Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 2.djvu/143

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PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1027 (A) an eligible seasonal farmworker described in paragraph (4)(A) whose agricultural labor requires travel to a job site such that the farmworker is unable to return to a permanent place of residence within the same day; and (B) a dependent of the farmworker described in subparagraph (A). (4) ELIGIBLE SEASONAL FARMWORKER. —The term "eligible seasonal farmworker" means— (A) a disadvantaged person who, for 12 consecutive months out of the 24 months prior to application for the program involved, has been primarily employed in agricultural labor that is characterized by chronic unemployment or underemplo3niient; and (B) a dependent of the person described in subparagraph (A). SEC. 168. VETERANS' WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. Grants. (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 29 USC^?913. (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall conduct, directly or through grants or contracts, programs to meet the needs for workforce investment activities of veterans with service-connected disabilities, veterans who have significant barriers to employment, veterans who served on active duty in the armed forces during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and recently separated veterans. (2) CONDUCT OF PROGRAMS. — Programs supported under this section may be conducted through grants and contracts with public agencies and private nonprofit organizations, including recipients of Federal assistance under other provisions of this title, that the Secretary determines have an understanding of the unemployment problems of veterans described in paragraph (1), familiarity with the Eirea to be served, and the capability to administer effectively a program of workforce investment activities for such veterans. (3) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Programs supported under this section shall include— (A) activities to enhance services provided to veterans by other providers of workforce investment activities funded by Federal, State, or IOCEQ government; (B) activities to provide workforce investment activities to such veterans that are not adequately provided by other public providers of workforce investment activities; and (C) outreach and public information activities to develop and promote maximum job and job training opportunities for such veterans and to inform such veterans about employment, job training, on-the-job training and educational opportunities under this title, under title 38, United States Code, and under other provisions of law, which activities shall be coordinated with activities provided through the one-stop centers described in section 134(c). (b) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall administer programs supported under this section through the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training.