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42 U.S.C. § 4368b — Utilization of talents of older Americans in projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control
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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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**(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 the environmental agency concerned; or
(3) affect existing contracts for services.
**(c) Prior appropriation Acts** Grants or agreements awarded under this section shall be subject to prior appropriation Acts.
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**(a)** The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations for the release of competing employees in a reduction in force which give due effect to—
(1) tenure of employment;
(2) military preference, subject to [section 3501(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3501/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) length of service; and
(4) efficiency or performance ratings.
In computing length of service, a competing employee—
(A) who is not a retired member of a uniformed service is entitled to credit for the total length of time in active service in the armed forces;
(B) who is a retired member of a uniformed service is entitled to credit for—
(i) the length of time in active service in the armed forces during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; or
(ii) the total length of time in active service in the armed forces if he is included under section 3501(a)(3)(A), (B), or (C) of this title; and
(C) is entitled to credit for—
(i) service rendered as an employee of a county committee established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Allotment Act or of a committee or association of producers described in section 10(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act; and
(ii) service rendered as an employee described in section 2105(c) if such employee moves or has moved, on or after January 1, 1966, without a break in service of more than 3 days, from a position in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard to a position in the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively, that is not described in section 2105(c).
**(b)** A preference eligible described in [section 2108(3)(C) of this title](https
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Establishment of program** — To foster individual economic self-sufficiency and promote useful opportunities in community service activities (which shall include community service employment) for unemployed low-income persons who are age 55 or older, particularly persons who have poor employment prospects, and to increase the number of persons who may enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized employment in both the public and private sectors, the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this subchapter as the “Secretary”) may establish an older American community service employment program.
(2) **Use of appropriated amounts** — Amounts appropriated to carry out this subchapter shall be used only to carry out the provisions contained in this subchapter.
**(b) Grant authority**
(1) **Projects** — To carry out this subchapter, the Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations, agencies of a State, and tribal organizations to carry out the program established under subsection (a). Such grants may provide for the payment of costs, as provided in subsection (c), of projects developed by such organizations and agencies in cooperation with the Secretary in order to make such program effective or to supplement such program. The Secretary shall make the grants from allotments made under [section 3056d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3056d&num=0&edition=prelim), and in accordance with section 3056l of this title. No payment shall be made by the Secretary toward the cost of any project established or administered by such an organization or agency unless the Secretary determines that such project—
(A) will provide community service employment only for eligible individ
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**(a) Temporary financial reporting**
(1) **In general** — During the periods described in paragraphs (2) and (3)(B), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the applicable committees financial reports regarding the Job Corps program under this part. Each such financial report shall include—
(A) information regarding the implementation of the financial oversight measures suggested in the May 31, 2013, report of the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Labor entitled “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration Needs to Strengthen Controls over Job Corps Funds”;
(B) a description of any budgetary shortfalls for the program for the period covered by the financial report, and the reasons for such shortfalls; and
(C) a description and explanation for any approval for contract expenditures that are in excess of the amounts provided for under the contract.
(2) **Timing of reports** — The Secretary shall submit a financial report under paragraph (1) once every 6 months beginning on July 22, 2014, for a 3-year period. After the completion of such 3-year period, the Secretary shall submit a financial report under such paragraph once a year for the next 2 years, unless additional reports are required under paragraph (3)(B).
(3) **Reporting requirements in cases of budgetary shortfalls** — If any financial report required under this subsection finds that the Job Corps program under this part has a budgetary shortfall for the period covered by the report, the Secretary shall—
(A) not later than 90 days after the budgetary shortfall was identified, submit a report to the applicable committees explaining how the budgetary shortfall will be addressed; and
(B) submit an additional financial report under paragraph (1) for each 6-
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The Congress hereby finds and declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility of the governments of the United States, of the several States and their political subdivisions, and of Indian tribes to assist our older people to secure equal opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives:
(1) An adequate income in retirement in accordance with the American standard of living.
(2) The best possible physical and mental health (including access to person-centered, trauma-informed services as appropriate) which science can make available and without regard to economic status.
(3) Obtaining and maintaining suitable housing, independently selected, designed and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older citizens can afford.
(4) Full restoration services for those who require institutional care, and a comprehensive array of community-based, long-term care services adequate to appropriately sustain older people in their communities and in their homes, including support to family members and other persons providing voluntary care to older individuals needing long-term care services.
(5) Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory personnel practices because of age.
(6) Retirement in health, honor, dignity—after years of contribution to the economy.
(7) Participating in and contributing to meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, education and training and recreational opportunities.
(8) Efficient community services, including access to low-cost transportation, which provide a choice in supported living ar
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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)** 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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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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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 3212
1 See References in Text note below.
(B) submit an additional financial report
under paragraph (1) for each 6-month period
subsequent to the finding of the budgetary
shortfall until the Secretary demonstrates,
through such report, that the Job Corps pro-
gram has no budgetary shortfall.
(b) Third-party review
Every 5 years after July 22, 2014, the Secretary
shall provide for a third-party review of the Job
Corps program under this part that addresses all
of the areas described in subparagraphs (A)
through (G) of section 3224(a)(2) of this title. The
results of the review shall be submitted to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate.
(c) Criteria for Job Corps center closures
By not later than December 1, 2014, the Sec-
retary shall establish written criteria that the
Secretary shall use to determine when a Job
Corps center supported under this part is to be
closed and how to carry out such closure, and
shall submit such criteria to the applicable com-
mittees.
(d) Definition of applicable committees
In this section, the term ‘‘applicable commit-
tees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives;
(2) the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human
Services,
Education,
and
Related
Agencies of the Committee of Appropriations
of the House of Representatives;
(3) the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
(4) the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human
Services,
Education,
and
Related
Agencies of the Committee of Appropriations
of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 161, July 22, 2014, 128
Stat. 1558.)
Statutory
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 3056
IX of Pub. L. 89–73 by Pub. L. 94–135, title I, § 113(a),
Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 720, and was renumbered title V
and amended by Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 105, title V,
§ 503(d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1547, 1559; Pub. L. 97–115,
Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1595; Pub. L. 98–459, Oct. 9, 1984,
98 Stat. 1767; Pub. L. 100–175, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 926;
Pub. L. 100–628, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3224; Pub. L.
102–375, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 103–171,
Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1988; Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998,
112 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681;
Pub. L. 105–332, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076; Pub. L.
106–501, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2226; Pub. L. 109–270, Aug.
12, 2006, 120 Stat. 683. Title V is shown herein, however,
as having been added by Pub. L. 109–365, title V, § 501,
Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2563, without reference to inter-
vening amendments because of the extensive revision
of the title’s provisions by Pub. L. 109–365.
§ 3056. Older American community service em-
ployment program
(a) In general
(1) Establishment of program
To foster individual economic self-suffi-
ciency and promote useful opportunities in
community service activities (which shall in-
clude community service employment) for un-
employed low-income persons who are age 55
or older, particularly persons who have poor
employment prospects, and to increase the
number of persons who may enjoy the benefits
of unsubsidized employment in both the public
and private sectors, the Secretary of Labor
(referred to in this subchapter as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may establish an older American
community service employment program.
(2) Use of appropriated amounts
Amounts appropriated to carry
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 4368b
§ 4368b. General assistance program
(a) Short title
This section may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Envi-
ronmental General Assistance Program Act of
1992’’.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of this section are to—
(1) provide general assistance grants to In-
dian tribal governments and intertribal con-
sortia to build capacity to administer environ-
mental regulatory programs that may be dele-
gated by the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy on Indian lands; and
(2) provide technical assistance from the En-
vironmental Protection Agency to Indian trib-
al governments and intertribal consortia in
the development of multimedia programs to
address environmental issues on Indian lands.
(c) Definitions
For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Indian tribal government’’
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other
organized group or community, including any
Alaska Native village or regional or village
corporation (as defined in, or established pur-
suant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C.A. 1601, et seq.)), which is
recognized as eligible for the special services
provided by the United States to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians.
(2) The term ‘‘intertribal consortia’’ or
‘‘intertribal consortium’’ means a partnership
between two or more Indian tribal govern-
ments authorized by the governing bodies of
those tribes to apply for and receive assistance
pursuant to this section.
(3) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
(d) General assistance program
(1) The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall establish an Indian En-
vironmental General Assistance Program that
provides grants to eligible Indian
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