9 encourage them (from an economic standpoint) to ad 1 2 vance to other employment. 3 SEC. 7. No person shall, on the ground of race, color, 4 religion, age, sex, national origin, political affiliation or belief, 5 be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or 6 be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity 7 receiving financial assistance under this Act. 8 SEC. 8. The district courts of the United States shall 9 have jurisdiction over any action brought seeking relief, in10 cluding injunctive, declaratory, and other appropriate forms 11 of relief as well as damages, by any person or by any class of 12 persons deprived of rights created by or under this Act, 13 which rights shall include, but not be limited to the right to 14 useful paid employment at the rate of compensation provided 15 by this Act, and any person or class of persons who has been 16 so deprived by the United States shall be entitled in an action 17 brought against the United States to recover damages, to18 gether with costs and reasonable attorney's fees. 19 SEC. 9. There are authorized to be appropriated for 20 each of fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, such sums as may 21 be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 22 SEC. 10. Section 109 of the Comprehensive Employ 23 ment and Training Act is amended by adding at the end 24 thereof the following new subsection: 1 10 "(g) In addition to its functions and responsibilities 2 under subsection (a), each planning council shall— 3 "(1) identify local needs for additional youth em 4 ployment opportunities, and, under guidelines estab 5 CO 6 lished by the Secretary under the provisions of the Youth Employment Act of 1979, shall select and plan 7 projects for assistance under such Act which shall pro 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 223 24 vide public service and private employment (as such term is defined in section 11(2) of such Act) for young Americans; and "(2) under standards, criteria, and guidelines established by the Secretary under the Youth Employment Act of 1979, monitor and evaluate projects assisted under such Act.". SEC. 11. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor; (2) the term "public service and private employment", when used with respect to a project, means any project providing new or expanded goods or serv ices to the public, which reflects the needs and desires. of the local community served by the project, and may include any project providing social services, communi ty health services, day care facilities, legal aid, public 11 transportation, housing, recreation, cultural activities, sanitation, and environmental improvement; (3) the term "Board" means the National Youth Full Employment Board established under section 3(b); (4) the term "eligible individual" means any individual aged sixteen to twenty-four, inclusive, who is able and willing to work but who is not employed and who is unable to obtain employment other than by assistance under this Act; (5) the term "able and willing to work", when used with respect to an individual, means any individual who, by application in person at a Youth Job Guarantee Office established under section 4, or at any re gional office thereof, seeks assistance under this Act in obtaining a job, regardless of any visual, motor, or hearing impairment, mental retardation, or other handi cap; (6) the term "special obstacle", when used with respect to an eligible individual's efforts to find or hold useful and rewarding employment, includes past or present discrimination or bias on the basis of sex, color, religion, or national origin, physical or mental handicap, past or present receipt of public assistance, residence in a depressed urban or rural geographical area, past or present status as a member of the Armed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 Forces of the United States, unemployment resulting from relocation, closing, or reduced operations of in dustrial or military facilities, and such other special obstacles as the President or the Congress may from time to time designate for such purpose; (7) the term "political subdivision" means any city, county, town, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State; and (8) the term "State" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. I 96TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5876 To provide a special program of financial assistance to Opportunities Industrialization Centers and other national community-based organizations in order to provide new motivational and skills training opportunities for unemployed and unemployable youth. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 13, 1979 Mr. PERKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide a special program of financial assistance to Opportunities Industrialization Centers and other national community-based organizations in order to provide new motivational and skills training opportunities for unemployed and unemployable youth. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Opportunities Industrial4 ization Centers Skills Training and National Community5 Based Organizations Youth Job Creation and Employment 6 Act of 1979". |