§ 2915. — Technical assistance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC2915]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 30--WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Sec. 2915. Technical assistance
(a) General technical assistance
(1) In general
The Secretary shall provide, coordinate, and support the
development of, appropriate training, technical assistance, staff
development, and other activities, including assistance in
replicating programs of demonstrated effectiveness, to States and
localities, and, in particular, to assist States in making
transitions from carrying out activities under the provisions of law
repealed under section 199 \1\ to carrying out activities under this
chapter.
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(2) Form of assistance
In carrying out paragraph (1) on behalf of a State, or recipient
of financial assistance under any of sections 2911 through 2914 of
this title, the Secretary, after consultation with the State or
grant recipient, may award grants and enter into contracts and
cooperative agreements.
(3) Limitation
Grants or contracts awarded under paragraph (1) to entities
other than States or local units of government that are for amounts
in excess of $100,000 shall only be awarded on a competitive basis.
(b) Dislocated worker technical assistance
(1) Authority
Of the amounts available pursuant to section 2862(a)(2) of this
title, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of such
amounts to provide technical assistance to States that do not meet
the State performance measures described in section 2871 of this
title with respect to employment and training activities for
dislocated workers. Using such reserved funds, the Secretary may
provide such assistance to other States, local areas, and other
entities involved in providing assistance to dislocated workers, to
promote the continuous improvement of assistance provided to
dislocated workers, under this chapter.
(2) Training
Amounts reserved under this subsection may be used to provide
for the training of staff, including specialists, who provide rapid
response services. Such training shall include instruction in proven
methods of promoting, establishing, and assisting labor-management
committees. Such projects shall be administered through the
dislocated worker office described in section 2918(b) of this title.
(Pub. L. 105-220, title I, Sec. 170, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1030; Pub.
L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 401(9), (10)], Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-411.)
References in Text
Section 199, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 199 of Pub.
L. 105-220, title I, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1058. Section 199 repealed
sections 1501 to 1505, 1511 to 1583, 1592 to 1735, 1737, 1751 to 1791h,
1792 to 1792b, and 2301 to 2314 of this title, section 211 of former
Title 40, Appendix, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, sections
11421, 11441 to 11447, 11449, 11450, 11461 to 11466, 11471, and 11472 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, sections 42101 to 42106 of
Title 49, Transportation, and provisions set out as notes under sections
801, 1501, and 2301 of this title and section 1255a of Title 8, Aliens
and Nationality. For complete classification of this section to the
Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII,
Sec. 401(9)], substituted ``carrying out activities under this chapter''
for ``carry out activities under this chapter''.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII,
Sec. 401(10)], substituted ``section 2918(b)'' for ``section 2919(b)''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2862, 2871, 2919 of this
title.
