[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2594 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2594

 To establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the United 
                       States-Mexico border area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2003

 Mr. Reyes (for himself, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Filner, and Mr. 
  Hinojosa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the United 
                       States-Mexico border area.

    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 ``Adult Job Corps Demonstration 
Program Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. ADULT JOB CORPS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE UNITED STATES-
              MEXICO BORDER AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Labor shall, pursuant to 
        section 156 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
        2896), establish within the Department of Labor an Adult Job 
        Corps demonstration program to be carried out in the United 
        States-Mexico border area for adults in such area who are 
        adversely affected by the implementation of the North American 
        Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
            (2) Additional requirement.--As part of the demonstration 
        program, the Secretary shall establish two Adult Job Corps 
        centers in Texas and one Adult Job Corps center in each of 
        Arizona, California, and New Mexico.
    (b) Regulations.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, to the extent consistent with the purpose of this section, 
promulgate such regulations as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate to apply the provisions of subtitle C of title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.) to the 
demonstration program.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States-Mexico 
border area'' means the area located in the United States within 100 
kilometers of the border between the United States and Mexico.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
            (2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
        authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) are 
        authorized to remain available until expended.
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