Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 1.djvu/1528

 PUBLIC LAW 94-444—OCT. 1, 1976

90 STAT. 1478 Post, p. 1479. Time limitation.

29 USC 849. Vacancies. Ante, p. 362.

Infra.

Post, p. 1479.

ects and activities carried out by project applicants (as defined in section 701(a) (15) of this Act). Such projects and jobs shall not exceed twelve months in duration and shall provide employment consistent with the aim of maintaining average federally supported wage rates for public service jobholders (adjusted on a regional and area basis) as set forth under section 209(b) of this Act. "(c) Vacancies occurring after June 30, 1976, in jobs supported under this title and the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-266) to which subsection (a) of this section is applicable shall be filled as follows: "(1) Fifty per centum of such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of section 608. " (2) Fifty per centum of such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this title (other than the provisions of this section, except for this paragraph, and of sections 608 and 609) except that a prime sponsor may give preference in filling such vacancies to unemployed public health and safety personnel in public health and safety positions for which they are qualified. "ELIGIBILITY

29 USC 968. Ante, p. 1477.

42 USC 601.

"Lower living standard income level."

Funds, equitable allocation. Ante, p. 1477,

Job applicants, household support obligations, consideration.

OF LONG-TERM

UNEMPLOYED,

LOW-INCOME

PERSONS

"SEC. 608. (a) In filling public service jobs with financial assistance available for the purposes of subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 607, each prime sponsor shall determine that any person to be employed in any such public service job (1) is an individual— "(A) who has been receiving unemployment compensation for fifteen or more weeks; "(B) who is not eligible for such benefits and has been unemployed for fifteen or more weeks; "(C) who has exhausted unemployment compensation benefits; or "(D) who is. or whore family is, receiving aid to families with dependent children provided under a State plan approved under part A of title TV of the Social Security Act; and (2) is not a member of a household which has current gross family income, adjusted to an annualized basis (exclusive of unemployment compensation and other public payments which such individual will be disqualified from receiving by reason of employment under this title) at a rate exceeding 70 per centum of the lower living standard income level. "(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'lower living standard income level' means that income level (adjusted for regional and metropolitan and urban and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary based upon the most recent 'lower living standard budget' issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. "(c) Tn filling public service jobs, each prime sponsor shall take reasonable steps, which such sponsor shall determine, to insure that funds provided in accordance with subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 607 shall be equitably allocated for jobs among the categories of eligible persons described in section 608(a) in light of the composition of the population of unemployed eligible persons served by the prime sponsor. "(d) In providing public service jobs and determining hours of work for eligible persons with financial assistance provided in accordance with subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 607, each prime sponsor shall take into account the household support obligations of the

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