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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 similar matters which otherwise would be applicable to the mamier in which regulations prescribed by the Secretary may take effect, to the extent the Secretary deems such waiver necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (b) and subsection (c). (e) If the Secretary determines that he cannot carry out the provisions of subsection (b) and subsection (c), other than those provisions which require any amendment to comprehensive employment and training plans, at the end of the 90-day period specified in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall furnish notice of such determination to the Committee on Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. Such notice shall include the reasons for such determination. (f) The National Commission for Manpower Policy, as in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue in existence until the members of the National Commission for Employment Policy are appointed in accordance with the provisions of title V of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.

92 STAT. 2019

Notice to congressional committees.

REPORTS

SEC. 5. (a) Not later than February 1, 1979, the Secretary shall, after consultation with appropriate State and local officials and other interested parties, submit to the Congress a report containing recommendations and suggested legislation with respect to any necessary improvements in the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49), including such legislation as may be necessary to assure coordination between such Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. (b) The Secretary shall develop methods to ascertain, and shall ascertain annually, energy development and conservation employment impact data by type and scale of energy technologies used. The Secretary shall present the best available data to the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as part of the budgetary process and to the appropriate Committees of Congress annually. (c)(1) On or before March 1, 1979, the Joint Economic Committee shall report to Congress on the ability of targeted structural employment and training programs to achieve and sustain (A) a decrease in unemployment rates among those segments of the labor force having special difficulties in obtaining employment and (B) a decrease in the national unemployment rate without exacerbating inflation and shall make such recommendations, as the Committee deems appropriate, for improving the ability of targeted structural employment and training programs to achieve such goals. The Joint Economic Committee shall, to the extent feasible, consult with appropriate Federal agencies, the Human Resources Committee of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, the Congressional Budget Office, the National Commission for Employment and Training Policy, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and other appropriate individuals, both public and private, and obtain their assistance in preparing the report. (2) The Joint Economic Committee, as part of the report to the Congress required under paragraph (1), is requested to include, with recommendations, if any, an analysis of the subject of incentive grants, or other assistance permissible under this Act, to private employers in reducing unemployment rates among individuals eligible for assistance under this Act, through national priority projects, including, but not limited to better housing, health care, agriculture, and transportation.

29 USC 829 note.

29 USC 801 note. 29 USC 829a.

29 USC 829 note.