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29 U.S.C. § 727 — Application of other laws
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**(a)** The provisions of chapter 71 of title 31 and of title V of the Act of October 15, 1977 (Public Law 95–134) shall not apply to the administration of the provisions of this chapter or to the administration of any program or activity under this chapter.
**(b)** Section 501 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3341](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3341&num=0&edition=prelim)] shall apply, as specified in that section, to amendments to this chapter that were made by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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**(a)** The provisions of chapter 71 of title 31 and of title V of the Act of October 15, 1977 (Public Law 95–134) shall not apply to the administration of the provisions of this chapter or to the administration of any program or activity under this chapter.
**(b)** Section 501 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3341](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3341&num=0&edition=prelim)] shall apply, as specified in that section, to amendments to this chapter that were made by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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**(a) Technical assistance to environmental agencies** Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 [[42 U.S.C. 3056](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3056&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Administrator (and consistent with such provisions of law) in providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control. Funding for such grants or agreements may be made available from such programs or through title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3221](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3221&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Pre-award certifications** Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the applicable Federal, State, or local environmental agency shall certify to the Administrator that such grants or agreements will not—
(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the environmental agency concerned (including partial displacement through reduction of nonovertime hours, wages, or employment benefits);
(2) result in the employment of any individual when any other person is in a layoff status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the jurisdiction of th
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In order to minimize the burden caused by existing application and reporting procedures for certain grant-in-aid programs available to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands (hereafter referred to as “Insular Areas”) it is declared to be the policy of the Congress, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, that:
**(a)** Any department or agency of the Government of the United States which administers any Act of Congress which specifically provides for making grants to any Insular Area under which payments received may be used by such Insular Area only for certain specified purposes (other than direct payments to classes of individuals) may, acting through appropriate administrative authorities of such department or agency, consolidate any or all grants made to such area for any fiscal year or years.
**(b)** Any consolidated grant for any insular area shall not be less than the sum of all grants which such area would otherwise be entitled to receive for such year.
**(c)** The funds received under a consolidated grant shall be expended in furtherance of the programs and purposes authorized for any of the grants which are being consolidated, which are authorized under any of the Acts administered by the department or agency making the grant, and which would be applicable to grants for such programs and purposes in the absence of the consolidation, but the Insular Areas shall determine the proportion of the funds granted which shall be allocated to such programs and purposes.
**(d)** Each department or agency making grants-in-aid shall, by regulations published in the Federal Register, provide the method by which any Insular Area may submit (i) a single applicat
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program of national leadership activities to enhance the quality and outcomes of adult education and literacy activities and programs nationwide.
**(b) Required activities** The national leadership activities described in subsection (a) shall include technical assistance, including—
(1) assistance to help States meet the requirements of [section 3141 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3141&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) upon request by a State, assistance provided to eligible providers in using performance accountability measures based on indicators described in [section 3141 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3141&num=0&edition=prelim), and data systems for the improvement of adult education and literacy activities;
(3) carrying out rigorous research and evaluation on effective adult education and literacy activities, as well as estimating the number of adults functioning at the lowest levels of literacy proficiency, which shall be coordinated across relevant Federal agencies, including the Institute of Education Sciences; and
(4) carrying out an independent evaluation at least once every 4 years of the programs and activities under this subchapter, taking into consideration the evaluation subjects referred to in [section 3224(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3224/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Allowable activities** The national leadership activities described in subsection (a) may include the following:
(1) Technical assistance, including—
(A) assistance related to professional development activities, and assistance for th
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A State that receives assistance for fiscal year 2015 with respect to a center in accordance with subsection (a) of this section (as in effect on the day before July 22, 2014) may continue to receive assistance under this subpart for fiscal year 2015 or a succeeding fiscal year if, for such fiscal year—
(1) no nonprofit private agency—
(A) submits an acceptable application to operate a center for independent living for the fiscal year before a date specified by the Administrator; and
(B) obtains approval of the application under section 796f–1 or 796f–2 of this title; or
(2) after funding all applications so submitted and approved, the Administrator determines that funds remain available to provide such assistance.
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In order to simplify reporting requirements and reduce reporting burdens, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish procedures and criteria under which a State board and local board may reduce reporting burdens and requirements under this Act (including the amendments made by this Act).
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**(a) Approval of State plans**
(1) **In general** — The Administrator shall approve any State plan submitted under [section 796c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section796c&num=0&edition=prelim) that the Administrator determines meets the requirements of [section 796c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section796c&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall disapprove any such plan that does not meet such requirements, as soon as practicable after receiving the plan. Prior to such disapproval, the Administrator shall notify the State of the intention to disapprove the plan, and shall afford such State reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing.
(2) **Procedures**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of [section 727 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section727&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to any State plan submitted to the Administrator under [section 796c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section796c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Application* — For purposes of the application described in subparagraph (A), all references in such provisions—
(i) to the Secretary or the Commissioner shall be deemed to be references to the Administrator;
(ii) to the State agency shall be deemed to be references to the designated State entity; and
(iii) to [section 721 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section721&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be deemed to be references to [section 796c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-ti
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**(a) Plan requirements**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Submission* — To be eligible to receive funds under this subchapter for a fiscal year, a State shall submit, and have approved by the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor, a unified State plan in accordance with section 102, or a combined State plan in accordance with section 103, of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3112](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3112&num=0&edition=prelim), 3113]. The unified or combined State plan shall include, in the portion of the plan described in section 102(b)(2)(D) of such Act [[29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(2)(D)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3112/b/2/D&num=0&edition=prelim)] (referred to in this subsection as the “vocational rehabilitation services portion”), the provisions of a State plan for vocational rehabilitation services, described in this subsection.
(B) *Nonduplication* — The State shall not be required to submit, as part of the vocational rehabilitation services portion of the unified or combined State plan submitted in accordance with subparagraph (A), policies, procedures, or descriptions required under this subchapter that have been previously submitted to the Commissioner and that demonstrate that such State meets the requirements of this subchapter, including any policies, procedures, or descriptions submitted under this subchapter as in effect on the day before the effective date of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(C) *Duration* — The vocational rehabilitation services portion of the unified or combined State plan submitted in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall remain in effect until the State submits and receives approval of a new State plan
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Standards and indicators** — The evaluation standards and performance indicators for the vocational rehabilitation program carried out under this subchapter shall be subject to the performance accountability provisions described in [section 3141(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3141/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Additional performance accountability indicators** — A State may establish and provide information on additional performance accountability indicators, which shall be identified in the State plan submitted under [section 721 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section721&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Compliance**
(1) **State reports** — In accordance with regulations established by the Secretary, each State shall report to the Commissioner after the end of each fiscal year the extent to which the State is in compliance with the standards and indicators.
(2) **Program improvement**
(A) *Plan* — If the Commissioner determines that the performance of any State is below established standards, the Commissioner shall provide technical assistance to the State, and the State and the Commissioner shall jointly develop a program improvement plan outlining the specific actions to be taken by the State to improve program performance.
(B) *Review* — The Commissioner shall—
(i) on a biannual basis, review the program improvement efforts of the State and, if the State has not improved its performance to acceptable levels, as determined by the Commissioner, direct the State to make further revisions to the plan to improve performance; and
(ii) continue to conduct such reviews and request such revisions until the State sustain
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 3341
(III) workplace adult education and lit-
eracy activities; and
(IV)
postsecondary
education
and
training transition programs;
(D) providing for the conduct of an inde-
pendent evaluation and assessment of adult
education and literacy activities through
grants and contracts awarded on a competi-
tive basis, which shall include descriptions
of—
(i) the effect of performance account-
ability measures and other measures of ac-
countability on the delivery of adult edu-
cation and literacy activities;
(ii) the extent to which the adult edu-
cation and literacy activities increase the
literacy skills of eligible individuals, lead
to involvement in education and training,
enhance the employment and earnings of
such participants, and, if applicable, lead
to other positive outcomes, such as success
in re-entry and reductions in recidivism in
the case of prison-based adult education
and literacy activities;
(iii) the extent to which the provision of
support services to eligible individuals en-
rolled in adult education and literacy ac-
tivities increase the rate of enrollment in,
and successful completion of, such pro-
grams; and
(iv) the extent to which different types
of providers measurably improve the skills
of eligible individuals in adult education
and literacy activities;
(E) collecting data, such as data regarding
the improvement of both local and State
data systems, through technical assistance
and development of model performance data
collection systems;
(F) determining how participation in adult
education and literacy activities prepares el-
igible individuals for entry into postsec-
ondary education and employment and, in
the case of programs carried out in correc-
tional institutions, has an effect on reci
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 726
Subsec. (b)(5)(B). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f) [title VIII,
§ 402(c)(6)(C)], substituted ‘‘chief executive officer’’ for
‘‘Governor’’ in heading and ‘‘appointing authority de-
scribed in paragraph (3) shall’’ for ‘‘Governor shall’’ in
text.
Subsec. (b)(6)(A)(ii), (7)(B). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(f)
[title VIII, § 402(c)(6)(D)], substituted ‘‘appointing au-
thority described in paragraph (3)’’ for ‘‘Governor’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS IN PUB. L. 113–128
Except as otherwise provided, definitions in section 3
of Pub. L. 113–128, which is classified to section 3102 of
this title, apply to this section.
§ 726. Evaluation standards and performance in-
dicators
(a) In general
(1) Standards and indicators
The evaluation standards and performance
indicators for the vocational rehabilitation
program carried out under this subchapter
shall be subject to the performance account-
ability provisions described in section 3141(b)
of this title.
(2) Additional performance accountability indi-
cators
A State may establish and provide informa-
tion on additional performance accountability
indicators, which shall be identified in the
State plan submitted under section 721 of this
title.
(b) Compliance
(1) State reports
In accordance with regulations established
by the Secretary, each State shall report to
the Commissioner after the end of each fiscal
year the extent to which the State is in com-
pliance with the standards and indicators.
(2) Program improvement
(A) Plan
If the Commissioner determines that the
performance of any State is below estab-
lished standards, the Commissioner shall
provide technical assistance to the State,
and the State and the Commissioner shall
jointly develop a pro
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