Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1318

 95 STAT. 1292

42 USC 601.

7 USC 2015.

PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

unfit; (2) under eighteen ^ears of age; (3) sixty years of age or over; (4) subject to and currently involved at least twenty hours a week in a work training program under a work registration requirement pursuant to title IV of the Social Security Act; (5) a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for the care of a child under age six or of an incapacitated person; (6) a parent or other caretaker of a child in a household where there is another member who is subject to the requirements of this subsection or is employed full time; (7) a regular participant in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program; or (8) an individual described in section 6(d)(2)(D) or (F) of this Act. "(c) No operating agency shall require any participating member to work in any workfare position to the extent that such work exceeds in value the allotment to which the household is otherwise entitled or that such work either exceeds twenty hours a week or would, together with any other hours worked in any other compensated capacity by such member on a regular or predictable part-time basis, exceed thirty hours a week. "(d) The operating agency shall— "(1) not provide any work that has the effect of replacing or preventing the employment of an individual not participating in the workfare program; "(2) provide the same benefits and working conditions that are provided at the job site to employees performing comparable work for comparable hours; and "(3) reimburse participants for actual costs of transportation and other actual costs all of which are reasonably necessary and directly related to participation in the program but not to exceed $25 in the aggregate per month. "(e) The operating agency may allow a job search period, prior to making workfare assi^ments, of up to thirty days following a determination of eligibility. "(f) In the event that any person fails to complv with the requirements of this section, neither that person nor the household to which that person belongs shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp program for two months, unless that person or another person in the household satisfies all outstanding workfare obligations prior to the end of the two-month disqualification period. "(g)(1) The Secretary shall pay to each operating agency 50 per centum of all administrative expenses incurred by such agency in operating a workfare program, including reimbursements to participants for work-related expenses as described in subsection (d)(3) of this section. "(2) The Secretary may suspend or cancel some or all of these payments, or may withdraw approval from a political subdivision to operate a workfare program, upon a finding that the subdivision has failed to comply with the workfare requirements.". EXTENSION OP AUTHORITIES, PENALTIES FOR FRAUD, AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 1334. Effective October 1, 1981, section 4 of the Agriculture 7 USC 612c note, and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 is amended by— (1) striking out "1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981", in the first sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof: "1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985"; and (2) adding a new subsection as follows:

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