Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/726

 92 STAT. 2006

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 REPORT ON

Presidential reports to 2o'ns*r*Qfi2

APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 602. (a)(1) On OP before March 1 of each year, the President shall report to the Congress the amount that would be needed to be appropriated for the following fiscal year in order to provide jobs— "(A) for 20 percent of the number of unemployed in excess of 4 percent; or "(B) in fiscal years during which the President estimates that the national rate of unemployment will exceed 7 percent, for 25 percent of the number of unemployed in excess of 4 percent. Such report shall contain the President's estimate of the unemployment rate for the following fiscal year, the number of unemployed in excess of 4 percent of the labor force, and the average man-year cost of each public service employment opportunity. "(2) If during a fiscal year the rate of unemployment equals or exceeds 7 percent, and the President estimates that the rate of unemployment for the balance of such year will differ significantly from the rate contained in the most recent report submitted with respect to such year under this subsection or subsection (b), the President shall so report to the Congress and shall include the additional amount, if any, which would be needed to provide jobs for the applicable percentage of unemployed under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B). Such report shall also contain the information required by the last sentence of paragraph (1). "(b) The President shall submit supplemental reports every three months thereafter containing any necessary revisions in the report required under subsection (a)(1) due to changes in his estimates of unemployment or the cost of providing public service jobs under this title. "(c) The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after submission of the report required under subsection (a), infonn each prime sponsor of its estimated allocation on the basis of the amount of funds estimated in such report. Each prime sponsor's annual plan for using funds provided under this title shall contain provisions for an orderly transition from the number of jobs funded for the current year to the number of jobs which would be funded under such estimated allocation. "FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

29 USC 963.

"SEC. 603. (a) Not less than 80 percent of the funds allocated in accordance with the provisions of this title which are used by a prime sponsor for public service employment programs under this title shall be expended ^nly for wages and employment benefits to persons employed in public service jobs pursuant to this title. Not less than 10 percent of the funds allocated in accordance with the provisions of this title for fiscal year 1979, and not less than 5 percent of such funds for any fiscal year thereafter, shall be expended for providing training and employability counseling and services to persons employed under this title. The remaining funds may be used for administrative and other allowable costs (such as supplies, materials, and equipment) incurred by the prime sponsor, program agents, project applicants or subgrantees or contractors, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. " (b) In filling teaching positions in elementary and secondary schools with financial assistance under this title, each prime sponsor shall give special consideration to unemployed persons with previous

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