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Summer youth programs, report to C o n g r e s s.

Employment opportunities for offenders, report to P r e s i d e n t and Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 93-203-DEC. 28, 1973

5 USC app.

STAT.

to which administrative steps have been taken and are being taken to encourao-e the use of such facilities and institutions and ao-encies m the carrying ont of the provisions of this Act and any further legislation that may be required to assure effective coordination and utilization of such facilities and agencies to the end that all federally supported employment and training, vocational education, and vocational reiiabilitation programs can more effectively accomplish their objectives of providing employment and training opportunities to all persons needing occupational training. (c) The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress at the earliest appropriate date, but not later than March 1, of each calendar year a report setting forth a description of summer programs providing jobs for economically disadvantaged youth to begin in June of such year, including the number of opportunities in public and private agencies or organizations that will be provided under section 304 (a)(3) of this Act or in the case of the summer of 19T4 under section 3(c), and a statement as to the total number of such persons who won hi be eligible for such programs, together with his recommendations, if any, for supplemental appropriations for such programs. (d) The Secretary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall annnally compile and maintain information on the incidence of unemployment among offenders and shall publish the results of the information obtained pursiumt to this subsection in the report required under subsection (a) of this section. (e) The Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the Secretary, shall report to the President and to the Congress no later than six months after the effective date of this Act on the extent to which and manner in which employment opportunities for offenders may be increased in the Federal service, with special reference to the criteria used in determining the suitability of offenders for Federal employment, including such recommendations for additional legislation as they deem advisable. (f) Each pi-ime sponsor shall prepare for the Secretary, and make available, to the public, a report (m its activities under the Act, including a detailed comparison of program performance with approved plan. LABOR

49 Stat. 1011; 85 Stat. 879.

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STANDARDS

SKC. 600. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in any construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decoiating of projects, buildings, and works which are federally assisted under this Acit, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5). The Secretary shall have, with respect to such labor standards, the authority and fmictions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 1, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948. as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276(c)). ACCEPTAXCE OF GIFTS

SKC. 607. The Secretary is authorized, in carrying out his functions and responsijbilities under this Act, to accept in the name of the Department, and employ or dispose of in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, or any title thereof, an unconditional gift of any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise; and to accept voluntary and

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