toration of natural resources on publicly held lands other than Federal lands.

"ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

"SEC. 333. (a) Funds available to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year shall be allocated in such a matter that not less than 75 per centum of such funds shall be allocated among the States on the basis of the relative number of unemployed persons within each State as compared to all States, except that not less than one-half of 1 per centum of such funds shall be allocated for projects under this subpart within any one State and not less than one-half of 1 per centum of such funds shall be allocated in the aggregate for projects in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

"(b) Of the funds available for this subpart 2 percent shall be available for projects for Native American eligible youths, and 2 percent shall be available for projects for eligible youths in migrant and seasonal farmworker families.

"(c) The remainder of the funds available for this subpart shall be allocated as the Secretary deems appropriate.

"COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT YOUTH

EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS

"SEC. 334. The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, to enter into agreements with eligible applicants to pay the costs of community conservation and improvement youth employment projects to be carried out by project applicants employing eligible youths and appropriate supervisory personnel.

"PROJECT APPLICATIONS

"SEC. 335. (a) Project applicants shall submit applications for funding of projects under this subpart to the appropriate eligible applicant.

"(b) In accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, each project application shall

"(1) provide a description of the work to be accomplished by the project, the jobs to be filled, and the approximate duration for which eligible youths would be assigned to such jobs;

"(2) describe the wages or salaries to be paid individuals employed in jobs assisted under this subpart;

"(3) set forth assurances that there will be an adequate number of supervisory personnel on the project and that the supervisory personnel are ad

equately trained in skills needed to carry out the project and can instruct participating eligible youths in skills needed to carry out a project;

"(4) set forth assurances that any income generated by the project will be applied toward the cost of the project;

"(5) set forth assurances for acquiring such space, supplies, materials, and equipment as necessary, including reasonable payment for the purchase or rental thereof;

"(6) set forth assurances that, to the maximum extent feasible, projects carried out under this subpart shall be labor intensive; and

"(7) set forth such other assurances, arrangements, and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subpart.

"PROPOSED AGREEMENTS

"SEC. 336. (a)(1) Each eligible applicant desiring funds under this subpart shall submit a proposed agreement to the Secretary, together with all project applications approved by the eligible applicant and all project applications approved by any program agent within the area served by the eligible applicant. With its transmittal of the proposed agreement, the eligible applicant shall provide descriptions of the project applications approved by the eligible applicant and by any program agent within the area served by the eligible applicant, accompanied by the recommendations of the eligible applicant concerning the relative priority attached to each project.

"(2) The definition and functions of a program agent shall be as set forth in section 204(d) of this Act. "(b) The proposed agreement submitted by any eligible applicant shall

(1) describe the method of recruiting eligible youths, including a description of how such recruitment will be coordinated with plans under other provisions of this Act, including arrangements required by section 105 of this Act, and also including a description of arrangements with school systems and the public employment service (including school cooperative programs);

"(2) provide a description of job training and skill development opportunities that will be made available to participating eligible youths, as well as a description of plans to coordinate the training and work experience with school-related programs, including the awarding of academic credit; and

"(3) set forth such other assurances as the Secretary may require to carry out the purposes of this subpart.

"(c)(1) In order for a project application submitted by a project applicant to be submitted to the Secretary by any eligible applicant, copies of such application shall have been submitted at the time of such application to the prime sponsor's planning council established under section 104 of this Act (or an appropriate planning organization in the case of sponsors of Native American programs under section 302 of this Act or migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 303 of this Act) for the purpose of affording such council (and the youth council established under section 346) an opportunity to submit comments and recommendations with respect to that application to the eligible applicant. No member of any council (or organization) shall cast a vote on any matter in connection with a project in which that member, or any organization with which that member is associated, has a direct interest.

"(2) Consistent with procedures established by the eligible applicant in accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, the eligible applicant shall not disapprove a project application submitted by a project applicant unless it has first considered any comments and recommendations made by the appropriate council (or organization) and unless it has provided such applicant and council (or organization) with a written statement of its reason for such disapproval.

"APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS

"SEC. 337. (a) The Secretary may approve or deny on an individual basis any of the project applications submitted with any proposed agreement.

"(b) No funds shall be made available to any eligible applicant except pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Secretary and the eligible applicant which provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that

"(1) the standards set forth in subpart 4 of this part will be satisfied;

"(2) projects will be conducted in such manner as to permit eligible youths employed in the project. who are in school to coordinate their jobs with classroom instruction and, to the extent feasible, to permit such eligible youths to receive credit from the appropriate educational agency, postsecondary institution, or particular school involved; and

"(3) meet such other assurances, arrangements, and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of the subpart.

"WORK LIMITATION

"SEC. 338. No eligible youth shall be employed for more than twelve months in work financed under this subpart, except as prescribed by the Secretary.

"SUBPART 3-YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

PROGRAMS

"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"SEC. 341. It is the purpose of this subpart to establish programs designed to make a significant long-term impact on the structural unemployment problems of youth, supplementary to but not replacing programs and activities available under title I of this Act, to enhance the job prospects and career opportunities of young persons, including employment, community service opportunities, and such training and supportive services as are necessary to enable participants to secure suitable and appropriate unsubsidized employment in the public and private sectors of the economy. To the maximum extent feasible, training and employment opportunities afforded under this subpart will be interrelated and mutually reinforcing so as to achieve the goal of enhancing the job prospects and career opportunities of youths served under this subpart.

"PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED

"SEC. 342. (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide financial assistance to enable eligible applicants to provide employment opportunities and appropriate training and supportive services for eligible participants including but not limited to

"(1) useful work experience opportunities in a wide range of community betterment activities such as rehabilitation of public properties, assistance in the weatherization of homes occupied by low-income families, demonstrations of energy-conserving measures including solar energy techniques (especially those utilizing materials and supplies available without cost), park establishment and upgrading, neighborhood revitalization, conservation and improvements, and related activities;

"(2) productive employment and work experience in fields such as education, health care, neighborhood transportation services, crime prevention and control, environmental quality control, preservation of historic sites, and maintenance of visitor facilities;

"(3) appropriate training and services to support the purpose of this subpart, including but not limited to"(A) outreach, assessment, and orientation;

"(B) counseling, including occupational information and career counseling;

"(C) activities promoting education to work transition;

"(D) development of information concerning the labor market, and provision of occupational, educational, and training information;

"(E) services to youth to help them obtain and retain employment;

"(F) literacy training and bilingual training; "(G) attainment of certificates of high school equivalency;

"(H) job sampling, including vocational exploration in the public and private sector;

"(I) institutional and on-the-job training, including development of basic skills and job skills; "(J) transportation assistance;

"(K) child care and other necessary supportive services;

"(L) job restructuring to make jobs more responsive to the objectives of this subpart, including assistance to employers in developing job ladders or new job opportunities for youths, in order to improve work relationships between employers and youths; "(M) community-based central intake and information services for youth;

"(N) job development, direct placement, and placement assistance to secure unsubsidized employment opportunities for youth to the maximum extent feasible, and referral to employability development programs;

"(O) programs to overcome sex-stereotyping in job development and placement; and

"(P) programs and outreach mechanisms to increase the labor force participation rate among minorities and women.

"(b) In order to carry out this subpart, a Governor or a prime sponsor may enter into contracts with project applicants (as defined in section 701 (a) (15)) or employers organized for profit but payments to such employers shall not exceed the amounts permitted under section. 101 (5), or may operate programs directly if, after consultation with community-based organizations and nonprofit groups, a Governor or prime sponsor determines that such direct operation will promote the purposes of this subpart.

"ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

"SEC. 343. (a) From the sums available for this subpart

"(1) an amount equal to 75 percent of such funds shall be made available to prime sponsors for programs authorized under section 342 of this Act;

"(2) an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount available for this part shall be made available to Governors for special statewide youth services under subsection (c) of this section;

"(3) an amount equal to not less than 2 percent of the amount available for this part shall be made available for employment and training programs for