for the retraining of 
        dislocated workers; and
            (2) nonprofit educational telecommunications organizations 
        to pay the Federal share of the costs of the development, 
        production, and distribution of instructional 
        telecommunications materials and services for use in local 
        vocational and technical educational schools and colleges.
Such organizations referred to in paragraph (1) may provide for the 
recruitment of unemployed workers, vocational evaluation, assessment 
and counseling services, vocational and technical training, support 
services, and job placement assistance. The design and operation of 
each organization referred to in paragraph (1) shall provide for the 
utilization of appropriate existing Federal, State, and local programs.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded pursuant to this Act may be used 
to provide--
            (1) a sequential course of study that includes either 
        preproduced video courseware or direct interactive teaching 
        delivered via satellite, accompanied by a variety of print and 
        computer-based instructional materials;
            (2) the development of individual videocassettes or a 
        series of videocassettes that supplement instruction, which 
        shall be distributed both via broadcast and nonbroadcast means;
            (3) videodiscs that produce simulated hands-on training;
            (4) teacher training programs for vocational educators and 
        administrators and correctional educators; and
            (5) high technology manufacturing equipment and the 
        installation of such equipment in a nonprofit organization for 
        the purpose of training machine tool operators in skills 
        critical to building, operating, and maintaining such 
        equipment.
    (c) Priority of Persons Served.--In awarding grants under this Act, 
the Council shall give priority to programs or projects which serve--
            (1) students in area vocational and technical schools;
            (2) teachers, administrators, and counselors in need of 
        training or retraining;
            (3) out-of-school adults in need of basic skills 
        improvement or a high school equivalency diploma to improve the 
        employability of such individuals;
            (4) college students, particularly college students who are 
        working toward a 2-year associate degree from a technical or 
        community college;
            (5) civilian workers in need of basic skills, vocational 
        instruction, or career counseling to retain employment; and
            (6) civilian workers or military personnel who need to 
        improve their skills to obtain jobs in high-growth industries.
    (d) Priority of Geographic Areas.--In awarding grants under this 
Act, the Council shall give priority to areas of the country with high 
rates of labor unemployment.
    (e) Federal Share.--
            (1) The Federal share of the cost of each project assisted 
        under this Act shall be 50 percent.
            (2) The non-Federal share of the cost of each project 
        assisted under this Act shall be provided from non-Federal 
        sources.

SEC. 6. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT.

    The Council may waive for a nonprofit organization those 
requirements of different existing Federal job training assistance 
programs for adults and out-of-school youth that are inconsistent, if--
            (1) such a waiver is likely to make the organization's job 
        training program more efficient; and
            (2) the chief executive of the local government of the area 
        in which the organization is located certifies that the 
        organization's job training program is part of an economic 
        development plan adopted by the local government.

SEC. 7. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.

    The Council shall disseminate information on successful retraining 
models developed by any recipient of a grant under this Act.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for grants by 
the Council for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 
1998.

SEC. 9. TERMINATION AND REPEAL; EVALUATION.

    (a) Termination and Repeal.--This Act shall not be effective after, 
and is repealed on, the date that is 5 years after the date of its 
enactment.
    (b) Evaluation.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the Congress, by no later than 4 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a report describing the extent to which grants 
under this Act have served to train people for jobs, including 
recommendations with respect to extending the effectiveness of this 
Act.

SEC. 10. REGULATIONS.

    The Council shall issue regulations to implement this Act within 
180 days after the date of its enactment.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Council'' means the Job Training Council 
        established in section 4;
            (2) the term ``local government'' means any subdivision of 
        a State that is a unit of general local government (as that 
        term is defined in section 6501 of title 31, United States 
        Code); and
            (3) the term ``nonprofit organization'' means any 
        organization that is owned and operated by 1 or more 
        corporations or associations whose net earnings do not benefit, 
        and cannot lawfully benefit, any private shareholder or entity.

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