Public Service Employment Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Public Service Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide unemployed and underemployed person with employment in jobs providing needed public services and appropriate training and related services. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, $7,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each fiscal year therafter. Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall enter into arrangements with applicants for the purpose of providing financial assistance to public and private nonprofit agencies and institutions for the creation of jobs providing employment for unemployed or underemployed persons in carrying out need public services. Provides that such eligible applicants shall be: (1) States, counties, cities, and other units or combinations of units of general local government which have established public service employment councils; and (2) other public and private agencies and institutions when government units of service are inadequate or nonexistent. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible applicants, using 25 percent of the funds authorized under thi…