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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-323—MAY 20, 1988

102 STAT. 571

(5) a listing, by regional office and by State, of the number of veterans who were certified as eligible for participation under such Act and were not placed in a program of job training under such Act but were later placed in another job training program or employment; (6) a description, by regional office and by State, of the rate at which veterans have discontinued participation in, without completing, a program of job training under such Act, with a separate rate stated for those who discontinued within 3 months after beginning such a program, those who discontinued within 3 to 6 months after such beginning, and those who discontinued within 6 to 9 months after such beginning; (7) an analysis of the major reasons for veterans failing to complete such a training program; (8) a ranking of the twenty-five categories of employment (by types of business or industry and trade) for which programs of job training have most frequently been denied approval under such Act, with such ranking being made on the basis of the number of denials for each such category; and (9) a ranking of the twenty-five categories of employment G^y types of business or industry and trade) for which veterans have most frequently received employment as a result of a program of job training under such Act, with such ranking being made on the basis of the number of jobs provided in each such category. SEC. 13. STATE APPROVING AGENCIES. (a) PAYMENTS.y-(l) Section 1774(a) is amended— (A) by striking out "The" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection, the"; (B) by striking out "(1)" and "(2)" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "(A)" and "(B)", respectively; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: "(2)(A) The Administrator shall, effective at the beginning of fiscal Contracts. year 1988, make payments to State and local agencies, out of amounts available for the payment of readjustment benefits, for the reasonable and necessary expenses of salary and travel incurred by employees of such agencies in carrying out contracts or agreemente entered into under this section and for the allowance for administrative expenses described in subsection (b). "(B) The Administrator shall make such a payment to an agency within a reasonable time after the agency has submitted a report pursuant to paragraph (3)(A) of this subsection. "(C) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, the amount of any such payment made to an agency for any period shall be equal to the amount of the reasonable and necessary expenses of salary and travel certified by such agency for such period in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection plus the allowance for administrative expenses described in subsection (b). "(3)(A) Each State and local agency with which a contract or Contracts. agreement is entered into under this section shall submit to the Reports. Administrator on a monthly or quarterly basis, as determined by the agency, a report containing a certification of the reasonable and necess€uy expenses incurred for salary and travel by such agency under such contract or agreement for the period covered by the

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