Emergency Employment Project Amendments

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Employment Project Amendments - Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and such sums as necessary for the period July 1, 1976 through September 30, 1976, and fiscal year 1977 to provide employment in public service projects for unemployed and underemployed persons pursuant to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Directs that not less than 85 percent of such allocation shall be expended for wages and employment benefits with the remainder to be used for administrative costs. Forbids the use of such funds to pay persons employed in public service jobs at a rate in excess of $10,000 a year, except that one-third of those employed within the area served by any prime sponsor may be paid at a rate not to exceed $12,000 a year. Provides that any funds left after wages and administrative costs shall be allocated to prime sponsors and to Indian tribes receiving grants under this Act. Directs such prime sponsors and Indian tribes to enter into arrangements with eligible applicants for financial assistance for projects within the area served by them. Sets forth guidelines for the approval of an application. States that n…