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 92 STAT. 1962

Report to Congress.

Allocation of funds.

42 USC 3246. Ante, p. 1909.

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 programs for the dissemination of appropriate information, and job placement, and counseling assistance, and the conduct of t r a i n i n g and employment programs, in the p r i m a r y language of such persons, as well as programs designed to increase the English-speaking ability of such persons. " (4) The Secretary shall make financial assistance available to conduct programs for handicapped individuals, youth, single parents, and older workers to provide employment, t r a i n i n g and related assistance and supportive services which will enable them to secure and retain meaningful employment. Such programs shall be designed to assist in eliminating artificial and other employment barriers faced by such persons. " (c) The Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than March 1 of each year with detailed information and analysis of the programs conducted pursuant to this section. The information required by this subsection may be included in the annual report of the Secretary under section 1 2 7 (a). " (d) Funds allocated to recipients for purposes of this section shall be used to supplement funds which otherwise would be used for purposes of undertaking the same or similar programs and activities for such persons. " (e) To the extent appropriate, programs financed under this part shall be coordinated with programs conducted by prime sponsors under this Act, and the Secretary shall notify such prime sponsors of the funding of an employment and t r a i n i n g program under this part. " (f) Not w i t h s t and m g any other provisions of this Act, eligibility requirements for programs for workers age fifty-five and older, which were established under title X of the Public W o r k s and Economic Development Act of 1965, and which thereafter have been funded under section 304 of this Act prior to the enactment of the Comprehensive Employment and T r a i n i n g Act Amendments of 1978, shall be those which applied when the programs were established under title X. " (g) The Secretary shall establish a special program for the funding of local workshops for the t r a i n i n g of youths and other individuals who wish to pursue careers as self-employed owners and managers of small businesses. Such workshops should provide instruction in management techniques, business communication skills, motivational training, special problems in business operation, advice concerning Federal and State regulations, preparation of financial statements and loan applications, recordkeeping, development of marketing techniques, and information on beneficial resources available within the community. "NATIVE AMERICAN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

29 USC 872.

" SEC. 302. (a) The Congress finds that (1) serious unemployment and economic disadvantage exist among members of Native American Indian, Alaskan Native, and H a w a i i a n native communities; (2) there is a compelling need for the establishment of comprehensive t r a i n i n g and employment programs for members of those communities; and (3) such programs are essential to the reduction of economic disadvantage among individual members of those communities and to the advancement of economic and social development in these communities consistent with their goals and lifestyles. " (b) The Congress therefore declares that, because of the special relationship between the Federal Government and most of those to be

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