[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 97 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 97

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide authority for the 
   construction of vocational education and job training centers for 
 Native Hawaiians and Native American Samoans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Inouye 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 amend the Job Training Partnership Act to provide authority for the 
   construction of vocational education and job training centers for 
 Native Hawaiians and Native American Samoans, 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. CONSTRUCTION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING 
              CENTERS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND NATIVE AMERICAN SAMOANS.

    Title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act is amended by 
inserting after section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1671) the following new section:

``SEC. 401A. CONSTRUCTION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING 
              CENTERS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND NATIVE AMERICAN SAMOANS.

    ``(a) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `Native 
American Samoan' means a person who is a citizen or national of the 
United States and who is a lineal descendant of an inhabitant of the 
Samoan Islands on April 18, 1900. For purposes of this section, Swains 
Island shall be considered part of the Samoan Islands.
    ``(b) Contracts.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts with 
appropriate entities for the construction of education and training 
centers for Hawaiian Natives and Native American Samoans. Each such 
center shall provide comprehensive vocational education and employment 
and training services through programs authorized under other 
provisions of this Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 3(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 
U.S.C. 1502(c)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``section 401'' and 
inserting ``sections 401 and 401A, from which the Secretary shall 
reserve not less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 to carry out 
section 401A''.
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