ETA Unified Agenda Entries

Issued December 9, 2002.

1790: INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM [Final Rule Stage]

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 612(a)(3)(c)(iii); PL 106-113, Division B, 
section 1000(a)(4)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 646

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 4, 1997, 90 days from 
enactment.
Other, Statutory, January 1, 2000, for 1999 amendments.

Abstract: These are program regulations needed to implement the Indian 
and Native American set-aside under the Welfare-to-Work program 
authorized by section 412(a)(3) of the Social Security Act. New interim 
final regulations are being issued to implement changes made by the 
Welfare-to-Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999 and other 
legislation. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001 authorized the 
Department to extend welfare-to-work grants an additional two years. 
Therefore, the grants may operate until September 2004.
The Department received 14 comments on the March 1, 1998 interim final 
rule, and none would substantively change the regulations. The 
Department will provide guidance in response to those comments. The 
March 1, 1998 Interim Final Rule will be adopted as the final rule, 
subject to the changes made by the new interim final rule implementing 
the 1999 amendments.

Timetable:

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Tribal

Additional Information: Congress has changed eligibility criteria. A 
final rule will be published to conform with the State programs.

Agency Contact: Gregory Gross, Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room N4641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP 
Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-3752
Email: ggross@doleta.gov

RIN: 1205-AB16
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