To extend the TANF Emergency Fund through fiscal year 2011 and to provide funding for summer employment for youth.

SA 3356. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Begich, and Mr. Burris) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3336 proposed by Mr. Baucus to the bill H.R. 4213, to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.

(a) Additional Amount.--There is appropriated for fiscal
year 2010, for an additional amount for ``Training and
Employment Services'' for activities under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (referred to in this section as the
``WIA''), $1,500,000,000. That amount is appropriated out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The
amount shall be available for obligation for the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Activities.--In particular, of the amount made
available under subsection (a)--
(1) $1,500,000,000 shall be available for grants to States
for youth activities, including summer employment for youth,
which funds shall remain available for obligation through
September 30, 2010, except that--
(A) no portion of such funds shall be reserved to carry out
section 127(b)(1)(A) of the WIA;
(B) for purposes of section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the WIA,
funds available for youth activities shall be allotted as if
the total amount available for youth activities for fiscal
year 2010 does not exceed $1,000,000,000;
(C) with respect to the youth activities provided with such
funds, section 101(13)(A) of the WIA shall be applied by
substituting ``age 24'' for ``age 21'';
(D) the work readiness aspect of the performance indicator
described in section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the WIA shall be
the only measure of performance used to assess the
effectiveness of summer employment for youth provided with
such funds; and
(E) an amount that is not more than 1 percent of the funds
appropriated under subsection (a) may be used for the
administration, management, and oversight of the programs,
activities, and grants, funded under subsection (a),
including the evaluation of the use of such funds; and
(2) funds designated for the purposes of paragraph (1)(E),
together with funds described in section 801(b) of Division A
of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, shall
be available for obligation through September 30, 2012.
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