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15 U.S.C. § 3132 — Job training, counseling and reservoirs of employment projects
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**(a) Policies, procedures and recommendations** Further to promote achievement of full employment under this chapter and the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the President, through the Secretary of Labor, shall develop policies and procedures and, as necessary, recommend programs for providing employment opportunities to individuals aged 16 and over in the civilian labor force who are able, willing, and seeking to work but who, despite serious efforts to obtain employment, remain unemployed.
**(b) Utilization of authority under other laws** In meeting the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall, as appropriate, fully utilize the authority provided under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3111](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3111&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and other relevant provisions of law to—
(1) assure the availability of counseling, training, and other support activities necessary to prepare persons willing and seeking work for employment;
(2) refer persons able, willing, and seeking to work to job opportunities in the private and public sectors through the existing public employment placement facilities and through the United States Employment Service of the Department of Labor, including job opportunities in any positions created under programs established pursuant to sections 3112, 3114, and 3115 of this title; and
(3) encourage flexi-time and part-time jobs for persons who are able, willing, and seeking employment but who are unable to work a standard workweek.
**(c) Establishment of project reservoirs; restrictions and requirem
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**(a) Policies, procedures and recommendations** Further to promote achievement of full employment under this chapter and the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the President, through the Secretary of Labor, shall develop policies and procedures and, as necessary, recommend programs for providing employment opportunities to individuals aged 16 and over in the civilian labor force who are able, willing, and seeking to work but who, despite serious efforts to obtain employment, remain unemployed.
**(b) Utilization of authority under other laws** In meeting the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall, as appropriate, fully utilize the authority provided under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3111](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3111&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and other relevant provisions of law to—
(1) assure the availability of counseling, training, and other support activities necessary to prepare persons willing and seeking work for employment;
(2) refer persons able, willing, and seeking to work to job opportunities in the private and public sectors through the existing public employment placement facilities and through the United States Employment Service of the Department of Labor, including job opportunities in any positions created under programs established pursuant to sections 3112, 3114, and 3115 of this title; and
(3) encourage flexi-time and part-time jobs for persons who are able, willing, and seeking employment but who are unable to work a standard workweek.
**(c) Establishment of project reservoirs; restrictions and requirements of new programs**
(1) To the extent that individuals aged sixteen and over and able, willing, and seeking to work are not and in the judgment of the President cannot be provided with private job opportunities or job opportunities under other programs and actions in existence, in accord with the goals and timetables set forth in the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the President shall, as may be authorized by law, establish reservoirs of public employment and private nonprofit employment projects, to be approved by the Secretary of Labor, through expansion of activities under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [[29 U.S.C. 3111](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3111&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and other existing employment and training projects or through such new programs as are determined necessary by the President or through both such projects and such programs.
(2) New programs as may be authorized by law after October 27, 1978, referred to in paragraph (c)(1)—
(A) shall not be put into operation earlier than two years after October 27, 1978, nor without a finding by the President, transmitted to the Congress, that other means of employment are not yielding enough jobs to be consistent with attainment of the goals and timetables for the reduction of unemployment set forth in the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.];
(B) shall be designed so that no workers from private employment are drawn into the reservoir projects thereunder;
(C) shall be useful and productive jobs;
(D) shall be mainly in the lower ranges of skills and pay, and toward this end the number of reservoir jobs under such new programs shall, to the extent practicable, be maximized in relationship to the appropriations provided for such jobs;
(E) shall be targeted on areas of high unemployment and on individuals who are structurally unemployed;
(F) shall be phased in by the President as necessary, in conjunction with the employment goals under sections 3(a)(2) and 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1022(a)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1022/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), 1022a(b)].
**(d) Regulations** The Secretary, in carrying out the provisions of this section, shall establish regulations providing for—
(1) an initial determination of the job seeker’s ability to be employed at certain types and duration of work, so that such individual may be appropriately referred to jobs, training, counseling, and other supportive services;
(2) compliance with the nondiscrimination provisions of this chapter in accordance with [section 3151 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3151&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) appropriate eligibility criteria to determine the order of priority of access of any person to any new programs under subsection (c) as may be authorized by law including but not necessarily limited to (A) household income, duration of unemployment (not less than five weeks), and the number of people economically dependent upon such person; and (B) denial of access to any person refusing to accept or hold a job except for good cause, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, including refusal to accept or hold a job subject to reference under subsection (b) paragraph (2), in order to seek a reservoir project job under subsection (c); and
(4) such administrative appeal procedures as may be appropriate to review the initial determination of the abilities of persons willing, able, and seeking to work under paragraph (1) of this subsection and the employment need and eligibility under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
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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;
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(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
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**(a) Generally** The Congress declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential national policies, and with the assistance and cooperation of both small and larger businesses, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining, in a manner calculated to foster and promote free competitive enterprise and the general welfare, conditions which promote useful employment opportunities, including self-employment, for those able, willing, and seeking to work, and promote full employment and production, increased real income, balanced growth, a balanced Federal budget, adequate productivity growth, proper attention to national priorities, achievement of an improved trade balance through increased exports and improvement in the international competitiveness of agriculture, business, and industry, and reasonable price stability as provided in [section 1022b(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1022b/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Full opportunities for employment** The Congress further declares and establishes as a national goal the fulfillment of the right to full opportunities for useful paid employment at fair rates of compensation of all individuals able, willing, and seeking to work.
**(c) Inflation** The Congress further declares that inflation is a major national problem requiring improved government policies relating to food, energy, improved and coordinated fiscal and monetary management, the reform of outmoded rules and regulations of the Federal Government, the correction o
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**(a) Exclusion from participation or denial of benefits** No person in the United States shall on the ground of sex, age, race, color, religion, national origin or handicap be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded pursuant to the implementation of this chapter, including membership in any structure created by this chapter.
**(b) Noncompliance notification; remedies of Secretary of Labor** Whenever the Secretary of Labor determines that a recipient of funds made available pursuant to this chapter has failed to comply with subsection (a), or an applicable regulation, the Secretary shall notify the recipient of the noncompliance and shall request such recipient to secure compliance. If within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed sixty days, the recipient fails or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary of Labor may—
(1) refer the matter to the Attorney General with a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be instituted;
(2) exercise the powers and functions provided by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000d](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000d&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon. or
(3) take such other action as may be provided by law.
**(c) Civil action by Attorney General** When a matter is referred to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (b), or whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a recipient is engaged in a pattern or practice in violation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court for any and all appropriate relief.
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**(a) Establishment of procedures for review and action** The purposes of this subchapter are to establish procedures for congressional review and action with respect to the Economic Report of the President (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Economic Report”), the report of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the other policies and provisions of this chapter and the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Legislative action** The Congress shall initiate or develop such legislation as it deems necessary to implement proposals and objectives pursuant to this chapter and the Employment Act of 1946 [[15 U.S.C. 1021](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1021&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] after such modification in such proposals as it deems desirable. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent the Congress or any of its committees from considering or initiating at any time legislative action in furtherance of the goals and purposes of this chapter.
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The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To increase, for individuals in the United States, particularly those individuals with barriers to employment, access to and opportunities for the employment, education, training, and support services they need to succeed in the labor market.
(2) To support the alignment of workforce investment, education, and economic development systems in support of a comprehensive, accessible, and high-quality workforce development system in the United States.
(3) To improve the quality and labor market relevance of workforce investment, education, and economic development efforts to provide America’s workers with the skills and credentials necessary to secure and advance in employment with family-sustaining wages and to provide America’s employers with the skilled workers the employers need to succeed in a global economy.
(4) To promote improvement in the structure of and delivery of services through the United States workforce development system to better address the employment and skill needs of workers, jobseekers, and employers.
(5) To increase the prosperity of workers and employers in the United States, the economic growth of communities, regions, and States, and the global competitiveness of the United States.
(6) For purposes of parts A and B of subchapter I, to provide workforce investment activities, through statewide and local workforce development systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials by participants, and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, increase economic self-sufficiency, meet the skill requirements of employers, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the
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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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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1021
July 5, 1935, ch. 372, 49 Stat. 449, which is classified gen-
erally to subchapter II (§ 151 et seq.) of chapter 7 of
Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see section 167 of Title 29 and Tables.
Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, known as the Fair
Labor Standards Act, referred to in text, is classified
generally to chapter 8 (§ 201 et seq.) of Title 29. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 201 of Title 29 and Tables.
Act of June 5, 1920, known as the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920, referred to in text, is ch. 250, 41 Stat. 988,
which was classified principally to chapter 24 (§ 861 et
seq.) of former Title 46, Shipping, which became chap-
ter 24 of the former Appendix to Title 46. The Act was
substantially repealed and the provisions thereof re-
stated in Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26,
1983, 97 Stat. 500, and Pub. L. 109–304, Oct. 6, 2006, 120
Stat. 1485. Section 29 of the Act was transferred and is
now classified to section 38 of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Tables. For disposition of sections of former
Title 46 and of the former Appendix to Title 46, see Dis-
position Table preceding section 101 of Title 46.
§ 1015. ‘‘State’’ defined
As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘State’’ in-
cludes the several States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puer-
to Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia.
(Mar. 9, 1945, ch. 20, § 5, 59 Stat. 34; Aug. 1, 1956,
ch. 852, § 4, 70 Stat. 908.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1956—Act Aug. 1, 1956, included ‘‘Guam’’ in definition
of State.
Executive Documents
ADMISSION OF ALASKA AND HAWAII TO STATEHOOD
Alaska was admitted into the Union on Jan. 3, 1959,
on issuanc
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**(a) Time of submission; contents** The President shall annually transmit to the Congress not later than 10 days after the submission of the budget under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim), with copies transmitted to the Governor of each State and to other appropriate State and local officials, an economic report (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Economic Report”) together with the annual report of the Council of Economic Advisers submitted in accord with [section 1023(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1023/c&num=0&edition=prelim), setting forth—
(1) the current and foreseeable trends in the levels of employment, unemployment, production, capital formation, real income, Federal budget outlays and receipts, productivity, international trade and payments, and prices, and a review and analysis of recent domestic and international developments affecting economic trends in the Nation;
(2)
(A) annual numerical goals for employment and unemployment, production, real income, productivity, Federal outlays as a proportion of gross national product, and prices for the calendar year in which the Economic Report is transmitted and for the following calendar year, designated as short-term goals, which shall be consistent with achieving as rapidly as feasible the goals of full employment and production, increased real income, balanced growth, fiscal policies that would establish the share of an expanding gross national product accounted for by Federal outlays at the lowest level consistent with national needs and priorities, a balanced Federal budget, adequate productivity growth, price stability, achieveme
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1022
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘is’’.
§ 1022. Economic Report of President; coverage;
supplementary reports; reference to Congres-
sional joint committee; percentage rate of
unemployment; definitions
(a) Time of submission; contents
The President shall annually transmit to the
Congress not later than 10 days after the sub-
mission of the budget under section 1105(a) of
title 31, with copies transmitted to the Governor
of each State and to other appropriate State and
local officials, an economic report (hereinafter
in this chapter referred to as the ‘‘Economic Re-
port’’) together with the annual report of the
Council of Economic Advisers submitted in ac-
cord with section 1023(c) of this title, setting
forth—
(1) the current and foreseeable trends in the
levels of employment, unemployment, produc-
tion, capital formation, real income, Federal
budget outlays and receipts, productivity,
international trade and payments, and prices,
and a review and analysis of recent domestic
and international developments affecting eco-
nomic trends in the Nation;
(2)(A) annual numerical goals for employ-
ment and unemployment, production, real in-
come, productivity, Federal outlays as a pro-
portion of gross national product, and prices
for the calendar year in which the Economic
Report is transmitted and for the following
calendar year, designated as short-term goals,
which shall be consistent with achieving as
rapidly as feasible the goals of full employ-
ment and production, increased real income,
balanced growth, fiscal policies that would es-
tablish the share of an expanding gross na-
tional product accounted for by Federal out-
lays at the lowest level consistent with na-
tional needs and priorities, a b
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 3132
1 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.
gress or any of its committees from considering
or initiating at any time legislative action in
furtherance of the goals and purposes of this
chapter.
(Pub. L. 95–523, title III, § 301, Oct. 27, 1978, 92
Stat. 1904.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi-
nal ‘‘this title’’, meaning title III of Pub. L. 95–523, Oct.
27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1904, which enacted this subchapter
and amended sections 632 and 636 of Title 2, The Con-
gress. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of
this title and Tables.
For definition of ‘‘this chapter’’, referred to in text,
see References in Text note set out under section 3102
of this title.
The Employment Act of 1946, referred to in subsecs.
(a) and (b), is act Feb. 20, 1946, ch. 33, 60 Stat. 23, which
is classified generally to chapter 21 (§ 1021 et seq.) of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1021 of
this title and Tables.
§ 3132. Committee review
(a) Short-term and medium-term goals
In conjunction with its review of the Eco-
nomic Report, and the holding of hearings on
the Economic Report under the Employment
Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.], the Joint Eco-
nomic Committee shall review and analyze the
short-term and medium-term goals set forth in
the Economic Report pursuant to section 3(a)(2)
and 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 [15
U.S.C. 1022(a)(2), 1022a(b)].
(b) Hearings
The Joint Economic Committee shall hold
hearings on the Economic Report for the pur-
pose of receiving testimony from Members of
the Congress, and suc
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