Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1426

 96 STAT. 1384

PUBLIC LAW 97-300—OCT. 13, 1982

made available by the head of each such agency to assist in carrying out the provisions of this part. COOPERATIVE LABOR MARKET INFORMATION PROGRAM

29 USC 1752.

SEC, 462. (a) The Secretary shall develop and maintain for the Nation, State, and local areas, current employment data by occupation and industry, based on the occupational employment statistics program, including selected sample surveys, and projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of employment and openings by occupation. (b) The Secretary shall maintain descriptions of job duties, training and education requirements, working conditions, and characteristics of occupations. (c) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary shall assure that— (1) departmental data collecting and processing systems are consolidated to eliminate overlap and duplication; 44 USC 3501 et (2) the Criteria of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, are met; and (3) standards of statistical reliability and national standardized definitions of employment, unemployment, and industrial and occupational definitions are used. (d)(1) The Secretary is authorized to 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 emplo5niient at wages less than the poverty level. (2) The Secretary is authorized to develop and maintain, on nation2d, State, local, and other appropriate bases, 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. Report. (3) The Secretary shall publish, at least annually, a report relating labor force status to earnings and income. (e) The Secretary shall develop and maintain statistical data relating to permanent lay-offs and plant closings. The Secretary shall publish a report based upon such data, as soon as practicable, after the end of each calendar year. Among the data to be included are— (1) the number of such closings; (2) the number of workers displaced; (3) the location of the affected facilities; and (4) the t3Tpes of industries involved. SPECIAL FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

29 USC 1753.

20 USC 2391.

SEC. 463. (a) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under section 161(b) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, shall— (1) review the need for and the application of all operating national data collection and processing systems in order to identify gaps, overlap, and duplications, and integrate at the

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