PUBLIC LAW 101-549—NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2711 "(ii) a lump sum equivalent to 3 times the employee's average weekly wage, up to a maximum pa3niient of $800, unless the need for a greater amount is justified in the application and approved by the Secretary. "(f) NEEDS-RELATED PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall prescribe Regulations, regulations with respect to the use of funds from grants under subsection 0?) for needs-related payments in order to enable eligible individusds to complete training or education programs under this section. Such regulations shall— "(1) require that such payments shall be provided to an eligible individual only if such individual— "(A) does not qualify or has ceased to qualify for unemployment compensation; "(B) has been enrolled in training by the end of the 13th week of the individual's initial unemployment compensation benefit period, or, if later, the end of the 8th week after an individual is informed that a short-term layoff will in fact exceed 6 months; and "(C) is participating in training or education programs under this section, except that such regulations shall protect an individual from being disqualified pursuant to this clause for a failure to participate that is not the fault of the individual; "(2) provide that to qualify for such payments the individual currently receives, or is a member of a family which currently receives, a total family income (exclusive of unemployment compensation, child support payments, and welfare payments) which, in relation to family size, is not in excess of the lower living standard income level; "(3) provide that the levels of such payments shall be equal to the higher of— "(A) the applicable level of unemployment compensation; or "(B) the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; "(4) provide for the adjustment of payments to reflect changes in total family income; and "(5) provide that the grantee shall obtain information with respect to such income, and changes therein, from the eligible individual. "(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. —The Secretary of Labor may reserve not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this section for the administration of activities authorized under this section, including the provision of technical assistance for the preparation of grant applications. " (h) AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS. — In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 3(c) of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 to carry out this section. The total amount appropriated for all 5 such fiscal years shall not exceed $250,000,000. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended. "(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section not later than 180 days sifter the date of enactment of this section.
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