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 92 STAT. 1970

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 "(g) The Secretary shall conduct educational and assistance programs designed to eliminate artificial barriers to employment based upon race, sex, national origin, age, records of arrest or conviction, handicaps, marital status, or other criteria. To support such programs, information shall be developed identifying all such artificial barriers, the numbers of persons affected, the manner in which such barriers operate and how such barriers can best be eliminated. In complying with the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the United States Civil Rights Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

G)nsultation.

"LABOR MARKET INFORMATION AND JOB BANK PROGRAM

29 USC 880.

Household budget data.

Funding. Notification of congressional committees.

Veterans employment.

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"SEC. 312. (a) The Secretary shall develop a comprehensive system of labor market information on a national, State, local, or other appropriate basis, which shall be made publicly available in a timely fashion. "(b) In addition to the monthly national unemployment statistics, the Secretary shall develop reliable methods, including the use of selected sample surveys, to produce more statistically accurate data on unemployment by State and local areas, and shall investigate alternative methods to produce more accurate data on underemployment and labor demand by State and local areas. "(c) The Secretary shall develop data for an annual statistical measure of labor market related economic hardship in the Nation. Among the factors to be considered in developing such a measure are unemployment, labor force participation, involuntary part-time employment, and full-time employment at wages less than the poverty level. "(d) The Secretary shall develop methods to establish and maintain more comprehensive household budget data at different levels of living, including a level of adequacy, to reflect the differences of household living costs in regions and localities, both urban and rural. "(e) The Secretary shall set aside, out of sums available to the Department for any fiscal year including sums available for this title, an amount which the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section, and shall, no later than sixty days after such sums are appropriated and made available, notify the appropriate committees oi the Congress of the amount so set aside and the basis for the determination of need and appropriateness. "(f) The Secretary shall establish and carry out a nationwide computerized job bank and matching program (including the listing of all suitable employment openings with local offices of the State employment service agencies by Federal contractors and subcontractors and providing for the affirmative action as required by section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code) on a regional. State, and local basis, using electronic data processing and telecommunications systems to the maximum extent possible for the purpose of identifying sources of available persons and job vacancies, providing an expeditious means of matching the qualifications of unemployed, underemployed, and economically disadvantaged persons with employer requirements and job opportunities, and referring and placing such persons in jobs.

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