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PUBLIC LAW 93-203-DEC. 28, 1973

[87 STAT.

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(d) The Secretary shall develop methods to establish and maintain more comprehensive household budget data at different levels of living, including a level of adequacy, to reflect the differences of household living costs in regions and localities, both urban and rural. Sums set aside, (e) The Secretary shall set aside, out of sums available to the departcong'rTss!"^ ° mcut for any fiscal year including sums available under section 4(e) of this Act, an amount which he determines is necessary and appropriate to enable him to carry out the provisions of this section, and shall no later than sixty days after such sums are appropriated and made available notify the appropriate committees of the Congress of the amount so set aside and the basis for his determination of need and appropriateness. reTona\°co^' ^^^ '^^^^ Secretary shall report to the Senate Committee on Labor mittees. and Public Welfare and to the House Committee on Education and Labor the results of his efforts under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section by December 31, 1974. Job bank; match(g) xiic Secretary shall establish and carry out a nationwide com'"irtTbiTshment. puterizcd job bank and matching program (utilizing the listing of all suitable employment openings with local offices of the State employment service by Federal contractors and subcontractors and providing for the special emphasis as required by section 2012(a) of title 86 Stat. 1097.,",8, United States Code) on a regional, State, and local basis, using electronic data processing and telecommunications systems to the maximum extent possible for the purpose of identifying sources of available l)ersons and job vacancies, providing an expeditious means of matching the qualifications of unemployed, underemployed, and economically disadvantaged persons with employer requirements and job oppoitunities, and referring and placing such persons in jobs. EVALUATION

SEC. 313. (a) The Secretary shall provide for the continuing evaluation of all programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act, including their cost in relation to their effectiveness in achieving stated goals, their impact on communities and participants, their implication for related programs, the extent to which they meet the needs of persons of various ages, and the adequacy of the mechanism for the Program compar- Jelivcry of services. l u coiulucting the evaluations called for by this isons subsection, the Secretary shall compare the effectiveness of programs conducted by prime sponsors of the same class, of different classes, and shall compare the effectiveness of programs conducted by prime sponsors with similar programs carried out by the Secretary under section 110, or muler title III. He shall also arrange for obtaining the opinions of participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the programs. Reports to (b) l u Order to enable the Secretary to measure the relative and, Secretary. whcrc prograuis Call be compared appropriately, comparative effectiveness of programs authorized under this Act and part C of title IV of 85^s 3^*80^5^^' ^^^^ Social Securit}' Act, he shall require that periodic reports be sub42 USC 630. mitted to him. Reports submitted under this subsection shall contain data which shall include information on— (1) enrollee characteristics, including age, sex, race, health, education level, and previous wage and employment experience; (2) duration in training and employment situations, including information on the duration of employment of program participants for at least a year following the termination of federally assisted programs and comparable information on other employees orti-aineesof participatingemplo3ers; and (3) total dollar cost per trainee, including breakdown between

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