S.Amdt. 2297

SA 2297. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title I (before the short title), insert the following:

SEC. __. COMMUNITY-BASED TRAINING GRANTS.

(a) Increase for Training and Employment.--In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under this Act, the $2,787,806,000 appropriated under title I under the heading “training and employment services (including rescission)” under the heading “Employment and Training Administration” shall be increased by an additional $125,000,000, which additional amount shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007.

(b) Increase for Community-Based Job Training Grants.--In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made available under this Act for Community-Based Job Training Grants, not more than an additional $125,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Labor for such grants, from funds reserved under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to carry out such grants under section 171(d) of such Act, except that the 10 percent limitation otherwise applicable to the amount of funds that may be used to carry out section 171(d) shall not by applicable to funds used for Community-Based Job Training Grants.

(c) Offset From Departmental Management.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amounts appropriated under title I under the heading “salaries and expenses” under the heading “Departmental Management”, for management or operation of activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, shall be reduced by $125,000,000.