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 107 STAT. 1798 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 10 USC 2701 SEC. 1333. GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PRO- note. VIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION TO DISLOCATED DEFENSE WORKERS AND YOUNG ADULTS. (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. —(1) The Secretary of Defense may establish a program to provide demonstration grants to institutions of higher education to assist such institutions in providing education and training in environmental restoration and hazardous waste management to eligible dislocated defense workers and young adults described in subsection (d). The Secretary shall award the grants pursuant to a merit-based selection process. (2) A grant provided under this subsection may cover a period of not more than three fiscal years, except that the payments under the grant for the second and third fiscal year shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary and to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section in that fiscal year. (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under subsection (a), an institution of higher education shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. The application shall include the following: (1) An assurance by the institution of higher education that it will use the grant to supplement andf not supplant non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for the education and training activities funded by the grant. (2) A proposal by the institution of higher education to provide expertise, trsdning, and education in hazardous materials and waste management and other environmental fields applicable to defense manufacturing sites and Department of Defense and Department of Energy defense facilities. (c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— (1) An institution of higher education receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant to establish a consortium consisting of the institution and one or more of each of the entities described in paragraph (2) for the purpose of establishing and conducting a program to provide education and training in environmental restoration and waste management to eligible individuals described in subsection (d). To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall authorize the consortium to use a military installation closed or selected to be closed under a base closure law in providing on-site basic skills training to participants in the program. (2) The entities referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) Appropriate State and local agencies. (B) F^vate industry councils (as described in section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512)). (C) Community-based organizations (as defined in section 4(5) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1503(5)). (D) Businesses. (E) Organized labor. (F) Other appropriate educational institutions. (d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— ^A program established or conducted using funds provided under subsection (a) may provide education and training in environmental restoration and waste management to— (1) individuals who have been terminated or laid off from employment (or have received notice of termination or lay off) as a consequence of reductions in expenditures by the United

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