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112 STAT. 2681-653 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 out duties under section 416 of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998. Such amounts shall be available in addition to any other fees authorized to be collected by the Attorney General with respect to such petitions. " (6) USE OF PEES FOR APPLICATION PROCESSING AND ENFORCEMENT. —For fiscal year 1999, 6 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-IB Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall remain available to the Secretary of Labor until expended for decreasing the processing time for applications under section 212(n)(l) and for carrying out section 212(n)(2), Beginning with fiscal year 2000, 3 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-IB Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall remain available to the Secretary of Labor until expended for decreasing the processing time for applications under section 212(n)(l), and 3 percent of such amounts shall remain available to such Secretary until expended for carrying out section 212(n)(2). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, both of the amounts made available for any fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2000) pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be available to such Secretary, and shall remain available until expended, only for decreasing the processing time for applications under section 212(n)(l) until the Secretary submits to the Congress a report containing a certification that, during the most recently concluded Calendar year, the Secretary substantially complied with the requirement in section 212(n)(l) relating to the provision of the certification described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) within a 7-day period.". 29 USC 2916 (c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS To PROVIDE note. TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR WORKERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing demonstration programs under section 452(c) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1732(c)), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, or demonstration programs or projects under section 171(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Secretary of Labor shall use funds available under section 286(s)(2) to establish demonstration programs or projects to provide technical skills training for workers, including both employed and unemployed workers. (2) GRANTS.— The Secretary of Labor shall award grants to carry out the programs and projects described in paragraph (Dto— (A)(i) private industry councils established under section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; or (ii) local boards that will carry out such programs or projects through one-stop delivery systems established under section 121 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; or (B) regional consortia of councils or local boards described in subparagraph (A). 42 USC 1869c. (d) LOW-lNCOME SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National Science Foundation (referred to in this subsection as the "Director") shall award scholarships to low-income individuals to enable such individuals to pursue associate, undergraduate, or