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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2281 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To reauthorize the Job Corps program, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ms. W |
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| 9 | 9 | | ILSONof Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 10 | 10 | | the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To reauthorize the Job Corps program, and for other |
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| 13 | 13 | | purposes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Job 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Corps Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOB CORPS. 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) D |
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| 21 | 21 | | EFINITIONS.— 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | N GENERAL.—Section 142 of the Work-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3192) is amended— 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | follows: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(7) J |
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| 32 | 32 | | OB CORPS CAMPUS .—The term ‘Job 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Corps campus’ means a campus run by an operator 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | selected by the Secretary pursuant to section 147, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | carrying out Job Corps activities.’’; and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(11) S |
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| 38 | 38 | | TATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ing given the term in section 3, except that such 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | term also includes outlying areas (as defined in sec-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tion 3).’’. 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) C |
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| 43 | 43 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Subtitle C of 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) is amended— 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) by striking ‘‘Job Corps center’’ each 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Job 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Corps campus’’; and 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Job Corps centers’’ each 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Job 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Corps campuses’’. 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | NDIVIDUALSELIGIBLE FOR THEJOBCORPS.— 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 144 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act (29 U.S.C. 3194) is amended— 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | follows: 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(1) not less than age 16 and not more than 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | age 24 on the date of enrollment, except that such 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | maximum age limitation may be waived by the Sec-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | retary, in accordance with regulations of the Sec-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | retary, up to age 28 in the case of an individual with 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | a disability or a justice-involved individual; and’’; 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | paragraph (2) and by amending such para-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | graph— 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘Basic skills deficient’’ and inserting ‘‘An 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | individual with foundational skill needs’’; 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘A school dropout’’ and inserting ‘‘An op-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | portunity youth’’; 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘or an individual who is pregnant’’ before 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | the period; 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (iv) by adding at the end the fol-22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(G)(i) A low-income individual as defined 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | in subsection (h)(4) of section 402A of the 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | U.S.C. 1070a–11) as determined using proce-2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | dures similar to those in subsection 402a(e) of 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | such section; or 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(ii) a resident of a qualified opportunity 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | zone as defined in section 1400Z–1(a) of the 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’; and 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | lows: 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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| 98 | 98 | | PECIALRULE FORVETERANS.—A veteran 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | shall be eligible to become an enrollee if the veteran meets 11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | the requirements of subsection (a)(1).’’. 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (c) R |
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| 102 | 102 | | ECRUITMENT, SCREENING, SELECTION, AND 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | A |
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| 104 | 104 | | SSIGNMENT OF ENROLLEES.—Section 145(a) of the 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | 3195(a)) is amended— 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (1) in paragraph (2)— 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(F) assist one-stop centers and other en-23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | tities identified in paragraph (3) in developing 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | joint applications for Job Corps, YouthBuild, 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | and youth workforce investment activities under 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | which an applicant may submit a single applica-2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | tion for all such programs.’’; and 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the last sen-4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | tence. 5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (d) J |
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| 125 | 125 | | OBCORPSCAMPUSES.—Section 147 of the 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | 3197) is amended— 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (A) in paragraph (2)— 10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | at the end the following: ‘‘Such award shall 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | be based upon best value and fair and rea-13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | sonable pricing.’’; and 14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | read as follows: 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 137 | 137 | | ONSIDERATIONS.— 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(i) S |
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| 139 | 139 | | TUDENT OUTCOMES .—In select-18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ing an entity to operate a Job Corps cam-19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | pus, the Secretary shall consider a numeric 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | metric of recent past effectiveness of the 21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | entity in assisting opportunity youth to 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | connect to the workforce, to be calculated 23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | based on data regarding— 24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(I) the percentage of students 1 |
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| 150 | 150 | | served by the entity who were in edu-2 |
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| 151 | 151 | | cation or training activities, or in un-3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | subsidized employment, during the 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | second quarter after exit from the rel-5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | evant program; 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(II) the percentage of students 7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | served by the entity who were in edu-8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | cation or training activities, or in un-9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | subsidized employment, during the 10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | fourth quarter after exit from the rel-11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | evant program; 12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(III) the median earnings of 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | students served by the entity who 14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | were in unsubsidized employment dur-15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ing the second quarter after exit from 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the relevant program; 17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(IV) the percentage of students 18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | served by the entity who obtained a 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | recognized postsecondary credential, 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | or a secondary school diploma or its 21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | recognized equivalent, during partici-22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | pation in or within 1 year after exit 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | from the relevant program; 24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(V) expected levels of perform-1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ance established under section 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | 159(c)(2) or similar metrics for re-3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | cruitment of eligible youth for rel-4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | evant contracts or grants. 5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(ii) M |
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| 182 | 182 | | ARKET DEVELOPMENT .— 6 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(I) M |
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| 184 | 184 | | ENTOR-PROTE´GE´PRO-7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | GRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out 8 |
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| 186 | 186 | | a mentor-prote´ge´program in accord-9 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ance with section 45 of the Small 10 |
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| 188 | 188 | | Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r) with 11 |
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| 189 | 189 | | respect to Job Corps campus oper-12 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ations. 13 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(II) P |
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| 192 | 192 | | AST-PERFORMANCE.—The 14 |
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| 193 | 193 | | Secretary shall publish comparable al-15 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ternative metrics for entities without 16 |
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| 195 | 195 | | previous experience in Job Corps cam-17 |
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| 196 | 196 | | pus operations to demonstrate their 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | past effectiveness in accordance with 19 |
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| 198 | 198 | | the requirements of clause (i).’’; and 20 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (B) in paragraph (3)— 21 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 22 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ‘‘high-skill, high-wage, or’’ before ‘‘in-de-23 |
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| 202 | 202 | | mand’’; 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 1 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘Workforce Investment Act of 1998’’ and 2 |
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| 208 | 208 | | inserting ‘‘Workforce Innovation and Op-3 |
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| 209 | 209 | | portunity Act’’; 4 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 5 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (K) as subparagraph (L); and 6 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 7 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (J) the following: 8 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(K) A description of the entity’s ability to 9 |
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| 215 | 215 | | demonstrate a record of successfully operating 10 |
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| 216 | 216 | | a safe learning and residential environment for 11 |
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| 217 | 217 | | opportunity youth.’’; 12 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs 13 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (2) and (3) and inserting the following: 14 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(2) H |
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| 221 | 221 | | IGH PERFORMANCE .—An entity shall be 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | considered to be an operator of a high-performing 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | campus if the Job Corps campus operated by the en-17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | tity was ranked among the top 25 percent of Job 18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | Corps campuses, excluding Civilian Conservation 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | Centers described in subsection (d), for the two most 20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | recent preceding program years.’’; 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | following: 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(4) D |
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| 231 | 231 | | IRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 24 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of Agriculture may appoint, without regard to the 25 |
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| 236 | 236 | | provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, 1 |
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| 237 | 237 | | United States Code (other than sections 3303 and 2 |
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| 238 | 238 | | 3328 of such title), a graduate of a Civilian Con-3 |
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| 239 | 239 | | servation Center who successfully completed a train-4 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ing program focused on forestry, wildland fire-5 |
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| 241 | 241 | | fighting, or another topic relating to the mission of 6 |
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| 242 | 242 | | the Forest Service directly to a position with the De-7 |
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| 243 | 243 | | partment of Agriculture, Forest Service, for which 8 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the candidate meets Office of Personnel Manage-9 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ment qualification standards.’’; 10 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and 11 |
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| 247 | 247 | | inserting ‘‘4-year’’; and 12 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (5) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘the pre-13 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ceding year for which information is available’’ and 14 |
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| 250 | 250 | | all that follows through the end and inserting ‘‘the 15 |
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| 251 | 251 | | preceding year for which information is available, 16 |
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| 252 | 252 | | such campus has been ranked in the lowest 10 per-17 |
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| 253 | 253 | | cent of Job Corps campuses.’’. 18 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (e) P |
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| 255 | 255 | | ROGRAMACTIVITIES.—Section 148(a) of the 19 |
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| 256 | 256 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 257 | 257 | | 3198(a)) is amended, in the subsection heading, by insert-21 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ing ‘‘Academic’’ before ‘‘Activities’’. 22 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (f) S |
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| 260 | 260 | | UPPORT.—Section 150 of the Workforce Innova-23 |
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| 261 | 261 | | tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3200) is amended— 24 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘3 months’’ 1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | and inserting ‘‘12 months’’; and 2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(d) P |
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| 269 | 269 | | ERIOD OFTRANSITION.—Notwithstanding the 4 |
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| 270 | 270 | | requirements of section 146(b), Job Corps graduates may 5 |
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| 271 | 271 | | remain enrolled and a resident of a Job Corps campus 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | for not more than 1 month after graduation, subject to 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | approval by the director of the Job Corps Campus, in 8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | order to facilitate their transition into independent living 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | and employment.’’. 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (g) O |
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| 277 | 277 | | PERATIONS.—Section 151 of the Workforce In-11 |
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| 278 | 278 | | novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3201) is amend-12 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ed to read as follows: 13 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ‘‘SEC. 151. OPERATIONS. 14 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(a) O |
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| 282 | 282 | | PERATINGPLAN.— 15 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 284 | 284 | | N GENERAL.—The provisions of the con-16 |
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| 285 | 285 | | tract between the Secretary and an entity selected to 17 |
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| 286 | 286 | | operate a Job Corps campus shall, including any 18 |
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| 287 | 287 | | subsequent modifications to such contract, serve as 19 |
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| 288 | 288 | | an operating plan for the Job Corps campus. 20 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 290 | 290 | | EDERAL CHANGES TO OPERATING 21 |
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| 291 | 291 | | PLAN.—The Secretary may require the operator to 22 |
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| 292 | 292 | | submit additional information, as the Secretary 23 |
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| 293 | 293 | | deems necessary for compliance with any relevant 24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | erating plan. 2 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 300 | 300 | | VAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 3 |
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| 301 | 301 | | the operating plan described in paragraphs (1) and 4 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (2), excluding any proprietary information, available 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | on a publicly accessible website. 6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | ‘‘(b) L |
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| 305 | 305 | | OCALAUTHORITIES.—Subject to the limita-7 |
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| 306 | 306 | | tions of their approved budgets, the operators of Job 8 |
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| 307 | 307 | | Corps campuses shall have the authority, without prior ap-9 |
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| 308 | 308 | | proval from the Secretary, to— 10 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(1) hire staff and invest in staff professional 11 |
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| 310 | 310 | | development; 12 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(2) enter into agreements with local partners, 13 |
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| 312 | 312 | | such as secondary and postsecondary schools or em-14 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ployers; and 15 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ‘‘(3) engage with and educate stakeholders 16 |
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| 315 | 315 | | about Job Corps operations and activities.’’. 17 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (h) S |
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| 317 | 317 | | TANDARDS OF CONDUCT.—Section 152 of the 18 |
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| 318 | 318 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | 3202) is amended— 20 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking the second 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | sentence; 22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | lows: 24 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘‘(b) B |
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| 325 | 325 | | EHAVIORALMANAGEMENTPLAN.— 25 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the operating 1 |
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| 330 | 330 | | plan defined in section 151(a), the director of each 2 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Job Corps campus shall develop and implement a be-3 |
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| 332 | 332 | | havioral management plan, subject to the approval 4 |
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| 333 | 333 | | of the Secretary. Such plan shall include student 5 |
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| 334 | 334 | | standards of conduct, positive behavioral interven-6 |
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| 335 | 335 | | tions and supports, and multi-tier systems of sup-7 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ports. 8 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ISCIPLINARY MEASURES .—To pro-11 |
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| 342 | 342 | | mote the proper behavioral standards in the 12 |
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| 343 | 343 | | Job Corps, the director of each Job Corps cam-13 |
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| 344 | 344 | | pus shall, consistent with the applicable behav-14 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ioral management plan described in paragraph 15 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (1), have the authority to take appropriate dis-16 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ciplinary measures against enrollees if such di-17 |
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| 348 | 348 | | rector determines that an enrollee has com-18 |
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| 349 | 349 | | mitted a violation of the standards of conduct. 19 |
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| 350 | 350 | | The director shall adopt a policy of dismissing 20 |
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| 351 | 351 | | enrollees for an act of violence that seriously 21 |
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| 352 | 352 | | endangers the safety of students, staff, or the 22 |
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| 353 | 353 | | local community, and for illegal activity on the 23 |
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| 354 | 354 | | campus. 24 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 356 | 356 | | EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 25 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘(i) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE .—The 1 |
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| 361 | 361 | | term ‘controlled substance’ has the mean-2 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ing given the term in section 102 of the 3 |
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| 363 | 363 | | Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 364 | 364 | | 802). 5 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ‘‘(ii) Z |
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| 366 | 366 | | ERO TOLERANCE POLICY .—The 6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | term ‘zero tolerance policy’ means a policy 7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | under which an enrollee shall be automati-8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | cally dismissed from the Job Corps after a 9 |
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| 370 | 370 | | determination by the director that the en-10 |
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| 371 | 371 | | rollee has carried out an act of violence 11 |
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| 372 | 372 | | that seriously endangers the safety of stu-12 |
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| 373 | 373 | | dents, staff, or the local community or en-13 |
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| 374 | 374 | | gaged in an illegal activity on the campus. 14 |
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| 376 | 376 | | DVISORY GROUP.—The Secretary shall 15 |
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| 377 | 377 | | periodically convene an advisory group of Job Corps 16 |
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| 378 | 378 | | operators and service providers and subject matter 17 |
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| 379 | 379 | | experts to review the reporting data collected under 18 |
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| 380 | 380 | | paragraph (5) and provide recommendations for Job 19 |
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| 381 | 381 | | Corps behavioral management plans based on evi-20 |
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| 382 | 382 | | dence-based research regarding effective and equi-21 |
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| 383 | 383 | | table behavioral policies. 22 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ‘‘(4) L |
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| 386 | 386 | | directors of each Job Corps campus shall enter into 24 |
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| 387 | 387 | | an agreement with the relevant local law enforce-25 |
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| 392 | 392 | | for reporting and investigating potentially illegal ac-2 |
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| 393 | 393 | | tivity on Job Corps campuses. 3 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘(5) I |
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| 395 | 395 | | NCIDENT REPORTING .—The Secretary 4 |
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| 396 | 396 | | shall establish procedures for— 5 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ‘‘(A) reporting significant health incidents, 6 |
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| 398 | 398 | | including substance abuse, self-harm, and acci-7 |
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| 399 | 399 | | dents resulting in bodily harm; and 8 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(B) reporting significant behavioral inci-9 |
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| 401 | 401 | | dents, defined as acts of violence or illegal ac-10 |
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| 402 | 402 | | tivity. 11 |
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| 404 | 404 | | CCOUNTABILITY.—The Secretary shall 12 |
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| 405 | 405 | | establish standards under which a Job Corps cam-13 |
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| 406 | 406 | | pus shall be required to take performance improve-14 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ment actions described in section 159(f), based on 15 |
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| 408 | 408 | | an evaluation of such Job Corps campus, which shall 16 |
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| 409 | 409 | | take into account reporting data collected under 17 |
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| 410 | 410 | | paragraph (5) and recommendations of the advisory 18 |
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| 411 | 411 | | group pursuant to paragraph (3).’’. 19 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (i) E |
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| 413 | 413 | | XPERIMENTALPROJECTS ANDTECHNICALAS-20 |
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| 414 | 414 | | SISTANCE.—Section 156(a) of the Workforce Innovation 21 |
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| 415 | 415 | | and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended to 22 |
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| 416 | 416 | | read as follows: 23 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 418 | 418 | | ROJECTS.—The Secretary may carry out ex-24 |
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| 419 | 419 | | perimental, research, or demonstration projects relating to 25 |
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| 424 | 424 | | a Job Corps campus that was ranked among the bottom 2 |
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| 425 | 425 | | 10 percent of Job Corps campuses. The Secretary may 3 |
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| 426 | 426 | | waive any provisions of this subtitle that the Secretary 4 |
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| 427 | 427 | | finds would prevent the Secretary from carrying out the 5 |
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| 428 | 428 | | projects (other than sections 145, 147, and 159(c)) pro-6 |
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| 429 | 429 | | vided that— 7 |
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| 430 | 430 | | ‘‘(1) the project will not result in a reduction in 8 |
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| 431 | 431 | | the number of students served; and 9 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ‘‘(2) if the Secretary informs the Committee on 10 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Education and Labor of the House of Representa-11 |
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| 434 | 434 | | tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 12 |
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| 435 | 435 | | Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, in writing, not 13 |
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| 436 | 436 | | less than 90 days in advance of issuing such waiv-14 |
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| 437 | 437 | | er.’’. 15 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (j) A |
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| 439 | 439 | | PPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL 16 |
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| 440 | 440 | | L |
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| 441 | 441 | | AW.— 17 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (1) I |
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| 443 | 443 | | N GENERAL.—Section 157 of the Work-18 |
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| 444 | 444 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 445 | 445 | | 3207) is amended by adding at the end the fol-20 |
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| 446 | 446 | | lowing: 21 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ‘‘(d) S |
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| 448 | 448 | | ERVICECONTRACTACT.— 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 450 | 450 | | N GENERAL.—Operators and service pro-23 |
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| 451 | 451 | | viders, including subcontractors thereto, are subject 24 |
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| 452 | 452 | | to and shall be required to abide by chapter 67 of 25 |
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| 456 | 456 | | title 41, United States Code (commonly known as 1 |
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| 457 | 457 | | the ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 2 |
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| 458 | 458 | | 1965’). 3 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 460 | 460 | | CADEMIC AND CAREER TECHNICAL IN -4 |
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| 461 | 461 | | STRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES .—Notwithstanding sec-5 |
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| 462 | 462 | | tion 6701(3)(C) of such chapter, an academic or ca-6 |
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| 463 | 463 | | reer technical instructional employee at a Job Corps 7 |
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| 464 | 464 | | campus shall be considered a ‘service employee’ for 8 |
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| 465 | 465 | | purposes of applying such chapter under paragraph 9 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (1). 10 |
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| 467 | 467 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 468 | 468 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—To the extent 11 |
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| 469 | 469 | | compensation levels being paid or scheduled to be 12 |
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| 470 | 470 | | paid by an employer are, in the aggregate, greater 13 |
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| 471 | 471 | | than those determined by the Secretary of Labor to 14 |
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| 472 | 472 | | be required under this subsection, or as set forth in 15 |
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| 473 | 473 | | a collective bargaining agreement, nothing herein 16 |
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| 474 | 474 | | shall be construed to require a reduction of such 17 |
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| 475 | 475 | | compensation.’’. 18 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (2) E |
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| 477 | 477 | | FFECTIVE DATE.— 19 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (A) A |
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| 479 | 479 | | GREEMENTS IN EFFECT ON DATE OF 20 |
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| 480 | 480 | | ENACTMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 21 |
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| 481 | 481 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22 |
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| 482 | 482 | | shall, subject to appropriations, modify all 23 |
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| 483 | 483 | | agreements with operators and service providers 24 |
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| 484 | 484 | | in effect as of such date of enactment to include 25 |
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| 488 | 488 | | the requirements imposed by the amendment 1 |
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| 489 | 489 | | made by paragraph (1). 2 |
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| 490 | 490 | | (B) P |
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| 491 | 491 | | ENDING SOLICITATIONS.—Upon the 3 |
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| 492 | 492 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 4 |
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| 493 | 493 | | shall include the requirements imposed by the 5 |
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| 494 | 494 | | amendment made by paragraph (1) in any 6 |
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| 495 | 495 | | pending solicitation for an operator or service 7 |
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| 496 | 496 | | provider. 8 |
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| 497 | 497 | | (k) S |
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| 498 | 498 | | TAFFING.— 9 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (1) I |
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| 500 | 500 | | N GENERAL.—To ensure compliance with 10 |
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| 501 | 501 | | chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code (com-11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | monly known as the ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service 12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | Contract Act of 1965’), as such chapter is applied 13 |
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| 504 | 504 | | by section 157(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 14 |
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| 505 | 505 | | Opportunity Act, the staffing plan and the associ-15 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ated budget of an entity proposing to be an operator 16 |
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| 507 | 507 | | or service provider for a Job Corps campus shall in-17 |
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| 508 | 508 | | corporate hourly wages (or salaries as appropriate) 18 |
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| 509 | 509 | | and fringe benefit costs for occupational classifica-19 |
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| 510 | 510 | | tions at least equal to the wage determination deter-20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | mined by the Secretary of Labor for the locality of 21 |
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| 512 | 512 | | the Job Corps campus. In preparing such wage de-22 |
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| 513 | 513 | | termination, the Secretary shall compare the specific 23 |
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| 514 | 514 | | job classifications at the Job Corps campus with 24 |
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| 515 | 515 | | those occupations most closely correlated with those 25 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ity with the goal of ensuring equivalency to the max-2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | imum extent feasible. 3 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (2) A |
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| 523 | 523 | | DJUSTMENTS PERMITTED .—The Secretary 4 |
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| 524 | 524 | | may further adjust compensation levels in a contract 5 |
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| 525 | 525 | | with an operator or service provider to ensure suffi-6 |
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| 526 | 526 | | cient availability and retention of qualified personnel 7 |
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| 527 | 527 | | in the locality. 8 |
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| 528 | 528 | | (3) A |
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| 529 | 529 | | NNUAL UPDATES .—The Secretary shall 9 |
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| 530 | 530 | | update hourly wages (or salaries as appropriate) and 10 |
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| 531 | 531 | | fringe benefit levels for such occupations covered in 11 |
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| 532 | 532 | | this paragraph on an annual basis. 12 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (l) S |
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| 534 | 534 | | PECIALPROVISIONS.—Section 158(f) of the 13 |
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| 535 | 535 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 536 | 536 | | 3208(f)) is amended— 15 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (1) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘di-16 |
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| 538 | 538 | | rectors of Job Corps campuses’’; 17 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (2) by striking ‘‘the Job Corps or individual’’ 18 |
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| 540 | 540 | | and inserting ‘‘such’’; and 19 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any 20 |
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| 542 | 542 | | real property acquired shall be directly transferred 21 |
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| 543 | 543 | | to the Secretary in accordance with chapter 5 of title 22 |
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| 544 | 544 | | 40 and on a nonreimbursable basis.’’. 23 |
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| 549 | 549 | | the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 2 |
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| 550 | 550 | | 3209) is amended— 3 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 4 |
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| 552 | 552 | | following: 5 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘(4) A |
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| 554 | 554 | | NNUAL RECONCILIATION .—Prior to the 6 |
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| 555 | 555 | | expiration of any appropriated Job Corps operations 7 |
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| 556 | 556 | | funds for any fiscal year, any anticipated unobli-8 |
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| 557 | 557 | | gated funds may, subject to appropriations, be obli-9 |
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| 558 | 558 | | gated to projects identified under subsection 10 |
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| 559 | 559 | | (h)(1).’’; 11 |
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| 560 | 560 | | (2) in subsection (c)— 12 |
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| 561 | 561 | | (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 13 |
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| 562 | 562 | | follows: 14 |
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| 563 | 563 | | ‘‘(1) L |
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| 564 | 564 | | EVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND INDICA -15 |
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| 565 | 565 | | TORS.— 16 |
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| 566 | 566 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 567 | 567 | | N GENERAL.—At the start of each 17 |
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| 568 | 568 | | contract period, and at least every two program 18 |
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| 569 | 569 | | years in the case of Civilian Conservation Cen-19 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ters, the Secretary shall establish expected lev-20 |
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| 571 | 571 | | els of performance for each Job Corps campus 21 |
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| 572 | 572 | | relating to each of the primary indicators of 22 |
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| 573 | 573 | | performance for eligible youth described in sec-23 |
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| 574 | 574 | | tion 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) using the model described 24 |
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| 575 | 575 | | in subparagraph (B). 25 |
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| 580 | 580 | | every four years and no more than every two 2 |
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| 581 | 581 | | years, the Secretary shall develop a model for 3 |
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| 582 | 582 | | establishing the expected levels of performance 4 |
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| 583 | 583 | | for each Job Corps campus, in accordance with 5 |
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| 584 | 584 | | the following: 6 |
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| 585 | 585 | | ‘‘(i) E |
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| 586 | 586 | | QUITY.—The model shall ac-7 |
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| 587 | 587 | | count for significant correlations between 8 |
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| 588 | 588 | | various factors and student outcomes, in-9 |
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| 589 | 589 | | cluding: 10 |
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| 590 | 590 | | ‘‘(I) Student demographics, in-11 |
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| 591 | 591 | | cluding age, gender, race, ethnicity, 12 |
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| 592 | 592 | | documented disabilities, and education 13 |
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| 593 | 593 | | level on entry. 14 |
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| 594 | 594 | | ‘‘(II) Employment conditions in 15 |
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| 595 | 595 | | students’ home communities. 16 |
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| 596 | 596 | | ‘‘(ii) D |
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| 597 | 597 | | EVELOPMENT.—The model 17 |
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| 598 | 598 | | shall be developed by subject matter ex-18 |
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| 599 | 599 | | perts in the fields of Job Corps operations, 19 |
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| 600 | 600 | | program evaluation, statistical analysis, 20 |
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| 601 | 601 | | and related fields using available Job 21 |
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| 602 | 602 | | Corps data as well as regional economic 22 |
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| 603 | 603 | | data. 23 |
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| 604 | 604 | | ‘‘(iii) T |
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| 611 | 611 | | cluding the procedures outlined in section 2 |
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| 612 | 612 | | 147(a)(2)(B)(iv), shall be published for 3 |
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| 613 | 613 | | comment in the Federal Register.’’; 4 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (B) in paragraph (2)— 5 |
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| 615 | 615 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 6 |
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| 616 | 616 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 7 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 8 |
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| 618 | 618 | | inserting the following: 9 |
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| 619 | 619 | | ‘‘(B) the number of enrollees recruited that 10 |
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| 620 | 620 | | meet the requirements of section 144(a); and 11 |
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| 621 | 621 | | ‘‘(C) the measurement described in sub-12 |
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| 622 | 622 | | paragraph (K) of subsection (d)(1).’’; and 13 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (C) in paragraph (4)— 14 |
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| 624 | 624 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 15 |
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| 625 | 625 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; 16 |
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| 626 | 626 | | (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 17 |
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| 627 | 627 | | the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 18 |
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| 628 | 628 | | and’’; and 19 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (iii) by adding at the end the fol-20 |
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| 630 | 630 | | lowing: 21 |
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| 631 | 631 | | ‘‘(C) information on the performance of 22 |
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| 632 | 632 | | the Job Corps selection process in section 23 |
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| 633 | 633 | | 147(a)(2) with respect to increasing perform-24 |
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| 639 | 639 | | performance of each Job Corps campus as com-2 |
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| 640 | 640 | | pared to its annual performance immediately 3 |
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| 641 | 641 | | prior to its current operating agreement.’’; 4 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (3) in subsection (d)(1)— 5 |
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| 643 | 643 | | (A) by striking subparagraph (I); and 6 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) 7 |
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| 645 | 645 | | through (O) as subparagraphs (I) through (N), 8 |
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| 646 | 646 | | respectively; 9 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (4) in subsection (f)— 10 |
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| 648 | 648 | | (A) in paragraph (2)— 11 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (i) in subparagraph (E), by adding 12 |
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| 650 | 650 | | ‘‘or’’ at the end; 13 |
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| 651 | 651 | | (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 14 |
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| 652 | 652 | | ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a period; and 15 |
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| 653 | 653 | | (iii) by striking subparagraph (G); 16 |
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| 654 | 654 | | and 17 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 18 |
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| 656 | 656 | | follows: 19 |
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| 657 | 657 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 658 | 658 | | IVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS .—In 20 |
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| 659 | 659 | | addition to the primary indicators of performance 21 |
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| 660 | 660 | | specified in subsection (c)(1), Civilian Conservation 22 |
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| 661 | 661 | | Centers shall be evaluated on their contribution to 23 |
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| 662 | 662 | | the nation’s conservation goals by the Secretaries of 24 |
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| 663 | 663 | | Agriculture and Labor. If the Secretaries jointly 25 |
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| 668 | 668 | | meeting these dual performance goals, they may 2 |
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| 669 | 669 | | take performance improvement actions described in 3 |
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| 670 | 670 | | subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) of 4 |
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| 671 | 671 | | this subsection.’’; and 5 |
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| 672 | 672 | | (5) in subsection (g)(2)— 6 |
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| 673 | 673 | | (A) by striking ‘‘has entered’’ and insert-7 |
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| 674 | 674 | | ing ‘‘enters’’; and 8 |
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| 675 | 675 | | (B) by striking ‘‘comply’’ and inserting 9 |
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| 676 | 676 | | ‘‘attest to compliance’’. 10 |
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| 677 | 677 | | (n) T |
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| 678 | 678 | | ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of title I 11 |
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| 679 | 679 | | of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 12 |
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| 680 | 680 | | U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Committee 13 |
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| 681 | 681 | | on Education and the Workforce’’ each place it appears 14 |
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| 682 | 682 | | and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and Labor’’. 15 |
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| 683 | 683 | | (o) A |
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| 684 | 684 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 16 |
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| 685 | 685 | | 162 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 17 |
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| 686 | 686 | | U.S.C. 3212) is amended to read as follows: 18 |
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| 687 | 687 | | ‘‘SEC. 162. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 19 |
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| 688 | 688 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 689 | 689 | | NGENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-20 |
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| 690 | 690 | | propriated to carry out this subtitle— 21 |
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| 691 | 691 | | ‘‘(1) $1,809,857,925 for fiscal year 2026; 22 |
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| 692 | 692 | | ‘‘(2) $1,873,202,952 for fiscal year 2027; 23 |
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| 693 | 693 | | ‘‘(3) $1,938,765,056 for fiscal year 2028; 24 |
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| 694 | 694 | | ‘‘(4) $2,006,621,833 for fiscal year 2029; 25 |
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| 698 | 698 | | ‘‘(5) $2,076,853,597 for fiscal year 2030; and 1 |
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| 699 | 699 | | ‘‘(6) $2,149,543,473 for fiscal year 2031. 2 |
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| 700 | 700 | | ‘‘(b) C |
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| 701 | 701 | | ONSTRUCTIONCOSTS.—Of the amount author-3 |
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| 702 | 702 | | ized in subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 4 |
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| 703 | 703 | | 2031, $107,800,000 shall be for construction, rehabilita-5 |
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| 704 | 704 | | tion, and acquisition of Job Corps Campuses.’’. 6 |
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