112 STAT. 2681-435 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (A) STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT. —The amendments made by subsection (e) shall take effect on July 1, 1999. (B) JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.—The amendments made by subsection (f) shall take effect on July 1, 2000. (h) REFERENCES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 190 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended to read as follows: 29 USC 2940. "SEC. 190. REFERENCES. " (a) REFERENCES TO COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN- ING ACT. — Except as otherwise specified, a reference in a Federal law (other than a reference in a provision amended by the Reading Excellence Act) to a provision of the Comprehensive Emplo3rment and Training Act— "(1) effective on the date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Job Training Partnership Act or of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and "(2) effective on July 1, 2000, shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. "(b) REFERENCES TO JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.— Except as otherwise specified, a reference in a Federal law (other than a reference in this Act or a reference in a provision amended by the Reading Excellence Act) to a provision of the Job Training Partnership Act— "(1) effective on the date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to refer to that provision or the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and "(2) effective on July 1, 2000, shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.". 29 USC 2940 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendment made by paragraph note. (1) shall take effect as if included in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 199A of such Act 29 USC 2940 is amended by striking subsection (c) note. "SUBTITLE VIII—AMENDMENT TO WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998". Section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— From the amount appropriated and made available to carry out this section for any program year, the Secretary shall use not more than $15,000,000 to make grants to not more than 8 States to provide employment and training activities under section 134, in accordance with subtitle B. "(2) ELIGIBLE STATES.— The Secretary shall make a grant under paragraph (1) to a State for a program year if— "(A)(i) the amount of the allotment that would be made to the State for the program year under the formula specified in section 202(a) of the Job Training Partnership Act, as in effect on July 1, 1998; is greater than
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