109 HR 5837 IH: YouthBuild Transfer
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-07-19
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1.This Act may be cited as the
YouthBuild Transfer
Act
.
2.
(a)Establishment of
YouthBuild program in the Department of LaborSubtitle D of title
I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting before
section 174 (29 U.S.C. 2919) the following new section:
173A.
(a)The purposes of this section are—
(1)to enable
disadvantaged youth to obtain the education and employment skills necessary to
achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in demand and postsecondary
education and training opportunities;
(2)to provide
disadvantaged youth with opportunities for meaningful work and service to their
communities;
(3)to foster the
development of employment and leadership skills and commitment to community
development among youth in low-income communities; and
(4)to expand the
supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income
families by utilizing the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth.
(b)In
this section:
(1)The term adjusted income has the meaning
given the term in section 3(b) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
(2)The
term applicant means an eligible entity that has submitted an
application under subsection (c).
(3)The term eligible entity means a public or
private nonprofit agency or organization (including a consortium of such
agencies or organizations), including—
(A)a community-based
organization;
(B)a faith-based
organization;
(C)an entity carrying
out activities under this title, such as a local board;
(D)a community action
agency;
(E)a State or local
housing development agency;
(F)an Indian tribe or
other agency primarily serving Indians;
(G)a community
development corporation;
(H)a State or local
youth service or conservation corps; and
(I)any other entity
eligible to provide education or employment training under a Federal program
(other than the program carried out under this section).
(4)The term homeless individual has the
meaning given the term in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 11302).
(5)Housing
development agencyThe term housing development
agency means any agency of a State or local government, or any private
nonprofit organization, that is engaged in providing housing for homeless
individuals or low-income families.
(6)The
term income has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
(7)The terms Indian and Indian tribe
have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
(8)Individual of
limited english proficiencyThe term individual of limited
English proficiency means an eligible participant under this section who
meets the criteria set forth in section 203(10) of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9202(10)).
(9)The term low-income family means a family
described in section 3(b)(2) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)).
(10)Qualified
national nonprofit agencyThe term qualified national
nonprofit agency means a nonprofit agency that—
(A)has significant
national experience providing services consisting of training, information,
technical assistance, and data management to YouthBuild programs or similar
projects; and
(B)has the capacity
to provide those services.
(11)Registered
apprenticeship programThe term registered apprenticeship
program means an apprenticeship program—
(A)registered under
the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National
Apprenticeship Act
; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 20 U.S.C. 50 et seq.);
and
(B)that meets such
other criteria as may be established by the Secretary under this
section.
(12)The term transitional housing means housing
provided for the purpose of facilitating the movement of homeless individuals
to independent living within a reasonable amount of time. The term includes
housing primarily designed to serve deinstitutionalized homeless individuals
and other homeless individuals who are individuals with disabilities or members
of families with children.
(13)The term YouthBuild program means any
program that receives assistance under this section and provides disadvantaged
youth with opportunities for employment, education, leadership development, and
training through the rehabilitation or construction of housing for homeless
individuals and low-income families, and of public facilities.
(c)
(1)The Secretary is authorized to make grants to applicants
for the purpose of carrying out YouthBuild programs approved under this
section.
(2)An entity that receives a grant under this subsection
shall use the funds made available through the grant to carry out a YouthBuild
program, which may include the following activities:
(A)Education and
workforce investment activities including—
(i)work experience
and skills training (coordinated, to the maximum extent feasible, with
preapprenticeship and registered apprenticeship programs) in the rehabilitation
and construction activities described in subparagraphs (B) and (C);
(ii)occupational
skills training;
(iii)other paid and
unpaid work experiences, including internships and job shadowing;
(iv)services and
activities designed to meet the educational needs of participants,
including—
(I)basic skills
instruction and remedial education;
(II)language
instruction educational programs for individuals with limited English
proficiency;
(III)secondary
education services and activities, including tutoring, study skills training,
and dropout prevention activities, designed to lead to the attainment of a
secondary school diploma or General Education Development credential (GED) or
other State-recognized equivalent (including recognized alternative standards
for individuals with disabilities);
(IV)counseling and
assistance in obtaining postsecondary education and required financial aid;
and
(V)alternative
secondary school services;
(v)counseling
services and related activities, such as comprehensive guidance and counseling
on drug and alcohol abuse and referral;
(vi)activities
designed to develop employment and leadership skills, which may include
community service and peer-centered activities encouraging responsibility and
other positive social behaviors, and activities related to youth policy
committees that participate in decision-making related to the program;
(vii)supportive
services and provision of need-based stipends necessary to enable individuals
to participate in the program and supportive services to assist individuals,
for a period not to exceed 12 months after the completion of training, in
obtaining or retaining employment, or applying for and transitioning to
postsecondary education; and
(viii)job search and
assistance.
(B)Supervision and
training for participants in the rehabilitation or construction of housing,
including residential housing for homeless individuals or low-income families,
or transitional housing for homeless individuals.
(C)Supervision and
training for participants in the rehabilitation or construction of community
and other public facilities, except that not more than 10 percent of funds
appropriated to carry out this section may be used for such supervision and
training.
(D)Payment of
administrative costs of the applicant, except that not more than 15 percent of
the amount of assistance provided under this subsection to the grant recipient
may be used for such costs.
(E)Adult
mentoring.
(F)Provision of
wages, stipends, or benefits to participants in the program.
(G)Ongoing training
and technical assistance that are related to developing and carrying out the
program.
(H)Follow-up
services.
(3)
(A)To be qualified to receive a grant under this
subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an application at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.
(B)The Secretary shall require that the application
contain, at a minimum—
(i)labor market
information for the labor market area where the proposed program will be
implemented, including both current data (as of the date of submission of the
application) and projections on career opportunities in growing
industries;
(ii)a
request for the grant, specifying the amount of the grant requested and its
proposed uses;
(iii)a description of
the applicant and a statement of its qualifications, including a description of
the applicant’s relationship with local boards, one-stop operators, local
unions, entities carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, other
community groups, and employers, and the applicant’s past experience, if any,
with rehabilitation or construction of housing or public facilities, and with
youth education and employment training programs;
(iv)a
description of the proposed site for the proposed program;
(v)a
description of the educational and job training activities, work opportunities,
postsecondary education and training opportunities, and other services that
will be provided to participants, and how those activities, opportunities, and
services will prepare youth for employment in occupations in demand in the
labor market area described in clause (i);
(vi)a
description of the proposed rehabilitation or construction activities to be
undertaken under the grant and the anticipated schedule for carrying out such
activities;
(vii)a description of
the manner in which eligible youth will be recruited and selected as
participants, including a description of arrangements that will be made with
local boards, one-stop operators, community- and faith-based organizations,
State educational agencies or local educational agencies (including agencies of
Indian tribes), public assistance agencies, the courts of jurisdiction,
agencies operating shelters for homeless individuals and other agencies that
serve youth who are homeless individuals, foster care agencies, and other
appropriate public and private agencies;
(viii)a description
of the special outreach efforts that will be undertaken to recruit eligible
young women (including young women with dependent children) as
participants;
(ix)a
description of the specific role of employers in the proposed program, such as
their role in developing the proposed program and assisting in service
provision and in placement activities;
(x)a
description of how the proposed program will be coordinated with other Federal,
State, and local activities and activities conducted by Indian tribes, such as
local workforce investment activities, vocational education programs, adult and
language instruction educational programs, activities conducted by public
schools, activities, conducted by community colleges, national service
programs, and other job training provided with funds available under this
title;
(xi)assurances that
there will be a sufficient number of adequately trained supervisory personnel
in the proposed program;
(xii)a description of
results to be achieved with respect to common indicators of performance for
youth and lifelong learning, as identified by the Secretary;
(xiii)a description
of the applicant’s relationship with local building trade unions regarding
their involvement in training to be provided through the proposed program, the
relationship of the proposed program to established registered apprenticeship
programs and employers, and the ability of the applicant to grant
industry-recognized skill certification through the program;
(xiv)a description of
activities that will be undertaken to develop the leadership skills of
participants;
(xv)a
detailed budget and a description of the system of fiscal controls, and
auditing and accountability procedures, that will be used to ensure fiscal
soundness for the proposed program;
(xvi)a description of
the commitments for any additional resources (in addition to the funds made
available through the grant) to be made available to the proposed program
from—
(I)the
applicant;
(II)recipients of
other Federal, State or local housing and community development assistance who
will sponsor any part of the rehabilitation, construction, operation and
maintenance, or other housing and community development activities undertaken
as part of the proposed program; or
(III)entities
carrying out other Federal, State, or local activities or activities conducted
by Indian tribes, including vocational education programs, adult and language
instruction educational programs, and job training provided with funds
available under this title;
(xvii)information
identifying, and a description of, the financing proposed for any—
(I)rehabilitation of
the property involved;
(II)acquisition of
the property; or
(III)construction of
the property;
(xviii)information
identifying, and a description of, the entity that will operate and manage the
property;
(xix)information
identifying, and a description of, the data collection systems to be
used;
(xx)a
certification, by a public official responsible for the housing strategy for
the State or unit of general local government within which the proposed program
is located, that the proposed program is consistent with the housing strategy;
and
(xxi)a certification
that the applicant will comply with the requirements of the
Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et
seq.) and will affirmatively further fair housing.
(4)For an applicant to be eligible to receive a grant under
this subsection, the applicant and the applicant’s proposed program shall meet
such selection criteria as the Secretary shall establish under this section,
which shall include criteria relating to—
(A)the qualifications
or potential capabilities of an applicant;
(B)an applicant’s
potential for developing a successful YouthBuild program;
(C)the need for an
applicant’s proposed program, as determined by the degree of economic distress
of the community from which participants would be recruited (measured by
indicators such as poverty, youth unemployment, and the number of individuals
who have dropped out of secondary school) and of the community in which the
housing and public facilities proposed to be rehabilitated or constructed is
located (measured by indicators such as incidence of homelessness, shortage of
affordable housing, and poverty);
(D)the commitment of
an applicant to providing skills training, leadership development, and
education to participants;
(E)the focus of a
proposed program on preparing youth for occupations in demand or postsecondary
education and training opportunities;
(F)the extent of an
applicant’s coordination of activities to be carried out through the proposed
program with local boards, one-stop operators, and one-stop partners
participating in the operation of the one-stop delivery system involved, or the
extent of the applicant’s good faith efforts in achieving such
coordination;
(G)the extent of the
applicant’s coordination of activities with public education, criminal justice,
housing and community development, national service, or postsecondary education
or other systems that relate to the goals of the proposed program;
(H)the extent of an
applicant’s coordination of activities with employers in the local area
involved;
(I)the extent to
which a proposed program provides for inclusion of tenants who were previously
homeless individuals in the rental housing provided through the program;
(J)the commitment of
additional resources (in addition to the funds made available through the
grant) to a proposed program by—
(i)an
applicant;
(ii)recipients of
other Federal, State, or local housing and community development assistance who
will sponsor any part of the rehabilitation, construction, operation and
maintenance, or other housing and community development activities undertaken
as part of the proposed program; or
(iii)entities
carrying out other Federal, State, or local activities or activities conducted
by Indian tribes, including vocational education programs, adult and language
instruction educational programs, and job training provided with funds
available under this title;
(K)the applicant’s
potential to serve different regions, including rural areas and States that
have not previously received grants for YouthBuild programs; and
(L)such other factors
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate for purposes of carrying out the
proposed program in an effective and efficient manner.
(5)To
the extent practicable, the Secretary shall notify each applicant, not later
than 5 months after the date of receipt of the application by the Secretary,
whether the application is approved or not approved.
(d)Residential housing units rehabilitated or constructed
using funds made available under subsection (c) shall be available
solely—
(1)for rental by, or
sale to, homeless individuals or low-income families; or
(2)for use as
transitional or permanent housing, for the purpose of assisting in the movement
of homeless individuals to independent living.
(e)Additional
Program Requirements
(1)
(A)Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an individual may
participate in a YouthBuild program only if such individual is—
(i)not
less than age 16 and not more than age 24, on the date of enrollment;
(ii)a
member of a low-income family, a youth in foster care (including youth aging
out of foster care), a youth offender, a youth who is an individual with a
disability, a child of incarcerated parents, or a migrant youth; and
(iii)a school
dropout.
(B)Exception for
individuals not meeting income or educational need
requirementsNot more than 25 percent of the participants in such
program may be individuals who do not meet the requirements of clause (ii) or
(iii) of subparagraph (A), but who—
(i)are basic skills deficient, despite
attainment of a secondary school diploma or General Education Development
credential (GED) or other State-recognized equivalent (including recognized
alternative standards for individuals with disabilities); or
(ii)have been
referred by a local secondary school for participation in a YouthBuild program
leading to the attainment of a secondary school diploma.
(2)An eligible individual selected for participation in a
YouthBuild program shall be offered full-time participation in the program for
a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 24 months.
(3)Minimum time
devoted to educational services and activitiesA YouthBuild
program receiving assistance under subsection (c) shall be structured so that
participants in the program are offered—
(A)educational and related services and
activities designed to meet educational needs, such as those specified in
clauses (iv) through (vii) of subsection (c)(2)(A), during at least 50 percent
of the time during which the participants participate in the program;
and
(B)work and skill
development activities such as those specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and
(viii) of subsection (c)(2)(A), during at least 40 percent of the time during
which the participants participate in the program.
(4)No provision of this section may be construed to
authorize any agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any
direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction,
administration, or personnel of any educational institution (including a
school) or school system, or over the selection of library resources,
textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials by any
educational institution or school system.
(5)State and local
standardsAll educational programs and activities supported with
funds provided under subsection (c) shall be consistent with applicable State
and local educational standards. Standards and procedures for the programs and
activities that relate to awarding academic credit for and certifying
educational attainment in such programs and activities shall be consistent with
applicable State and local educational standards.
(f)Management and
Technical Assistance
(1)The Secretary may enter into contracts with 1 or more
entities to provide assistance to the Secretary in the management, supervision,
and coordination of the program carried out under this section.
(2)
(A)The Secretary shall enter into contracts with or make
grants to 1 or more qualified national nonprofit agencies, in order to provide
training, information, technical assistance, and data management to recipients
of grants under subsection (c).
(B)Of the amounts available under subsection (h) to carry out
this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent to carry
out subparagraph (A).
(3)
(A)In each fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than
3 percent of the amounts available under subsection (h) to award grants to 1 or
more qualified national nonprofit agencies to pay for the Federal share of the
cost of capacity building activities.
(B)The Federal share of the cost described in subparagraph (A)
shall be 25 percent. The non-Federal share shall be provided from private
sources.
(g)Each recipient of a grant under subsection (c) to carry
out a YouthBuild program shall provide the services and activities described in
this section directly or through subgrants, contracts, or other arrangements
with local educational agencies, postsecondary educational institutions, State
or local housing development agencies, other public agencies, including
agencies of Indian tribes, or private organizations.
(h)Authorization of
Appropriations
(1)There are authorized to be appropriated for each of
fiscal years 2007 through 2012 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
section.
(2)Notwithstanding section 189(g), appropriations for any
fiscal year for programs and activities carried out under this section shall be
available for obligation only on the basis of a fiscal
year.
.
(b)Section 1(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(relating to the table of contents) is amended by inserting before the item
relating to section 174 the following:
Sec. 173A. YouthBuild
program
.
(c)Exception to
Program Year Appropriation Cycle RequirementSection 189(g)(1)(A)
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2939(g)(1)(A)) is amended by
inserting and section 173A
after Except as provided in
subparagraph (B)
.
(d)
(1)Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) is amended in paragraphs (1)(B)(iii) and (2)(B) of
subsection (c), and paragraphs (1)(B)(iii) and (2)(B) of subsection (d), by
striking Youthbuild
and all that follows and inserting
YouthBuild programs receiving assistance under section 173A of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
.
(2)Section 507(b) of
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25
U.S.C. 4183(b)) is amended by striking subtitle D of title IV of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act,
.
(3)Section 402 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 12870) is amended by striking the second sentence of
subsections (a) and (b).
(e)Subtitle D of title IV of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 12899 et seq.) is repealed.
(f)This section and the amendments made by this section take
effect on the earlier of—
(1)the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(2)September 30,
2006.
3.Transfer of
functions and savings provisions
(a)For
purposes of this section, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the
context—
(1)the term
Federal agency has the meaning given to the term
agency by section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code;
(2)the term
function means any duty, obligation, power, authority,
responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program; and
(3)the term
office includes any office, administration, agency, institute,
unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.
(b)There are transferred to the Department of Labor all
functions which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development exercised before
the effective date of this section (including all related functions of any
officer or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development)
relating to subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 12899 et seq.).
(c)Determinations
of Certain Functions by the Office of Management and BudgetIf
necessary, the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of
the functions that are transferred under subsection (b).
(d)
(1)The
Secretary of Labor may appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and
employees, including investigators, attorneys, and administrative law judges,
as may be necessary to carry out the respective functions transferred under
this section. Except as otherwise provided by law, such officers and employees
shall be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their
compensation fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code.
(2)The Secretary of Labor may obtain the services of
experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, and compensate such experts and consultants for each day
(including travel time) at rates not in excess of the rate of pay for level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title. The Secretary of
Labor may pay experts and consultants who are serving away from their homes or
regular place of business travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence
at rates authorized by sections 5702 and 5703 of such title for persons in
Government service employed intermittently.
(e)Delegation and
AssignmentExcept where otherwise expressly prohibited by law or
otherwise provided by this section, the Secretary of Labor may delegate any of
the functions transferred to the Secretary of Labor by this section and any
function transferred or granted to the Secretary of Labor after the effective
date of this section to such officers and employees of the Department of Labor
as the Secretary of Labor may designate, and may authorize successive
redelegations of such functions as may be necessary or appropriate. No
delegation of functions by the Secretary of Labor under this subsection or
under any other provision of this section shall relieve the Secretary of Labor
of responsibility for the administration of such functions.
(f)The
Secretary of Labor is authorized to allocate or reallocate any function
transferred under subsection (b) among the officers of the Department of Labor,
and to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue such organizational
entities in the Department of Labor as may be necessary or appropriate.
(g)The
Secretary of Labor is authorized to prescribe, in accordance with the
provisions of chapters 5 and 6 of title 5, United States Code, such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of Labor determines necessary or appropriate to
administer and manage the functions of the Department of Labor.
(h)Transfer and
Allocations of AppropriationsExcept as otherwise provided in
this section, the assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records,
and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and
other funds used, held, arising from, available to, or to be made available in
connection with the functions transferred by this section, subject to section
1531 of title 31, United States Code, shall be transferred to the Department of
Labor. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used
only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and
appropriated.
(i)The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, at such time or times as the
Director shall provide, is authorized to make such determinations as may be
necessary with regard to the functions transferred by this section, and to make
such dispositions of assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records,
and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and
other funds used, held, arising from, available to, or to be made available in
connection with such functions, subject to section 1531 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for the
termination of the affairs of all entities terminated by this section and for
such further measures and dispositions as may be necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this section.
(j)
(1)Continuing
effect of legal documentsAll orders, determinations, rules,
regulations, permits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses,
registrations, privileges, and other administrative actions—
(A)which have been
issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the President, any
Federal agency or official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in
the performance of functions which are transferred under this section;
and
(B)which are in
effect at the time this section takes effect, or were final before the
effective date of this section and are to become effective on or after the
effective date of this section,
shall
continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated,
superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by the President, the
Secretary of Labor or other authorized official, a court of competent
jurisdiction, or by operation of law.(2)The provisions of this section shall not affect any
proceedings, including notices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for
any license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before the
Department of Housing and Urban Development at the time this section takes
effect, with respect to functions transferred by this section but such
proceedings and applications shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such
proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made
pursuant to such orders, as if this section had not been enacted, and orders
issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until modified,
terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court of
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding
under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding
could have been discontinued or modified if this section had not been
enacted.
(3)The provisions of this section shall not affect suits
commenced before the effective date of this section, and in all such suits,
proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same
manner and with the same effect as if this section had not been enacted.
(4)No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or
against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or by or against any
individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall abate by reason of the
enactment of this section.
(5)Administrative
actions relating to promulgation of regulationsAny
administrative action relating to the preparation or promulgation of a
regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development relating to a
function transferred under this section may be continued by the Department of
Labor with the same effect as if this section had not been enacted.
(k)If
a provision of this section or its application to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, neither the remainder of this section nor the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected.
(l)The
Secretary of Labor is authorized to utilize—
(1)the services of
such officers, employees, and other personnel of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development with respect to functions transferred to the Department of
Labor by this section; and
(2)funds appropriated
to such functions for such period of time,
as may
reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly implementation of this
section.(m)Accomplishing
Orderly TransferConsistent with the requirements of this
section, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall take such actions as the Secretaries determine are
appropriate to accomplish the orderly transfer of functions as described in
subsection (b).
(n)Administration
of Prior GrantsNotwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
grants awarded under subtitle D of title IV of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 12899 et seq.) with funds appropriated for fiscal
year 2006 or a preceding fiscal year shall be subject to the continuing
authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the
provisions of such subtitle, as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act, until the authority to expend applicable funds for the
grants, as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has
expired and the Secretary has completed the administrative responsibilities
associated with the grants.
(o)A
reference in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or
delegation of authority, or any document of or relating to—
(1)the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development with regard to functions transferred under
subsection (b), shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of Labor; and
(2)the Department of
Housing and Urban Development with regard to functions transferred under
subsection (b), shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Labor.
(p)This section takes effect on the earlier of—
(1)the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(2)September 30,
2006.