Sec. 112. National dislocated worker grants
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From the funds appropriated under subsection (e), the Secretary shall award, in accordance with section 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3225 ), national dislocated worker grants to the entities that meet the requirements for the grants under such section to carry out the activities described in such section and in subsection
(d)of this section. The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a plan for awarding of grants under this section. Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use not less than 50 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection
(e)to award grants under this section. Not less than half of the funds appropriated under subsection
(e)shall be used to award grants under this section to carry out this subsection, by responding to the COVID–19 national emergency as described in paragraph (2). Such a grant to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency shall be used to provide activities that include each of the following: Training and temporary employment to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency, ensuring any training or employment under this subparagraph provides participants with adequate and safe equipment, environments, and facilities for training and supervision, including positions or assignments— as personal care attendants, direct service providers, or home health workers providing direct care and home health services, including delivering medicine, food, or other supplies, for— older individuals, individuals with disabilities, and other individuals with respiratory conditions or other underlying health conditions; or individuals in urban, rural, or suburban local areas with excess poverty; in health care and health care support positions responding to the COVID–19 national emergency; to support State, local, or tribal health departments; or in a sector directly responding to the COVID–19 national emergency such as childcare, food retail, public service, manufacturing, or transportation. Activities responding to layoffs of 50 or more individuals laid off by one employer, or layoffs that significantly increase unemployment in a community, as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency, such as layoffs in the hospitality, transportation, manufacturing, or retail industry sectors or occupations. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available through fiscal year 2022.
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Sec. 112
National dislocated worker grants
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