Manpower Training and Employment Act

Manpower Training and Employment Act - Title I: Manpower Requirements, Development, and Evaluation - Directs the President to appoint a National Manpower Advisory Council to be composed of 15 members. Directs the Council to: (1) establish national manpower goals and develop appropriate standards for programs and services designed to meet such goals; (2) advise the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of general regulations for and operation of manpower programs and services supported with assistance under this Act; (3) review the administration and operation of manpower training, services, and other activities provided under this Act, including the effectiveness of such programs and services in meeting the purposes for which they are established and operated, make recommendations with respect thereto (including recommendations for changes in the provisions of this Act and related manpower Acts), and make an annual report of its findings and recommendations as provided in this Act; and (4) conduct independent evaluations of programs carried out under this and related manpower Acts and publish and distribute the results thereof.

Directs the President to appoint a special assistant for manpower to serve on his staff; to coordinate the manpower activities of the various Federal departments, agencies, and commissions; to act as liaison with the National Manpower Advisory Council; to act as the President's principal advisor on manpower; and to report and to make recommendations to the President and to the Congress on the manpower implications of the Federal budget and manpower programs generally.

Requires annual reports by the Council to the President and Congress. Requires evaluation, information, and research considerations relating to manpower programs, by the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare. Authorizes Federal assistance for training and assistance to the Secretaries for such manpower programs consideration.

Title II: Training and Skill Development Programs - Specifies the programs, services, and activities for which funds under this title may be expended.

Sets forth qualifications for eligible individuals and provides procedures for the selection of trainees. Authorizes training allowances and agreements with States for comprehensive manpower plans. Sets forth criteria for the apportionments of benefits. States the general responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to carry out his duties under this Act.

Title III: Labor Market Information and Employment Development Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop a comprehensive system of labor market information on a National, State, local, or other appropriate basis, including but not limited to information regarding: (1) the nature and extent of impediments to the maximum development of individual employment potential including the number and characteristics of all persons requiring manpower services; (2) job opportunities and skill requirements; (3) labor supply in various skills; (4) occupational outlook and employment trends in various occupations; and (5) in cooperation and after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, economic and business development and location trends. Provides that information collected under this subsection shall be developed and made available in a timely fashion in order to meet in a comprehensive manner the needs of public and private users, including the need for such information in recruitment, counseling, education, training, placement, job development, and other appropriate activities under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as amended, the Social Security Act, the Vocational Education Act of 1965, as amended, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, and other relevant Federal statutes.

Authorizes job matching programs and pilot projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out various programs relating to career and employment development. Sets forth various requirements for Federal assistance under such programs. Requires annual reviews by the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare of the programs under their administration. Authorizes emergency employment assistance for distressed areas under this Act.

Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the maintenance of State reports relating to various vocational educational acts in relation to programs authorized under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each fiscal year thereafter such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of title I of this Act.

Authorizes to be appropriated $450,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for each fiscal year thereafter such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of part A of title II of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for each year thereafter such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of parts B and C of title II of this Act.

Authorizes to be appropriated $115,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for each year thereafter such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of part D of title II of this Act.

Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for each year thereafter such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of title IV of this Act.

Authorizes advanced funding under this Act and prescribes various limitations on the use of appropriated funds. Grants the authority to the respective Secretaries to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Permits the acceptance of voluntary services.