The Secretary shall have the authority to waive the applicability of the order described in sections (b) and (e) to recipients of Employment Opportunity Grants to the extent necessary to prevent layoffs by the grant recipient of persons already employed by them in jobs funded under this Act. (j) Duration of order The order described in subsections (b) and (e) shall remain in effect only as long as the conditions specified in subsection (k) are satisfied. (k) Inflationary trigger The Secretary’s authority to act under this section shall arise only when both of the following conditions are jointly satisfied: (1) The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the civilian labor force of the United States, as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in its most recent Employment Situation News Release, is less than 4.0 percent. (2) The seasonally adjusted consumer price index for all urban consumers in the United States, as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in its most recent Consumer Price Index News Release, is more than 3 percent above its level during the same period one year earlier.