§ 2883a. Office of Job Corps

Not later than 90 days after December 30, 2005, the Secretary of Labor shall permanently establish and maintain an Office of Job Corps within the Office of the Secretary, in the Department of Labor, to carry out the functions (including duties, responsibilities, and procedures) of subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.). The Secretary shall appoint a senior member of the civil service to head that Office of Job Corps and carry out subtitle C. The Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated for the program carried out under that subtitle C, including the administration of such program, to the head of that Office of Job Corps. The head of that Office of Job Corps shall have contracting authority and shall receive support as necessary from the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management with respect to contracting functions and the Assistant Secretary for Policy with respect to research and evaluation functions.

(Pub. L. 109–149, title I, § 102, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2842.)

References In Text

References in Text

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 936, as amended. Subtitle C of title I of the Act is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9201 of Title 20, Education, and Tables.

Codification

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006, and also as part of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, and not as part of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 which comprises this chapter.