§1753. Special Federal responsibilities

(a) Interdepartmental cooperation; review and coordination of national data systems; standardized national definitions; aid for State labor and occupational opportunity information systems

The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, shall-

(1) review the need for and the application of all operating national data collection and processing systems related to labor market information in order to identify gaps, overlap, and duplications, and integrate at the national level currently available data sources in order to improve the management of information systems;

(2) maintain, assure timely review, and implement national standardized definitions with respect to terms, geographic areas, timing of collection, and coding measures related to labor market information, to the maximum extent feasible; and

(3) provide technical assistance to the States in the development, maintenance, and utilization of labor market/occupational supply and demand information systems and projections of supply and demand as described in section 1535 of this title, with special emphasis on assistance in the utilization of cost-efficient automated systems and improving access of individuals to career opportunities information in local and State labor markets.

(b) Integrated occupational opportunity information system; Armed Forces career opportunities

The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, shall assure the development of an integrated occupational supply and demand information system to be used by States and, in particular, in secondary and postsecondary educational institutions in order to assure young persons adequate information on career opportunities in the Armed Forces.

(c) Sufficient funds for Federal level coordinating staff

The Secretary and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall assure that, from the funds reserved for this part, sufficient funds are available to provide staff at the Federal level to assure the coordination functions described in this section.

( Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §463, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1384 ; Pub. L. 97–404, §4(d), Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2027 ; Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(A), (D), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2488 ; Pub. L. 99–159, title VII, §713(b)(2), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 907 ; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, §405(b), Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1085 .)

Repeal of Section

Pub. L. 105–220, title I, §199(b)(2), (c)(2)(B), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059 , provided that this section is repealed effective July 1, 2000.

References in Text

Section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (renamed the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act by Pub. L. 101–392), referred to in subsec. (a), is section 422 of Pub. L. 88–210, as added by Pub. L. 98–524, §1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2473 , as amended, which was classified to section 2422 of Title 20, Education, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 88–210 by Pub. L. 105–332, §1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3076 .

Amendments

1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–367 inserted "the Secretary of Health and Human Services," after "the Secretary of Education,".

1985-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–159 repealed Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(D). See 1984 Amendment note below.

1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(A), substituted "section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" for "section 161(b) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963".

Pub. L. 98–524, §4(a)(6)(D), which substituted "section 422 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" for "section 161(b) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963", was repealed by Pub. L. 99–159.

1982-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97–404, §4(d)(1), inserted "related to labor market information" after "processing systems".

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97–404, §4(d)(2), inserted "related to labor market information" after "coding measures".

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–367 effective July 1, 1993, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 102–367, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 1501 of this title.

Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–159 effective July 1, 1985, see section 714(a) of Pub. L. 99–159, set out as a note under section 2311 of Title 20, Education.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–524 effective for fiscal years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1984, except as otherwise provided, see section 2 of Pub. L. 98–524, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2301 of Title 20, Education.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1754 of this title.