[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1029 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1029

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage the placement of 
  youths in private sector jobs under the Summer Youth Employment and 
               Training Program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 26 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

  Mr. Gorton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage the placement of 
  youths in private sector jobs under the Summer Youth Employment and 
               Training Program, 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 shall be cited as the ``Youth Job Opportunities through 
Business Act'' (The Youth JOBS Act).

SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS UNDER SUMMER 
              YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM OF JOB TRAINING 
              PARTNERSHIP ACT.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Performance standards.--Section 106(b) of the Job 
        Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1516(b)) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) Retention in unsubsidized employment.--
        Notwithstanding section 255(a), the Secretary shall not 
        consider retention in unsubsidized employment as an appropriate 
        factor in prescribing performance standards for programs under 
        part B of title II.''.
            (2) Placement and certification.--Section 253 of the Job 
        Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1632) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (e); and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
                new subsection:
    ``(d) Priority for Placement in Private Sector Jobs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 141(k), in 
        providing on-the-job training, work experience programs, and 
        any other employment or job training activity under this 
        section, a service delivery area shall give priority to placing 
        participants in jobs in the private sector.
            ``(2) Certification.--Notwithstanding section 141(k), a 
        service delivery area shall establish procedures for the 
        certification of participants described in paragraph (1) by the 
        designated local agency as required under clauses (ii) and (iv) 
        of section 51(d)(12)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986.''.
            (3) Performance standards.--Section 255 of the Job Training 
        Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1634) is amended by striking 
        ``Private industry councils established under title I'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in section 106(b)(9), private 
        industry councils established under title I''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Paragraphs (37) and (39) of section 4 
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1503) are amended by 
striking ``section 253(d)'' and inserting ``section 253(e)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect as if included in the Job Training Reform Amendments 
of 1992.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT.

    (a) Reduction in Age Limitation.--Clause (ii) of section 
51(d)(12)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified 
summer youth employee) is amended by striking ``age 16 but not 18'' and 
inserting ``age 14 but not 22''.
    (b) Increase in Limitation on Creditable Wages.--Clause (ii) of 
section 51(d)(12)(B) of such Code (relating to special rules for 
determining amount of credit) is amended by striking ``$3,000'' and 
inserting ``$3,500''.
    (c) Coordination With Summer Youth Employment Program.--Paragraph 
(2) of section 51(c) of such Code (defining wages) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before the period at the end of 
        subparagraph (A) the following: ``or for whom the employer 
        receives federally funded payments under any summer youth 
        employment program for such period'',
            (2) by striking ``on-the-job training'' in the heading of 
        subparagraph (A) and inserting ``certain'', and
            (3) by striking ``On-the-job'' in the heading thereof and 
        inserting ``Certain''.
    (d) Application.--Paragraph (4) of section 51(c) of such Code 
(defining wages) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``This paragraph shall not apply to qualified summer youth 
employees.''.
    (e) Reduction of Paperwork Burdens.--Subsection (g) of section 51 
of such Code is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Responsibilities of United States Employment Service.--The 
United States Employment Service, in consultation with the Internal 
Revenue Service, shall--
            ``(1) take such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to 
        keep employers apprised of the availability of the targeted 
        jobs credit determined under this subpart, and
            ``(2) take such steps as may be necessary to reduce any 
        paperwork burdens under this subpart and to ensure that 
        certifications are timely made.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to individuals who begin work for the employer on or after May 1, 
1993.

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