[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1943 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1943

 To consolidate Federal employment training programs and create a new 
process and structure for funding the programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 17 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

   Mrs. Kassebaum (for herself, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Durenberger, and Mr. 
    Chafee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To consolidate Federal employment training programs and create a new 
process and structure for funding the programs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Job Training 
Consolidation Act of 1994''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
 TITLE I--USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR STATE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Sec. 101. Formula assistance.
Sec. 102. Discretionary assistance.
Sec. 103. Trade adjustment assistance services.
Sec. 104. Employment training activities.
Sec. 105. Reports.
       TITLE II--DEVELOPMENT OF STATE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SYSTEMS

           Subtitle A--Commission on Employment and Training

Sec. 201. Establishment of Commission.
Sec. 202. Powers of the Commission.
Sec. 203. Commission personnel matters.
Sec. 204. Termination of the Commission.
Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations.
       Subtitle B--Consolidation of Employment Training Programs

Sec. 211. Repeals of employment training programs.
Sec. 212. Study and report.
Sec. 213. Congressional consideration of proposed Commission reforms.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) according to the General Accounting Office--
                    (A) there are currently 154 Federal employment 
                training programs; and
                    (B) these programs cost nearly $25,000,000,000 
                annually and are administered by 14 different Federal 
                agencies;
            (2) these programs target individual populations such as 
        economically disadvantaged persons, dislocated workers, youth, 
        and persons with disabilities;
            (3) many of these programs provide similar services, such 
        as counseling, assessment, and literacy skills enhancement, 
        resulting in overlapping services, wasted funds, and confusion 
        on the part of local service providers and individuals seeking 
        assistance;
            (4) the Federal agencies administering these programs fail 
        to collect enough performance data to know whether the programs 
        are working effectively;
            (5) the additional cost of administering overlapping 
        employment training programs at the Federal, State, and local 
        levels diverts scarce resources that could be better used to 
        assist all persons in entering the work force, gaining basic 
        skills, or retraining for new jobs;
            (6) the conflicting eligibility requirements, and annual 
        budgeting or operating cycles, of employment training programs 
        create barriers to coordination of the programs that may 
        restrict access to services and result in inefficient use of 
        resources;
            (7) despite more than 30 years of federally funded 
        employment training programs, the Federal Government has no 
        single, coherent policy guiding its employment training 
        efforts;
            (8) the Federal Government has failed to adequately 
        maximize the effectiveness of the substantial public and 
        private sector resources of the United States for training and 
        work-related education; and
            (9) the Federal Government lacks a national labor market 
        information system, which is needed to provide current data on 
        jobs and skills in demand in different regions of the country.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Covered act.--The term ``covered Act'' means an Act 
        described in paragraph (3).
            (2) Covered activity.--The term ``covered activity'' means 
        an activity authorized to be carried out under a covered 
        provision.
            (3) Covered provision.--The term ``covered provision'' 
        means a provision of--
                    (A) the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 
                1501 et seq.);
                    (B) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
                Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
                    (C) part B of title III of the Adult Education Act 
                (20 U.S.C. 1203 et seq.);
                    (D) part F of title IV of the Social Security Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 681 et seq.);
                    (E) section 235 or 236, or paragraph (1) or (2) of 
                section 250(d), of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
                2295, 2296, or 2331(d));
                    (F) the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.);
                    (G) title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
                U.S.C. 720 et seq.);
                    (H) section 6(d)(4) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
                (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4));
                    (I) the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (8 
                U.S.C. 1522 note);
                    (J) section 204 of the Immigration Reform and 
                Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1255a note);
                    (K) title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.); and
                    (L) title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
                U.S.C. 3056 et seq.).
            (4) Local entity.--The term ``local entity'' includes 
        public and private entities.

 TITLE I--USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR STATE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ACTIVITIES

SEC. 101. FORMULA ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal 
law, a State that receives State formula assistance for a covered 
activity for a fiscal year may use the assistance to carry out 
activities as described in section 104 for the fiscal year. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, a local entity that 
receives local formula assistance for a covered activity for a fiscal 
year may use the assistance to carry out activities as described in 
section 104 for the fiscal year.
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, a State may use such State formula assistance, and 
        a local entity may use such local formula assistance, to carry 
        out activities as described in section 104, without regard to 
        the requirements of any covered Act.
            (2) Remaining program requirements.--
                    (A) Allocation and enforcement.--Any head of a 
                Federal agency that allocates State formula assistance, 
                and any State that allocates local formula assistance, 
                for a covered activity--
                            (i) shall allocate such assistance in 
                        accordance with allocation requirements that 
                        are specified in the covered Acts and that 
                        relate to the covered activity, including 
                        provisions relating to minimum or maximum 
                        allocations; and
                            (ii)(I) if the State or local entity uses 
                        such assistance to carry out the covered 
                        activity, shall exercise the enforcement and 
                        oversight authorities that are specified in the 
                        covered Acts and that relate to the covered 
                        activity; and
                            (II) if the State or local entity does not 
                        use such assistance to carry out the covered 
                        activity, shall exercise such authorities 
                        solely for the purpose of ensuring that the 
                        assistance is used to carry out activities as 
                        described in section 104, and in accordance 
                        with the applicable requirements of this title.
                    (B) Administrative expense limits.--Each State that 
                receives State formula assistance, and each local 
                entity that receives local formula assistance, for a 
                covered activity--
                            (i) shall comply with any limits on 
                        administrative expenses that are specified in 
                        the covered Acts and that relate to the covered 
                        activity; and
                            (ii) for any fiscal year, may not use a 
                        greater percentage of the State formula 
                        assistance or local formula assistance to pay 
                        for the administrative expenses of activities 
                        carried out under section 104 than the State or 
                        entity used to pay for such administrative 
                        expenses relating to the covered activity for 
                        fiscal year 1994.
                    (C) Conditional benefits.--Any State that receives 
                State formula assistance to carry out a covered 
                activity described in a covered provision specified in 
                subparagraph (D) or (H) of section 3(3) and that uses 
                the assistance to carry out activities as described in 
                section 104 shall carry out an activity that is 
                appropriate for persons who would otherwise be eligible 
                to participate in the covered activity. Any person in 
                the State who would otherwise be required to 
                participate in the covered activity in order to obtain 
                Federal assistance under a covered Act shall be 
                eligible to receive the assistance by participating in 
                such appropriate activity.
                    (D) Availability of appropriations.--Nothing in 
                this section shall affect the period for which any 
                appropriation under a covered Act remains available.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Local formula assistance.--The term ``local formula 
        assistance'' means assistance made available by a State to a 
        local entity under--
                    (A)(i) subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 202 of 
                the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1602);
                    (ii) section 252(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1631(b)) 
                in accordance with subsections (a)(2) and (b) of 
                section 262 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1642);
                    (iii) subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 262 of 
                such Act (29 U.S.C. 1642); or
                    (iv) subsections (a)(1), (b), and (d) of section 
                302 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1652);
                    (B)(i) section 102(a)(1), and section 231(a) or 232 
                of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (20 
                U.S.C. 2312(a)(1), and 2341(a) or 2341a); or
                    (ii) section 353(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                2395b(b)); or
                    (C) section 722(g)(3)(B) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
                Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(3)(B).
            (2) State formula assistance.--The term ``State formula 
        assistance'' means assistance made available by an agency of 
        the Federal Government to a State under--
                    (A)(i) subsections (a)(2) and (c) of section 202 of 
                the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1602);
                    (ii) subsections (a)(2) and (c) of section 262 of 
                such Act (29 U.S.C. 1642);
                    (iii) subsections (a)(1), (b), and (c)(1) of 
                section 302 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1652); or
                    (iv) sections 502(d) and 503 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
                1791a(d));
                    (B)(i) section 101(a)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins 
                Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2311(a)(2)) (other 
                than assistance made available under section 231(a) or 
                232 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 2341(a) or 2341a) to local 
                educational agencies or other local entities within the 
                State);
                    (ii) section 112(f) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                2322(f)); or
                    (iii) section 343(b)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                2394a(b)(1));
                    (C) section 313(b) of the Adult Education Act (20 
                U.S.C. 1201b(b)) (other than assistance reserved to 
                carry out part D of title III of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1213 et seq.));
                    (D) subsection (k) or (l) of section 403 of the 
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603);
                    (E) section 6(b)(1) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 
                U.S.C. 49e(b)(1));
                    (F)(i) subsection (a) or (b) of section 110 of the 
                Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 730) (less any 
                amount reserved under subsection (d) of such section);
                    (ii) section 112(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 732(e)); 
                or
                    (iii) section 124 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 744);
                    (G) section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
                (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)) (other than funds made available 
                under subparagraph (B) of such section);
                    (H)(i) section 201(b) of the Refugee Education 
                Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note);
                    (ii) section 301(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1522 
                note); or
                    (iii) section 401(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1522 
                note);
                    (I) section 204(b) of the Immigration Reform and 
                Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1255a note);
                    (J)(i) section 722(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
                Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(b)) (other 
                than funds made available under section 722(g)(3)(B) of 
                such Act); or
                    (ii) section 752(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                11462(a)); or
                    (K) section 506(a)(3) of the Older Americans Act of 
                1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056d(a)(3)).

SEC. 102. DISCRETIONARY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Prior assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of Federal law, a State or local entity that received, prior to 
        the date of enactment of this Act, discretionary assistance for 
        a covered activity for a fiscal year may use the assistance to 
        carry out activities as described in section 104 for the fiscal 
        year.
            (2) Future assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of Federal law, a State or local entity that is eligible to 
        apply for discretionary assistance for a covered activity for a 
        fiscal year may apply, as described in subsection (c), for the 
        assistance to carry out activities as described in section 104 
        for the fiscal year.
    (b) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, a State or local entity that receives discretionary 
        assistance prior to the date of enactment of this Act or on 
        approval of an application submitted under subsection (c) may 
        use the discretionary assistance to carry out activities as 
        described in section 104, without regard to the requirements of 
        any covered Act.
            (2) Remaining program requirements.--A State or local 
        entity that uses discretionary assistance to carry out such 
        activities shall use the assistance in accordance with the 
        requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of section 
        101(b)(2), which shall apply to such assistance in the same 
        manner and to the same extent as the requirements apply to 
        State formula assistance or local formula assistance, as 
        appropriate, used under section 101.
    (c) Additional Information in Application.--A State or local entity 
seeking to use discretionary assistance as described in subsection 
(a)(2) shall include in the application (under the covered provision 
involved) of the State or local entity for the assistance (in lieu of 
any information otherwise required to be submitted)--
            (1) a description of the funds the State or local entity 
        proposes to use to carry out activities as described in section 
        104;
            (2) a description of the activities to be carried out with 
        such funds;
            (3) a description of the specific outcomes expected of 
        participants in the activities; and
            (4) such other information as the head of the agency with 
        responsibility for evaluating the application may require.
    (d) Evaluation of Application.--In evaluating an application 
described in subsection (c), the agency with responsibility for 
evaluating the application shall evaluate the application by 
determining the likelihood that the State or local entity submitting 
the application will be able to carry out activities as described in 
section 104. In evaluating applications for discretionary assistance, 
the agency shall not give preference to applications proposing covered 
activities over applications proposing activities described in section 
104.
    (e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``discretionary 
assistance'' means assistance that--
            (1) is not State formula assistance or local formula 
        assistance, as defined in section 101(c);
            (2) is not Federal assistance available to provide services 
        described in section 235 or 236, or paragraph (1) or (2) of 
        section 250(d), of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2295, 2296, 
        or 2331(d)); and
            (3) is made available by an agency of the Federal 
        Government, or by a State, to a State or local entity to enable 
        the State or local entity to carry out an activity under a 
        covered provision.

SEC. 103. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES.

    (a) Use of Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        Federal law, if the Secretary of Labor initiates efforts under 
        section 235 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2295) to secure 
        services described in such section 235 (including services that 
        are provided under section 250(d)(1) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 
        2331(d)(1))) for a worker, or if the Secretary makes a 
        determination under section 236(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2296(a)) that entitles a worker to payments described in 
        such section for services (including services for which payment 
        is provided under section 250(d)(2) of such Act), the Secretary 
        shall notify the State in which the worker is located.
            (2) Activities.--A State that receives such notification 
        may apply under subsection (c) for the Federal assistance that 
        would otherwise have been expended to provide services 
        described in paragraph (1) to the worker, to enable the State 
        to carry out activities as described in section 104 for the 
        fiscal year. If the State has received such assistance in 
        advance, the State may apply under subsection (c) to use such 
        assistance to enable the State to carry out activities as 
        described in section 104 for the fiscal year.
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, a State that receives such Federal assistance and 
        receives approval of an application submitted under subsection 
        (c) may use the assistance to carry out activities as described 
        in section 104, without regard to the requirements of any 
        covered Act.
            (2) Remaining program requirements.--A State that uses such 
        Federal assistance to carry out such activities shall use the 
        assistance in accordance with the requirements of subparagraphs 
        (A)(ii), (B), and (D) of section 101(b)(2), which shall apply 
        to such assistance in the same manner and to the same extent as 
        the requirements apply to State formula assistance or local 
        formula assistance, as appropriate, used under section 101.
            (3) Conditional benefits.--Any State that receives Federal 
        assistance that would otherwise have been expended to provide 
        services described in subsection (a)(1) to a worker, and that 
        uses the assistance to carry out activities as described in 
        section 104, shall carry out eligible alternative activities 
        that are appropriate for the worker. If the worker would 
        otherwise be required to receive such services in order to 
        obtain Federal funds under another provision of chapter 2 of 
        title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.), the 
        worker shall be eligible to receive the funds by participating 
        in such eligible alternative activities.
    (c) Additional Information in Application.--A State seeking to use 
Federal assistance that would otherwise have been expended to provide 
services described in subsection (a)(1) to a worker shall submit an 
application to the Secretary of Labor, at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may require, that contains--
            (1) a description of the Federal assistance the State 
        proposes to use to carry out activities as described in section 
        104;
            (2) a description of the activities to be carried out with 
        such assistance;
            (3) a description of the specific outcomes expected of 
        participants in the activities; and
            (4) such other information as the Secretary of Labor may 
        require.
    (d) Evaluation of Application.--In evaluating an application 
described in subsection (c), the Secretary of Labor shall evaluate the 
application by determining the likelihood that the State submitting the 
application will be able to carry out activities as described in 
section 104. In evaluating applications for such Federal assistance, 
the Secretary of Labor shall not give preference to applications 
proposing covered activities over applications proposing activities 
described in section 104.

SEC. 104. EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

    A State or local entity that receives State formula assistance or 
local formula assistance as described in section 101(a), receives 
discretionary assistance as described in section 102(b), or receives 
Federal assistance as described in section 103(b), may--
            (1) use the assistance to carry out activities to develop a 
        comprehensive statewide employment training system that--
                    (A) is primarily designed and implemented by 
                communities to serve local labor markets in the State 
                involved;
                    (B) requires the participation and involvement of 
                private sector employers in all phases of the planning, 
                development, and implementation of the system, 
                including--
                            (i) determining the skills to be developed 
                        by each employment training program carried out 
                        through the system; and
                            (ii) designing the training to be provided 
                        by each such program;
                    (C) assures that State and local training efforts 
                are linked to available employment opportunities;
                    (D) includes standards for determining the 
                effectiveness of such programs; and
                    (E) is an integrated system that assures that 
                individuals seeking employment in the State will 
                receive information about all available employment 
                training services provided in the State, regardless of 
                where the individuals initially enter the system; or
            (2) may use the assistance that would otherwise have been 
        used to carry out 2 or more covered activities--
                    (A) to address the high priority needs of 
                unemployed persons in the State or community involved 
                for employment training services;
                    (B) to improve efficiencies in the delivery of the 
                covered activities; or
                    (C) in the case of overlapping or duplicative 
                activities--
                            (i) by combining the covered activities and 
                        funding the combined activities; or
                            (ii) by eliminating one of the covered 
                        activities and increasing the funding to the 
                        remaining covered activity.

SEC. 105. REPORTS.

    (a) State Reports.--
            (1) Preparation.--A State that receives State formula 
        assistance as described in section 101(a), receives 
        discretionary assistance as described in section 102(b), or 
        receives Federal assistance as described in section 103(b), and 
        that uses the assistance to carry out activities as described 
        in section 104 shall annually prepare a report containing--
                    (A) information on the amount and origin of such 
                assistance;
                    (B) information on the activities carried out with 
                such assistance;
                    (C) information regarding the populations to be 
                served with such assistance, such as economically 
                disadvantaged persons, dislocated workers, youth, and 
                individuals with disabilities;
                    (D) a summary of the reports received by the State 
                under subsection (b); and
                    (E) such other information as the Secretaries, in 
                consultation with the Commission, may require.
            (2) Submission.--The State shall submit the report 
        described in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) with respect to the activities carried out 
                during the year beginning on the date of enactment of 
                this Act, to the Chairperson of the Commission, the 
                Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
                Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human 
                Resources of the Senate, not later than 60 days after 
                the end of such year; and
                    (B) with respect to the activities carried out 
                during the subsequent year, to the committees specified 
                in subparagraph (A), not later than 60 days after the 
                end of such year.
    (b) Local Entity Reports.--
            (1) Preparation.--A local entity that receives local 
        formula assistance as described in section 101(a), or that 
        receives discretionary assistance as described in section 
        102(b), and uses the assistance to carry out activities as 
        described in section 104 shall annually prepare a report 
        containing--
                    (A) information on the amount and origin of such 
                assistance;
                    (B) information on the activities carried out with 
                such assistance;
                    (C) information regarding the populations to be 
                served with such assistance, such as economically 
                disadvantaged persons, dislocated workers, youth, and 
                individuals with disabilities; and
                    (D) such other information as the State that 
                allocated the assistance may require.
            (2) Submission.--The local entity shall submit the report 
        described in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) with respect to the activities carried out 
                during the year beginning on the date of enactment of 
                this Act, to the State not later than 30 days after the 
                end of such year; and
                    (B) with respect to the activities carried out 
                during the subsequent year, to the State not later than 
                30 days after the end of such subsequent year.

       TITLE II--DEVELOPMENT OF STATE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SYSTEMS

           Subtitle A--Commission on Employment and Training

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be known 
as the Commission on Employment and Training (referred to in this Act 
as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 7 
        members, including--
                    (A) 4 members, appointed by the President;
                    (B) the Secretary of Labor;
                    (C) the Secretary of Education; and
                    (D) the Secretary of Commerce.
            (2) Qualifications.--In appointing the 4 members of the 
        Commission described in paragraph (1)(A), the President shall 
        appoint members from among persons representing private sector 
        businesses, and shall select the 4 members so as to ensure 
        representation of both small and large businesses.
            (3) Consultation.--In selecting individuals for nominations 
        for appointments to the Commission under paragraph (1)(A), the 
        President shall consult with--
                    (A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
                concerning the appointment of 1 member;
                    (B) the Majority Leader of the Senate concerning 
                the appointment of 1 member;
                    (C) the Minority Leader of the House of 
                Representatives concerning the appointment of 1 member; 
                and
                    (D) the Minority Leader of the Senate concerning 
                the appointment of the remaining member.
            (4) Date.--The President shall appoint the 4 members of the 
        Commission not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act.
    (c) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--Members shall be appointed 
for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not 
affect the powers of the Commission, but shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment.
    (d) Functions.--The Commission shall carry out the functions 
described in section 212.
    (e) Meetings.--
            (1) Frequency.--The Commission shall meet not less often 
        than 4 times per year.
            (2) Open meetings.--Each meeting of the Commission shall be 
        open to the public.
            (3) Voting.--For purposes of all votes of the Commission, 
        the 4 members described in subsection (b)(1)(A) shall each have 
        1 vote, and the remaining 3 members shall collectively have a 
        fifth vote. Such 3 members shall determine how such fifth vote 
        shall be cast, by a majority vote among as many of the 3 
        members as are in attendance.
            (4) Cabinet officials.--Each person holding a position 
        described in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code, may 
        attend and present information at any meeting of the 
        Commission.
    (f) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
    (g) Chairperson.--The Commission shall elect a Chairperson from 
among the members described in subsection (b)(1)(A).

SEC. 202. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings.--The Commission may hold such hearings, sit and act 
at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such 
evidence as the Commission considers advisable to carry out the 
purposes of this Act.
    (b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure 
directly from any Federal agency such information as the Commission 
considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Upon 
request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of such agency 
shall furnish such information to the Commission.
    (c) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States 
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other 
agencies of the Federal Government.
    (d) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of services or property.

SEC. 203. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.

    (a) Compensation of Members.--
            (1) Member.--Each member of the Commission who is not the 
        Chairperson of the Commission and who is not an officer or 
        employee of the Federal Government shall be compensated at a 
        rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
        pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day 
        (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in 
        the performance of the duties of the Commission. All members of 
        the Commission who are officers or employees of the United 
        States shall serve without compensation in addition to that 
        received for their services as officers or employees of the 
        United States.
            (2) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Commission shall 
        be paid for each day referred to in paragraph (1) at a rate 
        equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
        prescribed for level III of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes 
or regular places of business in the performance of services for the 
Commission.
    (c) Director of Staff.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Commission may, without regard to the 
        civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an 
        individual who has not served as an employee of the Department 
        of Labor, the Department of Education, or the Department of 
        Commerce during the 1-year period preceding the date of such 
        appointment, to serve as the Director of the Commission.
            (2) Compensation.--The Director shall be paid at the rate 
        of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
        under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Director, with the approval of the 
        Commission, may, without regard to the civil service laws and 
        regulations, appoint and terminate such personnel as may be 
        necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties. Not 
        less than 50 percent of such personnel shall be appointed from 
        individuals who were employed in the private sector immediately 
        prior to appointment as personnel of the Commission.
            (2) Compensation.--The Director, with the approval of the 
        Commission, may fix the compensation of the personnel without 
        regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
        chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
        classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, 
        except that the rate of pay for the personnel may not exceed 
        the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the 
        Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
    (e) Detail of Government Employees.--
            (1) In general.--Upon request of the Director, with the 
        approval of the Commission, the head of any Federal agency may 
        detail any of the personnel of that agency to the Commission to 
        assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this 
        part. Such detail shall be without interruption or loss of 
        civil service status or privilege.
            (2) Limitations.--Not more than 50 percent of the personnel 
        employed by or detailed to the Commission may be on detail from 
        any agency of the Federal Government. No officer or employee of 
        any of such an agency may prepare, or approve or disapprove, 
        the report described in section 212, except by casting a vote 
        as provided in section 201(e)(3).
    (f) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The 
Chairperson of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title.

SEC. 204. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the 
Commission submits the report of the Commission under section 212(b).

SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 to carry out the functions of the 
Commission.
    (b) Availability.--Any sums appropriated under the authorization 
contained in this section shall remain available, without fiscal year 
limitation, until expended.

       Subtitle B--Consolidation of Employment Training Programs

SEC. 211. REPEALS OF EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--The following provisions are repealed:
            (1) The Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et 
        seq.).
            (2) The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology 
        Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
            (3) Part B of title III of the Adult Education Act (20 
        U.S.C. 1203 et seq.).
            (4) Part F of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 681 et seq.).
            (5) Sections 235 and 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2295 and 2296), and paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
        250(d) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2331(d)).
            (6) The Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.).
            (7) Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
        720 et seq.).
            (8) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
        2015(d)(4)).
            (9) The Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 
        1522 note).
            (10) Section 204 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act 
        of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1255a note).
            (11) Title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.).
            (12) Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
        3056 et seq.).
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 250(d) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (as amended by subsection (a)(5)) is amended by 
redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3), respectively.
    (c) Effective Date.--The repeals made by subsection (a), and the 
amendments made by subsection (b), shall take effect 29 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 212. STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) Study.--The Commission shall, in consultation with the 
appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, the appropriate 
committees of the Congress, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, and States and local entities, conduct a study to--
            (1) develop a single, coherent national policy, to guide 
        federally funded employment training efforts, that would assist 
        individuals in entering the work force, gaining skills, adding 
        to skills, or retraining for new jobs;
            (2)(A)(i) review the programs and activities that are being 
        carried out under the provisions described in section 211(a);
            (ii) review the reports submitted under section 
        105(a)(2)(A) concerning activities described in section 104 
        that are carried out under title I, especially activities 
        related to efforts to develop comprehensive statewide 
        employment systems; and
            (iii) review all other Federal employment training 
        programs; and
            (B) examine strategies for consolidating or eliminating the 
        programs and activities described in subparagraph (A) to create 
        a single, comprehensive employment training system that--
                    (i) gives the States maximum flexibility in 
                carrying out employment training programs through the 
                system;
                    (ii) leads to a single, integrated approach to 
                employment training that assures that individuals 
                seeking employment in a State will receive information 
                about all available employment training services 
                provided through the system, regardless of where the 
                individuals initially enter the system; and
                    (iii) leads to a single, integrated approach to job 
                training that requires the participation and 
                involvement of private sector employers in the 
                planning, development and implementation of locally 
                established employment training initiatives;
            (3) examine strategies for encouraging participation by 
        private sector employers in local employment training programs 
        that link local training efforts to available employment 
        opportunities;
            (4) determine the best administrative structure for such a 
        system, and the agency that will conduct Federal oversight of 
        the system;
            (5) examine strategies for implementing a national online 
        labor market information system to provide States and units of 
        general local government with--
                    (A) descriptions of job duties, training and 
                education requirements, working conditions, and 
                characteristics of occupations;
                    (B) current supply and demand statistics on various 
                job skills;
                    (C) information on geographic locations where 
                specific jobs and job skills are in greatest demand; 
                and
                    (D) information on the best practices used by other 
                States in providing the most effective employment 
                services and training to workers; and
            (6) determine appropriate standards--
                    (A) for the Federal Government to measure the 
                overall effectiveness of employment training programs;
                    (B) for the States to provide the most effective 
                employment services; and
                    (C) that specify a common terminology for programs 
                and services carried out under the system, in order to 
                facilitate access to such services among States and 
                localities.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 26 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commission shall--
            (1) prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and 
        Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a report containing the 
        findings of the Commission, and recommendations for proposed 
        reforms, based on the study described in subsection (a); and
            (2) submit to the Congress a draft of a joint resolution 
        containing provisions to--
                    (A) consolidate or eliminate the programs and 
                activities described in subsection (a)(2)(A) to create 
                the national employment training system described in 
                subsection (a)(2)(B);
                    (B) implement strategies described in subsection 
                (a)(3);
                    (C) establish or designate the agency, and 
                establish the structure, described in subsection 
                (a)(4);
                    (D) establish the system described in subsection 
                (a)(5); and
                    (E) implement the standards described in subsection 
                (a)(6).
    (c) Modification.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act 
and to the extent the Commission determines it is appropriate and 
fiscally responsible, the Commission may include in the joint 
resolution a provision to reduce the period between the date of the 
enactment of this Act and the effective date provided in section 
211(c).
    (d) Prohibition on Additional Entitlements.--
            (1) Prohibition.--The Commission may not submit a joint 
        resolution under subsection (b) that establishes an additional 
        right for any person to bring an action to obtain services 
        under the programs established in such resolution.
            (2) Relationship to existing entitlements.--The Commission 
        shall not be prohibited from submitting such a resolution--
                    (A) that maintains the right of a person to receive 
                Federal assistance by participating in such services, 
                if the person is required under Federal law other than 
                the resolution to participate in a covered activity 
                described in section 101(b)(2)(C) or 103(b)(3) to 
                receive the assistance; or
                    (B) that does not maintain such right.

SEC. 213. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED COMMISSION REFORMS.

    (a) Expedited Procedure.--
            (1) Contents of resolution.--For the purposes of this 
        section, the term ``joint resolution'' means the joint 
        resolution described in section 212.
            (2) Referral to committee.--A joint resolution introduced 
        in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the 
        Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
        Representatives. A joint resolution introduced in the Senate 
        shall be referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
        of the Senate. Such a joint resolution may not be reported 
        before the 15th day after the introduction of the joint 
        resolution.
            (3) Discharge of committee.--If a committee to which a 
        joint resolution is referred has not reported such joint 
        resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 30 
        days after the introduction of the joint resolution, such 
        committee shall be deemed to be discharged from further 
        consideration of such joint resolution and such joint 
        resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the 
        House involved.
            (4) Motion to proceed.--When a committee to which a joint 
        resolution is referred has reported, or has been deemed to be 
        discharged (under paragraph (3)) from further consideration of, 
        a joint resolution, it is at any time thereafter in order (even 
        though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed 
        to, and notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate) for any Member of the respective 
        House to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
        resolution, and all points of order against the joint 
        resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution) 
        are waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of 
        Representatives and is privileged in the Senate and is not 
        debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a 
        motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 
        consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 
        vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
        be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the 
        joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall 
        remain the unfinished business of the respective House until 
        disposed of.
            (5) Floor consideration in the house of representatives.--
                    (A) General debate.--General debate on a joint 
                resolution in the House of Representatives shall be 
                limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 
                divided equally between the majority and minority 
                parties. A motion further to limit debate is not 
                debatable. A motion to recommit the joint resolution is 
                not in order, and it is not in order to move to 
                reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution is 
                agreed to or disagreed to.
                    (B) Consideration.--Consideration of any joint 
                resolution by the House of Representatives shall be in 
                the Committee of the Whole, and the resolution shall be 
                considered for amendment under the 5-minute rule in 
                accordance with the applicable provisions of rule XXIII 
                of the Rules of the House of Representatives. After the 
                Committee rises and reports the resolution back to the 
                House, the previous question shall be considered as 
                ordered on the resolution and any amendments thereto to 
                final passage without intervening motion.
                    (C) Conference report.--Debate in the House of 
                Representatives on the conference report on any joint 
                resolution shall be limited to not more than 5 hours, 
                which shall be divided equally between the majority and 
                minority parties. A motion further to limit debate is 
                not debatable. A motion to recommit the conference 
                report is not in order, and it is not in order to move 
                to reconsider the vote by which the conference report 
                is agreed to or disagreed to.
                    (D) Rules of the house of representatives.--Appeals 
                from decisions of the Chair relating to the application 
                of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
                procedure relating to any joint resolution shall be 
                decided without debate.
            (6) Debate in the senate.--
                    (A) General debate.--Debate in the Senate on any 
                joint resolution, and all amendments thereto and 
                debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
                shall be limited to not more than 50 hours. The time 
                shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, 
                the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
                designees.
                    (B) Amendments.--Debate in the Senate on any 
                amendment to a joint resolution shall be limited to 2 
                hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled 
                by, the mover and the manager of the joint resolution, 
                and debate on any amendment to an amendment, debatable 
                motion, or appeal shall be limited to 1 hour, to be 
                equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover 
                and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in 
                the event the manager of the joint resolution is in 
                favor of any such amendment, motion, or appeal, the 
                time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the 
                minority leader or his designee. No amendment that is 
                not relevant to the provisions of such joint resolution 
                shall be received. Such leaders, or either of them, 
                may, from the time under their control on the passage 
                of the joint resolution, allot additional time to any 
                Senator during the consideration of any amendment, 
                debatable motion, or appeal. Immediately following the 
                conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution, and a 
                single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 
                requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, 
                the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall 
                occur.
                    (C) Motions.--A motion to further limit debate is 
                not debatable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to 
                recommit with instructions to report back within a 
                specified number of days, not to exceed 3) is not in 
                order. Debate on any such motion to recommit shall be 
                limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
                controlled by, the mover and the manager of the joint 
                resolution.
                    (D) Conference report.--
                            (i) Motion to proceed.--A motion to proceed 
                        to the consideration of the conference report 
                        on any joint resolution may be made even though 
                        a previous motion to the same effect has been 
                        disagreed to.
                            (ii) Amendments.--During the consideration 
                        in the Senate of the conference report (or a 
                        message between Houses) on any joint resolution 
                        and all amendments in disagreement, and all 
                        amendments thereto, and debatable motions and 
                        appeals in connection therewith, debate shall 
                        be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided 
                        between, and controlled by, the majority leader 
                        and minority leader or their designees. Debate 
                        on any debatable motion or appeal related to 
                        the conference report (or a message between 
                        Houses) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be 
                        equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
                        mover and the manager of the conference report 
                        (or a message between Houses).
                            (iii) Amendments in disagreement.--In any 
                        case in which there are amendments in 
                        disagreement, time on each amendment shall be 
                        limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided 
                        between, and controlled by, the manager of the 
                        conference report and the minority leader or 
                        his designee. No amendment that is not relevant 
                        to the provisions of such amendments shall be 
                        received.
            (7) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
        the passage by one House of a joint resolution of that House, 
        that House receives from the other House a joint resolution, 
        then the following procedures shall apply:
                    (A) The joint resolution of the other House shall 
                not be referred to a committee.
                    (B) With respect to a joint resolution of the House 
                receiving the joint resolution--
                            (i) the procedure in that House shall be 
                        the same as if no joint resolution had been 
                        received from the other House; but
                            (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on 
                        the joint resolution of the other House.
            (8) Time limit for acting.--The vote on passage of the 
        joint resolution in each House shall occur on or before the 
        date that is 29 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (9) Computation of days.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        in computing a number of days in either House, there shall be 
        excluded any day on which the House is not in session.
    (b) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This section is 
enacted by Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such this 
        section is deemed to be a part of the rules of each House, 
        respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure 
        to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution, 
        and this section supersedes other rules only to the extent that 
        this section is inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to 
        the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

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