Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/656

 92 STAT. 1936

Ante, p. 1909.

Post, p. 1972.

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 "(4) No person shall be referred for training unless there is a reasonable expectation of employment in the occupation for which such person is being trained. To the extent feasible, public service jobs shall be provided in occupational fields which are most likely to expand within the public or private sector. " (5) Programs of institutional training shall be designed for occupations in which skill shortages exist. "(g)(1)(A) No program shall substitute funds under this Act for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed. "(B) Jobs shall be created that are in addition to those that would be funded in the absence of assistance under this Act. "(C) Funds shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, the level of funds that would otherwise be made available from nonFederal sources for the planning and administration of programs. "(2) Programs shall use services and facilities available (with or without reimbursement) from Federal, State, and local agencies to the extent they are deemed effective by the prime sponsor. "(h)(1) No nongovernmental individual, institution, or organization shall be paid funds provided under this Act to conduct an evaluation of any program under this Act if such individual, institution or organization is associated with that program as a consultant or technical advisor, or in any similar capacity. "(2) No member of any council under this Act shall cast a vote on any matter which has a direct bearing on services to be provided by that member (or any organization which that member directly represents) or vote on any matter which would financially benefit the member or the organization which the member represents. "(i) Except as provided in section 212(b), work experience programs conducted under this Act shall not exceed a total of 1,000 hours for any individual (other than an in-school youth), for any year, and not more than 2,000 hours within a 5-year period beginning on the effective date of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments of 1978. Work experience shall only be for persons who need assistance in becoming accustomed to basic work requirements, including basic work skills, in order to be able to compete successfully in the labor market. "(j) Funds available for employment benefits under this Act may be used, for the duration of participation, for contributions on behalf of participants who are, prior to July 1, 1979, enrolled in retirement systems or plans. With respect to participants enrolled in retirement systems or plans on or after such date, except as otherwise provided in regulations promulgated by the Secretary, no funds under this Act may be used for contributions to retirement systems or plans unless such contributions bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of providing benefits to participants. Such regulations shall take into consideration circumstances where efforts are being made to change State or local laws or both affecting retirement coverage for individuals who are participants in activities funded pursuant to this Act. Pursuant to section 314 of this Act, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to recipients to enable retirement systems or plans to comply with section 122(k) and this subsection. "(k) Small and minority-owned businesses shall be provided maximum reasonable opportunity to compete for contracts for supplies and services including, where appropriate, the use of set-asides.

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