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 96 STAT. 1370

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PUBLIC LAW 97-300—OCT. 13, 1982

farmworkers and their dependents to obtain or retain emplo3niient, to participate in other program activities leading to their eventual placement in unsubsidized agricultural or nonagricultural employment, and to participate in activities leading to stabilization in agricultural employment, and shall include related assistance and supportive services. (4) Recipients of funds under this section shall establish performance goals, which shall, to the extent required by the Secretary, comply with performance standards established by the Secretary pursuant to section 103. (5) No programs and activities supported under this section shall preclude assistance to farmworkers under any other provision of this Act. (d) In administering programs under this section, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate State and local officials. (e) The Secretary is directed to take appropriate action to establish administrative procedures and machinery (including personnel having particular competence in this field) for the selection, administration, monitoring, and evaluation of migrant and seasonal farmworker's employment and training programs authorized under this Act. (f) For the purpose of carrying out this section, the Secretary shall reserve, from funds available for this title (other than part B) for any fiscal year, an amount equal to 8.2 percent of the amount available for part A of title II of this Act for such fiscal year. PART B — J O B CORPS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

29 USC 1691.

SEC. 421. This part maintains a Job Corps for economically disadvantaged young men and women which shall operate exclusively as a distinct national program, sets forth standards and procedures for selecting individuals as enrollees in the Job Corps, authorizes the establishment of residential and nonresidential centers in which enrollees will participate in intensive programs of education, vocational training, work experience, counseling and other activities, and prescribes various other powers, duties, and responsibilities incident to the operation and continuing development of the Job Corps. The purpose of this part is to assist young individuals who need and can benefit from an unusually intensive program, operated in a group setting, to become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens; and to do so in a way that contributes, where feasible, to the development of national. State, and community resources, and to the development and dissemination of techniques for working with the disadvantaged that can be widely utilized by public and private institutions and agencies. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOB CORPS

29 USC 1692.

SEC. 422. There shall be within the Department of Labor a "Job Corps". INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB CORPS

29 USC 1693.

SEC. 423. To become an enrollee in the Job Corps, a young man or woman must be an eligible youth who—

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