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PUBLIC LAW 88-214-DEC. 19, 1963
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Public Law 88-214 December 19, 1963 [H. R, 8720]
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, amendment. 76 Stat. 2 3. 42 USC 2571.
42 USC 2582.
Special youth programs.
Referrals.
42 USC 2583.
Allowances. 42 USC 2601.
AN ACT To iiniend the MsmiMiwer I)Hvt»l(>)»inent and TniininK A d of 1fK>2.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repret^enidtlve,^ of the^ United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 101 of the Manpower Development and Trainino' Act of 1962 (hereinafter referred to a« "the Act") is amended by inserting after "sou^'ht out and trained" the followinj)-: "'as quickly as is reasonably possible", and by inserting after "afforded to these people" the following: "'with the least delay". SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 202 of the Act is amended by striking out the second sentence thereof. (b) Section 202 of the Act is amended by redesignating subsections (b) through (g) as subsections (c) through (h), respectively, and by niserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new subsection: (b) AMienever appropriate the Secretary shall provide a special program for the testing, counseling, selection, and referral of youths, sixteen years of age or older, for occupational training and further schooling, who because of inadequate educational background and work preparation are unable to qualify for and obtain employment without such training and schooling." (c) Subsection (d) of such section (as so designated prior to the redesignation provided for in subsection (b)) is amended by inserting after "training" in the first sentence thereof the following: "(other than for training under subsection (i)) ". (d) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (i) Whenever appi^opriate, the Secretary of Labor may also refer for the attainment of basic education skills those eligible persons who indicate their intention to, and will thereby be able to, pursue courses of CK'cupational training of a type for which there appears to be reasonable expectation of employment. Such referrals shall be considered a referral for training within the meaning of this Act, and such persons shall be eligible for training allowances for not to exceed an additional twenty weeks." SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 203 of the Act is amended— (1) by inserting in the second sentence of the first paragraph after "fifty-two weeks" the following: "(except where authorized for indi viduals referred for training under section 202(i)) ", (2) by inserting in such sentence after "not exceed" the following: "$10 more than", (3) by inserting in the firet sentence of the second paragraph after "less than" the following: "$10 more than", (4) by inserting in the second sentence of the second paragraph after "compensation and" the following: ^ 1 0 more than", and (o) by adding at the end of such subsection the following new paragraph: "The training allowance of a person engaged in full-time training under section 231 shall not be reduced on account of his part-time employment which does not exceed twenty hours per week, but shall be reduced in an amount equal to his full earnings tor hours worked in excess of twenty hours per week." (b) Subsection (c) of such.section is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary of Labor shall pay training allowances only to unemployed persons who have had not less than two years of experience I in gainful employment and who are either heads of families or heads of households as defined in the Internal Revenue
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