S.Amdt. 973

SA 973. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON JOB CORPS.

It is the sense of the Senate--

(1) that, through 122 Job Corps centers operating in 48 States, as well as in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Job Corps program established under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.) helps thousands of youth each year prepare for meaningful careers and employment;

(2) that at a time of economic uncertainty, the United States should work to train and educate all of the Nation's workers; and

(3) that the functional totals in this resolution assume that, in order to be more accessible to all of the Nation's youth, the Job Corps program should receive substantial support and each State should have at least 1 Job Corps center.