Sec. 121. Employment service
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From the funds appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall— reserve not less than $100,000,000 for workforce information systems improvements, including for related electronic tools and system building, and for the activities described in subsection (b)(1); and use the remaining funds to make allotments in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act ( 29 U.S.C. 49e ) to States, which for purposes of this section shall include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, for— the activities described in subsection (b)(2) of this section; and the activities described in section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act ( 29 U.S.C. 49l–2 ).
The Secretary shall use the funds reserved under subsection (a)(1) for— workforce information grants to States for the development of labor market insights and evidence on the State and local impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency and on promising reemployment strategies, and to improve access to tools and equipment for virtual products and service delivery; the Workforce Information Technology Support Center, to facilitate voluntary State participation in multi-State data collaboratives that develop real-time State and local labor market insights on the impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency and evidence to promote more rapid reemployment and economic mobility, using cross-State and cross-agency administrative data; and improvements in short- and long-term State and local occupational and employment projections to facilitate reemployment, economic mobility, and economic development strategies.
A State shall use an allotment received under subsection (a)(2) to— provide additional resources for supporting employment service personnel employed through a merit system in providing reemployment services for unemployed and underemployed workers impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency; provide assistance for individuals impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, including individuals receiving unemployment benefits or seeking employment as a result of the emergency (which provision of assistance shall include providing for services such as reemployment services, job search assistance, and job matching services based on the experience of individuals, individualized career services, and appropriate referral to and coordination with agencies providing services to individuals with barriers to employment, including individuals with disabilities); and provide services for employers impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, which shall include services for employers dealing with labor force changes as a result of such emergency.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in this section $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.
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