PUBLIC LAW 102-164—NOV. 15, 1991 105 STAT. 1057 (B) collection of data on participants and members of a control group as of the close of the 1-year period and 2-year period after the operations of the program cease, (4) provide that not more than 5 percent of the claimants for unemployment compensation under the State law shall be selected as participants in the job search assistance program, and (5) contain such other provisions as the Secretary may require. SEC. 202. JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of this title, a job search assistance program shall provide that— (1) eligible individuals who are selected to participate in the program shall be required to participate in a qualified intensive job search program after receiving compensation under such State law during any benefit year for at least 6 but not more than 10 weeks, (2) every individual required to participate in a job search program under paragraph (1) shall be entitled to receive an intensive job search program voucher, and (3) any individual who is required under paragraph (1) to participate in a qualified intensive job search program and who does not satisfactorily participate in such program shall be disqualified from receiving compensation under such State law for the period (of not more than 10 weeks) specified in the agreement under section 201. (b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL. —For purposes of this title— (1) IN GENERAL. — The term "eligible individual" means any individual receiving compensation under the State law during any benefit year if, during the 3-year period ending on the last day of the base period for such benefit year, such individual had at least 126 weeks of employment at wages of $30 or more a week with such individual's last employer in such bgise period (or, if data with respect to weeks of employment with such last employer are not available, an equivalent amount of employ- ment computed under regulations prescribed by the Secretary). (2) EXCEPTION.—Such term shall not include any individual if— (A) such individual has a definite date for recall to his former employment, (B) such individual seeks employment through a union hall or similar arrangement, or (C) the State agency— (i) waives the requirements of subsection (a)(1) for good cause shown by such individual, or (ii) determines that such participation would not be appropriate for such individual. (c) QUALIFIED INTENSIVE JOB SEARCH PROGRAM.—For purposes of this section, the term "qualified intensive job search program" means any intensive job search assistance program which— (1) is approved by the State agency, (2) is provided by an organization qualified to provide job search assistance programs under any other Federal law, and (3) includes— (A) all basic employment services, such as orientation, testing, a job-search workshop, and an individual assessment and counseling interview, and
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