; (ii) certifying to the employer of record, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, the number of hours that the transitional job worker has worked for the host site employer; and (iii) cooperating with the employer of record in facilitating the movement of the transitional job worker into regular employment. (3) Local area The term local area means a city, county, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State. (4) Regular employment The term regular employment means regular, unsubsidized employment, as defined by the Secretary. (5) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor. (6) State The term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (7) Transitional job The term transitional job means a job offered to an eligible individual through the program authorized under section 103 that— (A) provides the rate of pay described in section 103(d)(6); and (B) provides the individual with employment of— (i) not less than 16 hours per week; and (ii) not more than 40 hours per week, when combined with any hours per week of work that the individual is employed through any other employer (if applicable). 103. Transitional jobs (a) Program authorized From amounts made available under section 104, the Secretary shall establish a program, through grant agreements described in subsection (c) with State and local government agencies, that provides eligible unemployed or partially employed individuals with opportunities to work in a transitional job for the purpose of enabling such individuals to gain, through wage-paying jobs, the experience and skills needed to move into regular employment. (b) Eligibility To be eligible for a transitional job, an individual shall— (1) be a resident of the United States, and a resident of the State in which the individual applies for a transitional job; (2) be not less than 18 years of age