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 92 STAT. 1968 Eligibility.

Allocation of funds.

Ante, p. 1950; Post, pp. 2005, 2010.

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 "(e) Participants in programs authorized under this section shall be individuals over the age of 55 who are unemployed, underemployed, or economically disadvantaged, who have a family income (exclusive of any income received under a Federal or State welfare or unemployment program) which is not in excess of 125 percent of the poverty level established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. "(f) For the purposes of carrying out this section, the Secretary shall reserve from funds available for this title not more than 5 percent of the amount available for this title. "(g) No provision of this section shall be construed as intending any diminution of the employment and training opportunities available to workers over 55 years of age under titles II, VI, and VII of this Act. "PART B—RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION

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"RESEARCH

29 USC 879.

Grants or contracts.

Consultation.

29 USC 201. Agreement with Secretary of HEW.

"SEC. 311. (a) To assist the Nation in expanding work opportunities and assuring access to those opportunities for all who desire it, the Secretary shall establish a comprehensive program of employment and training research utilizing the methods, techniques, and knowledge of the behavioral and social sciences and such other methods, techniques, and knowledge as will aid in the solution of the Nation's employment and training problems. The programs required by this section may include, but need not be limited to, studies, the findings of which may contribute to the formulation of employment and training policy; development or improvement of employment and training programs; increased knowledge about labor market processes, including programs designed to eliminate artificial barriers to employment; reduction of unemployment and its relationships to price stability; promotion of more effective worker development, training, and utilization; improved national, regional and local means of measuring future labor demand and supply; enhancement of job opportunities; skill training to qualify employees for positions of greater skill, responsibility, and remuneration; meeting of worker shortages; easing of the transition from school to work, from income transfer payment dependency to employment, from one job to another, and from work to retirement; testing the usefulness of sheltered employment for the difficult to employ; opportunities and services for older persons who desire to enter or reenter the labor force; and for improvement of opportunities for employment and advancement through the reduction of discrimination and disadvantage arising from poverty, ignorance, or prejudice. "(b) The Secretary shall establish a program of experimental, developmental, demonstration, and pilot projects, through grants to or contracts with public agencies or private organizations, for the purpose of improving techniques and demonstrating the effectiveness of specialized methods in meeting employment and training problems. Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the Secretary to carry out employment programs experimenting with subsidized wages in the private sector or wages less than wages established by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for employment subject to that Act. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with such other agencies as may be appropriate. Where programs under this section require institutional training, appropriate arrangements for such

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