Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/679

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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978

92 STAT. 1959

"(3) Twenty-five percent of the amount allocated under this subsection shall be allocated among prime sponsors in accordance with the number of unemployed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment within the jurisdiction of the prime sponsor compared to the number of unemployed persons residing in all areas of substantial unemployment. "(4) Twenty-five percent of the amount allocated under this subsection shall be allocated on the basis of the relative number of adults in families with an annual income below the low-income level within the jurisdiction of the prime sponsor compared to such total numbers in ail such jurisdictions. " (d)(1) The Secretary shall, from the remainder of the funds made Remainder oF i available under this part, first use such remainder— funds. " (A) to provide continued support for concentrated employment program grantees serving rural areas having higji levels of unemployment, and

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v "(B) to allocate among the prime sponsors serving areas within ^ those standard metropolitan statistical areas and central cities for which current population surveys were used to determine annual unemployment data prior to January 1, 1978, in proportion to the extent to which such prime sponsors allocations under this section and title IV are reduced as a result of termination of the use of such surveys, but in no event shall such a prime sponsor receive an amount in excess of the amount of such reduction. The allocations required under clause (B) of this subparagraph shall not be made for any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1980, or until such time as the Secretary determines that current population survey data is available for use on a satisfactory basis for such areas and the remaining area of each State, whichever occurs first. "(2) The remainder of the amount made available under this part shall be available to the Secretary for financial assistance to prime sponsors and Native American entities described in section 302(c)(1) (A) as the Secretary deems appropriate. "(e) For purposes of making allocations under subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall use average annual data for the most recent 12-month period for which satisfactory data are available. "EXPENDITURE or FUNDS

"SEC. 234. Funds available for the purposes of this part shall be 29 USC 856. utilized by prime sponsors for public service employment activities, or projects carried out by project applicants as defined in section 3, Ante, p. 1912. or for activities set forth in section 211. "PRIME SPONSORS AND PROGRAM AGENTS

"SEC. 235. The provisions set forth in section 606 of this Act shall be 29 USC 857. applicable to this part. ^ost, p. 2008. "ELIGIBILITY

"SEC. 236. (a) An individual eligible to be employed in a position supported under this part shall be a person (1) who has been unemployed for at least 15 weeks and who is economically disadvantaged, or (2) who is, or whose family is receiving aid to families with dependent children provided under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, or who is receiving supplemental security income benefits under title X VI of the Social Security Act. "(b) The provisions of section 122(h) shall apply to duration of participation under this part.

29 USC 858.

42 USC 601. 42 USC 138]. Ante, p. 1938.