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PUBLIC LAW 101-645—NOV. 29, 1990 104 STAT. 4743 Appropriation authorizations. Technical assistance. the number of homeless children and youth throughout the Nation and the number of such children and youth attending school. "(D) The Secretary may reserve not more than $250,000 from amounts appropriated under section 722(g) in 1991 to carry out the study required under subparagraph (A). "(E) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary in 1992 to prepare the report and estimates required under subparagraph (C). "(3) The Secretary shall provide such support and technical assistance to the State educational agencies as is required by such agencies to carry out their responsibilities under this subtitle,"; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(5) The Secretary shall conduct evaluation and dissemination activities of programs designed to meet the educational needs of homeless elementary and secondary school students. "(6) The Secretary shall require applications for grants under this subtitle to be submitted to the Secretary not later than the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date that funds are available for purposes of making such grants and shall make such grants not later than the expiration of the 120-day period beginning on such date. "(7) The Secretary, based on the information received from the States and information gathered by the Secretary under paragraph (1), shall determine the extent to which State educational agencies are ensuring that each homeless child and homeless youth has access to a free appropriate public education as described in section 721(1).". SEC. 613. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. Subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 725 as section 726; and 42 USC 11435. (2) by inserting after section 724 the following new section: "SEC. 725. REPORTS. 42 USC 11434a. "Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Secretary, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress a report containing the findings of a study conducted to determine the most effective method of distributing funds provided under this subtitle to State educational agencies and local educational agencies.". Subtitle B—Job Training for the Homeless SEC. 621. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS WITHIN THE STEW- ART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT. (a) JOB TRAINING FOR THE HOMELESS. — (1) APPLICATIONS. — Section 733 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11443) is amended— (A) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.— " before "Each applicant'; (B) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting before the semicolon the following: "or other related programs providing services necessary to address the multiple needs of homeless individuals"; 39-194O-91- 12:QL3Part6